A few more reviews from other vendors we used for our pre/post wedding celebrations.
NTS Limo – A+
I booked a
party bus for a surprise for our girls night out on the Sunday. I only wanted
it for an hour for a mini-strip tour as some of our guests hadn’t been to Vegas
before. They were verty responsive and happy for me to book an hour minimum for
$125 + service as some other companies had a 2 hour minimum for the larger
vehicles. We went to the sign for pics and the driver was happy to take
them, but we used the guy who is at the
sign as it was dark and his camera was much better quality than our phones. We
then did quite well on the strip tour – I had said however far you can get in
the time we have left, but a drop off at Cabo Wabo Cantina at Planet Hollywood.
He went up as far as Treasure Island, which was great as we got to see most of
the strip.
The only issue
I had was paying – they said I could pay on card, but then when I went to do
that with the driver he said it was a Jewish holiday so no one was in the
office to process it, so I had to do it in cash. Luckily, I had taken cash just
in case, so it was fine. But cut into my drinking money a bit J
FYI – after
the dinner at Cabo Wabo, we ended up in Cleopatra’s Barge, which was loads of
fun!
Chandelier Bar – meet and greet drinks: A++
We went
back and forth on what to do for the meet and greet – as we originally wanted
to include some kind of food, but most places we contacted would have been
pushing the same price as our reception for minimum spends. Once we agreed that
it didn’t matter if the kids could make it, we were pretty set on Chandelier
Bar as we had been there last year and loved it.
We
contacted them about reserving a space, but were quoted $45 per person plus
service and tax. This worked out to be quite a lot more than we anticipated, so
we decided to just head there, grab a few tables and open a tab. I think as it
was on a Tuesday night, it worked really well. I arrived with my sister just
before 8pm and there were plenty of tables there. They were also happy with us
opening the tab and our waitress was great. She knew who was in our party and
was very quick with the orders. We had set ourselves a limit on how much we
would spend, and everytime Ia sked for a tab update she was quick to update me.
So she got a nice tip. I think everyone pretty much got about 3 drinks each
from the tab, which was perfect.
Everyone
liked the bar and said it was beautiful (it so is, I love it so much!)
I’m not
sure how the getting tables for a big group would work on a weekend – we were
about 35 people on a Tuesday and it was ideal, but the bar is a lot busier on a
weekend (and Mondays when Marquee has a big night) so it might be harder then,
but definitely worth a try as it has 3 floors.
MGM Grand: A++
Aside from
when we stayed at the Wynn, we based ourselves at the MGM Grand.
We had been
in Vegas last year (before we were engaged) and this is where we stayed so we
knew it and liked it. A high percentage of our guests stayed here as well, and
they all liked it.
We made
good use of the Lobby Bar as a meeting place, and the dining options were great
for the kids in our party (6 year old and 3 year old). I ate there at Hecho en
Vegas on our last night, which wasn’t open when we were there last year and the
food was great.
MGM Grand – brunch buffet: A++
For the day
after the wedding, we arranged a brunch buffet at 11am, as we thought unlimited
food would be good to help the hangovers! We originally wanted to do Bellagio,
but they charged a lot more for a large group and the latest we could eat was
10am, which meant people would have to leave their hotel rooms about 9.30am.
Too early! So as most people were staying at MGM, we went there!
The group
sales team were really helpful, and we had a section of the restaurant reserved
for us – not one big table, but lots of small ones.
We were
actually late, as there was a massive cab queue at Wynn, so everyone cheered
when we walked in. So embarrassing!! The food was ideal, and I think most
people ate as much as they could. I had traditional breakfast stuff and then
some steamed Chinese dumplings, rice and frozen youghurt! They then started
bringing out pizza and loads of different foods, but I was done by then!
A few
people that we had paid for didn’t make it (hangovers, early flights) so they
credited us back for those, which I wasn’t expecting.
It was nice
to all get together the day after, as some people were leaving after the brunch
so I was able to say goodbye to them as well, plus we could talk about all the
fun from the day before.