MCook's reviews

They offered us a great price. We had 18 people in our wedding party, so we needed a very large limo to transport all of us. All other companies could only offer stretch limos, starting at around $2,000, not included driver gratuity. That was way over our budget, so we we very happy when we found Fitzgerald Brothers. They offered us a party bus for $690 for four hours, and that price already included driver gratuity. The driver showed up early, which was great. The only issue we had was the driver needed us to give him step by step directions in order to get from my house to the church, as well as from the church to the reception site. We felt like if you're a driver, you should have directions printed out or a GPS if you're not familiar with the locations you are driving to. But, other than that, we were very happy with the price and service.

Very happy with using David's Bridal for my bridesmaids' dresses. I picked the color marine for the dresses, which was a beautiful color. Also, DB offered a wide variety of dresses, of all different lengths and styles in this color, which was perfect, because I had all 8 of my bridesmaids choose a different dress, and everyone was able to find a dress offered in marine that looked great on them. Also, the sales people were great, very helpful, and the prices were very reasonable.

Great place to order any type of business or paper products. We got our invitations through Cooley. They offer a ton of different types of invitations. They had about 5 different HUGE book full of invitations, and they let you sign the books out to take home. We chose beautiful invitations, ordered them on a Monday, and they were done by Friday!! They were done perfectly. Also, Cooley takes 25% off the regular price, which is very nice. We got 125 invitations, envelopes with return address, reception cards, response cards, and response card envelopes already addressed for a little less than $200.

Paul was our organist at our church ceremony. He did an amazing job, and really helped us pick out the perfect songs for our ceremony. Very happy with the service.

Beautiful church. Great ceremony and a lot of help planning before hand. Priest just asks for an offering to the church, so there is no set fee like other Catholic Churches have, which was nice.

Great place to have a rehearsal dinner, especially in the warmer months. Great food and service. Nice room with big windows that overlook the patio/deck area. The patio and deck are right on the river, which provided a perfect spot to socialize before and after dinner was served, and to take pictures on, especially when the sun was setting. The only negative thing I could mention was there wasn't really a private room for our dinner, they just sort of put up a small divider across part of the room to separate us from the other customers who were they for dinner and drinks. Also, towards the end of the dinner, they had karaoke night in the room next door, which had open doors, so it kind kind of loud and ridiculous, but definitely provided some opportunities to watch drunk people sing and have a few good laughs.

AMAZING. Room was beautiful. Food was some of the best I have eaten. Huge room. We had 200 guests and it fit all of them perfectly. Cocktail hour was great. Service was perfect. Loved the Flaming Dessert Presentation. The prices were very reasonable. Centerpieces were included in the package, which was very helpful. Angie and Reenie, the two directors/coordinators could not have done more or have been more helpful than they were. They made the reception absolutely perfect, were very sincere and caring about making it exactly how we wanted it, and made it so we could just enjoy the evening without worrying about anything. Perfect, Perfect, Perfect.

Loved using Tuxedo Junction for our wedding. Great selection of tuxes. They were vety professional and helpful when we were picking out styles. Also, we had a few out of town grooms men who lived in areas where there were no Tuxedo Junctions. Our local store was very helpful with this and just told us to have them get measured at any store near them and call in the measurements and they could just pay when they picked it up the day before the wedding. Also, the prices were very reasonable compared to other tuxedo rental shops. The neatest thing about using Tuxedo Junction is that you can sign up online and have them e-mail you when your grooms men get size and order their tux. So, you can just log into your account on their website and/or check your e-mail to see which guys ordered their tuxes alreday and which ones didn't. Great shop, would definitely recommend it to anyone renting tuxes!!

New York Bride has a wide variety of dresses and designers for the size of the store. I was very impressed. The girls that work there were very helpful in finding dresses that they thought I would like or would look good on me. The only complaint I have is that when I was being measured for my dress I was told to get a size 6, but said I wanted to get a size 4, based on the fact that 2 out of 3 of my measurements lined up with a size 4, and every other shop I went to measured me at a size 4. I argued with the sales person but they would not order me a size 4. Also, I am only 5 feet tall, and the dress had a lot of designs on the bottom, so I knew I would have to get it hemmed somewhat no matter what size I got. Sure enough, when the dress came in, it was HUGE on me, and didn't really fit at all. I needed alterations on almost every part of the dress. When I brought it to NYB to see what they could do, especially since I had requested a smaller size from the beginning but was ordered the size they thought I should get, all they told me was that they alterations department could fix it.. for $300. The dress only cost $700. So, I had to find someone else, who ended up giving us a great deal and altering it fro only $60. Overall, I would reccommend New York Bride for its variety and helpfulness when finding a dress, but make sure you don't get forced into ordering anything you don't want to order, and definitely try to find some place cheaper for alterations!!

I was extremely happy with my choice to hire Amanda as the photographer for our wedding. She stayed in touch with me throughout my planning (which was awesome) and was very professional and accomodating. I had a budget in mind, and she helped create a package that fit not only what I wanted out of my wedding pictures, but also my budget!! When the wedding day came, she arrived early, and stayed late!! (Also, I should mention my wedding was in Syracuse, NY while Amanda lives in Florida, and she was willing to fly up to NY to shoot pictures at my wedding... that right there should show you the level of dedication she has to her customers1) She moved all over the church during the wedding, so I know she was able to get every picture imaginable, and worked very hard. But, she made it so we did not even notice her taking pictures... very great!! Also, she has kept in touch after the wedding, updating us on the status of our pictures, etc. I know our pictures are going to be great. Based on all of the other pictures I have seen on her website, and how she had a ton of very creative ideas when shooting our photos, I am very excited to see the outcome of our pictures, because I know they will be amazing!!! We had many guests from our wedding come up to us during the reception and afterwards telling us they were very impressed by our photographer and they couldn't wait to see the pictures she was taking. Overall, I would reccommend Amanda McMahon to anyone looking for a photographer for a wedding, or anything else for that matter. Trust me, you will NOT be disappointed!!