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Lydia
Devoted June 2019 British Columbia

Venue stress

Lydia, on July 17, 2018 at 18:16 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 12
This might be just too much anxiety stuff but I'm really starting to have issues with our venue. Not even sure if just posting this for a rant, but I would also like you guys opinion on it and what you'd do?

So apart form, of course, getting married to each other, our favourite thing about our wedding is our venue, since it's going to be on a mountain. It's very popular and touristy and there's gondolas up, but they're often quite full.
When we booked them, they told us there wasn't a space for the bride to get ready, so Id have to go up all dressed up with the risk of my FH seeing me and all the attention and all that. I really want neither one of that. They themselves also offered cabins they have up there. We weren't aware of it, but you can rent them for a night or to get ready in. We first wanted the big cabin so that I and bridesmaids could get ready (we have a morning wedding so it would also save plenty of time travelling) and some other people could stay over to help early with the set up. Then they told us "Oh, sorry it actually isn't available" while they told us they don't book the cabins more than a year out (this was in February or something, our wedding is June 30th 2019), but they offered the smaller cabin again saying they still had that, sending pictures etc, put up a tentative booking for it (without me asking that, they just did that themselves) but they'd contact me a year out. They didn't, so I did it myself a couple of days before a year out. They had booked off 30 to 1, so I asked if it could be one day before that and if I was allowed to let another girl sleep there as well. Everything was great and perfectly available and they said it was all booked, just had to reconfirm the week after and pay.
Two weeks later, they haven't gotten back so I email again (last Saturday) and they've just gotten back to me saying that they regret to inform me that they won't actually rent out the cabins anymore in 2019.
This feels really weird to me since they offered them theirselves and it was also all fine just little over two weeks ago, they set up a booking and all that.
So there's now no more options to get ready at the mountain itself, I gotta get ready somewhere else and have to get all dressed up in the gondola which we rode last weekend and it was crazy busy then, which makes me really worried and uncomfortable and unhappy about everyone already seeing.
It also really worries me if I can actually trust my venue on not anything else going wrong since this comes across as really messy. But also feel like nagging bridezilla or something. And since we really love the venue we also really still like to stay there...

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Latest activity by Kaisha, on July 25, 2018 at 16:22
  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    That's totally understandable at the end of the day you need to be confident with your decision.
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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    *ceremony elsewhere, sorry :')
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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    Yea, everything is through email and so it's all in writing. We have decided to cancel the reservation on their ceremony space and to elsewhere, but to still have the reception overthere since that's no issue and the venue is amazing.
    I had send them an email on Monday about it and they've gotten back to me about it yesterday and we're very nice and understanding about it. It's unfortunate but with all the back and forth about this we're feeling more confident about just having our reception elsewhere
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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    Was all of your correspondence through email? I would be using that to support my argument. I would also be calling or going in person. I would not be happy with all those false promises.

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  • Maya
    Expert January 2019 Alberta
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    That is totally understandable. I’m sure your wedding will be beautiful. Mine is 6 months away and I cannot wait. I’m excited for going to the mountains after and getting more pictures taken.
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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    Thank you!
    My fiancé emailed some other place nearby to see if we can change the ceremony to go over there and looking into some options. Else we might ask them indeed to reduce pricing since we booked with them thinking the cabins would be there. We could work around it of course but it's also the whole changing what they're saying that sorta makes us wanna look for something else. Totally having the reception at the same place though, they're still great and it's a very pretty location Smiley smile
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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    Yea that's what I thought :o
    No unfortunately, only those two.
    FH and I talked a lot about it yesterday and We're looking into maybe doing the ceremony elsewhere
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  • Tyanna
    Super June 2019 British Columbia
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    Where is your wedding? Seems like the left hand doesnt knowwhat the right is doing!
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  • Maya
    Expert January 2019 Alberta
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    I would suggest negotiating the price down for the private gondola ride. Express how important it is to you to not have people see your dress. Also mention your disappointment about them saying you could rent the cabins and then changing their mind. Explain the win/win to them. If they either (a) give you the private gondola ride at a reduced price or (b) rent you the cabins it would help create your special day and for them they would be getting some amazing PR because if your getting photos which I assume you are you could submit them to the real weddings and more brides might want their wedding up there and say how accommodating they have been if either of those situations happened. Good luck with your venue.
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    That's so expensive for a private gondola ride! Are there any other cabins at the top of the mountain? It would be a shame if your big bridal reveal was ruined due to some redirection with cabins!

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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    Thank you!
    She said that they're discussing redirection of the use of the cabins (so they actually don't even know yet, they just know they don't wanna rent them for bridal purposes anymore..)
    They offer private gondola rides up for weddings but it costs 500 dollars, which I don't really wanna pay for it (so expensive 0.0) especially after this on / off kinda thing.
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    That is so frustrating! Have they given you a reason why they're no longer renting out cabins? Is there any way to arrange for a private gondola up the mountain for you and your bridesmaids? Good luck.

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