Hi Brad,

I might be reading this wrong but if your wedding isn't until July than they have given you going on for 6 months notice which seems a lot fairer than leaving it until the last minute - to be fair there is the possibility that they have only just been informed by the hotel that this work is planned and/or unlikely to be finished by July.

As for an alternative, well to be honest they might have done you a favour - I wouldn't chance booking a wedding in the Caribbean in the hurricane season. I have taken my chance and travelled there in July/August last year but there's a big difference between having a holiday affected and potentially having your wedding day ruined. Assuming that it has to be at that time of year, personally I'd look for somewhere where the weather is going to be more settled and more predictable at that time of year.

But then again, I think that I'd also want it a lot closer to home where I was more in control of things. The more I hear about how people are let down by the TOs, hotels and overseas wedding planners and the delays that some people have experienced in actually getting hold of their marriage documents etc the less inclined I would be to hand over the arrangements for the big day to other people.

SM