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Hi Jeddie,

What A surprise!! Me also took up bridal with TWD.
But dun worry me not getting the same date as you. Me in Oct 2004.
Did you take advantage of the special perks given during the show?? If not, can check with Rosa. on that.
I din not know that they dun serve halal food. Most of the hotels do have that.
 


jeddie, i think they will cater from outside sources to cater for ur muslim tables.. i think their no halah table means they don have a muslim cook or something like tat.. think u better check with them...

hahaha.. cutiechar, my coordinator is not rosalind.. so hmmmm.. maybe i can get for free... ahahahhhaa...
 
Hi kk,

Isn't the world small? Same hotel and same bridal shop... : ) And yes, I did took advantage of the perks like $20 off each table, free flow of beer for pre-dinner cocktail, and first anniversary suite stay. Can I just find out which package did you take up from TWD? When will u be choosing your gowns? If its not convenient to disclose here, you can email me at [email protected].

Hi Crayonshinchan

I really hope they will do that....too bad rosalind is not around these few days. Hope no extra costs involved.
 
Hi Jeddie,

It's ok. Mine is MTM either WG or EG and OTR the other. or OTR for both.
Me will be choosing in Dec.

Hi Crayonshinchan and gals,

GOOD NEWS!!! I call them, they have muslin food and vegetarian food...
Phew!! almost give up on them if they really dun have halal food. Prices are the same as chinese one.
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kk,

Thanks for the good news....: )

I will also be choosing the gown in Dec....which day have you scheduled the appt? Who was the one who attended to you at TWD?

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Hi Jeddie,

You are welcome.
Your AD is June04 and you are selecting in Dec03?
Why din they schedule you earlier?
Is yours both OTR?

The La brise Package
20 tables and below $450
Above 20 $450 plus additional 20 per additional table.
Did you bought during the bridal show???
If yes, there is a 10% discount.
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Hi kk

I dunno why they never schedule me earlier leh....maybe becoz i taking the OTR ones. Will need to top up a bit if taking the MTM. I will make it a point to pop by in Nov to check out the gowns first, safer, just in case i want to MTM...

Sad to say, I did not stay for the show, so never buy anything. But maybe can check with Rosalind or La Brise to see of I can have the discount as well...heehee..have to be a bit thick skin nowadays if want to save money.
 
Hi Jeddie,

I think you should be entitle to the perks as well. Coz you sign up during the day of the show.
Just told them you are very keen. I think they should be ok to give you that. They are also earning a customer too.
 
hi,

yest went down to trader hotel to view the gallery ballroom. very cosy n elegant. my hubby n i fell in love with it. even the pillars looks very nice after decoration. i like the tealight candle floating on the water, looks very zen. and the transparent full glass overlooked the artificial waterfall at nite.

however too bad, e max is 30 tables while we hv abt 33 tables.
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else we sure take traders. but i noticed for the gallery ballroom, it doesnt seem to hv a proper reception????

btw yest went down saw a coup;e discussing with Rosalind. just wondering is this couple anyone of u out here?
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<font color="aa00aa">Hi kite~</font>,

Dun know if u saw me? hehehe, coz me &amp; my FH went to traders on Sat, it's a last min decision coz we happen to pass by &amp; so drop by to see see...

Anyway, we're considering trader's hotel but think they have a revised rate which is abit steeper now......abit regret not goin for their bridal show on 5th Oct.

We're lookin for probably max.20 tables? Traders fit our criteria lor.....
 
hi blunt queen,

hehe i went about 4 to 5pm. hmm were u e one with short hair? did u see me? we were inside together in the same ballroom.

so hv u decided to sign with them? i think it's a very gd choice cos in fact my hubby n i luv the decor n ambience but too bad we hv more than 30 tables.
 
<font color="0000ff">Hi Kite~</font>,

sala liao...hehee, it's not us.....
we went quite late, around 6+ to 7pm.
Pai seh...hehee

Dun think we'll sigh up with them so soon lor coz currently our house reno in progress so my FH stressed liao, so better shelf the decision until later...which by then, the prices of other banquet venue would increase also...
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Anyway, i cant think of so many pple to invite leh...hehehee, probably we may have the other rm &amp; not that Gallery....
 
hello! sidetrack a bit here... hee.. if anyone is going to the hotel, you might want to drop by stall 25 at the tanglin mall night bazaar tomorrow (15/11/03) 5pm onwards..
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Hi all,
Just want to let u know that i think u gals made a very good choice! I attended a wedding last sat at the Gallery Ballroom and it was such a lovely place! I love the ambience... food was nice and warm, prob because the kitchen is just beside... service was impeccable, my fren kept getting new glasses of coke everytime he drank only half of it, of cos since soft drinks are free-flow, it didn't matter... i dunno if they do the same to beer and liquor, haha, hope not!
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Pls take note though, the kitchen being just next to the Gallery ballroom, can be quite noisy... do get the coordinator to inform kitchen staff to be quieter, i think esp towards the end of banquet, the kitchen staff may be rushing to clean up and so less careful with all the clings clangs... but it wasn't a big deal lah, overall i enjoyed that wedding dinner!
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Somebody asked abt the recep area... wat my fren did was to place the recep table right outside the entrance door, and then the photos was placed inside the ballroom, where there was a cleared area meant for guests to mingle around during pre-dinner cocktail. There was abt 20 tables, so still got a lot of space.
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hi naturally, hey thanks for sharing with us ur experience at traders
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glad to hear that u enjoyed it... (machiam like my own wedding like that).. hehehehe :P
 
hi girls.. i just had my dinner at traders last sat and i wld say their service is good and everything went smoothly for me.. a lot of pple commented tat food was good.. i din get to eat though... only managed to eat 2 dishes.. wasted.. hahaha
 
Hi all,

GUess this page have been rather quiet lately...... hmmm, just wondering is it the NEw Year celebrations that have been keeping everyone busy?? hehehe.....
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Anyway, are there any Trader's grooms or brides out there willing to share their experiences at Trader's and any updates?? Mine will be at Sept 04.......
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Here's one for my darling.....
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Cheers
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hi groom2004,

i just attended a wedding dinner on 31 Dec.

generally the food was ok, not a wow experience but acceptable for hotel standard. also, there's waiter and waitresses welcoming us when we are approaching the ballroom leh... so quite nice loh.

and their presentation for the first dish is quite cute.... the service of the waiter and waiteress was good, the waitress in charge of our table very spontaneous. keep refilling our water and ask if i need wine etc.... also my friends requested the waitress to give us an egg to sabo our friends, they gave it to us quite readily.
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the suite was quite big, got a bar counter as well... hahaha... my friends went up to sabo the bride and groom!!! aiyo, i pity them and is considering if i want to invite them for my wedding.... ;p

overall the experience is good.
 
hi mist,

glad to hear the overall service is good!

really pity the bride &amp; groom. so tired liao and yet, kena sabo by u ppl. heehee... never mind lah, dun think your frds would mind since it's a once in a lifetime event!
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&amp; also, such joyous occasion.

so, mist, when's your big day? have u booked your hotel?
 
hi bride2004, have u signed up with traders already?
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i'll be a dec04 traders bride..
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not too sure if they gonna have another show soon cos the last one was last Oct if i remember correctly.

when i signed up during their show in May last yr, we had free flow beer for cocktail... $30/$20 off each table for weekday/weekend. free 1 nite anniversary stay and dinner.

other than that they are quite firm and dun really throw in any more perks.
 
hi bride and groom 2004,

i just had my dinner in late nov... i wld say its really a very wonderful experience.. food was good and service was good too! but maybe bcos i am a very chin chai pers so everything is good to me... at least there were no glitches.. the deco was simple but nice.. the small ballroom actually look very warm and cozy.. the only thing is the cocktail recep area.. if u have say around 20 to 23 tables, ur cocktail will be in the ballroom itself.. but for my case, they had to open up one room for cocktail as i hit 30 tables.. quite troublesome for guests to walk to the room lor.. and the room oso cannot accomodate many pple... and ya.. their system not very new so to play safe, DONT use burn cds!! buy the original.. hehe.. cos my second walk in song din work... but luckily they have a collection of walk in songs for me to choose from...

the banquet manager was very nice and accomodating too!! i had a fren whose bd was on tat day and i asked him to try and arrange for something and he brought out a slice of cake complete with a candle in 5mins... NICE... he even helped to control the wine for my coordinator.. those who signed up with traders wld know we have to get wine from them due to their corkage... overall i wld give them a rating of 8.5 out of 10..
 
Hi crayonshinchan &amp; mist

Thks for sharing ur experiences at trader's... Surely you have make our minds at ease alot.....
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Anyway, have you trader's brides and grooms try out at showing video montage or wedding highlights at the Gallery and how's the feed back like from guests?? And where would be a good place to place the screen leh where everybody can see??
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Oh yes, my wife and me would like to take the chance to express our thanks to you all in providing us with ur inputs and advice....
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me also facing the same problem on the video montage - where will the screen be displayed in the Gallery? can someone enlighten me?
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hi bride and groom 2004,

actually my hubby did a very fantastic flash cartoon animation to show our growing up years.. but on the actual day before the dinner, we realised that only those sitting in the middle can see.. cos for us is full house!! as in all the corners are being used so those sitting at the corners cannot see lor.. so before the animation started, the MC asked those at the side to come to the centre to see lor.. but only the younger pple stood up, the older generation didnt lor.. and then complained tat they cant see.. hehee.. duh!! we oredi ask them to stand up and see ma... but i don think can get more screens.. cos of lack of space...one drawback abt gallery ballroom..
 
Hi crayonshinchan,

thanks for sharing. i foresee facing the same problem as you if i were to flash any photo montage! that's why still deciding whether to do a montage or not. For my dinner, think majority of my guests will be made up of older folks, so dun think they will be interested in any montage flashed that day. heehee...
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hi bride2004,

tats why at we ended up putting most of the old folks in the middle.. the best spots. hehehe.. but then, not all cld be "satisfied" la.. how many tables to u have?
 
hi crayonshinchan,

i'm trying the reduce the number of tables so that majority can see the stage, at least.

trying to reduce to say abt 24 tables, which can be quite packed liao
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hi bride &amp; groom 2004,

you are most welcome....
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actually their suite is quite big leh... looks like those service apartment, got a small living room and dining area....

my wedding day on 2o nov 2004, venue will be at marriot.
 
Hi All,

Need help again.....

ANy good photographers + videographer's to recommand for my AD?? Coz I have look ard but still cant really decide or choose which one is the most suitable for the both of us. kinda headache......
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Thanks for any advice given....

Hi crayonshinchan,

Thanks for your advice the other time.....
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I had a fabulous wedding at Traders in december. But it's at Temasek Room, not the Gallery. My burnt CDs played perfectly in that room.

Groom 2004,
Photographer - Hilarion Goh, in my opinion the best, if you manage to book him :D
 
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i am about to book with Traders, but i was told by rosalind that they can only promise 1 waiter to 3 tables. I was actually put off since that speaks alot of their service, how can 1 waiter keep up with the 3 tables (x 12) of guests !

i asked if we can pay for having more and she quoted some numbers to me. although money is not a big problem, but to me, if they cannot promise good service, its half the battle lost. If i wanna pay, i might as well pay more for a hotel with bigger ballroom, longer walkins and bigger reception area.

to those who booked, how many waiters did traders promise you guys ?
 
hi pellias,

when we checked with rosalind during our time, she told us that it's abt 1 waiter per 2 tables.. but she can't guarantee that it will be so just in case some of the waiters dun turn up or otherwise.. so a few tables may have 1 waiter per 3 tables depending on the no. of waiters she can allocate that day.. i dun think she can PROMISE u that die die there'll be 1 waiter per 2 tables... unless if u want 1 waiter per table (which even some 5 star hotels are not doing this).. then u have to pay for it.

so far, have heard relative good comments abt service so hope it'll fall thru during our wedding...
 
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i understand the problems that could happen (waiters dun turn up etc) and they cannot possibly promise 1 to 2 or 2 to 3, but how does paying them extras turn that into reality ? if they really have problems getting their waiters to turn up, paying them to hire more does not solve the root problem. i am quite distressed by this as i do not put everything to hope that things will turn out fine that day.

sigh.. but i am glad that most testimonials here are good service which at least put some of my fears aside.

btw, the package i got was a weekday of $688 (12 per table). There isn't much freebies except the standard 30l beer free, 1 day bridal suite, anniversary dinner... is this a good deal already ? should i just pay them more to get 1 to 1 waiter ? or leave everything to chance that i will get at lease some 1 to 2 table service ?

i've been to many weddings and the last thing i want is for my guest to wait forever for their drinks or see others being served but they are still sitting around waiting.
 
pellias, frankly speaking.. if u have chosen traders there'll be some level of confidence in their pkg that u're signing up.. u can't guarantee good service even if u have 1 waiter to 1 table if the coordination is poor or the waiter is inexperienced or simply bochup. nobody can guarantee good service. it's subjective too.. important thing is i guess ur communication with ur coordinator before hand.

if wat u want is already in their package and u think it's reasonable.. then go for it.. i was like u before hehe... stressing myself over where i could still try to bargain for more stuff just before we sign on the dotted line.

maybe wat u can do is compare the dishes and the price they are offering at to other hotels', whether u like their setting, ballroom... the overall feel of the hotel..
 
pellias, there's no point wasting energy worrying/bargaining abt service really. i was also given 1:2 or 1:3 but all my guests were very happy and feedback that the food was good and service very prompt.

frankly on that day you won't notice the service. on my dinner i didn't eat a bite, didn't notice any waiter/waitress at all, and didn't even get to say my thank you speech, cos i was so busy mingling with our guests, having a good time, etc. i think a successful banquet is having you and your guests happy. if you go around being a happy host, your guests will be happy guests. food, service, ambience, etc are all secondary (although i admit i did spend quite a bit on this :p).
 
Hi,

went to view traders yesterday, the gallery looks ok, but not a lot of deco, as in i didn't see flower stands along the aisle and such, and we went at 6.10pm! how was the deco?? and also, the cocktail reception, issit held in the space between the gallery and the temasek rooms?? becos the entrance to the gallery we saw yesterday, was rite next to the lift and looks rather cramped after putting two tables there for reception, cannot imagine how to have cocktail reception there...

thanks for any info!!

anyone who wants to share more about their weddings at traders, can kindly email me at [email protected]?? thanks a zillion!
 
hi katherine,

i think for the gallery the recept is just outside the room near the escalator/lift. it's cramp.

temasek has the whole space outside rumpoles for the recept.
 
hi katherine,

if u are taking the gallery and ur number of tables is small..say less than 25, then the cocktail will be in the ballroom itself and the recept will be just outside the ballroom... but if ur number of tables is big like mine.. abt 30 tables, i requested for them to open up this bencoolen room to hold my cocktail... a bit troublesome to get pple to walk here and there. but basically its quite alrite la..
 
Hi everyone,

Just wondering about this recep area and cocktail thingy...

I am also taking the gallery and like most of us here. With the two tables placed outside and the lift &amp; pub just beside the ballroom.The recep area is abit small and cramp.

So besides wat crayonshinchan has proposed, what other ideas do you guys and gals have?? Care to share??

Anyway, lets enjoy this holiday season and here's wishing all you Trader's Groom &amp; Brides a beri Happy CHINESE NEW YEAR
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hi everyone! I'm a newbie here! Does anybody know what is the price like for one table at the traders hotel? I intend to have mine next year at that hotel on a weekend. ^^ Do they entertain 10pax a table?
 
Hi All,

me interested in Traders, Gallery room. There's a pub just next to it. Wonder if any brides can advise how to distract from it. Just thought that it's not so nice to have pub opp the entrance.
 
bert, i think currently they are charging 700+ for table of 12 for weekends. but i got mine at table of 10 since i signed up middle of last year. maybe u can check with them if they still do provide 10 per table.

jazz, so far i've not heard of the pub being a distraction to the ballroom or function rooms. besides the few times i've been there.. whether afternoon or evening.. i didn't hear any loud music from the bar. anyway the entrance dun look sleazy to me.. it looks more like a restaurant. besides, for ur cocktail reception.. it's either in the ballroom itself if u have abt 20-25 tables.. or get them to open up another small function nearby to hold ur reception if u have almost 30 tables which was done of the brides here.
 
Thks soupie. Was quite impressed with the ballroom. Wonder if Rosaline is able to "hold" the ballroom ie allow us to make tentative booking.
 

bert, ermmm i dun understand ur question... the pkg for weekend starts at $700+ depending on wat pkg u take.. there's $800+ pkg too depending on the dishes u wanna have.

jazzy, tentative booking can be done.. but guess u'll have to confirm soon after tentative booking cos they can't hold the date for u indefinitely.
 
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