Last weekend my baby sister, Samantha, and her fiance, Eli came to town. They were in town to meet with the venue that they were planning on booking for their wedding reception in March 2015. I meet them at the location and we shot some Engagement photos. We were fighting the rain and got some great shots at the venue and then headed out to Wolff Park in Binghamton for some more. I also had one more location picked out but the rain did not agree with us... So, we ended the shoot for the time being.
We met up later that evening with our sister Becky at the mall to look at some dresses. We started at one store that they both had seen dresses they thought would be good, but the dresses did not work at all. We decided to try a couple more stores and ventured into one that we did not originally plan on. There we found our dresses! The two other girls in the wedding party, who live out of town, were able to get them as well.
We have been doing good with checking things off the to-do list until we ran into a road block... We thought that the reception venue was all set, unfortunately not... so let me share this story-
Samantha and Becky have been speaking with this venue since February with everything seeming very promising. When Samantha & Eli meet with them last Saturday she requested to leave a down payment and the venue said "let me get the contract all drawn up firs"t. She received an email from the venue later that week explaining that unfortunately someone else employed there (the person that they have been speaking with is supposed to be the only person who can book receptions) booked another couple for the same date and accepted a down payment... Thus resulting in Samantha having to find a new location. He did apologize and explain that the person that booked the reception was spoken too. Oh, and the date was booked TWO WEEKS prior to Samantha & Eli meeting with the venue!
To be fair to the other couple it is not their fault and they did put a deposit down. However, Samantha had met with the venue in March and expressed that she was wanting the venue just wanted Eli to see it. All this was under the assumption that she was defiantly booking the venue and even stated that she wanted to leave a deposit on Saturday. During the meeting on Saturday the gentlemen did not even know that it was already booked and told them not to leave the deposit as he wanted the contract written up first.
We all feel that he should have spoken with the other employee and explained that she would have to call the other couple and refund their deposit as she is not allowed to book the venue and that she did not know that the gentlemen that is allowed to book the venue had arrangements made with another couple for that date.
I will not list the name of the venue but I have no problem sharing a photo taken there, which I really hope that my sister decides not to use any of the photos taken there for their save the date cards. Also, when I do share their engagement shoot I will not be posting any images taken there other then the one in this post!
It is a shame that we won't be having the reception there as we got some great photos there. I chose an image that did not give away the exact location but if you have been there you can tell from the photo where it is. In the back ground is Whitney Point Lake and receptions is not the main business of this venue.
I know that everything happens for a reason. I'm sure this happened because there is a better venue for them. I think that we are all just disappointed because we under the impression that the venue was defiantly theirs. I really wanted this venue for them when we seen it at the bridal show. I wanted it because it gave them something different then any other place- a great backdrop for photos. But that is just my photographer side and we will find the right location for them and even better photo location.
I love you guys, Samantha & Eli, and we will make your day everything that you want!
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