After paying the City of Cape May $25, we received a permit to use the Pavilion from 3-4pm on May 15, 2010. It was the perfect way to have our ceremony on the beach without worrying about sand in our clothes and shoes and our guests chairs sinking into the sand. We used very minimal decorations, as our entire affair was beach/nautical themed; we wanted it to look as natural as possible.

I contacted Catherine Walton from Weddings By The Sea about renting chairs for our ceremony. She sent me the contract a few days later, and I promptly lost it. I found it nearly a month later, way past the deadline, but luckily for us she still accepted our payment and marked us down for the chair rental. During our rehearsal, Dave saw a man who works for the shop setting up chairs on the beach, and went down to ask him if the cement benches in the Pavilion would be removed for our ceremony. Good thing he did, as we had been marked down for a beach ceremony and not a Pavilion! Thankfully everything was easily straightened out, and while the benches were not removed from the Pavilion, the set up looked perfect and was extremely accomodating.

The trolley rental from MAC was recommended to us by Terry Carr, the Wedding Coordinator from The Chalfonte. The employees at MAC were incredibly easy to work with, and incredibly accomodating considering I waited until the week before the wedding to book our trolley. We had it for an hour and a half and the driver was friendly and the vehicle spotless. I would definitely recommend them to anyone.

We sat down with Michel, the owner of La Patisserie, only twice before our wedding to explain what we had in mind. From those two meetings he took a vision we didn't even know we had and shaped our cake into an amazing, delicious creation that our guests and we loved. We would recommend him to anyone.

I ordered Sottero and Midgley’s VSM7046 from Lily’s in Sewell, NJ, in November of 2009. I was told my dress would be in at the end of March 2010, but come March was told it would not be in until April 24th due to the fact that the warehouse ran out of material. With my wedding being May 15th, I nearly had a heart attack, but Lily’s stayed in contact with Sottero and Midgley and got my dress in only a week after it was originally due. It was perfect and SO beautiful – the quality is stunning; I could not have picked a better or more “me” dress.

*Sorry about the quality of the picture. I did not get a good, detailed shot, unfortunately, so this is the best I could do. Feel free to visit her on the website, though, at http://www.sotteroandmidgley.com/dress.aspx?keywordText=vsm7046&keywordType=any&page=0&pageSize=15&style=VSM7046. :)

I was a little nervous that the guys tuxes did not come in until two days before the wedding, but everything worked out just fine and the tuxes looked great. Also, the guys were informed they could return their tuxes to any Men's Warehouse, so they didn't have to rush home from the shore on Sunday to get their tux back on time.

I made our favors and centerpieces with supplies from this website. I was very pleased with save-on-crafts.com, but beware when they are out of stock: I was informed about two different products that they’d be back in stock within two weeks, and after two months they still had not been reordered. Other than that, they provide great customer service and fast [if slightly pricey] shipping.

From our initial consultation I knew I had chosen the right place for my ladies and I to have our hair done. The stylists were friendly, personable, listened to what we wanted, and delivered. We had a great, comfortable experience and the prices were AMAZING. Definitely would recommend them to anyone.

Booking Vlad was one of the best decisions we made throughout our planning. He took tons of pictures, and they all turned out more amazing than we could have hoped for. His pricing is incredible and he offers a $50 credit to anyone who books with him through a former client [and to the client!].