My long reviews, I am sure I forgot a bunch of stuff =/
Paris hotel Le Mans Suite: C Paris was not my dream hotel for our wedding stay but I choose it because of location, price, and convenience of chapel in hotel. The hotel itself is very nice but my room was run down. Disclaimer: I had a "pet luxury" room because our furchild was with us so we pretty much were stuck with the "pet" room. They had bowls and treats for him and did not have any pet smell. I will probably never stay at Paris again but it worked for us. Rafiki is in a few pics, link below!
Paris Salon B- : I was very apprehensive to use them but did not want to mess with someone coming to my room (small dog and no bridal party). I was very unsure how I felt about the outcome of my hair and makeup but in the end was very happy. The makeup artist made me especially nervous and I did have a issue with her but it worked out good in the end. I think someone coming to you is a much better idea, however it did not work for me.
Paris Chapel: A Everything went so smoothly, they got the whole ordeal down to a science. I never felt rushed and everyone was very nice and helpful. Sandra was our coordinator and she was great! I do not remember who the photography company was but they got some great shots and we purchased 10 extra. I hated all the "studio" pictures, they were trying to get us to do some very posed and unnatural pictures and I was like "I am so sorry but we have our party and shuttles waiting for us downstairs to take us to our dinner" and we were out! The decor is not my style but it worked and don't have any regrets.
BellTrans: A+ We used 2-29 seaters to get our group of 50 to the Grand Lux, Palazzo. They were on time, and friendly!
Grand Lux, Palazzo A+: Everything was pretty much perfect here, service, food and drinks. We had the filet, chicken maderia, and pasta telephono. We shared the filet and chicken and were both delicious. I will def be visiting Grand Lux on my next Vegas trip. The private room fit our group of 50 perfectly. They set up a cake and guestbook table, and also our sweetheart table at the head of the room. They have a ipod hookup that was nice to use but because we had a band, only used it for a short time. We did the 2 hour open bar and about 10 mins before it was over, a waiter came up to me and let me know it was about to end and got my last drink ordered. After the 2 hours, we switched to consumption and I gave them a limit, once we hit the limit Karen let me know and we closed the tab. All our guests loved it and were impressed. Communication was great! Love the Grand Lux!
Las Vegas Custom Cakes A: I had sent them a picture of what I had wanted and they produced it. I paid $410 for a cake to feed 60 and it was the perfect size. It was a simple squared, 3 tiered design. We even had a little leftover and ate it for the next 2 days, delicious! I had spice, marble, and red velvet. While all flavors were good, the red velvet was my favorite! I had dropped off my cake topper the Thursday before and they were already closed but let us in and were very friendly.
Mariachi de Mexico B: 6 person group, we're on time and sounded amazing. Mariachis were a must and it was hard to book off the internet but I would def recommend them. We had a few people in our party who wanted to sing and they were very nice about it. I only gave them a B because 1 of the band members got offended when I asked a friend to translate something in Spanish, he barked "we know English" Whatever ahole, I do not blame the whole group for the 1
jack@ss.
Tyler Freear A+: I had Tyler show up towards the end of the dinner and he made it in perfect time for the champagne toast and cake cutting. I didn't see him when he got there, he just started snapping away and I gave him a wave when I finally spotted him. He was so genuine and friendly, a true gentleman. We left Grand Lux immediately after cake and Tyler offered to drive us. Huge score for us so that we did not have to pay for transportation. We got some amazing shots and are very pleased with the pics.
link:
http://tfreear.photobiz.com/cart/index.cfm?start=photos "Sarah and Enrique" pages 4-7 have the fun stuff!
Other things: Sugar Factory, I had my bach night dinner here and also our family dinner the night before. The food was really good. I love the atmosphere, very fun!
Double Decker Bus, I tried to plan the bus to take us to Fremont St for ziplining and only had 2 hours booked for the whole thing. Well, ziplining takes forever and had 25 people doing it. I do not recommend doing this during a bus tour or with a huge group. I prepurchased the tickets thinking it was going to save us time and it didn't, huge joke on me. Lesson learned. The bus however was great and it was not his fault that they had to leave us on Fremont St. due to being booked right after us. O'well
Palms Pool Party, Ditch Friday was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun. Totally unplanned but we had a group of 10 and had a blast. Want to go back!!!!
Haze Nightclub in Aria: We purchased 2 bottles and got 1 free for our bach group of 11 girls. Haze was a lot of fun but I was not too happy with the location of the table. I was told if we purchased 1 more bottle we would have gotten a better table =/
I wanted my bach night at Chateau but they are closed Thursday nights so went with Haze. We still had a great time and that's all that mattered. We shut the club down....4am!!!!!
Time went by so fast, I was sad when it was over. Please no flames because I had my dog with us, he is our baby and I was not going to kennel him.
Let me know if anyone has any questions.
My day was perfect and I thank you guys for it. I cannot wait to go back.
Viva Las Vegas