2018 Brides/Grooms

mjp · 11-10-2017 10:52pm

Getting married in May next year. Looking at honeymoon now and going to do Carribbean cruise for 1 week and a week in some resort after to veg out. Looking at Cancun at the moment or Dominican republic could be another option. Can anyone recommend one?

Also the two travel agents we dealing with have differing reports on what cruise company go with. One swears by royal Carribbean whilst other says celebrity equinox is best with younger guests as royal Carribbean will have lot more families on board.

12-10-2017 11:26am

mjp wrote: »

Getting married in May next year. Looking at honeymoon now and going to do Carribbean cruise for 1 week and a week in some resort after to veg out. Looking at Cancun at the moment or Dominican republic could be another option. Can anyone recommend one?

Also the two travel agents we dealing with have differing reports on what cruise company go with. One swears by royal Carribbean whilst other says celebrity equinox is best with younger guests as royal Carribbean will have lot more families on board.

I can only advise on Royal Caribbean. I have been on two separate cruises with them, and one with another company that you are not considering.
The difference was huge. I found RC to be fantastic in all aspects. The crowds on their ships vary hugely. You have lots of families with young children, older couples, and young couples. The ships that I have been on had between 2,000 and 4,000 passengers, so you're always going to get a nice mix.
I'd highly recommend them personally, but it propbably depends on what you are looking for.
If you want one massive party boat, they might not be the best due to the mixed crowd. There are plenty of places to drink and enjoy yourself on the boat, but I dont remember interacting with other groups in the evenings

mcgiggles · 12-10-2017 11:39am

mjp wrote:

Also the two travel agents we dealing with have differing reports on what cruise company go with. One swears by royal Carribbean whilst other says celebrity equinox is best with younger guests as royal Carribbean will have lot more families on board.

I've never heard of the second crowd but I've heard SO many good reports about Royal Caribbean!

missmatty · 12-10-2017 12:01pm

I went on a week's Western Caribbean cruise during my honeymoon in May with RC and there was a really nice mix of people on the ship. Everything from families to young couples and old couples or big groups of family/friends on cruise for a significant birthday or anniversary. Would highly recommend, the food was fantastic and there were some lovely bars and restaurants, lots to do. We went on the Allure of the Seas.

My best friend did a Mediterranean cruise for her honeymoon with Celebrity and she loved it, and she's quite picky.

Cerise5 · 17-10-2017 1:51pm

Hi all,
Not sure if I am in for a 2018 wedding.
My bf told me to organise all for a wedding in 2018. We are together for ages. So does that mean we are engaged?
Also It seems a bit short to organise anything now.

mcgiggles · 17-10-2017 1:54pm

Cerise5 wrote:

Hi all, Not sure if I am in for a 2018 wedding. My bf told me to organise all for a wedding in 2018. We are together for ages. So does that mean we are engaged? Also It seems a bit short to organise anything now.

He must be planning to ask? You can book a wedding with very little notice, just as long as you aren't too fussy about who you want or where you want :-)

cnlbel · 17-10-2017 1:58pm

we got engaged in September and we are getting married in November 2018. You can get so much done if you put your mind to it!

SarahS2013 · 17-10-2017 2:02pm

We got engaged in July are getting married next August.

You should probably clarify the engagement bit with him though

lol

Cerise5 · 17-10-2017 2:04pm

Thanks for your reply mcgiggles. Not sure if he will ask anything in fact... :-) He could tell me this again in 3 years if I don't take the chance.I would have prefered a nice wedding. Are you planning your wedding since a long time?

WWMRD · 17-10-2017 8:46pm

Just booked the venue for December 22nd 2018!! I always wanted a Christmas wedding :-) hopefully now it will be magical!

Soooo what's next? Humanist/band/DJ/Flowers/Hair/Makeup/Invites!!?? I feel overwhelmed already hahaha

We are both the last to get married in our families and our friends so we were just going to have a small one but numbers ended up surpassing a few venues max numbers so now doing a hotel wedding!

People were soooo quick to give opinions though so glad we just did what we wanted regarding the venue! It maybe a long year yet with planning!

GingerLily · 17-10-2017 9:04pm

Cerise5 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply mcgiggles. Not sure if he will ask anything in fact... :-) He could tell me this again in 3 years if I don't take the chance.I would have prefered a nice wedding. Are you planning your wedding since a long time?

You don't need a proposal but you do need to know if you're engaged. You really need to talk to him.

scarepanda · 17-10-2017 10:46pm

Not too short of time at all. Our engagement will be just shy of 7 months, getting married next month!

Wellyd · 17-10-2017 11:53pm

Wedding planning is causing me too much stress at the moment! Trying to plan a wedding when we’re on different continents is not easy! But on a positive note we’re 6 months engaged today and I travel to see him in 10 days!

mcgiggles · 18-10-2017 9:20am

WWMRD wrote:

Just booked the venue for December 22nd 2018!! I always wanted a Christmas wedding :-) hopefully now it will be magical!

Eek Christmas is a WONDERFUL time for a wedding! We love Christmas!
Band/ photog/ and whoever is doing the ceremony would be top of the priority list after that :-)

Cerise5 wrote:

Are you planning your wedding since a long time?

I'm "technically" not a 2018 bride, just here for ideas/ being nosey! I'm December 30th 2017 (just over 10weeks!!).. so practically 2018 haha!
Been planning 2 years but only because we wanted a christmas wedding and we couldn't afford to do it a year ago!

mcgiggles · 18-10-2017 9:22am

WWMRD wrote:

People were soooo quick to give opinions though so glad we just did what we wanted regarding the venue! It maybe a long year yet with planning!

Good tip if there's something you don't want to talk about (or hear opinions on! People have LOADS of them!) is to tell them " oh we've that already sorted but thanks anyways!" Even if you don't have it sorted! It stops follow up questions/ opinions hahaha

baby and crumble · 18-10-2017 9:34am

Wellyd wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a videographer? We’re getting married in Wexford. My fiancé has sent me an excel spreadsheet of people he’s googled but I’m looking for any personal recommendations!

Just in here for a nosy (I've 5 weeks to go eek!) and we're using Little Bear. I LOVE his style, really suits what we're going for, and he has been so unbelievably professional and on the ball so far. Really, really impressed.

ash xxx · 18-10-2017 12:48pm

baby and crumble wrote: »

Just in here for a nosy (I've 5 weeks to go eek!) and we're using Little Bear. I LOVE his style, really suits what we're going for, and he has been so unbelievably professional and on the ball so far. Really, really impressed.

Ah, we're going with Little Bear too, on the more expensive end to others, but his style is amazing. I actually can't wait, August next year can't some soon enough.

Went out to see our venue again on Sunday and the place looks great, function room has gotten a revamp and looks amazing. They told us all the accommodation is also being upgraded in early 2018 so will be ready for our wedding

:)

Cerise5 · 18-10-2017 1:52pm

scarepanda wrote: »

Not too short of time at all. Our engagement will be just shy of 7 months, getting married next month!

Thanks for your reply, this is great! It's soon now :-) I see so many couple planning for so many years before!

baby and crumble · 18-10-2017 2:19pm

Cerise5 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, this is great! It's soon now :-) I see so many couple planning for so many years before!

And TBH they get just as flustered in the run up, no matter how much longer they've had.

Trust me.

scarepanda · 18-10-2017 2:58pm

Cerise5 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, this is great! It's soon now :-) I see so many couple planning for so many years before!

No problem! To be honest after you have the venue, band, photographer and person to marry you (particularly if your having a non religious wedding) there's not a whole lot to do till the run up, even with a 7 month engagement. I got my dress off the rail 5 months ago so you dont need to order months in advance, its just that most people do because most shops only have samples to try on. After that everything else is optional and depending on money.

Couples plan so far in advance because they need to save/want a popular day in the middle of summer/want a particular venue/band/photographer etc etc. So far we haven't had to sacrifice on anything or go to plan B with anything. It helps that were getting married in November and its an off peak month, but other than the date and having a non religious wedding we hadn't out hearts set on anything in particular and we haven't had to sacrifice anything or go to plan B. The person to marry us was probably the hardest to organise at such short notice.

mcgiggles · 18-10-2017 3:01pm

I'd have LOVED to plan it and have it all in a shorter period of time! It was time and money for us, we just took over the farm the first year we were engaged so money wasn't there for a wedding, and we REALLY wanted Christmas so that meant waiting another year! :-) but it worked out well for us cos it gave us that extra year to save :-)

MissElle · 18-10-2017 4:16pm

We will be engaged 2 years when we get married but only started planning 11 months before cause we'd bought a house and were basically broke ha! Four and a half months to go for us, sorted out suits, ordered wedding rings this week and in the process of picking out invites. It's been surprisingly stress free but I'm sure that will change when it comes to stuff like the seating plan !!

Butterface · 20-10-2017 2:00pm

Only started looking for bands a few weeks ago (wedding is next September)... needless to say all our first choice bands were booked up for our date!! :rolleyes:

Both of us are being pretty lazy about it all so far, mostly only reacting to reminders from the families. Also, we got SO bored watching wedding band videos.. that Blurred Lines song is banned from our wedding!!

mcgiggles · 20-10-2017 3:31pm

Butterface wrote:

Only started looking for bands a few weeks ago (wedding is next September)... needless to say all our first choice bands were booked up for our date!!

We have Late Night Radio booked, they are brilliant! We're lazy too! We saw them at 2 weddings - both weddings dancefloor was full all night so we said feck it there's too many to choose from so just booked them! :-)

statina · 20-10-2017 9:46pm

Getting married 6th Oct 2018. Have the church and venue booked, that's about it. Need to get a move on.

I hear ye on the band, we're totally bamboozled by it. All our first choices are gone and the rest are meh ðŸ˜‰ Going to see another few next week and then we're making a decision and no going back!!
I hear you on the Blurred lines song, it's dreadful. Also never want to hear Shut up and dance with me or Is this the way to Amarillo again!!

Bannergal · 21-10-2017 7:05am

statina wrote: »

Getting married 6th Oct 2018. Have the church and venue booked, that's about it. Need to get a move on.

I hear ye on the band, we're totally bamboozled by it. All our first choices are gone and the rest are meh ðŸ˜‰ Going to see another few next week and then we're making a decision and no going back!!
I hear you on the Blurred lines song, it's dreadful. Also never want to hear Shut up and dance with me or Is this the way to Amarillo again!!

I found choosing the band the worst and most stressful part of the whole lot so far.
On you tube they all began to sound the same.
In my opinion you really have to go see a band. We really liked a band from their promo video & thought this is the one - went to see them & thought they were awful.
Best of luck with the Band search

scarepanda · 21-10-2017 10:18am

Bannergal wrote: »

In my opinion you really have to go see a band. We really liked a band from their promo video & thought this is the one - went to see them & thought they were awful.

We were the same! Had a deposit paid on a band that we had heard great things about, their promo videos were really good as well. We went to see their show case (thankfully they were having one coz it was the middle of summer) thinking it was just a box ticking exercise.... Nope! They were awful on the night. The music was great, but the singer was useless. Needless to say we went home and sent out emails to other bands. As far as I remember it was less than 6 months to the wedding at the time, so I was in an awful panic! Most of the bands we emailed were already booked, but one big band recommended a specific band to us who we saw a few days later. We decided to book them as we walked into the hotel coz they were so much better and when we got in the floor was full which is always a good sign.

I'll report back in a months time as to what they were like for us!

GDK_11 · 22-10-2017 4:12pm

We have most things sorted from our end, just struggling with the cars. Either booked up or finding bad reviews. Anyone got any ideas for the Dublin area?

MiliMe · 23-10-2017 8:07pm

Hi all. Just wondering what kind of price are people budgeting for dreas Alterations?? Absolutely oblivious as to what I should be spending. I realise that it will depending on the amount of alterations that I need by i don't think that there be much - taken up an inch, add a panel to the corset back and that's about it.

GingerLily · 23-10-2017 8:15pm

Less than 300e for mine, most of the work was basic enough, just several layers of lace to take up

scarepanda · 23-10-2017 9:17pm

Mine is coming in at €290, hips needed pulling in, Bra to be sown into the dress, a few inches to be taken up and a clip for the train and I think that's it. There's a few layers in the skirt and lots of individual pieces of lace on the dress, so while the work is basic enough, the lace adds a lot of fiddly work.

MiliMe · 24-10-2017 9:10am

Also, how long in advance did you leave the dress into seamstress for alterations? Obv I'm sure each one will have a different timeline by just looking for a guide. Thanks!!!

GingerLily · 24-10-2017 10:30am

MiliMe wrote: »

Also, how long in advance did you leave the dress into seamstress for alterations? Obv I'm sure each one will have a different timeline by just looking for a guide. Thanks!!!

Not before 8 weeks usually. Ideally 6 weeks I was told with 3 fittings, initial fitting, second fitting for minor adjustments and third just encase!

scarepanda · 24-10-2017 11:27am

I was expecting 6 weeks. I rang around 10 weeks just to be booked in and have one less thing i had to remember. The lady brought me in that Saturday to see what needed to be done. She brought me back 4 weeks later for another fitting before she started the alterations properly. I think I'll have 4/5 fittings in total. Final fitting and collection will be 6 days before the wedding.

She was saying at the first fitting that she had a dress for next spring in at that stage. She was pottering about with it changing a few things that could be done way in advance. So it all depends on who's doing the alterations and what needs to be done to the dress.

mcgiggles · 24-10-2017 11:31am

MiliMe wrote:

Also, how long in advance did you leave the dress into seamstress for alterations? Obv I'm sure each one will have a different timeline by just looking for a guide. Thanks!!!

First alteration is next week, wedding is in December. Not sure how many fittings I'll have and price depends on what I need done!

Wellyd · 27-10-2017 5:52pm

It just got real! This date next year I’ll be married! We’re hoping to go get wedding rings tomorrow!

WWMRD · 27-10-2017 6:21pm

Just wondering if anyone has recommendations for humanist? Looking at December 2018 and the couple i contacted are booked! Am I leaving it late to get sorted? I feel like it's too early!

MiliMe · 27-10-2017 6:45pm

We are having Phillip Byers. He is based in Dublin but does travel. He is on humanism.ie. Though he was the third person I contacted in May for our wedding in August next year.

WWMRD · 27-10-2017 6:55pm

MiliMe wrote: »

We are having Phillip Byers. He is based in Dublin but does travel. He is on humanism.ie. Though he was the third person I contacted in May for our wedding in August next year.

I got addresses from humanism.ie and sent out another 4 emails there. We are in Munster so hopefully will get one closer to home :-) I've heard wonderful things about one humanist in particular but they are completely booked up :-(

Band is next....then what else did/is everyone doing? How goes the prep?

MiliMe · 27-10-2017 9:20pm

The guy we are having did my friends ceremony during the year, he was good but the sound in her venue was not the best so I didn't really understand what he was saying for a lot of the ceremony, will be making sure that this doesn't happen at ours. But I love the idea of personalising your ceremony how you want it.

Currently we have the following sorted;
Venue
Humanist
Band
Photographer
Videographer
Cake
My Dress & Shoes
His & Bestman Suits
Wedding Invitations (hopefully)
Hair Booked
Make Up Booked

Currently trying to find a Photobooth and need to go meet with the florist.

Wedding is not until Aug so now I feel like I have a lot of time to think about wedding stuff but not a lot left really to do until closer the date.

Or am I missing something....

Plankton1 · 01-11-2017 11:00am

After dress hunting since June and taking two trips to London, I FINALLY said yes to the dress yesterday! Wahoooo!!

It was strange though, because I had imagined myself in a completely different dress and had pretty much planned my whole wedding around this specific type of gown. The one I've gone for is totally different and I have to look at everything else now to make sure it fits in with the vibe! Might have to get new bridesmaid dresses because the ones I have might be a bit too boho now. Bleugh.

I found choosing a dress the hardest part of the planning so far....now onto the invite design and organising the Day 2 catering. 7 months to go today!

mp3ireland2 · 01-11-2017 4:04pm

Hi,
Just wondering do most people buy suits for the groomsmen from what I gather this seems to be normal, so that's what I was thinking of doing.

Got engaged a month ago and so far have
Church and priest booked for next October
Venue sorted for reception.
Band
Photographer
Videographer
Dress & veil & hairclip and hoop.
Rings
Invite template & guestlist complete.
Cake topper
Think it helps that we live abroad so we can't go around looking at venues listening to bands etc. She bought the first dress she tried on as had seen it online and like it (she tried a few others on but stuck with original). Just read about dress alterations they look expensive, don't think much needs to be done with hers thankfully she was told about £70. The dress was £630 with the hoop so think good value as it was last seasons :-D

All going well so far :-)

mcgiggles · 01-11-2017 4:50pm

mp3ireland2 wrote:

Hi, Just wondering do most people buy suits for the groomsmen from what I gather this seems to be normal, so that's what I was thinking of doing.

We're renting ours. None of the lads need new suits.. We were gona buy his one but he only got a new navy suit a while ago so doesn't need another one.

MiliMe · 03-11-2017 12:25pm

mp3ireland2 wrote: »

Hi,
Just wondering do most people buy suits for the groomsmen from what I gather this seems to be normal, so that's what I was thinking of

Wow, you be sorted a lot in a month!!!

We are, himself wanted a new suit for the occasion so we bought the best man the same suit. It will work as his gift for being bestman so no new to worry about that closer the date.

Innervision · 03-11-2017 2:38pm

We're planning to buy the suits as well. Seems like a better use of budget than bridesmaids dresses to be honest as the lads will get a lot of wear out of them again hopefully!

iluvfatfrogs · 03-11-2017 2:56pm

mcgiggles wrote: »

We're renting ours. None of the lads need new suits.. We were gona buy his one but he only got a new navy suit a while ago so doesn't need another one.

You could say this for nearly every single item you get for the wedding.
Every groom should get to wear a nice new well fitted suit on their wedding, even if he doesnt need it!

SpillingTheTea · 06-11-2017 1:04pm

iluvfatfrogs wrote: »

mcgiggles wrote: »

We're renting ours. None of the lads need new suits.. We were gona buy his one but he only got a new navy suit a while ago so doesn't need another one.

You could say this for nearly every single item you get for the wedding.
Every groom should get to wear a nice new well fitted suit on their wedding, even if he doesnt need it!

My fiancé wants to rent his too. He doesn’t care about renting as in his words ‘I’m only going to wear it for one day’.
Haha

06-11-2017 2:15pm

SpillingTheTea wrote: »

My fiancé wants to rent his too. He doesn’t care about renting as in his words ‘I’m only going to wear it for one day’.
Haha

I went into a shop over the weekend to look at renting, and they were quoting 170 per suit. Seems extortionate. Going to try a few other shops this weekend I think. If they all cost around that, then I'm definitely better off buying the suits

scarepanda · 06-11-2017 2:20pm

We had originally intended on buying my OHs suit, and renting the lads ones. But the cost of hiring Vs renting wasn't that much more. So we decided to buy all the suits and they would then be our presents to the lads.

SpillingTheTea · 06-11-2017 2:26pm

The place where my other half is getting his suits are €150 to rent the 3-piece or €500 to buy. €900 vs €3,000 to him is a no brainer. Personally I don’t really mind either way but this is something he decided to take charge of himself

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