Holiday Inn Fort Washington

My fiance and I have always wanted to have our wedding reception in a hotel. We live in Philadelphia, and after searching around at the many beautiful hotels in downtown Philadelphia, we realized that they were way out of our price range. We were referred to the Holiday Inn Fort Washington by some friends who had their wedding there. The ballroom where our recetion was held was very nice and well within our budget. They also offered a discounted room rate for our guest to stay the night. During our planning process they were very flexible with us. We decided to make our own centerpieces and they reimbursed us for the cost of them, which I thought was awesome! However, throughout the planning process, we were always the ones contacting them instead of them contacting us. At 3 months to go, I had to call to set up our food tasting. At our food tasting, we were told that they had lost our contract and needed our copy to make another copy. Very unprofessional. Also, they had our reception booked in another room, NOT the one we had original wanted. No Worries though! Our original contract had us in the main ballroom so they had to make sure we were in there. At 1 month to go, I had to call and confirm everything and even then still felt a little uneasy about my details. The day of the wedding, everything went very well. The food was delicious and the room was set up just as we wanted. 2 main issues: they forgot to give the DJ, Photographer, and his assistant their dinner. We paid for them to eat and they will be reimbursing us for them. Also, we made bathroom baskets that were never placed in the bathrooms and when I asked for them back they said they couldn't find them. They cost about $100 to put together and that really upset me.

Over all...good for the value but you will have to be a very organized bride. You will not get that warm and fuzzy feeling like everything will go great unless you make sure you telll them exactly what you want over and over.