Anyone booked with The Wright House?

nickivanb · June 2010

I have gone to an open house at The Wright House and fell in love with the Garden venue. I was just wondering if anyone has booked with them and which of their packages worked best for you. I'm still looking at other venues but am very interested here. Thanks so much!

tly523 · June 2010

I did! We're using the Garden Room too! (We liked the Provencal too, but it was too small for us.) We're getting married in a church so we're only using the Wright House for the cocktail hour and dinner reception. The package that we went with includes all of the tables, chairs, dinnerware, and centerpieces so that was awesome. And then we're using an outside caterer.

I love the people there. Every time I have a question, they've been excellent at getting back to me. And they've been so helpful at customizing the venue to our specific needs. So far, I've taken my bridesmaids and parents to see the place, and everyone has fallen in love with it! We absolutely can't wait to have our wedding because I know it's just going to be beautiful.

nickivanb · June 2010

Thanks for the response! And congratulations to you! Every place I see just makes me love the Wright House more. lol. Good to know they are easy to work with too.

NillaWafer10 · June 2010

We almost got married there, but I can't quite remember the package we were going to select. After all the stress from my wedding, I would suggest having the venue/vendors take care of as much as possible. I saved a lot of money doing things myself and budget shopping, but the week of my wedding was super stressful. We had lots of family in town, and it would have been nice to be able to spend more time with them. It's also easier if you can work with one vendor that takes care of multiple services. Just my opinion

HecateAZ · June 2010

Wright is a very close No. 2 for me. We are booked at the Regency Garden. (Has anyone see the new gazebo they put in?!) I went to a wedding at Wright a couple of years ago and loved it. I really like the Garden side, too. I heard that they give a discount if you pay the amount in full, so you may want to ask about that.

belgirl · June 2010

HecateAZ: I am getting married at Regency Garden as well and went back to see the additions and changes they had made to the garden. What do you think of the new gazebo?

ginaq · June 2010

i had my wedding at the Wright House last year in April, I loved the overall look of the venue and everything was great. My mistake was not hiring a DOC, and i did have some complaints with them. First, the small details i had incorporated into my reception such as letters for the cake table and matches for the cigar bar were not in the right spot not to mention they didnt bother putting out our cake stand out so we had a cake just sitting on the table, second they didnt bother to have someone at the door or put up signs stating our wedding was at the garden so we had guest from the other wedding going on next door in the prov. area walking through our reception taking candy from our candy bar and walking out, and third the so called security guards that they offer were trying to steal cupcakes from our cake table. My brother in law actually saw them sneaking one and told them off. Overall they were helpful but i would def. hire a DOC to make sure everything runs smooth there. Good Luck.

belgirl · June 2010

I'm surprised they didn't include a DOC in the price. I know Regency does.......

HecateAZ · June 2010

I thought Wright House included a DOC. ??? Yes, Regency does. Belgirl, I'll PM you about the gazebo.

llavi · July 2010

I just get married at the Wright house/Provencal .
It is beautiful ,but I was very unhappy with the way they took care of the details.
Read my Vendor Review .

search vendor review and look for post vendor review . My posting was not readble but someone else was able to fix it so you can read just scroll down it's a long one

llavi · July 2010

We are finally married 2 weeks to the day.

WE got marry at the Wright house in Mesa AZ at the Provencal side, it is great for small weddings, and ours was 50 people 40 of them out of the state and out of the country.
I was so happy with the price they quoted us but when it come to details no one called me till I called 3 weeks before and asked to have the coordinator to work with us on the table setting and decoration.

Again 4 days before I had to call to and tell then that I want to go over the final detail and find out who is my coordinator , then to my surprise the young lady that saw us firmly told us although the wedding is till 10pm we need to tell the DJ to wrap us by 9;30pm, by now I was upset I didn't appreciate they way they took care of the detail and the time line, we had allot to do without running there 3 times in the last week before the wedding to finalize all the details.
This is when things got better I called Marylyn Wright told her what the inexperience girl told us and she dismissed it saying if our contract with the Wright house and all vendor is till 10pm then we have the venue till 10pm !!
I still don't have the name of the venue coordinator 3 days before the wedding, 2 days before they called to gave me the name of our coordinator, now we have to do everything by phone and go over all the details, where will the wedding party walk, stand who’s gone do what and when, I am stress but not a bridzila:)
The wedding coordinator was Lori Painter and OMG she saved my day, she was my angel , she done things that not in her job description but she wanted us to be happy and not miserable when other vendor did a crappie job

I really hate to do this again all the bad staff still the wedding was beautiful and happy. We talked to our caterer AZ PARADISUS Culinary Solutions since January 2010, plenty of time he was great, very responsive kind even offer to go with us to the venue to help with the decor and colors always returning my calls.
I did ask in the 6 month that we talked when can we do a testing he pushed to last minute about couple weeks before the wedding, luckily the food was superb the cost was reasonable I guess we safe.
Couple days before the wedding he announce to us that as a good faith and appreciation he would do a sit down service and not buffet. I was not happy with that offer, I asked many question to the reason he will upgrade for no additional money, I asked some people advise what they thing about last minute changes for no additional cost and everyone thought he REALY LIKS US.

The wedding night come, people loved the Appetizers and now it's time for a sit down for dinner :{{{{{{{{

First he left the buffet table empty just salad is buffet style, now I see an empty long table :{ the food did not even taste close to what we tried as the samples.

I asked how will he serve the entrees how many employees will he have I was told 5, well he had 1 sue chef and 2 server needless to say it took 1 1/2 to serve about 40 people some left before the food arrived.

I never saw him I guess he knew how bad things are going ,he never left the kitchen, Lori Painter ( Coordinator from the Wright house )run around to get more water, ice tea for the guests and trying to put fires that he created.

Moral of the stories, get a references from someone you know. There is some more drama before the GOOD staff.

    I am not going to write another novel here, all I will say for someone bragging that can do multicultural wedding is was very poor. I had to provide the music since she could not find very famous artist and song in another language.

The night before the wedding she tossed me a cd with the song I asked for 6 months before to see if I liked it since the cd she brought me couple days early was Blanc. The DJ was Cerrick Entertainment.

Now the good staff come. I was so happy to meet Rev. Giovanni.

He so professional so interesting our fist meeting was long, he explain every detail.
Since he has so may years of experience I called him for advise on how to deal with some vendor issued since it's not something I do everyday (hopefully never again) .

From the reaction I heard from all our guests at the wedding the ceremony was the best part, it was tasteful interesting funny and emotional. The price was right and can see what can other Rev. Can do for you for few more $$$ .     Hyatt place Mesa AZ Bass pro dr. Great accommodation, super good customer relation and front desk employees.

Stephanie nault makeup     She was fantastic.
Was reasonable so pleasant, my makeup test was amazing and so the day of the wedding.stephanienult.com Thank you Stephanie you did a super job

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