Grab a snack because it’s a long one! Hope this answered most of the questions I’ve gotten about my destination wedding! If there’s any other questions you have drop it below in the comments! 🥰 xoxo, Z!
@kaleeahpinales12328 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing! I’m getting married at a dreams in the Dominican Republic in august and this has given me so much perspective during this planning process. Appreciate the transparency and helpful links!
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! ❤️ I’m so glad it was helpful & congratulations on your upcoming wedding! 🥰
@KaylaDelores8 ай бұрын
This was so good! So detailed, thanks Z!❤
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
of course! I'm so glad it was helpful!
@valencyaclark63097 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the update! Glad to see you doing well! Your budget breakdown made me feel so much better! We are getting married in November 2024 at a private beach club in Punta Cana and are at 19k for the venue, ceremony, and reception for 32 people and 35-36k in total for everything 😅. The 18% tax is wild, but it’s a once and a lifetime experience and as you said a week+ with the people you love most is worth it! Ah I am back and forth on fireworks too, as of now we are doing a fireshow but may switch 😅!
@Dellwood-ig3zr8 ай бұрын
Thank you sooo much for your step by step expenses. You have given me so much insight and to begin saving now. I can tell you now, i definitely want that over the water feature. I showed my partner and he was like if that’s what you want. I can lowkey tell he liked it too. I will definitely be looking into Dream Cancun. I did have Dream Costa Rica on my list. I will def be using your guidance tutorial on my planning.
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad you found this information helpful! Congratulations, I'm sure your wedding will be beautiful! Costa Rica is a beautiful destination so I'm sure the Dreams resort there is just as amazing!
@Herrcravingz3 күн бұрын
Hey love , I have a question could you do a DIY on the floral arch and floral pedestal ?
@ZeneseAshley3 күн бұрын
Unfortunately this specific resort doesn’t allow fake florals, however if you plan to be at a different resort/location I’m sure you could try to DIY it.
@rfarmer86336 ай бұрын
So very detailed and helpful! Your wedding was beautiful 😍 Thank you!
@ZeneseAshley6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! ❤️
@samysamandu94658 ай бұрын
I’m mad at that champagne wall for you ! But you looked amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@mikailasallese8 ай бұрын
Yaaay! Thank you so much for making this video! So helpful to hear your experience. Quick question - what was your experience checking the neon sign? Did you have to go to a special counter or did you just check it right where you check your suitcases?
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
Yes! We checked it in with our normal luggage, however when you land it didn’t come out in the normal baggage claim area - It came out in the oversized baggage area!
@ruthiacono675 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for taking time to share your wedding with us. I’m in the process of planning my daughter’s wedding and this is so helpful. Right now we are debating over having the wedding at a resort or on a private beach front villa. What do you recommend?
@LisaShaw-f2w3 ай бұрын
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! This was good and informational. Thank you for sharing. :)
@ZeneseAshleyАй бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! ☺️ So glad it was helpful.
@MizzBFlye8 ай бұрын
I’m divorced after 13 yrs and not interested in getting married but enjoyed your celebration details and enjoy wedding ceremonies. Many blessings to you and your husband!! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
Thank you soo much!
@nmachiokere68312 ай бұрын
Do you have a playlist on your budget for all other things? Your dress, videographer, photographer, makeup artists, hair, stateside wedding planner etc
@ZeneseAshleyАй бұрын
I don’t have a video on the breakdown of all of the other expenses but that all was roughly around another $20-25K.
@ASMALLS-HOUSER6 ай бұрын
It’s Uh-till-Lee-A (atelier) lol but I knew what you meant. Your wedding looked great! I’m doing excellence playa mujeres for my honeymoon
@ZeneseAshley6 ай бұрын
Lol 😂 thank you! & congratulations! Enjoy! 🩷
@fatimamartinez12818 ай бұрын
I’m getting married in April at dreams! thank you so much for this, one question: how did you go about getting your guests booked? Did you do a travel agent for a cheaper rate for them or did you book directly through dreams and told everyone to do that?
@ZeneseAshley8 ай бұрын
Aw congratulations! We used a travel agent to handle all of our guests booking - It helped with keeping everything organized and streamlined as she was able to answer any and all questions our guests had!
@starrwindom81963 ай бұрын
When did you give out the goodie bags for your guests? The day they arrived?
@ZeneseAshley3 ай бұрын
Yes! We had everyone just casually meet us at the lobby bar and handed them out there
@MsBellaVasquez7 ай бұрын
How was the food? Did you do plated or buffet? I’m getting married there next year and I’m struggling with food😩
@ZeneseAshley7 ай бұрын
The food was good! We did a buffet.. I was worried about the food as well, one of the main reasons why I made sure to do a planning visit so we could taste different things and switch out anything we didn’t like. Most of our food items came from the Bbq menu - so we had bbq chicken, ribs, salmon, rice, veggies, like 3 different salads and then dessert. All the guests enjoyed it!
@4evernia_7 ай бұрын
@@ZeneseAshley ok perfect. I did a site visit but didn’t get to do a tasting. Im leaning more to the buffet because of the options vs the plated but i do like the idea of plated vs buffet. Also thank you for replying this helps!
@NaShariB3 ай бұрын
Where did you purchase your “Welcome Party Dress & Shoes” from?
@ZeneseAshleyАй бұрын
My dress was from BellaBarnett and my shoes were Rene Caovilla purchased from Neiman Marcus.
@jaypine54657 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. I will be getting married there in August. I had a question regarding bringing your own DJ & if they charged any fee for bringing your own.
@ZeneseAshley7 ай бұрын
Aww congratulations!! We weren’t charged a fee because our DJ counted as one of our guests since she was there the entire weekend. We only had to rent the sound system through them for the welcome party & wedding day.
@4evernia_7 ай бұрын
Hey, just curious, What size dance floor did you have?
@tylishiawilliams94985 ай бұрын
Hi I booked them. They said no DJ outside allowed. What did you say to allow them to let you bring a DJ?
@ZeneseAshley5 ай бұрын
So our DJ technically counted as one of our guests since she flew in and stayed the whole weekend. We just told them one of our guests would be doing all the music & just rented the audio system from them.
@Mrsexclusivex7 ай бұрын
What was the grand total ? I missed that part ?
@Cashindomo3 ай бұрын
She didn’t say. Which is as kinda pointless lol. Like damn give us the total
@ZeneseAshleyАй бұрын
@@Cashindomo I stated in the video I didn’t even know the final grand total of everything because I didn’t care to sit and total everything up because the money is spent! However, the total for just what we spent at the resort was around $35K
@ZeneseAshleyАй бұрын
The total for just the resort expenses was around $35K.
@jasa45944 ай бұрын
Where were you when I started planning my destination wedding last year 😅
@ZeneseAshley3 ай бұрын
lol aw! when & where are you getting married? Congratulations! 💍
@cassandradistin25217 ай бұрын
Getting married is something that pleases the Most High because He is the One who instituted the arrangement. I wish more people would do it. It really makes sense for those who want to do the right thing.