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| - I'm not sure if I can say enough positive things about the beautiful garden setting of The Wright House. We had our ceremony and reception at the Provencal venue. The venue is breathtaking. Our guests commented consistently that the beautiful grounds really added to the experience, with all the fountains, flowers, and lights it felt almost magical. The convenience of the venue providing all of the tables, chairs, table and chair linens, fresh flower center pieces, glassware, flatware, linen napkins, and plates was worth the price. I didn't have to worry about setting anything up or taking down decorations, which meant my husband I could really just enjoy our wedding. Here are a few things I didn't know or understand before the final walk through or rehearsal that I wish I had known:
* Everyone and all your personal items or decorations need to be out of the venue by 11:30 p.m.. We thought we would be about to run the reception right up to 11:15 to 11:30. I'm not sure what happens if you aren't able to get everything cleaned up by 11:30, but when we did our walk-through we saw a family loading stuff up from a wedding the day before.
* The bride's room is more than adequate for getting dresses, but has some logistical issues if you are planning to do hair and makeup there for the bridal party. We had 5 ladies who needed to have hair and makeup done at the venue. We were cramped for space and there were not enough tables for the hair and makeup folks to set up their stuff. We had to barrow a few chairs from the wedding setting so we could have enough seating and then the room looked like a bomb exploded because there was equipment and clothes everywhere. I imagine most other bridal parties have hair and makeup done somewhere else and just get dressed there so it isn't really an issue.
* The flowers for the gazebo are not included in the wedding packages. Ellen was very easy to work with and was able to provide flower arrangements for the gazebo for a very fair price, but I had incorrectly thought they were included (if you read the info on the packages and it clearly is not included, I guess I just didn't read it well).
* The groom's room is a very small area that you had to go through the men's restroom to get too. My husband said that "realistically only 2 guys could get ready at a time, and that's it." While the groom and his guys didn't need a place to hang out during the wedding, it would have been nice for them to be able to have a bigger space to relax in before the ceremony.
* This is not really a comment about The Wright House perse, but I thought I would throw this in here. Our ceremony started at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour following for us to take pictures before the dinner. It would have been better for us to have had the ceremony start at 4:30 instead. The problem was, because the ceremony and pictures took us until 7:00 to complete (and we were rushing with the pictures) that put dinner at 7:20 and the first dances at 8:30. By 9:30 families with kids had left and we were just cutting the cake. If we had started earlier, I think we would have had more people be a part of the cake cutting and the wrap up parts of the receptionSo really think about your timeline. We are a couple in our late 30's. Perhaps if we were a younger couple this wouldn't have been such an issue because there would be fewer families at the reception.
* The Wright House really helped us out by letting us get into the venue an hour earlier than our contract so we could do hair and makeup. I didn't realize the timeframe was so ridged though it makes sense since The Wright House is selling couples time to have their celebrations there.
* I only met with Candi, our day-of-coordinator, once before the wedding. She was very personable and professional, but since our contact was so limited I think that added to anxiety on my part. The Wright House didn't assign a day-of- coordinator to me until 10 days before, which I understand is their typical practice, and I did not meet with her until the Monday before our Saturday wedding. I imagine if I had specified that I would be more comfortable knowing who the day-of-coordinator would be well in advanced The Wright House would have accommodated me, but it never occurred to me to ask. Candi gave me her contact information when I met with her the Monday before the wedding and I should have used it more to ask questions or clarify, but the 2 weeks before the wedding were CRAZY with family coming in and last minute things. It would have been easier for me if I could have met with her 6 weeks before and then 10 before the wedding. This may be overkill for other people, but I think that would have decreased some of my anxiety.
Overall, if I had it to do over, I would definitely have had our wedding at The Wright House. Our wedding was beautiful and we had a blast at the reception.
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