Elopement Packages

[Copperhead]

JINXED!

It happened today 12/31! No I did not confront them. They were paying my package price for the wedding/cake only and were gone in an hour.

Time to place strict note in the confirmation and when I speak with them. At present I do want to speak with all of the elope package guests. And this WILL be covered. In the past I just stated this was an elopement for 2, with option to bring up to 2 witnesses. Now I will state that there will be an extra charge for anyone over that and the details will be in the confirmation.

 

[JBloggs]

JINXED!

It happened today 12/31! No I did not confront them. They were paying my package price for the wedding/cake only and were gone in an hour.

Time to place strict note in the confirmation and when I speak with them. At present I do want to speak with all of the elope package guests. And this WILL be covered. In the past I just stated this was an elopement for 2, with option to bring up to 2 witnesses. Now I will state that there will be an extra charge for anyone over that and the details will be in the confirmation..

JINXED!

It happened today 12/31! No I did not confront them. They were paying my package price for the wedding/cake only and were gone in an hour.

Time to place strict note in the confirmation and when I speak with them. At present I do want to speak with all of the elope package guests. And this WILL be covered. In the past I just stated this was an elopement for 2, with option to bring up to 2 witnesses. Now I will state that there will be an extra charge for anyone over that and the details will be in the confirmation.

and oddly enough you were thinking of this thread as it happened!
PS "Jinx buy me a beer"

 

[Breakfast Diva]

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself.

 

[EmptyNest]

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself..

A friend of mine is thinking about weddings now as this is becoming the "THING" around here. I would love to see someone's contract as well so I can share some thoughts on it with her.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Copperhead]

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself..

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself.

I do not have a contract for the Elopement Packages, just a agree to the terms confirmation. I am however going to make a stern policy regarding guests. We do have them sign contracts for the larger weddings, as one bride said when reviewing it 'gee it's like we were buying a house or something'.

But for this package, most are coming in from other states and making the contract impossible unless it was done via online service. Having them agree to the terms in the confirmation should be enough. The issue is to make sure they understand the terms!
This is what I have come up with at this point to add to the policy: suggestions welcome!
"This is an elopement package and based on a max. of 4 (bride, groom and 2 witnesses (18yrs or older)). Due to our set up and other obligations we must plan for the package you choose. If you have additional guests show for your ceremony, an additional fee (need to decide on $) will be charged and payable before the
wedding can commence. We do have packages for small groups for those wishing to share the happy occasion with more than 2 witnesses. So please choose the package that best meets your needs and avoid issues on your wedding day."

 

[EmptyNest]

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself..

Copperhead, do you have them sign some sort of contract? I'm thinking maybe I need to create one for myself.

I do not have a contract for the Elopement Packages, just a agree to the terms confirmation. I am however going to make a stern policy regarding guests. We do have them sign contracts for the larger weddings, as one bride said when reviewing it 'gee it's like we were buying a house or something'.

But for this package, most are coming in from other states and making the contract impossible unless it was done via online service. Having them agree to the terms in the confirmation should be enough. The issue is to make sure they understand the terms!
This is what I have come up with at this point to add to the policy: suggestions welcome!
"This is an elopement package and based on a max. of 4 (bride, groom and 2 witnesses (18yrs or older)). Due to our set up and other obligations we must plan for the package you choose. If you have additional guests show for your ceremony, an additional fee (need to decide on $) will be charged and payable before the
wedding can commence. We do have packages for small groups for those wishing to share the happy occasion with more than 2 witnesses. So please choose the package that best meets your needs and avoid issues on your wedding day."
.

I would like to see your wedding contract. You can email to me if you like. Thanks

 

[JBloggs]

After last night, I am thinking of having it ONLINE as the rooms are and let them book it there, they are able to call and all of that, but ONLINE CHECK THE BOX seems like a good thing...

 

[OnTheShore]

FWIW, a draft/sample of our wedding contract (this is for full-blown weddings rather than elopements) is available on our website at http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf
Thanks for the feedback from folks here last summer when we started developing this! (thread here: https://www.innspiring.com/node/13551)
We now have three weddings scheduled for this coming summer, with some inquiries still coming in! (And thanks to the brides/couples/families we've worked with for their help in further developing our contract, too.)

 

[EmptyNest]

FWIW, a draft/sample of our wedding contract (this is for full-blown weddings rather than elopements) is available on our website at http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf
Thanks for the feedback from folks here last summer when we started developing this! (thread here: https://www.innspiring.com/node/13551)
We now have three weddings scheduled for this coming summer, with some inquiries still coming in! (And thanks to the brides/couples/families we've worked with for their help in further developing our contract, too.).

Sorry your pdf link...says NOT FOUND

 

[OnTheShore]

FWIW, a draft/sample of our wedding contract (this is for full-blown weddings rather than elopements) is available on our website at http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf
Thanks for the feedback from folks here last summer when we started developing this! (thread here: https://www.innspiring.com/node/13551)
We now have three weddings scheduled for this coming summer, with some inquiries still coming in! (And thanks to the brides/couples/families we've worked with for their help in further developing our contract, too.).

Sorry your pdf link...says NOT FOUND
.

Sorry, some extraneous invisible characters got added into the link somehow.
The correct link is http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf

 

[EmptyNest]

FWIW, a draft/sample of our wedding contract (this is for full-blown weddings rather than elopements) is available on our website at http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf
Thanks for the feedback from folks here last summer when we started developing this! (thread here: https://www.innspiring.com/node/13551)
We now have three weddings scheduled for this coming summer, with some inquiries still coming in! (And thanks to the brides/couples/families we've worked with for their help in further developing our contract, too.).

Sorry your pdf link...says NOT FOUND
.

Sorry, some extraneous invisible characters got added into the link somehow.
The correct link is http://www.harborfields.com/SampleWeddingContract.pdf
.

Thank you

 

[JBloggs]

I have been trying to find this image and get the date I took it so I can plan for the Spring blooms...I found my original finally...click here.
As I always say, you never ever know when you may need a photo, so just take them! I didn't think this one would be called upon, but today I did need it as we had a call for a possible march elopement. We begin in April so things are blooming, but I found this blooms end of march and sometimes early April (depending on the year) ...first to bloom really around here as well as the Asian Magnolia blossoms.
Looking closer I see tulips up as well...so that helps when I don't have the original image with date.