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Southern Oaks Wedding - What we need to know if we've never been there

saiyingpunsaiyingpun member
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in Louisiana-New Orleans

For all of the Southern Oaks brides...

We are having our ceremony and reception at Southern Oaks in October 2011. I've never been to Southern Oaks and won't be able to even see it until March 2011.

Do any of you have inside information, tips, or advice on anything I should know about getting married at Southern Oaks?

We have already opted for the extra reception hour and are providing transportation to and from our hotels to the venue.

Anything you know will be helpful!

Thanks so much!

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Re: Southern Oaks Wedding - What we need to know if we've never been there

  • kbsmom1kbsmom1 member
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    edited December 2011
    thought someone else would have answered  that used SOP after us.......
    you realy won't have to worry about anything.....down to the smallest detail.  They staff is unusually attentive.  Kyle was the person we communicated with mostly. and easier to work with..always quickly returned calls or was immediately available.....he is Bobby's SIL........ my only thing to mention would be they are somewhat regiminted in some areas......number of BMs, the band you are allowed to have.....you will not have a food tasting which really bothered me and spent some time worried about it.....my SIL had been to numerous family weddings there and said not to worry...in the end the food was beyond awesome, the service perfect...you'll be happy with the 4th hour it goes by so quickly.....there are lots of add ons you can opt for....carriage ride, 2nd line, fireworks........all were well worth it. They will give you a list of approved bands......like lots of brides here we wanted Bucktown but that band was too large for SOP.....we used Harvey Jesus and everyone had a great time...he keep the party going and played everything we wanted.....good luck in planning.....we planned from Atlanta  and they made it easy
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  • dwaynsgirldwaynsgirl
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    edited December 2011
    Just went to a wedding there last Friday.  It was amazing!  You will not be disappointed in any way with your decision to have your wedding here.  The food was fantastic.  The service was impeccable.  The place was beautiful.  Definately worth every penny you are spending.  For what they give, you would pay $30 to $40,000 downtown maybe more!
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  • JReidSmithJReidSmith
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    edited December 2011
    My best friend had her wedding there right after Katrina. She is literally the pickiest person I know, and she had absolutely no complaints--they were thrilled with everything, right down to the smallest details. It was also one of the most fun weddings I've ever been to. Best wishes! 
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  • Tracy418Tracy418 member
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    edited December 2011
    I got married there in April of 2009 and it was a dream come true. They really do take care of every last detail....they are amazing! I had the carriage entrance, the fireworks and the 2nd line band and am so happy we added all of those things, half of our guests were OOTers and they were blown away! The food was incredible....so much so that people still talk about how awesome it was...and how they have never had such good, or so much food at a wedding. You will be glad you added the extra hour...i wish we had...3 hours was just not enough....way too short in my opinion, especially when i am used to 5-6 hour weddings up here in Philadelphia. The place is absolutely beautiful, and they are constantly upgrading things. One word of advice i could provide is if you want to eat after you and your new hubby have your private meal tell them to come around with food...once we had gone out to start mingling noone brought food up to us and i would have loved to have eaten more! lol We didnt upgrade the flowers on the tables, because the silk arrangements they had were beautiful and noone would notice anyway.  we also hired buses to transport our guests and they were very grateful!! I think that about covers it....I can tell you i am so happy we had our wedding there, it was more beautiful than i could have imagined.
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  • Tracy418Tracy418 member
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    edited December 2011
    one other thing...if you want to have candles on the bar and on tables you will have to provide them yourself. I bought 150 at save-on crafts online. Also i put together oot gable boxes for all of our guests with lots of nola inspired goodies!
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  • saiyingpunsaiyingpun member
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    edited December 2011
    Thank you!

    Tracy - who did you use to probide the buses and transportation to SOP?
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