Getting hitched! Need Negril wedding info and tips

Whagwaan Negril.com? It's been awhile since I posted regularly on the board, and I hope you've all been doing well.

I'm sure this has been discussed many times before, but I wanted to start a new thread that I can refer back to, and also welcome any new/current info and advice.

I haven't officially decided on a location or a date....or really anything accept the guy!! :o

We agree on a destination wedding that will include our kids and our closest family/friends. Of course Jamaica would be my first choice, provided I can find the right location/vendors for the right price.

If you've planned a Jamaica wedding, or have knowledge of vendors / venues / etc, please feel free to overload this thread with information, contacts, and lots of advice. I'm just getting started on this and it's pretty overwhelming.

Thanks ya'll

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Congrats Tizzy!!!

Sorry, I have nothing to actually offer as far as weddings go, but I'm sure you guys will do it up right! :D

Good Luck!!!

Tizzy, what I have is old information, but what sticks most in my mind at this point was that it was not that difficult to plan. Granted, my daughter was not "too fussy" about the whole affair as she was finishing college and studying for her nursing exam. For the most part everything went off without a hitch. What made it easier was that Janet and I went down about 6 months before the wedding to plan the event. What we thought would take a solid week of running around took only a couple of days. They have great memories and photos from their wedding. Don't sweat the small stuff and just let it happen.

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...hlight=frazier

Regards,
Bob

Congrats Tizzy!!! Many blessings and have fun planning...keep us posted!!

I can do the officiating for free!
I can be the wedding singer for free!
I can steal the neighbors flowers for free!
I can ...............

Big Shiny, and JessWade....thanks for the well wishes!!

Booger, I may need you to get ordained (I think you can do it online?), but I'll figure something else out for the music and flowers lol

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Tizzy, what I have is old information, but what sticks most in my mind at this point was that it was not that difficult to plan. Granted, my daughter was not "too fussy" about the whole affair as she was finishing college and studying for her nursing exam. For the most part everything went off without a hitch. What made it easier was that Janet and I went down about 6 months before the wedding to plan the event. What we thought would take a solid week of running around took only a couple of days. They have great memories and photos from their wedding. Don't sweat the small stuff and just let it happen.

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...hlight=frazier

Regards,
Bob

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Bob, thank you so much for posting the link to your thread. I read all the way through and got a lot of good info from it. Looks like ya'll pulled off a really memorable wedding day!!

Congrats on your upcoming wedding plans !! Jamaica is one place special to get married in !

We got married in Riu Ocho Rios - this was our 1st trip away and 1st time in Jamaica. We started planning January and got married Dec 2nd of that year. This gave us plenty of time to book our rooms/tickets and gave our family and friends the year to decide if they could/or wanted to attend the wedding.

I did everything online - the wedding coordinator emails you the packages available, sends all the flowers, photographer details to you. The package for the wedding in 2009 was only $895 or less, it included the minister and the wedding package we chose. We had under 12 people attend, but the packages are easily accommodating. Picked out the location on the beach, as each resort offers different places to get married at. 3 months prior to the wedding had to send notarized documents ( just call to ensure they rec'd them!!) Don't wait til the last minute to prepare this, or you creating your own headache !

Keep in mind you must be on the island 3 business days, we flew on Saturday so the earliest we could get hitched was Wednesday that week, but it was beautiful. You chose the vows you want, religious, civil etc. At the resort we went thru all the details, and paid the remaining balance - they matched the colour of the maid of honors dress to the my flowers the day before, loved it.

My only draw back.... we had the following day to review the photos on our laptop that was the thurs evening, Friday I had to sit with the photographer to chose the ones we were getting with our package and our flight was 6:30am the following morning. It was too rushy..plus we didn't have a week after wards for honeymoon.. I would recommend a few days low key for you to unwind ... enjoy the fact you just got married, bc it's a year in the planning and in one week gone before you know it !!! I have no complaints what-so-ever at the Rui

We want to have our 10yr anniversary in Negril and renew our vows on the 7 mile beach.. there are lots of places you can get married at... Look online see how many you want, and what you want included (alcohol, food etc) Where your family would stay etc..

it's Jamaica - romantic !
Good luck !

Jomack ~ Thanks for taking the time to respond in detail. Sounds like your experience was awesome and pretty stress free. I'm glad you brought up the hurried feeling, and I'm definitely gonna take that into account and make sure we have several days after the wedding to play and unwind.

Question: Would it save some headaches if we went ahead with the official legal stuff here in the states (Courthouse) and just did a symbolic ceremony in JA?

I think the biggest decision at this point is whether to stay in a hotel that offers wedding package or stay somewhere more private and try and pull it all together myself. Currently my dream is to get married at Llantrissant (if I can make it fit the budget). If we go that route, we will likely need to source the flowers/tables/chairs ourselves....

Good news, it looks like we will be able to make a trip before the wedding! So at least we can get some of the details sorted out ahead of time.

Thanks again for sharing ya'lls experiences.

Congratulations, Tizzy!

You might want to read through Flipadelphia's wedding trip report:

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...hlight=wedding

Not sure it will help you pick the best flowers or wedding cake, but it is an entertaining booze-filled romp across the island!

Congrats Tizzy!!
There's a few good wedding planners down here if you need...Andrea from Firefly, Faith from Faithful weddings and Isabelle Weddings (though we haven't seen Isabelle lately)...

Congrats! We got married on the cliffs back in 2011. The day was beautiful and everything I wanted however the location and planner we chose left a lot to be desired. I think if you can find a planner that you click with it should be awesome! The legal stuff was the easiest part of the process to be honest and all it required was us sending our long form birth certificates in ahead of time, the legal fees were all included in the package with the resort. For various reasons we did end up sourcing a lot of the décor ourselves and brought quite a bit from home(up to and including seashells for centre pieces, but I digress) We used Debra Barrett from Queen Bee hair design for our makeup and hair services and I cant say enough good things about her and her staff. They were truly a highlight of the day. I will say we are normally beach dwellers but we did love the cliffs location for the privacy(no random speedos in the pics) and the beautiful sunset back drop. If you have any questions let me know and I will try and reach back in my memory to help.(That was a few bob Marley's ago ;)

I have a trip report from they wedding posted on the board somewhere but I cant seem to find it, if I do I will post the link.

Mike D - I wouldn't expect any less from Flip, and I really can't believe that I'm just now reading his wedding TR lol. Thanks buddy, hope you and the Mrs. are doing great!

Bnewb - Thanks!! and I appreciate the info. Just checked out Firefly's website and their accommodations look really nice. Do you know if Andrea only coordinates weddings on site, or is location flexible with her? Hope to see you and Rob on the next reach! :)

Mmoffat - Thanks! Do you mind sharing the location? I haven't crossed the cliffs off, for the whole privacy factor like you said. Where is Queen Bee Hair Design located?

I will go look at your threads to find your TR ;) Thanks again!!

*Edited - Just kidding....can't find it. Could it have been archived from the old board?

Tizzy,

I tried to send you a private message but your inbox is full. Let me know when I can send private and I will.

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserR..._Jamaica.html#

that is the trip advisor link for the review. I posted it on both sites.

OOps! Try again, I just cleared some room in the inbox...

Thanks for the TA link...on my way there now!

Congrats! We got married in Negril 11 years ago barefoot on the front of Hedo's prude side beach xoxoxo

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Congrats! We got married in Negril 11 years ago barefoot on the front of Hedo's prude side beach xoxoxo

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Mazel tov!

Cap

I would check with idle awhile. A wedding on the beach or their hotel on the cliffs would be beautiful.

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Mike D - I wouldn't expect any less from Flip, and I really can't believe that I'm just now reading his wedding TR lol. Thanks buddy, hope you and the Mrs. are doing great!

Bnewb - Thanks!! and I appreciate the info. Just checked out Firefly's website and their accommodations look really nice. Do you know if Andrea only coordinates weddings on site, or is location flexible with her? Hope to see you and Rob on the next reach! :)

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I sent Andrea at FF a text asking, will let you know.

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Bnewb - Thanks!! and I appreciate the info. Just checked out Firefly's website and their accommodations look really nice. Do you know if Andrea only coordinates weddings on site, or is location flexible with her? Hope to see you and Rob on the next reach! :)

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I sent Andrea at FF a text asking, will let you know.

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Thanks Sammyb...I didn't see Tizzy'z question.

And, while we're waiting for Andrea's text...
my response would've been; yes she does, Tizzy.
Andrea's darn good at wedding planning...so she'd better say she's still doing weddings outside of FF... ;)

TizzyATX,
Andrea asked that you email her so you guys can discuss the details etc.

onsitejamaica@live.com

Congrats and Best of Luck in your planning.

I got married in Jamaica just under two years ago. I was a wedding planner for 12 years and I am particular - I highly recommend Isabelle - https://www.facebook.com/Weddings-by...1905261541146/ We ended up getting married at Half Moon Beach.

She had so many different packages and options. I ended up just turning most everything over to her - flowers, cake, officiant, photographer, etc. and was thrilled. She was also very reasonable. I didn't want to risk trying to do the legal documents myself and that went very smoothly.

Good luck and enjoy!!

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Thanks Sammyb...I didn't see Tizzy'z question.

And, while we're waiting for Andrea's text...
my response would've been; yes she does, Tizzy.
Andrea's darn good at wedding planning...so she'd better say she's still doing weddings outside of FF... ;)

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TizzyATX,
Andrea asked that you email her so you guys can discuss the details etc.

onsitejamaica@live.com

Congrats and Best of Luck in your planning.

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I got married in Jamaica just under two years ago. I was a wedding planner for 12 years and I am particular - I highly recommend Isabelle - https://www.facebook.com/Weddings-by...1905261541146/ We ended up getting married at Half Moon Beach.

She had so many different packages and options. I ended up just turning most everything over to her - flowers, cake, officiant, photographer, etc. and was thrilled. She was also very reasonable. I didn't want to risk trying to do the legal documents myself and that went very smoothly.

Good luck and enjoy!!

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Thanks ya'll! it even looks like we will be making a trip between now and then, and I can sort stuff out. Your recommendations will def be of help. :D

Congrats Tiz....Glad to see you at the bellyflop as one of the judges...got a trip report going if you want to take a peek at what you missed...lol

congrats again and wish a lifetime of happiness

Hi congratulations.
This is Shino from Shino's beauty zone. I can help you and your wedding party look great for the day. I can provide hair, makeup and nail treatments. I will come straight to your hotel room or you can come to my salon.

Andrea and faith are great. They can get u a good location provide furniture decoration, food and plan the entire event. I highly recommend them as they have a lot of experience and I work with them a lot.

Email me at Shinopipps@gmail.com or call or what's app me at 18763782746.

:)