A Step Backward
Most unfortunately, I got word of some unfortunate news tonight. You see, my awesome parents are back in Wisconsin yet again, helping me by looking at the halls and checking out vendors; and this weekend, they are also checking out other nearby hotels that might offer more reasonable prices for blocked rooms. They stopped somewhere and looked at the hotel and liked it, and the guy at the front desk inquired about the weekend we were looking at so he could estimate the price. After mentioning Aug. 30, 2008, the guy proceeded to tell them that entire weekend was already booked up because of the 105th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson Event. He also showed how rates for that hotel and others nearby were being raised in the area of 50% to increase the profit margin during the celebration.
So, I'm almost totally bummed. We were so close, and now, between the higher prices and the fact that there will be motorcycles roaring everywhere throughout that weekend, I think we'll have to move the wedding date.
It's crazy how attached you can get to the sound of a single day when you're under the pressure of an upcoming wedding. I'm trying to be extremely laid back about everything, but it's still disappointing to hear about this news - and aggravating that the reception hall people never mentioned this Harley convention (although it seems from the article above that the event was just announced officially about 3 weeks ago).
On a somewhat positive note, my folks ate at a restaurant tonight called the Thunder Bay Grille and apparently loved both the atmosphere and the food, suggesting it might be a fun spot for a rehearsal dinner.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
So, I'm almost totally bummed. We were so close, and now, between the higher prices and the fact that there will be motorcycles roaring everywhere throughout that weekend, I think we'll have to move the wedding date.
It's crazy how attached you can get to the sound of a single day when you're under the pressure of an upcoming wedding. I'm trying to be extremely laid back about everything, but it's still disappointing to hear about this news - and aggravating that the reception hall people never mentioned this Harley convention (although it seems from the article above that the event was just announced officially about 3 weeks ago).
On a somewhat positive note, my folks ate at a restaurant tonight called the Thunder Bay Grille and apparently loved both the atmosphere and the food, suggesting it might be a fun spot for a rehearsal dinner.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
posted by Laura "Sko" | 7/28/2007 08:32:00 PM
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If there was ever any doubt about just how bad this is... basically all hotels in the vicinity (including the one where I was planning the reception) are now completely booked over a year in advance for this Harley event on Labor Day weekend 2008. In fact, we've heard about people renting out their homes (any spare beds or couches) to Harley lovers from across the country. This is big.
I don't know where my reception hall thought I'd be storing my guests. We didn't get this information from them - we had to go down the street to a competing hotel to find this out. Thank goodness we hadn't put down a deposit yet - the one for the hall was $2,000 non-refundable, and we almost wrote a check out last week. Now to start over back from square one...
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