Wedding Banquet Confirmed!

We have been researching on the wedding venue since late last year and we did some casual research online on hotels banquet reviews etc. I got to admit, having OHP around sourcing for the wedding stuff really made us much much more hardworking and we really stepped up around the CNY period.

With the help of OHP and JC, we consulted David Tong to get some auspicious dates for our wedding and he gave us around 6 dates to choose from. However, we did not have any Saturday dates, only Fri, Wed, Thurs and Sun dates. So we were pretty constrained as there were only like 4 dates which is Fri or Sun. One of the Sunday dates were 20/11/2011, super hot date which confirm will kena lots of surcharge and will need to really fight to get the date as lots of couples will surely go for this nice date.

In the end, we were left with only 1 other Sunday, 6 Nov 2011, which should fall on the eve of a PH in 2011. This will be good for our guests as they would not have to work on the next day and will be able to stay longer and enjoy our wedding dinner so we fixed this date as our No. 1 choice . Heehee

Next, we had to come up with the budget and number of tables we needed. After consulting both our parents, we would need around 28-30 tables as we have alot of common frens since we went to the same school from kindergarden all the way til secondary school. We would try not to invite too many ppl as we would like to keep it a warm and intimate affair.

After going to wedding shows, reading online reviews, spending our weekends visiting hotel wedding coordinators with Merchant Court, Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Grand Park City Hall, going to wedding shows like BOWs etc, we finally chose our first choice, Grand Park City Hall!

We seen alot of good reviews on the food and when we went down, the wedding coordinator, Janice, was very helpful to us. The location is near City Hall MRT, the lobby looks good, there is only 1 ballroom in the hotel which would be good for our guests. Also, we will likely have the whole floor to ourselves as there is only 1 ballroom and 1 function room on the same floor. The function room is booked for our ROM on the same day as well so we get privacy for our guests. Only drawback is that if 30 tables are filled up, the ballroom may be a bit cramped and stage will be a bit small. But I LOVE the ballroom! The ceilings are high and the decor is classy, its pillarless and there is no main entrance to the ballroom. During the march in, we will both be on 1 door on each side and we will come together in the centre and walk down the aisle together. Its something different and I really think the effect will be really special!

Below are the pics of the recep area and ballroom. Look at how tall the ceiling is! Janice told us that they will be renovating the ballroom this year, looking forward to see the new and improved ballroom soon!

Next, Janice showed us the bridal suite, this is actually a upgraded suite which she will do a free upgrade for us if the room is available. Pray hard its available!! I love this SUITE!! Its not very big but the decor is v grand and there is a outdoor jacuzzi!! We signed the with Janice 7 April, just nice to take advantage of their wedding promo. Now its time to move on to plan other things with my wedding buddy OHP. Hahahaa!!