UNBELIEVABLY UPSET w MY RH!!! PLEASE read and help me!!
this is REALLY long but please PLEASE read and help me figure out what to do!! i'm beyond upset...
over a year ago we looked at 6 RHs and finally decided on beach club estate...it was small, quaint, and the part that really sold us is (please don't laugh) the fact that it had a hidden 4-lane bowling alley that you could rent out for an extra hour after your reception.
this morning, a new 08 bride posted that she just booked at the beach club...and she made a comment that they are completely renovating the whole place.
i was SHOCKED!! i had heard nothing about any of this. so i called them and it's true...they are changing the entire layout of the grounds, re-doing the rooms, and they are GETTING RID OF THE BOWLING ALLEY. it states in my contract that the bowling after the reception is an option. that was the selling point for us.
ok so some of you might think the bowling thing is cheesy, but i want you to think of something special between you and FH that you've shared during your relationship. maybe you both love theme parks, maybe you watched your favorite movie on your first date, maybe you both love a certain sport...now imagine you found a hall that somehow incorporated that special thing into your wedding and you booked your hall over others b/c of that thing, and were looking forward to it for the past year. that's what the bowling was for us. we were both on our high school bowling teams (please, hold back your laughter), he used to come watch my matches after school the first year we were dating, over the past 9 years we've been on several couple league bowling teams...we were so excited about bowling after the wedding in our dress and tux. i thought it would be SO awesome for pictures too.
not to mention, i also booked this place b/c i loved the layout of the grounds and the way everything looked. i was told today that the grounds will be completely different, and that the place won't be finished until the first week of may...ONLY A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MY WEDDING!! so i can't even see what it's actually going to look like until then!! what if we HATE it?! they said we can come in and look at their plans...but a few drawings isn't going to give me the feel of what it's actually going to look like.
i'm sure a few of you are thinking that i should be happy, b/c the place will be all new and it will probably be really pretty...but it's not what we booked. we booked it b/c it was old fashioned and DIFFERENT. now i don't KNOW what it will be like.
AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL US!!!!!!! i found out from someone on here...and when i called they said they have already started renovating. so obviously they have been planning it for a while before now!! were they going to wait until i showed up on my wedding day and FREAKED OUT that it wasn't the same place?!?!?! i am SOOOOOO upset about that!! how could they not inform me earlier, when i have booked my wedding there almost 2 years in advance, and am expecting it to be the way it was?!?!??!?!?!
i have been envisioning my wedding for 2 years at this place. now i don't know what to picture.
what would you do? would you just suck it up and have your wedding there, not knowing what it will look like? or would you see if you could get out of the contract and try to find another hall at short notice?
please, i have been crying about this on and off all day...this is such a big deal to me, i need advice!!!
over a year ago we looked at 6 RHs and finally decided on beach club estate...it was small, quaint, and the part that really sold us is (please don't laugh) the fact that it had a hidden 4-lane bowling alley that you could rent out for an extra hour after your reception.
this morning, a new 08 bride posted that she just booked at the beach club...and she made a comment that they are completely renovating the whole place.
i was SHOCKED!! i had heard nothing about any of this. so i called them and it's true...they are changing the entire layout of the grounds, re-doing the rooms, and they are GETTING RID OF THE BOWLING ALLEY. it states in my contract that the bowling after the reception is an option. that was the selling point for us.
ok so some of you might think the bowling thing is cheesy, but i want you to think of something special between you and FH that you've shared during your relationship. maybe you both love theme parks, maybe you watched your favorite movie on your first date, maybe you both love a certain sport...now imagine you found a hall that somehow incorporated that special thing into your wedding and you booked your hall over others b/c of that thing, and were looking forward to it for the past year. that's what the bowling was for us. we were both on our high school bowling teams (please, hold back your laughter), he used to come watch my matches after school the first year we were dating, over the past 9 years we've been on several couple league bowling teams...we were so excited about bowling after the wedding in our dress and tux. i thought it would be SO awesome for pictures too.
not to mention, i also booked this place b/c i loved the layout of the grounds and the way everything looked. i was told today that the grounds will be completely different, and that the place won't be finished until the first week of may...ONLY A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MY WEDDING!! so i can't even see what it's actually going to look like until then!! what if we HATE it?! they said we can come in and look at their plans...but a few drawings isn't going to give me the feel of what it's actually going to look like.
i'm sure a few of you are thinking that i should be happy, b/c the place will be all new and it will probably be really pretty...but it's not what we booked. we booked it b/c it was old fashioned and DIFFERENT. now i don't KNOW what it will be like.
AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL US!!!!!!! i found out from someone on here...and when i called they said they have already started renovating. so obviously they have been planning it for a while before now!! were they going to wait until i showed up on my wedding day and FREAKED OUT that it wasn't the same place?!?!?! i am SOOOOOO upset about that!! how could they not inform me earlier, when i have booked my wedding there almost 2 years in advance, and am expecting it to be the way it was?!?!??!?!?!
i have been envisioning my wedding for 2 years at this place. now i don't know what to picture.
what would you do? would you just suck it up and have your wedding there, not knowing what it will look like? or would you see if you could get out of the contract and try to find another hall at short notice?
please, i have been crying about this on and off all day...this is such a big deal to me, i need advice!!!
