I am predominantly a lurker, but I am pretty steamed. I feel more comfortable posting here than the knot, so sorry all...it''s your ears I''m bending!
Please bear in mind that this is predominantly mindless venting. I guess I am hoping, however, that someone will chime in letting me know that they would be annoyed, too.
FI and I have had significant difficulty finding a reception venue. We have been engaged since early August, yet we have neither a date or place. We decided to plan for summer 2007 so that we could have our pick of vendors and sites. We thought site availibility could dictate the date. Our difficulty predominantly stems from the fact that we both have large families, so the guest list will be between 250 and 300. We have not been able to find a place (on the water) in our area (we expanded our search to a three state area) that both fits us and feels right. There were two that were possibilities, but I am not comfortable spending $300 a head on one day of our life.
We stumbled upon a hotel that had fantastic potential. It could hold a reception of up to 280, it was right on the water, and it is beautiful! Needless to say, we were thrilled. The problem? Over the course of 4 weeks, FI and I have each left a message for the wedding planner, and have heard NOTHING back. We also each submitted their online event request form - no response by phone or email. We did submit our online submissions and phone messages with our own respective contact info, because I didn''t want the guy to think that we are stalking him! All in all, we contacted him four times in a month and never heard anything back.
We both randomly have next Wednesday off, so we were hoping to plan a trip to the hotel to meet with someone. In the spirit of "I''ll give the place one more chance," I called the hotel today. The machine informed me that they closed for the season!!! The hotel is now closed and the freakin guy never called us back. Further, the reservations person (who finally picked up after three attempts at "press zero to speak with an operator") who works year-round has no idea how we could contact the wedding planner now. I do not understand how vendors can find this an acceptable way to do business!
I feel like we''re back at square one with all this stuff. I am so annoyed!
Thank you all for letting me vent. I needed this!
Munchkin
Please bear in mind that this is predominantly mindless venting. I guess I am hoping, however, that someone will chime in letting me know that they would be annoyed, too.
FI and I have had significant difficulty finding a reception venue. We have been engaged since early August, yet we have neither a date or place. We decided to plan for summer 2007 so that we could have our pick of vendors and sites. We thought site availibility could dictate the date. Our difficulty predominantly stems from the fact that we both have large families, so the guest list will be between 250 and 300. We have not been able to find a place (on the water) in our area (we expanded our search to a three state area) that both fits us and feels right. There were two that were possibilities, but I am not comfortable spending $300 a head on one day of our life.
We stumbled upon a hotel that had fantastic potential. It could hold a reception of up to 280, it was right on the water, and it is beautiful! Needless to say, we were thrilled. The problem? Over the course of 4 weeks, FI and I have each left a message for the wedding planner, and have heard NOTHING back. We also each submitted their online event request form - no response by phone or email. We did submit our online submissions and phone messages with our own respective contact info, because I didn''t want the guy to think that we are stalking him! All in all, we contacted him four times in a month and never heard anything back.
We both randomly have next Wednesday off, so we were hoping to plan a trip to the hotel to meet with someone. In the spirit of "I''ll give the place one more chance," I called the hotel today. The machine informed me that they closed for the season!!! The hotel is now closed and the freakin guy never called us back. Further, the reservations person (who finally picked up after three attempts at "press zero to speak with an operator") who works year-round has no idea how we could contact the wedding planner now. I do not understand how vendors can find this an acceptable way to do business!
I feel like we''re back at square one with all this stuff. I am so annoyed!
Thank you all for letting me vent. I needed this!
Munchkin
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