I worked with Chloe Cipollone from Tahiti Travel Planners and she was fabulous! She sat with me on the phone a few times answering tons of questions when we were looking for a Tahiti package. She also remained very responsive after we booked & paid when there was no longer a chance they would be getting more $ from us. They sent us tons of information about the islands as well. And finally, we were thrilled with our trip from the places we stayed to the pickup and drop-offs at each airport and the special honeymoon amenities like free wine and champagne on certain nights.

I had no problems with Crate & Barrel.

Bed, Bath and Beyond is a great choice because of their return policy. You can bring things back with no receipt and get cash or a store credit with no hassle.

The 4 Points has really nice rooms for an economy hotel as it was built or redone in the past year – not sure. They are small but very nicely decorated. Of the guests I spoke to that stayed there, all said it was fine and no problems were reported.

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Day-after brunch

I give them an B because planning was a little bit of a hassle. I had to deal with 3 different people because the first two quit. One of the new guys gave me a college e-mail because “he was used to it” which I thought was unprofessional at best. They didn’t return my calls so when I wanted info or had questions, I had to keep calling until someone was there that could help me. That said, I loved the space – it was the nicest one we found at a reasonable price – I believe it was about 15.95 per person which is great! The food and service on the day-of were also good and everything worked out really well.

I always wanted to stay at The W in Union Square and we decided that our wedding night would be the perfect time to splurge a little. I got a suite for the night before (for some BMs and I) and for the night of for us. Pretty close to the day of I decided I wanted to be in the same room for both nights to avoid the hassle of moving rooms on the day of. Sarah, the sales manager there was very accommodating with this and various other questions and arrangements for my inlaws, etc.

I was slightly disappointed for 2 reasons. I spoke to them prior to the day and had my MOH call before leaving the room for the wedding to have the room cleaned. When we got back it was clean but not spotless. I found this annoying. I had also specifically asked and mentioned a few times prior that I wanted there to be a bottle of champagne in the room when we got back after the reception. It wasn’t there. We were so pooped anyway that it didn’t really matter but I found this annoying as I had asked.

B&H is absolutely the best place for anything to do with photography. I went for my polaroid and spoke to a salesperson with various questions as I had never owned one before. They have very knowledgeable people who will patiently answer all your questions with no pressure to buy. They also have the best prices I can find whenever I price shop.

I absolutely LOVE pulp albums. They are the best for when you’re motivated and want to use photo corners and embellish a little! They offer albums with top-loading plastic sleeve pages which means ones your pages are done the photos are protected behind plastic, which I really like. They also come with hinge extensions so you can keep adding pages – so you’re not limited to the number of sheets it comes with. Albums Etc. shipped my order quickly and with no hassle. I was a little disappointed with the way my album came out, though. I had specifically asked 2 of my BMs to help out with it long before the wedding and they agreed. On the day of they totally flaked and got caught up in other things. One other BM did help some.

My recommendation is that if you are going to do a polaroid guestbook, that you really stress it’s importance and choose people to help out with it carefully.

Paper Mart was another vendor I discovered from bride recommendation. This was an EXCELLENT find. They sell wrapping supplies and ribbon for way less than I have seen anywhere in the city. They shipped my orders quickly as well.

The Wedding Coach were easy to work with and shipped my order quickly. Prior to order the full amount I needed, I was able to place an order for some samples which I liked. For the price I paid (I think about 1.50 per favor) the quality of the stoppers was excellent.

They had a huge selection of dresses and many price ranges to choose from. They get a B because of their lack of customer service… but for the selection and prices, it was definitely worth as I didn’t want my girls to have to pay a fortune for a dress they were going to wear once.