Thanks to Mia Chargois, senior catering sales manager, and Kristina Madsen, catering sales manager at Hotel ZaZa Dallas for answering this week’s reader question:
I’m starting to look at wedding and reception venues and I can’t decide between a hotel and a venue. What are some perks to a hotel?
1. Location, location, location! Hosting at a hotel provides the wedding party and their guests one general location to gather and celebrate. This helps eliminate less travel time to and from venue to venue, as well as optimal flow from ceremony to reception making it a convenience for your guests.
2. Hotels offer multiple spaces within their properties to host your event no matter big or small. Hotels also offer great options for bridal luncheons, rehearsal dinners, and post-wedding brunches.
3. Whether guests are from out of town or local, they have the option to stay on property during the wedding events. Most hotels offer room blocks for the guests of the wedding and can be negotiated with your sales/catering contact. Room blocks are a option to offer your guests a comfortable and convenient place to stay at a discounted rate.
4. Hotels offer a full culinary staff at your fingertips during the planning process to hep create menus, food stations, etc with not only great quality but also above-and-beyond presentation.
5. Hosting weddings and receptions at hotels provides the bride and groom with a “can-do staff.” An extra set of hands can help with all of those last minute requests and things that can easily be overlooked.
6. With all hotels come additional perks and amenities. For example, Hotel ZaZa provides all of their brides with a customized wedding night gift including: monogrammed robes, iPods with a wedding night playlist, custom scented candles, and luxury massage oils and bath salts. ZaZa also offers exclusive rights for brides to use the property for engagement photos and bridal portraits.
7. Hotels can offer a unique combination of settings and spaces. Hotel ZaZa is outfitted with upgraded features that are standard, but on top of that we can offer in-house furniture at no additional charge, such as Chiavari chairs, tables, linens, and lounge furniture. With a unique space there are always so many different options and ways to create the room to make it your own.
8. Most hotels offer unique suites and spaces for bridal suites, hair and makeup time, day-of suites, and wedding night rooms. At Hotel ZaZa, brides and grooms can chose from a wide range of concept suites such as Rockstar, Dangerous Beauty, Erotica, and even Bohemian.
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