kaabaie's reviews

I really like Bill. He's a great photographer with a really enjoyable personality. He did our engagement pictures here in Phoenix and I really liked working with him. I wish we could have afforded to take him to New York for the wedding, but alas the budget... But his regular wedding and engagement packages are actually a really good price.

We blocked out rooms for our out-of-town guests at the Hilton Garden. It was very easy and we got a really reasonable price (especially for June). The customer service was great and I didn't get lost in the phone system for hours (like I did at some other places...). Plus, it's a Hilton so you know you're getting good quality and comfortable rooms. Can't go wrong!

Best jewelry store in the history of the world. All their pieces are unique and handmade by the proprietors. Really friendly service and seriously beautiful stuff. I am absolutely thrilled with my ring and there were sooo many to choose from! Their choices are more inspired (and inspiring) than your traditional Jared's or Kay Jewelers (or any other big, chain store, even Tiffany's) and their prices are very good. They really aim to please and they do an awesome job of it!!

Music Man is awesome. Mike, the owner, is super nice and really friendly. He totally made me feel at ease. His price was not astronomical and I really enjoyed working with him. We haven't had the wedding yet, but I'm betting he chooses good songs too :)

Okay, I really love my dress that I got for a really good price at David's Bridal but the customer service was HORRIBLE!! I made an appointment to show my parents the dress I liked before I bought it and upon arriving for our appointment we were told our consultant went home early and were given to someone from the bridesmaids department who had never sold a bridal gown before in her life. She was pretty unhelpful and my father ended up pulling dresses off the racks for me to try on. Then, she ordered the dress in the wrong size, my alternations were astronomically expensive, and when the dress was still too big, they refused to fix it. We got our bridesmaids dresses from David's too and when one of my girls was unable to pick up her dress two weeks after it came in (she was out of town) they called threatening to "dispose of it" after she had already paid! Overall, a disastrous experience. Never again.

This was the most frustrating company to work with EVER. I would never recommend them to anyone. I wanted to rent my chairs from them. They had beautiful stuff for seemingly reasonable prices and when I asked about delivery, setup, and take down they just said "o yes we do that." Well, when the contracts came, my chairs that I had been quoted $150 for were suddenly $800. They added ridiculous charges for delivery (more than $15 per chair), set up ($5 per chair) and take down ($10 per chair). I was totally outraged and sent the company a very not nice e-mail telling them so...

We got our chairs for Nims and they were super reasonable. They do same day delivery and pick up without an astronomical price tag (even on a Sunday). The only downfall was that they did not have a super huge selection of chairs nor were the chairs particularly eye-catching, but they served the purpose, and really who is looking at the chairs anyways?

He has really beautiful flowers. However, we ended up actually not going with Deryck (even though he is super nice and really passionate about what he does) because I simply didn't have the budget for him. Not that he was super expensive, I just had a really small flower budget. My family has used him a lot in the past (funerals and graduations) and he always delivers really amazing work.

Yaddo is gorgeous and ridiculously cheap. The ladies in the office are really nice and super helpful. The only downsides to having the ceremony at Yaddo were 1) only being allowed to have 20 chairs when we have upwards of 80 guests 2) no amplified music was allowed and 3) there was no electricity. But, it's beautiful and makes for really awesome pictures. So yay!

Planning my wedding from a distance (I live in AZ) was really difficult. SNGC didn't really make it any easier. The event planners were really bad at getting back to my e-mails and telephone calls, which is really frustrating, especially when you're dealing with important things like wedding cakes, etc. But the place is gorgeous and we got a real steal having the wedding on a Sunday. I'm giving them four stars in the anticipation that my wedding is going to be beautiful!