Hi, need some advise from you guys.. i am pretty upset now.. We went down to OCC with PinSi to discuss the food and extra $ to pay to OCC in order to have PinSi in the kitchen.. The additional costs on top of the food is $494 per table ( min must pay 40 tables), which means we have to pay 19,760k extra to rent the ballroom which does not include beer, helper room, decoration of ballroom is additional $500+++ and wedding favours is extra $1.50+++ per pc for guests!!! $19,760k just include complimentary parking, decorations of VIP table and setup of tables, one night stay in DELUXE room, free flow of drinks ( does not have free barrel of beer) and free use of projectors. As my mother-in-law is very particular about food and she insisted to have Pinsi, thus she is going for $688 package with Pinsi.. So total price per table is $1157 but it does not include beer, wedding favours and decorations yet. My in-law was upset that we need to pay additional close to 20k for the rental of grand ballroom and we have a problem where we might only got 35 tables.. OCC says no matter how many tables, we still need to pay them 494 per table for minimun 40 tables as Andrew says that actually for Pinsi to come in to cook, need to have min 55 tables!!! =( Andrew is hard to neg and he keep telling us the price 494 per table is very good le and cos we got OCC Membercard, so he can give 5% discount, so only save about 1k, which ended up about 18,760k... Andrew is very strict and there is no room for neg. He says that since out dates are in Jan 2010, he felt that he can clinch a bigger deal ( no of tables) with another couple so he cannot give anything else.. THis makes my mother-in-law very pissed off.. Because my mother-in-law die die want Pinsi to cook cos she is very particular of food ( and she got business relationship with Pinsi boss) so she and the boss ended up bringing us to Yishun Safra cos PinSi will be a new place there (level 2) and she wants us to save that close to 19k of renting the ballroom and wanted us to have our banquet there instead.. The ballroom will be ready in around late April/May this year.. I am so sad now.. I really love OCC Grand Ballroom and i am strucked in between. My HTB is very nice and told me if i want OCC, he will get it for me, and he tell his mum we dun like Yishun Safra.. But cos my HTB is not those who is particular about the place of banquet le ( easy-going) thus i believe that his mum sure know i dun like there.. I scared that if i insisted to have in OCC she will not be happy and she will think that as a wife i didnt think of saving money for hubby.. And since she only want Pinsi to cook, so there is no way we can go to other hotels also..
I felt that it is once a lifetime for wedding but i also know 19k is alot to pay OCC to have banquet there.. But i cant even choose any other hotels! I dun know what to do.. I am thinking should i just do my chinese traditions and skip the wedding banquet instead.. so his mum wont have hard feelings about me.. I just dun like to hold it in chinese resturant and i dun feel romantic at all!