Ace Hotel & Swim Club

h dancing on the 2nd floor of the Clubhouse. Both parties ended at the hot tub / pool, which is open late. Despite it being a busy weekend, we generally had the area to ourselves late at night! I had my hair and makeup done at The Ace's Feel Good Spa. The woman who did my hair (on both Friday and Saturday night) was incredible. We dealt with some makeup artist cancellations, but Feel Good Spa was quick to make alternative arrangements, and my makeup turned out great as well. It was really nice having our guests on-site for the entire weekend (and if they don't want to pay for The Ace, there's cheaper hotels within walking distance). We also had a family brunch in the diner on Sunday. It was all extremely convenient, and the food for each event was great!! Our only complaints were: we had quite a few issues (general cleanliness, noise) with our room and our guests' rooms. Also, there are no full length mirrors in the hotel rooms, so getting ready is a bit tough. We also struggled to get basic answers from Nichole, our event contact, in a timely manner. The only way to reach her is via e-mail, even in the case of an emergency. Despite communication difficulties, the events went very smooth and the spaces met our standards! All of our guests had a great time at the parties. :)

the Ace. The events staff leading up to our fully vegan wedding were super responsive. Shout out to Cassie and Nichole for all that they handled for us. The staff at the hotel during our stay and for all our events were friendly, efficient and paid extra attention to our guests. Liz who was at all our events did a great job. Add our vegan tacos to your pool menu, our guests are still raving about them! The chefs did a fantastic job with the wedding catering, even a fully vegan menu for us. Everyone kept asking where the catering was from - we told them the hotel! The hotel rooms are quirky, if you're expecting drab corporate luxury, then stay elsewhere. They have character and that is what makes the Ace hotel a unique and fun place to stay. Spring for a room with a patio fireplace, you won't regret it!

easily stay close to the hotel if they were not booked there, and The Amigo Room (the hotel bar) made it incredibly easy to keep the party going after the wedding ended at 10pm because we just moved everyone to the bar.

s private pool, vintage trailer, and fire pit. My biggest complaint would be that housekeeping was extremely noisy during the ceremony which was both distracting and frustrating. Otherwise, it was a spectacular venue that our guests loved.

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ot empty. The ACE is awesome and you can’t beat all of the character it offers.

so we didn’t hire a planner but had some specific ideas about what we wanted. Nichole was so lovely to communicate with and because they do so many weddings they’re total pros and the prices are very reasonable. We ended up having them do the food & bar, which also included staff, tables, chairs, etc and setup/breakdown. The staff setting up on the day of could not have been nicer and were so accommodating to last-minute decor issues I was having. All those small details I worried about (who will light candles while I’m getting ready? Who will tell people food is ready?) they took care of. And they were really open to us truly doing what we wanted for our wedding, such as not having a planner or DIY-ing our own DJ setup. I called almost every hotel in Palm Springs and most require you to have a planner and book a certain amount of rooms for the entire weekend (aka block out the whole hotel) The Ace had no requirements (although we did have to book a minimum of 10 rooms), were a pleasure to email back and forth with for 8 months, and really made our wedding weekend an amazing experience with our friends and family. I can’t say enough great things about them as a hotel and wedding venue.