Orlando, FL, USA < change city >

I am curious to know if there has been any contact with Michele at all? What do you plan to do with regard to your wedding now?

we too were conned out of our money from this women and we have had no replies to any emails sent to her.
we paid our wedding in full 2 days before she told us Orlando Weddings were going to be changing hands, yet knowing this she still took our money .now we are not sure if we can still get married next year as we dont have the funds to pay our new wedding company .

Channel 9 news orlando will be picking up the story and interviewing all that are involved to try to retrieve our money. Please check out my "myspace" blog at bitchinbartemptress. If you add your comment to the Wedding blues blog under the other brides I will keep you posted on current information. I have an attorney researching the case now so it is crucial I get in contact with as many brides as possible.

I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU BRIDES OUT HERE THAT SCAMED BY THIS WOMAN.IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY KNOWING THAT A WOMAN KNOWNING HOW IMPORANT THIS IS TO ANY WOMAN GEETING MARRIED WOULD HAVE THE BALLS TO DO THIS TO OTHER WOMAN.I'M A BRIDE TO BE MYSELF AND IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS THAT MAKES ME GLAD THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING OURSELVES.IT IS ALOT FOR WORK BUT IT WORTH IT TO US.WE SPENT TWO YEARS PLANNING AND GETTING EVERYTHING WE WANTED FOR OUR JULY 4TH 2009 WEDDING.AND WE DID IT $4,000.00 UNDER BUDGET.I UNDERSTAND YOUR HURT AND PAIN.KEEP YOUR HEAD UP IT WILL WORK OUT.PLUS GOD DONT LIKE ULGY AND SHE WILL GET HERS ONEWAY OR ANOTHER.GOD BLESS

This makes me sick to my stomach to see all of the Brides involved, going through this. I am a wedding vendor myself that has been helping deal with this situation. This has put a BIG damper on the WHOLE wedding industry. It is people like this who has cause not just the Brides, but also on every vendor who was involved. As vendors we do NOT want to see a Bride go without on her wedding day. But as a business what are we to do in this case? Work for free? I know that my company has done several of the Brides weddings already without pay and have allowed other upcoming weddings to make smaller payments, as well as we have cut the cost in half for these Brides due to the circumstances. However we can not do ALL the events at no cost. If we could we would, please believe that.

PLEASE also know that NOT ALL vendors are out to hurt you Brides. Also please know that MANY of us vendors have come together to help bring justice to each and every one of you who have been taken advantage of. My heart goes out to you and we are all doing what we can to help you. PLEASE know that! I am sorry from the bottom of my heart!

Sincerely,

A Vendor who is involved

we have been helped out with one of our vendors but we are still unsure whether we can afford to get the wedding we want but im sure we will be ok

Wedding Vendor .
im sure i speak on behalf of the brides here we dont blame you guys, the person who has done us wrong should be the one who apoligises to us for what she has done but as im sure everyone here knows she hasnt got the nerve or respect of us brides to show her face.

I just feel so bad for you guys. I mean seriously I just got married myself last year and I couldn't imagine going through what you are being put through! This is aweful! I just wanted you to know that we all feel horrible for you guys.

May God be with each of you :)

I am in the process of planning our wedding 09/10/11. We have opted to plan all the details ourselves, with the help of some friends. Although all the details can be overwhelming, it is the labor of love for our special day. Recommend everyone to take the time out to do it themselves versus a planner. There are a lot of great ideas and magazines out there to help you plan for your dream wedding. Also, there are many hotels that will put most of it together for you.

I feel really bad for those who were scammed by this particular "planner". Glad that there is another vendor willing to help the ones that were scammed. For future reference for brides that use these services, is there a way to screen out the bad seeds?

There actually is a way to screen them out. You can get a hold of local associations that will basically black ball these kind of people. When these people are rated bad on the scale and brides see that, it is a obvious warning sign to brides. When we have Bridal Shows these kind of vendors, will not be welcome to attend and meet brides. Which will lower there ability to locate these Brides. Also the internet is a GREAT way to let people know about these scams. RATE your vendors online. If you love them, let people know so that brides can find the good vendors and if they were wrong to you, also let that be known so another bride doesn't go through the same thing.

If you girls are needing help with knowing different vendors such as cakes, flowers, DJ's, Photographers, dresses, etc... in your areas, feel free to ask. I will give you my honest and personal opinion on who you can trust to go to.

I have actually gotten help from another wedding vendor who, god bless her, is doing my wedding for the balance owed. . .which, is not much and she is not makeing a dime. A few of the local vendors have heard our pleas and are doing things for free to help. I would like to personally thank Reverend Tim Herring for offering his services at no cost, considering Michele Rapaport owes him money as well. . . really, WHO STEALS FROM A MAN OF THE CLOTH?!?!
Channel 9 news is picking up the story but unfortunatly is having trouble locating michele as well, if any of you know where she might have a wedding booked and show up, wow channel 9 news would just LOVE to be there!!! I WANT JUSTICE!!!!! Channel 9 would never think of destroying another brides wedding, but i assure you they will wait in the parking lot. . .Mrs Rapaport will answer for this!!! I have told my new wedding planner I would not mention her name on the blogs, but. . .you know who you are, if you read this, God bless you for bringing my dreams back and to every one of the vendors out there helping us by giving huge discounts, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!