Hi all,
The package price for my weekend AD dinner in 2011 is $1078nett for SMC (9-course menu). For the wedding show perks, they offered us complimentary use of their poolside venue for solemnisation and free flow of beer for 4 hours during the dinner.
OH was offering $980nett ($1029 - $49 cash rebate during the wedding show)for an 8-course menu with free flow of both beer & wine for 3 hours.
Basically it was a tough choice as OH was giving a really price-attractive deal with free flow beer & wine. However, we decided on SMC for the following reasons:
1) Exclusive ballroom for SMC (private reception area & there is only 1 ballroom so no confusion; for OH there would most likely be another wedding function sharing the reception area)
2) Min no. of tables to confirm for SMC was only 30 for weekend dinners for the wedding show (usual no. is 35) even though the Ballroom can take up to 50.
OH's min was 40 tables if we wanted to take Ballrooms 1 & 2 (holds up to 60 tables).
3) Complimentary Poolside ROM venue
4) Location accessible for friends & relatives (it's right next to Clarke Quay MRT).
5) Deposit for SMC was $3000 (easier on our pursestrings since AD is a year away), OH was $5000.
Our coordinator was Francis and initially, we felt like he was always busy and rushing through things, could hardly get him to sit down to discuss details with us. But after some time, realised he was actually a nice & helpful person and was very responsive to our requests!
This was the package we got from SMC:
- Free flow of soft drinks & mixers for your wedding reception & dinner
- 1 bottles of red wine per confirmed table
- Waiver of corkage charge for all “DUTY PAID†and “SEALED†hard liquors & wines brought-in
- Exclusive wedding giveaways for all invited guests (**they have a new range of wedding favours this year)
- An intricately designed dummy wedding cake for the cake cutting ceremony and complimentary 1kg wedding cake for takeaway
- Champagne pyramid with a bottle of complimentary champagne for toasting ceremony (**you'll be surprised to know that some hotels only offer sparking wine so do take note)
- Complimentary seat covers for all dining chairs
- Choice of Wedding Themes with distinctive decoration and aisle decoration to enhance the wedding couple’s entrance and stage
- Exquisite floral decoration for all dining tables
- A magical entrance with fanfare and misty dry ice effect
- Elegantly designed Hotel wedding invitation cards for up to 70% of your guaranteed guests (Excluding printing cost)
- Complimentary car park passes for 20% of your guaranteed attendance
- Complimentary usage of 1 x LCD projector on the actual day
- Complimentary full-course food tasting for up to 10 persons
- Complimentary pre-dinner snacks for the newly weds in your bridal suite
- Exclusive limited-edition guest signature book & provision of Ang Bao box for actual day usage
- One night stay in our elegant bridal suite with complimentary buffet breakfast or lunch for 2 persons at Ellenborough Market Café or Swiss Executive Club
- One night stay in our Swiss Business Advantage Room for your wedding coordinators (** We converted it to our 2nd nights' stay but in the Swiss Business Advantage Room as they only have 2 bridal suites in this hotel and it would be needed by the following day's wedding couple)
Aside from the differences mentioned earlier, OH's package was actually similar, except that they did not offer any day room/night's stay for coordinators.
Hope this helps!
