So, we called our venue yesterday to give them final headcount for June 7 wedding and see when we could get access to decorate. Since it's a Friday wedding, we were told last month that Thurs shouldn't be a problem. Now they told us our room is booked until 5pm and we have an 8pm reception. That's 3 hours!!! They said 3 hrs for them to turn the room is no problem. But - what about our vendors and our decorating? She said we can bring it Thursday and they'll hang on to it and do it for us and that we should give them detailed notes on what we want where. I'm really worried about this getting done and done the way we want it.
Also, I have the DJ, baker and centerpieces from the florist, who I now have to tell them they have to go through downtown and the cut in the hill on the first Friday of June vacation with work traffic, vacation traffic and a Reds game at rush hour? Are you kidding me? What if they charge extra to do this?
Plus, we have a lot of our own decorating stuff that I'm worried about, including table overlays, a popcorn bar, cake pops (for escort cards), table numbers signage, uplights, etc.
Ugh! I can't believe they did this to us? Has anyone else experienced this? I would welcome any advice out there on how to handle this. There's been a total change in personnel at this venue in the last few months and this isn't looking good. I'm freaking out!
Thanks and happy wedding!