Several months ago we had the privilege of joining Anne and Sean in the planning of their wedding day. When we first met Anne had a vision for her day, her ideal venue booked, and was ready to work on the rest of the details. Since she and her mom wanted to be very hands-on with decor and enjoyed the process of planning, we agreed that partial planning would be the best fit for their needs and set out to do what we always do... making her day amazing! All was going well until about a little over 5 weeks from her wedding, her venue closed unexpectedly, costing her both the look of the wedding she originally envisioned and thousands of dollars. Needless to say, this was difficult for her to learn, and she was understandably nervous about how everything would come together now. At Down The Aisle, we knew that this was our time to shine and make her wedding beautiful and seamless, even if we had to start our venue search from scratch, with about half the budget we originally had!
Being industry professionals gives us the advantage of having lots of options to offer our clients, and it also gives us the opportunity to leverage relationships built over time for the benefit of clients who could use some help. With this in mind, I picked up the phone and called our friends at the DoubleTree by Hilton at Sea World, and they graciously and enthusiastically jumped in with both feet and joined our mission! The wedding we had taken months to plan was deconstructed with a phone call from the initial venue, but in a few short days we were able to put together a great new plan, and a wedding that was even more beautiful than the one originally planned! The bride and groom were thrilled, their parents were relieved, and now all of them were able to relax and ENJOY the time leading up to the wedding as well as the big day!
As I saw them dancing at the reception looking like they didn't have a care in the world, I was struck with how devastating this could have been for them if they didn't have a professional wedding planning company on their side -- finding services, reworking all of the logistics, and negotiating great discounts in order to accommodate their remaining budget. Between the time we told the bride about the initial venue closing and their wedding day send-off following a fabulously fun reception, we were told time and time again how overwhelming and hopeless this situation would have been without the work we do here at Down The Aisle, and how appreciative they were of all the additional services we provided, whether part of our initial agreement or now, to ensure their day would be a great one! As you'll see from their wedding pictures, their day was beautiful, special, and they had a wonderful time!!
See the Sneak Peak by Nikki Rosa Photography here!
So humbled in seeing how what we do makes such a big difference, and so happy for all the local vendors who partner with us!
Until next time!
Jackie
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