Destination Wedding - Vendor Fee

I would like to know how did couples who had a destination wedding, particularly in Jamaica, handle the vendor fee for each service outside of the hotel venue. $1000 vendor fee per each service is crazy. You kind of stuck going with what the hotel offers (planner. wedding decor, flowers, DJ, etc) but if you found someone better, you have to pay this fee in addition to what that person charge. I’m getting married in July at the Hilton Rose Hall and I found a better DJ for our reception. But I have to pay a $1000 vendor fee because I’m not using their preferred DJ, which I did research and their DJ is not the greatest. Also, if I get someone outside to do the floral decor, then I will have to pay a fee for that. So I’m going to use their preferred floral designer.