1. The food was fantastic.
2. The carriage was awesome.
3. The wedding planner (Casey) provided as an optional paid for service though the wilhite house went above and beyond. From the rehearsal to the day of- she was AMAZING.
4. A forecasted change of weather was fine as we were informed that heaters would be provided. During the reception, the father of the bride requested they be used and was informed of a 300 charge. After pulling 3 100$ bills out of his pocket, he was informed there was not any fuel for the 3 heaters and received his money back.
5. After prepaying gratuities, same father of the bride...was informed that more gratuities were needed for three extra people which were close to 400$.
There were several other things that really aren't worth mentioning.
Noone can predict the weather when planning a wedding, however, the weather channel does a pretty good job of informing 3 days prior of a change in weather. We were assured that the cold snap would not affect the event due to heating preparations. Unfortunately, most of the reception party goers were stuck inside due to the cold and many elderly had few places to sit. After milling about inside, they began leaving.
My advice? Anything that sounds too good to be true...IS. Realistically, any wedding has its fair share of challenges, however, the bombardment of the FOB for more and more money (after paying over 12000 for this ""party"") was disgusting.
All in all, I would rather have ""subcontracted"" out all the services separately...and dealt with the stress PRIOR to the big day. The one thing that everyone remembers from the reception is being stuck inside standing around.
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