Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre


Hi Peggy and Yuki,

I have cancel my booking...I have make deposit with another hotel.
Was a tough decision..I like HIPV wedding favours... but FH likes the other hotel ballroom.
Feel a bit let down Pauline but she was very professional when I called her...
To brides of HIPV: U got urself a great coordinator!!
 
Hi Destineey
I had only viewed Regent and Holiday Inn Atrium with FH-he doesn't want to see too many so as not to have too many choices...very typically man hor?. Seen Meritus Mandarin, Mirama, Marina Mandarin and Fullerton during friends' wedding. How about you?
 
Hi Peggy,

Our date quite hot so most of the hotel we initially wanted already booked. Places like merchart court, pan pac , meritus mandarin etc all booked for that day...We went to view Orchard, HIPV, Legends, Furama City Centre and Furama Riverfront. Each has its own pros and cons but cos Furama Riverfront gives most of what we wanted so we booked with them...It was the last hotel we viewed and we decided to stop there...
 
HI Destineey
alrite....congrats on finding a hotel that satisfy all your needs....
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Hi Yuki
Anyway I'll be signing the contract tomorrow with Pauline
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Hi Ros,

can you give mi the phone no of king's?...er...thot it was quite a reasonable rate for printing of the cards rite..hehe..any comments on T-dragon?

HI Ming,

..heard from Pauline they are having new themes from the florist..new classic, enchanted and crystal..so have to go down again to look at the new themes liao...jus started on this coming sept...pauline says....and oso heaard they got new gifts like bears in different types..got to rechoose again liao..

Hi gals,

can sms mi if I reply too slow..pc a bit down..
 
Hi gals,

I'm so excited cos I went down to HIPV to look at the Orchid Room (only have about 10 tables) and I love what I saw.
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Of course, must thank Soann for emailing me the pics...that kinda pushed me to make an appt to view the place..hehe!

My FH and I have decided on the hotel and we'll be meeting Pauline this Mon to make the deposit. Although our AD is only end of 2006, we decided to make the booking now since we love this place and don't wanna look at more places and get ourselves more confused..haha

Pauline told me that they're taking out one of the themes which is the Oriental one cos it's not popular. I've seen the new favors like bears, kinda cute. But my fav is the rosebud tea...I love the test-tube packaging...
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Helo Jenny

new themes ..hmmm ..maybe we shd go n take a look - new favors ..sound interesting ...

this coming sat there is one going on? did she call u for food tasting already?
 
Hi Laluna
I had juz signed up this week with Pauline for Orchid Room as I'm also having about 10-12tables. My AD is 03 Mar 06
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...haven't seen the new favours....but Pauline said there's a wedding this 09 Sep at the Orchid Room and we can take a peep at around 530-6pm....do you want to come along?...Maybe we can meet up
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HI karen
Haven't tried the food and services at HIPV so no comments there...maybe yuki can help you. But for the coordinator Pauline, also their buisiness development manager, I'm very happy with her service, and I'm very particular with service standards
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, and she's the most well prepared coordiantor I've seen (been to view a few hotels before finally decided on HIPV). As or pics maybe you can make an appointment with Pauline to see the ballroom and Orchid room any weekends from Sep cos there are many weddings lined up
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Hi Peggy

I'm quite particular with service standards too... from what u had said,seems like pauline is very a nice lady. Think i will give her a call to meet up with her maybe during mid of Sept. HB in australia now,so gotto wait till he is back...
 
Hi Yuki and Peggy,

Yuki, I love the way the rosebud tea looks too. I only wonder if the guests will know it's tea and not potpourri..hehe

Peggy, expecting to work late on 8 and 9 Sep so dont' think i'll be able to view the setup. The favors are not too bad, I was surprised that HIPV has so many to choose from. My AD is 26 Dec 06 so long long way more to go..hehe, just that am kiasu so decided to book early.

Agree with you that Pauline is really nice. Karen, no regrets when it comes to Pauline. I'm not too sure of the food but their menu is very interesting - you customise your own menu from a list of dishes. Very flexible.
 
HI Ming,

maybe you sms mi bah ...haven go for food tasting..not so soon bah...but looking fwd to see new themes and new flavours..
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Hi hi gals..

I'm osoo keen in HIPV Orchid Room. Have met up with Pauline, agreed she's really a nice lady.. very professional too.

Did any of you neg. with her on the package? Could you give me some pointers?? Thanx thanx...
 
Hi Gals

Laluna : Wow,u book the venue so fast arr... haha...not kiasu lah... if you dun book early,scarly the date u wan, kenna taken up then u sian half way liao man...

I am thinking of having my AD end of year 2006 too. Have to wait till HB is back then can calculate the dates... sigh
 
Hi Gals

Did any of you neg with her on the package? I saw from the wedding package that there is no free flow beer for weekdays. Can it be neg?
 
Helloo,

Actually I wasn't thinking of booking so fast but heard that Dec is hot for weddings and year end parties like D&D...so the kiasu thingy kicked in..haha! Also, my friends told me that the date I want is kinda nice looking...not just Boxing Day but also 26 of year 2006.

I didn't neg for more perks (hmm, thought that since I've only 10 tables, it'll be funny if I ask for more stuff). I think you'll stand a higher chance of getting freebies if you've many tables.
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karen> Agree that they don't offer free flow of beer...for me, I'm ok with it cause not that many people. But if you've many tables, maybe you can neg (see if you wanna trade in stuff that you don't need fr the package).
 
Hi laluna

Ya,dec is hot for weddings and etc... So book early is right man... haha... Your wedding date is nice looking ya....

I think most likely i will be having 25tables lor... all my relatives,frens seldom drink wine... thats why got to ask for beer... Hope Pauline is flexiable with perks lor.
 
Hi Karen and Laluna
juz came back from a 3 days break with FH in Genting...very nice cool weather there and managed to get a great bargain for a pair of ROM shoes
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I didn't neg with Pauline too, as same as Laluna I've got only about 10-12tables...paiseh to neg...but as I paid my deposit during the promotion month there was $30 discount per table
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....my pkg has 30L beer so i think should be sufficient for my guests (uncles and aunties) and we intend to get a carton of red wine for friends and colleagues
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I read in earlier posts that you may neg for LCD projector if you have more tables...hopes this helps
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Hi Peggy

Oh,genting...very nice weather there... i love the weather... cool and nice... haha. Intend to go holiday too,but HB always not free or cant even take leave. SIGH... SIAN

When was the promotion month,i didnt know abt that lei.. haha.... 30L beer should be sufficient for ur uncles and aunties. We expected to have 25tables,30L beer definetly not enough man...

Now waiting for HB to come back from australia then can meet up with Pauline.
 
Hi Peggy

Oh,genting...very nice weather there... i love the weather... cool and nice... haha. Intend to go holiday too,but HB always not free or cant even take leave. SIGH... SIAN

When was the promotion month,i didnt know abt that lei.. haha.... 30L beer should be sufficient for ur uncles and aunties. We expected to have 25tables,30L beer definetly not enough man...

Now waiting for HB to come back from australia then can meet up with Pauline.
 
Hi Karen
The $30 discount/table was during Aug...the lunar 7th month, maybe cos 'ghost month' most people pang dan to make any confirmation and deposit ?
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and there wasn't any publicity...Pauline just emailed me the advert when I asked for the quotation
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Hi gals,

Went to sign my contract and pay my deposit yesterday. Was also talking to Pauline about holding a party of my colleagues there on a separate day (thinking of doing a informal buffet lunch thing for not-so-close colleagues and friends prior to the wedding).

Karen> Correct, Pauline told me last time that if I wanted to confirm, she would offer $30 off per table so I did and got the discount. Hmm, I think Peggy may be right that due to the 7th month thingy, this was a way to convince ppl to sign up early.
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Peggy> The package I got has the 30L beer too and I also think should be just nice. There's also 8 bottle of wine so hmm, am thinking maybe just get another 2 bottles, make it 1 bottle per table..hehe My relatives and friends are not big drinkers so I think should be fine.

I was looking through my contract yesterday and was looking at HIPV's printers (T-dragon and Jasvy). Their offer is a lump sum to print 100 cards and thereafter they charge per card. My question is...I wonder how they will charge if I only have 70 cards (I have 100 guests but in terms of invitation cards, am entitled to 70% of the total number of guests). Do you gals have any idea?
 
Hi Laluna

Wow,$30 off per table is alot lei. Sob~~Sob~~ i miss it man...

Since ur relatives and friends are not big drinkers,so should be fine. No worries..
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Hi,

Yah, $30 off is still a big discount (actually any saving is a bonus)...hmm, too bad yr HB is still in Aust, otherwise if you guys are really going to confirm now, you can ask if Pauline can extend the promotion to maybe end of this week or something.
 
Hi laluna

Yah,any savings is a bonus to anyone man... My HB will only be back this Saturday. Still have to calculate our dates before we meet up with Pauline. Sigh,think is not possible liao.. Sigh...
 
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hmmm my pkg no wine included leh...haha guess that taken out cos of the discount...so Karen if no discount then most prob you will have more inclusion
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Hi Karen
sorry forgotten to reply your post....well what made me sign up with HIPV?

1st was budget...FH and I are paying on our own for the whole wedding (BS pkg, engagement ring, wedding rings, banquet, buffet, ang pows, guo da li, si dian qin, etc)...so we didn't want to invite aunties and uncles whom we don't know....so decided 10-12 would be just nice and allocated between $700-$850/table.

2nd there aren't many hotels offering 10-12tables and with good service from coordinators like Pauline, though the service from The Regent was equally good. After shortlisting we were left with The Regent or HIPV....actually FH and I liked the wedding themes and favour better in The Regent but overall their pkg has less inclusions and difference cost more than 1K.
So we thought we can do alot with that extra 1k+ like scenting the Orchid Room, getting extra wine and maybe for last minute additional table.

But I guess cos I'm very particular about service standard...what nails it is Pauline's service...she showed me the bridal suite during her leave
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Hi Peggy

Oh,you and ur FH is paying everything on your own... same as us too. Since you are only having 10-12 tables... still not so bad,not so siong lor. We expected to have 25tables,so budget can onli be around $600++/tables...
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Oh...Regent... i got their package too. I find it very expensive. As what you say for the difference of the amount... you guys can do alot... thats true man. If the amount is untouch just save it up...
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I guess you have a great time with Pauline and also happy with her services... Thats great rite. Haha...
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hi,

i am also a HIPV bride.. my wedding is jan next year.. and expecting 25 tables..

is 30L of beer enough for all the guests? i am also expecting red wine.. but not sure how many bottles is enough...
 
Hi Peggy and Karen,

I too share the reasons as Peggy as I was only planning a family affair and many places do not take bookings for just 10 tables. I was comtemplating Hyatt (I think it was Camellia Rm) but Holiday Inn had a better price. My FH and I are also paying ourselves so our budget is really tight. Yah, Pauline's service is really what made us put down our confirmation and deposit.

Now I'm sourcing for a bridal boutique that can cater to my $2,000 budget. Have noticed two in the forums (Precious Moment and Jess Haute Couture) but am looking for more options.

taregal> Hi hi...30L = app 90 glasses of beer so for 250 guests, it seems like you need to order more...are your guests beer drinkers?
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Hi Peggy,

Remember in another thread we feel that we had a hard time making an appt wif Pauline and find that she had some kinda attitude problem?
May I know what's make you change your view on her? Care to share ?
 
Hi Laluna

Everything paying ourselves,so everything got to be in Budget... We gals are poor thing hor. Haha

Y dun you try Yvonne Creative... Alot of ppl in the thread,very happy with their services and no hidden cost too. Think their package starts from $2988.

Taregal : If your guests are beer drinkers instead of wine,dun think 30L is enough for them. I have a problem with this too,relatives and frens dun drink wine. All are beer lovers man... Did you NEG with Pauline for free flow beer???
 
Hi butterflies
yeah...the very initial stage cos Pauline's schedule couldn't match mine...I'm working 3 rotating shift and was actually very keen to book Regent so kinda already psycho myself HIPV juz go see see only....but after meeting with Pauline in person and comparing the overall pkg...decision was HIPV
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Hi butterflies
no prob
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Hi all
when are all your Ps and AD?

my PS is on 19Sep....yes very excited
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going for a trim and maybe hightlight and color my hair after I finished this post
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my AD is on 03 Mar 06....I saw we can make a table here and shows everyone's details....anyone knows how do?
 
Hi peggy,

Saw yr posting of no wine in yr package. I went to have a closer look at the packages. For wkends, there's no 8 bottles of wine (only for wkdays)...mine's a wkday.

hmm, don't know how to do the table thingy but have seen it on other threads.
 
Hi all,

Have anyone seen the new decor for HIPV? I was told that the new appointed florist is JM Concept. Any idea how good they are? Must admit that I have never heard of them unlike Steffi's or Spellbound..
 
HI man_u_fan
not sure about JM concept...can't find any website about the store....but Pauline had said any weekend in Sep you can always head down between 530-6pm to take a look at the ballroom or Orchid Rm theme and decor.....hope this helps
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Hi all,

anyone has any comment on the carpark of the hotel cos my colleague commented that it's small & old... Though most imp is the ambience of the ballroom, service & food
 


Hi cp,

I used their carpark twice when meeting up with Pauline and feel that the carpark is good enough as there are two levels to park. Definitely enough space. The ramps are also wide (some hotels like Sheraton have narrow ramps that make driving very challenging).
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Don't worry too much about the carpark; like what you mentioned the ambience of the place, food and service is what's impt.
 
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