First of all, I am a meticulous list maker and CPA who had a lot of sticker shock when looking at venues. My fiancé and I have huge families so our invite list is easily 300 people. I quickly found that hotels were insanely priced for that kind... of head count and many venues weren't large enough for our guest list.
I was frantically sending out web inquiries for everything on the knot and wedding wire trying to stay within my budget but still provide an amazing "worth the trip" experience for my guests. When you have been to 20 + weddings in the past 3 years you start to feel a lot of pressure to provide all the things you wished for or appreciated as a guest.
Then I called the Dallas Palms and spoke to Nadia. Can I just say, this woman made me feel so at ease on the phone and after I wrote an -extremely- detailed email about all my wants, needs, and concerns, worked quickly to put together a COMPLETELY custom package for me. I was floored. Just the night before I was pouring over my guest list stressed to the max about cutting 10% of it to save cost and space.
I am not a crier but when I received their email with my package perfectly tailored for everything I wanted, I was actually near tears.
I went to visit the venue and fell in love. They have three ballrooms, all beautiful with amazing bones to transform into something incredible. Nadia and Tariq were even more wonderful in person and I instantly felt I could trust them. We were right on the same page when discussing plans and my thoughts and I never felt like they were pushy or trying to make me tack on anything I didn't want. They recognized me in our next meeting, remembered my parents were supposed to come even though I had only mentioned it off handed, and gave us all the personal attention we could expect from a full-service venue.
I am so pleased with them and can't wait to see the amazing work they do come wedding day. You can really tell how much they care about their business which they bought only recently (in the past year). They have years of experience event planning beyond that and have made so many improvements to the property that are so well done. Don't just look at the pictures online. Go see it in person. They made me feel like a family friend and their warmth won them my business!