Need Advice

Hey Past, and Future Brides,

I need some help. I am planning on signing my contract wiht the Watermills tomorrow, and I wanted to inquire if there are any specific things I should be asking for? The hall threw in three chocolate fountains for me and chair covers which they usually charge $2 per cover since they already have nice chairs.

Any help would be appreciated thanks. Also if you are a Watermills bride, or past Watermills bride, or visits the hall please provide any feed backs.

I'm not a WM bride but I am a DOC. I don't know if you are having a ceremony there but the ceremony fee is almost always negotiable. Also, if there is a maitre'd fee (on top of the service charge) try telling them that the ceremony fee and the maitre'd fees sound pretty high compared to where else you have looked and they'll probably take several hundred off.

The first stage of trying to book you is always adding to the package rather than taking away from it (taking money off) but now you're in that stage so see what you can do. You can also ask questions like 'is there anything we can do to make the package price a little cheaper, anything we can take off?' Usually the answer is no, but sometimes they'll reduce it a little more anyway. You're planning pretty far out (which is good!) but it leaves less room for negotiation.

Hope this helps! Congrats!

Chrissi

http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.aspx?ID=600458&Highlight=RH+contract

When we went to sign our contract I made a check list of things I wanted to have in the contract, I based it on that thread.

I'm not even having chair covers, I like the chairs.

You have FM!

Here's a previous thread with a checklist.

http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.aspx?&P=1&ID=269731#P2861792