Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

Hi all,

do you think it will be possible to negotiate for a the corkage to be waived? Complimentary Beer to be exchanged for wine?

Have anyone worked with Angela? Is she good?
 


Hi jolene and jules,

i believe those offers you are referring to only applies if the wedding is held during that period.. it doenst apply if we sign up during that period and wedding is after that period.
 
Hi ayane,

I have confirmed with Marriott and will be signing the contract this week. I have shortlisted a few hotels but finally decided to settle with Marriott becos of its location and Stephine's service.

Perhaps you should change your coordinator to Stephine cos I managed to get a complimentary projector and day use room for coordinator from her. For wine corkage waiver, I am not allowed to waive too, I guess this is their hotel policy but u can consider getting wines from them cos it is only $22+++ per bottle.

For another complimentary nite, I understand from my coordinator that we will be given a rewards program card by marriott where our spending on wedding nite will be transfer into rewards point which we can exchange for hotel stays in marriott worldwide. So don't worry not getting abt another nite stay cos we can get more stays with our points rewarded.
 
Hi ayane

If yr wedding is on weekend, maybe the perks will be lesser i guess.

But one thing good about marriott is that, they only have one ballroom, u dun have to worry about bumping into other brides and yr guests getting lost.
 
Hi gals,

seems like stephine quite nice..but my FH thinks Angela quite ok too. are there anything I must be concerned about?

: )
 
She hasn't promise us any perks...we just make a tentative booking.. what should we ask for before we sign on the dotted line? : )
 
Hi Chris,

Mayb u can try to ask for complimentary projector, day use room for coordinator, food tasting to 10 people instead of 6 and upsize of beer from 20litres to 30 litres.

Hope this help.I think for weekends the perks given might be better but the wine waiver definitely can't be waived.
 
Thanks alot, Rin! Your info sure helps! Don't want to make an uninformed decision.

Marriott is good because there is only one ballroom. Do you know of others with only one ballroom?

: )
 
Chris,

My AD will be in Jan 06.

It is always better to start early than late so that you can get yr auspicious dates. Marriott will be raising $30 per table next year again so you better book early.

Have u confirmed yr BS then?
 
Rin,

My BS is Divine. What's yours? Decided on your photography?

By the way, how much hongbao do you think people will give for Marriott?

Quite worried that we may make a lost. Will people percieve Marriott as a 5-star?
 
Chris

Oh Divine not bad..i like their low back design. I am with Milan. No i have not decided on my photography yet.

Most people know that Marriott is a 5 star hotel, feedback is that they will give average $80 and some might even give $100...it depends on yr guests. I think for now to breakeven for the wedding dinner is considered lucky already...so far I heard people earning money is only those held at restaurants.

So you really decide on Marriott? when u meeting angela? Yr on weekday or weekend?
 
Hi Irene,

Thanks for your info! They called me back and threw in the projector too
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hv made a tentative booking with them.. will see if we can get more perks before we sign, hehe! ;p wondering if we shd change our coordinator to stephine or angela.. afraid that yiwen may be too new... what do u think?
 
Hi ayane

U r welcome.

There is no harm trying to change coordinator..perhaps u can email Stephine on this.

So which date did u book? What other perks are you neogitating? Me signing the contract soon.
 
Hi Rin,

we have make a tentative booking with Marriott. Suppose to revert to her by mid-April.

Will be on a weekday. How about yours?

My guest list is about 321 people now. Quite concerned if less than 30 tables turn up..then we will really make a loss.

Are you holding a wedding reception/solemnisation before that?
 
Chris,

Mine will be on a weekday as well on January. I guess the weekday rate is more worthwhile for us to take.

No I am no holding any solemnisation before that cos I ROM 2 years ago already. Yr guest list 321 still not so bad...mine abt 300 guests..so still thinking who to invite..hopefully get to knew more friends from now..

Try to invite more friends n colleagues to the dinner to minimise the loss. I know relatives bao very little. I am also keeping my fingers crossed that I can break even the banquet.
 
Hi Chris,

Their minimum table is 30 for weekdays.

Therefore in the contract, we need to guarantee 30 tables. I think should be no problem cos my FH can invite his business associates.

I heard they are increasing another $30 per table this year end so u better book early.
 
Hi Rin,

Ya, Angela told me about it...

Do you think the aisle in Marriott is abit short?

There are comments about the aisle being too short..and ceiling being too low.

Can't really remember the length of the aisle but do agree with the low ceiling which I am fine with that.

You okay with the aisle?

: )
 
Hi Chris

Yes, I think the aisle was a bit short as for the ceiling, i think it is still not so bad compared to other hotels.

Nevertheless, I was attracted to the vineyard theme cos my FH and I both feel that the theme is very romantic especially with the intelligent lights on. So we are not concerned by the short aisle...
 
Hi Twinkles,

Sure no problem.

I was given free flow of beer for the night and complimentary projector. How bout u? Stephnie is really nice to work with.

BTW, you can email me at [email protected] so that we can plan our wedding together
 
hi twinkles!

so hv you signed yr contract with marriot yet? mine will be on 12 May 2006 (fri, public hol). When is yours?

you know, it was really funny, i was at the style mag wedding bash at swissotel yesterday, and I bumped into yiwen there!! she looked sheepish but she said she was doing "market survey", haha! she is really a sweet girl.. am still thinking if it wld look bad on her if we changed our coordinator...

Hi elmo_78,
wow, u managed to get free flow of beer?! lucky you! is yrs on a weekday?
 
Hi ayane

Yes, I have signed my contract with Marriott last week. Was really glad that I made the decision cos too tired to go around searching.

Mine is on Jan 2006 on a weekday. How much did you pay for per table in Marriott? I think they charge more for PH rite.

Really! Yiwen was there... hahaha i think they are trying to compare the perks there between hotel. If you feel comfortable with Yiwen, then better not change coordinator. Anyway by the time yr AD day come, I bet Yiwen will be very experienced already.

I agree too that elmo is lucky to get free flow beer, mayb she signed up during wedding fair.
 
hi twinkles,

we havent signed with marriot yet, only made tentative booking.. but i know wat u mean, am getting quite tired too of searching and comparing.. we were quite impressed with swissotel during the fair, and the perks were not too bad but they were only applicable for 2005 dates.. so so far, marriot is still at the top of our list at the moment
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just hoping to delay paying deposit and also hoping to get more perks
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hv u seen the vineyard theme? is it really nice? only saw it in pictures.. i asked yiwen for her opinion, and she said she personally like the oriental theme (can change colour of flower if we think it is too red).
 
Ayane,

Yes I saw the vineyard theme 3 times already but still prefer it to oriental theme cos it looks more romantic and classy. I find the oriental theme a bit chinese though.
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About the deposit thing, I think u can negotiate with Yiwen, cos I only pay 2k first and another 2k, 3 months before the wedding.

How much they charge u per table for Marriott?
 
twinkles,

u went to see it 3x?! wow, u must hv really like marriot
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thot it looked very purple from the pictures, but yiwen said we can choose the colour of the lightings..

cant rmbr the exact price cos we are still deciding whether we want the 8-course or 9-course menu.
 
I happen to be in orchard and there was a wedding going on so we just popped in to take a look.

We saw the vineyard 2 times and oriental 1 time. My husband too feel that the vineyard theme is better.
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The reason why i ask u for the price is that usually the table is more expensive in PH than weekends.
 
oh, no i dun think they quoted us more cos of PH. if i am not wrong, there are separate charges for weekdays, fridays and weekends.. and cos we are taking more than their minimum tables, they didnt charge us more for the date being a PH, i think. it is more exp than weekdays, but am pretty sure it is not more than weekends.

cant wait to see the vineyard theme now that you are full of praises for it
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wonder if they will come up with more themes next year? do u hv to decide when u sign?
 
hi there,

my FH and i had a really really unpleasant experience with Marriott.

our coordinator was Stephine too, and not only was she inflexible and unaccomodating, she was also very rude. thereafter, we decided to speak to angela instead, but without even hearing us out, she said she'd support Stephine no matter wat. despite us being able to confirm close to 50 tables, they didn't seem interested in securing the deal at all.

we have totally lost confidence in Marriott and do not feel good abt having anything to do with them at all. being a 5* hotel located in the heart of town doesn't give anybody the right to be uppity and snooty!!
 
Mayb u wanna check again cos my friend who held her wedding in 1st Jan (PH) paid almost 1k per table. If they didn't overcharge you then u are considered getting a good deal.

It is up to individual, hope u will like the theme too.. U can pop by at around 6pm during the weekends to peek at the actual setup, usually there is a wedding going.

I dun tink there is any new themes coming up, u can decide the theme nearer yr wedding date.
 
hi rin,

it's a long story.. basically, we wanted to negotiate for extra perks, and we don't think we were being unreasonable. what we were negotiating for were what other hotels were readily offering us! but the response we got from them was simply - "no, we can't give it to u." "why not?" and their reply to this question was what really put us off - "because we are Marriott, we are not any other hotel out there!!"

when we tried to negotiate for an extra night's stay (which is very common in other hotels' packages), they actually told us that they wouldn't give it to us because by giving us that free extra night, they are losing out on business from corporate clients!!

and technically, our tentative booking is valid for 2 weeks, but because they were holding a wedding fair in a few days' time, they kept pressurising us to confirm our booking, and when we expressed our dissatisfaction with the package offered to us, instead of trying to address our concerns, they told us, "if u don't want to confirm the booking, then please cancel it sooner so that we can leave that date open for others to book during the wedding fair!" i am entitled to hold my tentative booking for that whole 2 weeks, and you have no right to pressurise me to confirm it or cancel it simply because you have an alternative means of securing a deal for that date!

these were only some of the exchages of correspondence between us. we went thru a lot more. but what they didn't know is that both my FH and i are international events organisers, and we do large-scale bookings for our guests at the best hotels, with definitely no compromise on budget. but after this incident, i don't think we will ever be making use of Marriott for any coporate events ever again!!
 
hi grapefruit,

oh dear, so so sorry to hear that..
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I haven met stephine or angela, but from all the gd things i hv read in this thread, its so hard to imagine that they cld hv been so rude
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personally, i do feel that marriot is less flexible than alot of other hotels which i hv checked out.. like u said, alot of things which other hotels readily threw in, they couldnt give. but i must say that my coordinator was never rude at any point in time, just very apologetic that she couldnt give me what i asked for.

did u say they are gg to have a wedding fair in a few days' time? thot there were none in the pipeline when i last checked. in any case, if they were gg to have a wedding fair, wouldnt u wanna sign up at the wedding fair instead?
 
hi ayane,

oh, this happened a few mths ago, so the wedding fair should be over by now.

u haven't met stephine or angela? i have only met stephine once and spoken to angela over the phone. i would have loved to meet angela, and i tried to arrange for a meeting with her, but she was not interested in meeting me!! my workplace is very far from town, and i offered to rush down immediately after i knocked off, but she insisted that her last appt was at 6.15pm and she would not wait any later than that!! otherwise, she offered me another time-slot at 5pm, which i obviously couldn't make it because i wouldn't have knocked off yet, and she told me that she only had that one single time-slot available for me, so take it or leave it. so much for 5* service huh??

I had another friend who previously signed up with Marriott (under Stephine), and they told us that after signing the contract, Stephine refused to meet them anymore until just 3 days before the event!!

in the end, i just decided that if i don't feel good abt the service i'm getting right from the negotiation stage, i don't think i'd feel very at ease leaving the biggest event of my life in the hands of people i don't feel comfortable with.
 
Hi Grapefruit,
Empathise with your experience.

We must have all experienced it before. Emails do not properly express the tone and emotions that both parties are feeling. I have initially communicated with Stephine via email till it came to a stalemate, then I decided to meet her to discuss properly.

I really think that it helps better to meet them face-to-face to discuss and nego. My FH & I both worked in the western part of Singapore. travelling to the central part of singapore takes some time for us, especially with deadlines to meet. So we told Stephine taht we can't meet her at 6.
She was very understanding and arranged to meet us at 8pm instead. As for which day to meet, there r days that she & we can and cannot make it, it's very much a give and take if you want things to pull through smoothly,

my point: Let's not be so self centred.

I do agree that marriot is quite rigid in their packages. But they have thought things through for you- the packages are quite thorough. To the point that you feel weird not having to bargain much.

I hope you have found another more suitable service provider for your big day.
 
Hi Grapefruit

I feel really shocked and sorry for you becos of Stephine's attitude u chosen to give up Marriott.

I do agree that Marriott was inflexible on some perks. Initially I was keen in Grand Hyatt too but given up becos of the coordinator kept saying "we are Hyatt, we are not any other hotel out there" when we tried to negotiate some perks. So in the end, I choose Marriott cos Stephine still greet me with a smile even though I grumble about the less perks from Marriott.

I did bargain for the extra room nite too but Stephine told me about the reward program which we will definitely get another nite stay through the points.
 
hi sapphire - yes, i agree with you that we should not be unreasonably demanding or self-centred. actually, i never communicated with either stephine or angela over email at all. it was either face-to-face or over the phone. i suppose you were lucky that stephine was willing to wait for you until 8pm. i only asked angela whether she could wait until 6.45pm because i also work in the western part of S'pore, but she flatly refused. i offered to meet her anywhere to her convenience, but she insisted that she wouldn't meet clients anywhere else other than in Marriott. i was bending backwards for them, but they didn't seem to be putting any effort into this negotiation at all!! i don't think i was being self-centred, was i?

hi again, rin!! - oh, i'm really surprised you also got that treatment from hyatt!! i was very satisfied with the impeccable service i got from hyatt, but it's just that they recently raised their prices significantly and it was out of our budget.

but i'm glad both of you are satisfied with your packages with Marriott. ultimately, what we're out to achieve is to work with a service provider that we trust and are happy with, and in whose hands we can entrust the most important event of our lives.
 

hi rin,

nope. their price is only +. ours was 755 incl of service charge and govt tax, but not incl GST. so after GST it's abt $792.75nett per table.
 
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