Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews

vegasgroom · June 2011

Got back from honeymoon this past Thursday, after our June 11th wedding. It took me a while to get all the vendor reviews written up but I think you'll understand the delay once you see them. It started out as a simple post but then I realized I was so happy with all of them and I wanted to write so much that it never would have worked as a post, plus the picture size limits here are 'not ideal'. I registered a domain and set up a website just for my reviews; hopefully all our vendors will benefit from it because we (the wife and I) certainly benefited from their hard work.

So, with that said, you'll never guess the domain name....

http://www.vegasgroom.com

Reviews for:

All Night Long Entertainment – DJ services
Digs Studio – Videography
Fit For a Bride – Dress/Tux pressing
Francesca Lombardo – Hair and Makeup
Freed’s Bakery – Wedding Cake
Hugo Boss – Tuxes for the boys
Hussong’s Cantina – Rehearsal Dinner
Jason’s Deli – Wedding party munchies
Lee’s Discount Liquor – liquid courage for wedding day
Mike L Photography
Mix Restaurant – ceremony & reception venue
Reverend Roland August – our officiant
Scheme Events – day-of coordination
Southwest/Delta – air travel
The Palette – wedding venue & bride floral

Enjoy; it's 4 am and I'm going to sleep before my wife wakes up and realizes I've been writing vendor reviews all night lol.

j_jaye · June 2011

Thanks

It all looked so wonderful! great to see an extensive review of a different option for the ceremony/reception!
I am guessing i am the only one around since it is only 8.30pm on this side of the world! So I get first looks woohoo!

easullins · June 2011

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to put your reviews together. Definitely worth the wait! lol I haven't gotten through all of them yet, but have to get to work.

Congratulations!

jenjenaz · June 2011

wow! great reviews! thanks so much...

do you happen to remember how much scheme charged for 'day of' coordination?

wiwicaty · June 2011

Awesome job!! Congratulations on all the wonderful events VG!!!

Lwinter829 · June 2011

Okay your reviews are AMAZING!!! I have read it all and watched all of the videos! So glad you and your gorgeous wife had an amazing time! You guys look great together! She looked like a princess, I just love the pics!

Diamond1031 · June 2011

Great reviews and thank you! Awesome pictures too and that RING OMG that ring, shoooot how big is that thing? :-) It looks easily like a 3 carat.......I love diamonds, duh! Beautiful and love the wedding band too!

I have a 3 stone ring and it has a bit of a bump so I've been looking for a contoured wedding band, but can't find one to save my life.

Congrats again VG!!!

klminor17 · June 2011

WOW! Thank you SO much for your time and effort!! It was fun looking at your reviews and I wish you and your wife the best! Congrats and thanks again!!!

davidsbride21 · June 2011

Wow great reviews!! It looked like an amazing 2 weeks!!!

empegues · June 2011

Holy cow those are detailed reviews.. thanks so much for sharing & congrats!

vegasgroom · June 2011

Thanks all!

I forgot to mention that there's a bonus on the New Orleans page for those of you who only went to the Vegas and reviews pages; we ran into a guy with the Welcome to Las Vegas sign tattoo'd on his neck a day after leaving Vegas; what are the odds of that? LOL

http://www.vegasgroom.com/2011/06/27/new-orleans/

junebug61103 · June 2011

So glad everything worked out great VG. Congrats!!

vegasgroom · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:42e8c834-03dc-4bc2-8ef2-681520bd6d02">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]Great reviews and thank you! Awesome pictures too and that RING OMG that ring, shoooot how big is that thing? :-) It looks easily like a 3 carat.......I love diamonds, duh! Beautiful and love the wedding band too! I have a 3 stone ring and it has a bit of a bump so I've been looking for a contoured wedding band, but can't find one to save my life. Congrats again VG!!!
Posted by Diamond1031[/QUOTE]

It's 3.5. We were having trouble finding a wedding band that fit next to it because she wanted an eternity band but we couldn't find one of those in a notched format to let it sit flush next to the prongs. The second issue once we did find a notched one is that she doesn't wear her e-ring at work certain times, and a notched ring would look weird without the e-ring in the notch. The Tiffany one she ended up getting is low enough profile that it can rest against the e-ring under where the prongs start, for the most part, so it just barely gets pushed away.

OnCloudK9 · June 2011

Amazing reviews. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this. I LOVE your ceremony set up at Mix. It looks amazing. I can NOT wait to see your pro pics.

Best wishes to you both.

vegasgroom · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:201839c8-4ef9-4106-94ec-167d4055e9ca">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]Best wishes to you both.
Posted by OnCloudK9[/QUOTE]

Just saw your sig; shouldn't you be flying to Vegas right now? :-)

ricekim · June 2011

Wow. Everything looked fabulous VG. Congrats to you and your wife. Your wife looked stu-ning!

justine043 · June 2011

amazing. thats all i have to say after reading your reviews!

MisEsta · June 2011

Congratulations! You two make a gorgeous couple!!
Awesome reviews, thanks so much! Love all the pics and videos. We also booked the skyview suite.

direy25 · June 2011

Congrats VG, thanks for all of the reviews, everything looks perfect! Your honeymoon trip to Antigua makes me want to check that out - we did Sandals Montego Bay for our first vacation together and loved it, but your experience looks amazing!

CamilleJon · June 2011

Congrats to you and your new wife! You both looked amazing

Thanks for taking the time to do such detailed reviews! Those hand grenades is NOLA are brutal! I love that your wife got up to hula-hoop, how fun!

One question concerning Southwest: What does the "XS" at the end of your name on the reservation do?

vegasgroom · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:2db20198-5635-4f26-86c7-9d582db2ab8e">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE] One question concerning Southwest: What does the "XS" at the end of your name on the reservation do?
Posted by CamilleJon[/QUOTE]

Secret code for eXtra Seat. Adding that on lets you purchase two seats in your name so you get two boarding passes and can tell someone sorry when they want the 'empty' seat next to you; I think it was designed for really big people but you can use it for wedding dresses too lol.

vegasgroom · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:68b94a35-228b-4690-b304-76aa0bd8f662">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]Congrats VG, thanks for all of the reviews, everything looks perfect! Your honeymoon trip to Antigua makes me want to check that out - we did Sandals Montego Bay for our first vacation together and loved it, but your experience looks amazing!
Posted by direy25[/QUOTE]

Im wanting to go to St Lucia as my next Caribbean trip but after hanging out with the Italians at Sandals for several days I might see if we can go to Italy; they were so fun and even though we couldn't communicate that well, they said they'd show us all around if we came over there. One of them friended her on facebook so at least we know they remembered our contact info lol.

ebonyivory10 · June 2011

Great reviews and pics, thanks!

Can't wait to check out frozen long islands!

CamilleJon · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:7c536ca4-6d41-43b1-ad48-d9ea4f7dcae2">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews : Secret code for eXtra Seat. Adding that on lets you purchase two seats in your name so you get two boarding passes and can tell someone sorry when they want the 'empty' seat next to you; I think it was designed for really big people but you can use it for wedding dresses too lol.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]

Ahhhhhh... I see. Thanks!

Natrasha · June 2011

WOW. Now THAT is a married bio! Mix looks absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to see what Mike did with that kind of background for photos. I think we're going to have to go to Mix for a post-wedding meal before we leave Vegas.

Congrats! It must feel good to be done with planning AND to know all your hard work and hours wasted on TK have paid off.

Be sure to give us a heads up when pro pics come in!

Diamond1031 · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:a971af3a-6c40-4a56-a21d-570eb04fefc4">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews : It's 3.5. We were having trouble finding a wedding band that fit next to it because she wanted an eternity band but we couldn't find one of those in a notched format to let it sit flush next to the prongs. The second issue once we did find a notched one is that she doesn't wear her e-ring at work certain times, and a notched ring would look weird without the e-ring in the notch. The Tiffany one she ended up getting is low enough profile that it can rest against the e-ring under where the prongs start, for the most part, so it just barely gets pushed away.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]

Lucky Girl! :-)

I will have to contact them and see if they can help with a contoured band. If they can't no biggie, I'll just have to go local, but it's worth a shot. Thanks VG!

ETA: ck pm pls

klonny · June 2011

Oh my, everything looked amazing! Thanks for the great reviews! Congrats!!

easullins · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:d2434aab-67d8-4465-945d-8813a7d58230">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews : Im wanting to go to St Lucia as my next Caribbean trip but after hanging out with the Italians at Sandals for several days I might see if we can go to Italy; they were so fun and even though we couldn't communicate that well, they said they'd show us all around if we came over there. One of them friended her on facebook so at least we know they remembered our contact info lol.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]

St. Lucia and Antigua are my top two honeymoon choices, as well, and leaning towards St. Lucia. My first choice wedding location was one ot the Sandals in St. Lucia, but the only people definitely able to make the trip would have been my mom and stepdad, so that didn't work out. They said St. Lucia is one of the most amazing places they've been.

lsvensson · June 2011

1) Best...reviews...evar.

2) Thanks for the Jason's Deli review, specificially; I was interested in the logistics of ordering some getting-ready food on our wedding day from them, and you addressed all of my questions.

3) Your wife is HOT- go VG!

nycheryl · June 2011

Awesome!! Thanks for the fantastic and thorough reviews! The room pics/videos were great, too. That Skyview Suite is really fantastic

Your DW is gorgeous - love the rings, love her dress, all of it!

Steve @Mix is a friend of a friend, and when I found out he was leaving for PR, we almost changed our wedding to PR to work with him! Haha! I'm really glad all worked out though

vegasgroom · June 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_finally-time-aw-put-up-vendor-reviews?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2a2ec00e-ecf5-44b3-935f-8eacb8612366Post:e15c84b0-93ee-4776-9a06-c49ab0be7719">Re: Finally time to AW and put up my vendor reviews</a>:
[QUOTE]1) Best...reviews...evar. 2) Thanks for the Jason's Deli review, specificially; I was interested in the logistics of ordering some getting-ready food on our wedding day from them, and you addressed all of my questions. 3) Your wife is HOT- go VG!
Posted by lsvensson[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

In case you're interested, we ordered the croissant party sandwich tray for the girls, mini tuscan focacia sandwich tray for their room as well then cool wrap tray and fresh fruit tray for the guys. They said their food was great, didn't have any of that myself, but I can tell you the cool wrap tray was pretty awesome. I mean we're not exactly picky, but there were wraps with turkey, roast beef, cheese, etc. The only ones we didnt like were the veggie wraps they include in there which are mushroom and spinach; blech. Fruit was nice and fresh, and a ton of it. We were going to get the nutty mixed up salad too but one of the girls was alergic to pumpkin seeds and they couldn't make it without those.

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