You may remember from a previous post a review of various Winnipeg wedding venues. Well, this was my sneaky little way of sharing with my readers the research I was doing while looking into a new venue for our April wedding. Seeing as we moved up our wedding date substantially, it made a Victoria Beach wedding completely unfeasible. The water for the community is not hooked up until the May long weekend, leaving most cottages still closed up for the season. What to do?
We were back to square one when choosing a venue... What did we decide? The Provencher Room at the Fort Garry Hotel! It's a beautiful space (which was actually being renovated over the month of March! Lucky us!), and going the hotel route makes life on an engaged couple so much easier than planning an out of town beach wedding! I think the planning of the rushed wedding has ironically been far less stressful than our original plan would have been.
We had many details to cover, and I wanted to do so as covertly as possible. Anytime it came up that we were moving up the wedding date the first response was, "Why, you pregnant?" Although I am indeed pregnant, I was a bit gun-shy of telling people so early in the pregnancy. So, the wedding planning began and I just hoped and prayed no one would ask about our upcoming nuptials so that I wouldn't be forced into fudging the truth.
Thank goodness for tight-lipped parents and soon-to-be mother in law who were able to assist with the planning details while not divulging our ever-so-sweet secret to all their friends!
And, thanks to a fabulous connection of my father's we were able to book the Fort Garry Hotel on rather short notice! Hallelujah!
Jason and I were quickly connected with Cheryl, catering coordinator for the hotel, to begin the planning of our function. She has been a God send. For real. We've exchanged many emails and had one face to face meeting, along with our mothers, where we had a menu tasting and chose our meals for the big event (yum!). Cheryl was able to prompt us with questions and ideas that we may never have thought of, seeing as this our first (and last) wedding planning experience.
Working with Cheryl and the Fort Garry has truly been a painless and seamless experience. I would highly recommend using the hotel as your wedding venue to anyone who asks!
Still to come... flowers... invites... and guest lists, oh my!
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