My Solitaire Wedding

On our Wedding day (October 27 2012) Some snippets from our experience with Regent Hotel on our actual wedding (Oct 27, 2012).  Most of our guests were staying in the hotel during the period for our wedding and I was scheduled to come to the hotel for my second dress change after the groom picked me up from my home. The original check in time to our bridal suite was 2pm but the sharp eyed staff noticed that we were that at about 1030am with the intent to do some photoshoot before heading to my husband's room to make a dress change. She approached us and informed us that they could check us in immediately since the bridal suite was available. This made things easier for us as we can come back directly to the hotel and zip into our bridal suite after the end of the morning activities at my home and not bunking in a small hotel room which the husband is sharing with his best men.  However, it was later in the afternoon when we came back that we realised th...

Food tasting at Summer Pavilion (6 April 2012) Setup of the flowers at the lobby, this time with new flowers. Part of the reason why I chose Regent Hotel is due to its contemporary American furnishing which would be a ideal photoshoot location.  Part of the lobby and wine lounge area. Heard the grand piano is also a popular choice for photoshoot.  Typically, food tasting is 1 month in advance of the wedding so that the couple and guests would be able to remember the taste of the food. Due to the fact that we were an international couple, there were only certain months when we can get to meet. Our food tasting was actually 6 months prior to our wedding where we have arranged for our families to meet in Singapore during a spring vacation.  Food tasting was only complimentary for 8 persons with Tanglin Room booking. Additional guests were charged with 20% discount. Wine was not included in the food tasting and hence we had to top up for ...

This is going to be a lengthy post. :) After 2 weeks of hotel viewings and email correspondences with various hotels/restaurants  I finally decided to sign my wedding dinner banquet with Regent Hotel . First hotel viewing and discussion with Banquet manager (Jan 21 2012) Upon entrance to the hotel lobby, fresh flower smell wafted around me and the staff were pretty attentive to the guests who were walking in/out of the lobby.  Had a short tour with the Banquet manager who met me who showed me the 3 rooms available for wedding banquets mainly the main ballroom (maximum tables of 40), Tanglin Room (maximum tables of 20) and Nassim Room (maximum tables of 14) It happened that there was a wedding dinner that evening and I saw the fully decorated Tanglin Room with the Elements of Elegance theme.  The initial wedding package shown to me was pretty standard fare but she agreed to let me book with a minimum table of 15 instead o...

Grand Copthorne Waterfront - Galleria Ballroom  - Minimum 10 tables, maximum 16 tables - Short march in, same setup as Topaz Room in Sheraton Towers - Menu is limited to 2 set menus, interchangeable between the 2 menus. - Standard wedding package perks. - Better deals if sign package during bridal show. - Did not allow lock in date during consideration period. - Good vibes with banquet manager who was very friendly and experienced. Shangrila Hotel - Azalea Room  - Minimum 15 tables, maximum 20 tables - Room was impressive and long march in - Menu is limited to 2 set menus, interchangeable between the 2 menus. No shark fins in menu. - Standard wedding package perks, very strict with almost no room for bargaining. - Did not allow lock in date during consideration period. - Did not connect with banquet manager as she was quite aloof and did not sound that she was interested in dealing with me. Much as I like the function room a lot but I did not wa...

I viewed Traders Hotel as they only need a minimum 15 tables to book their venue for a weekend dinner banquet. Their price was the lowest among the hotels I was looking at so they won in terms of pricing for their normal wedding dinner package.  The banquet manager was very business like and was not very open to adding perks or exchanging some of the items I did not need. She wasn't willing to lock down the date I was interested so that I could sign up with their upcoming bridal show then and asked me to confirm immediately instead citing that the date might not be available if I waited till the bridal show. I did not connect with her as much as I did with the manager from Sheraton Towers.  Their menu was limited to only 2 food choices per food type and the pricing for their premium wedding dinner package was a little high considering that they were more of a business hotel setting. Please note that they are a no shark fin hotel. (which I thought i...

Sheraton Towers was the first hotel I had an appointment with. 2 of their main drawing factors to me were its proximity to the MRT station and the banquet food would come from Li Bai Chinese restaurant. My first impression of the hotel was that they have a grand stairway which would make it a ideal photoshoot spot. Heard that the stairway was popular with many new couples.  The banquet manager who met me was polite and made me feel at ease with her even though I was doing the viewing alone. She was quite flexible with some of my requests to exchange some of the perks for other items which I was more interested in. She even offered to lock down the date for the room I was interested and asked me to book the venue 2 weeks later as there was a bridal show upcoming so I could secure the perks from the bridal show. No waiver from the bridal show even if I could confirm my booking during the bridal show. However, they were the only hotel that was willing to lock down the date I...