Wanted to give a groom’s perspective on Doubletree Monrovia. My (now) wife and I chose Doubletree because we liked the location, the clean, modern decor, and the price that was wi...thin our budget.
But Elvia, the catering manager and your liaison to the hotel, is the reason we are reviewing Doubletree. Elvia is excellent. She answered our email and phone questions quickly and took them seriously, even as we grew increasingly frantic as our day approached. We could tell she wanted to make sure we were going to be happy on the wedding day and she tweaked things until it was how we wanted it. She really knows the Doubletree grounds and what ideas work well there. What struck me in particular was that she didn’t just agree with everything we said - she sometimes suggested alternatives if there was another idea that worked better. We learned to trust her experience, and she saved us from making the wrong choice more than once (in particular, with table layouts and DJ), things we didn’t fully realize until we looked at it in retrospect!
My wife and I both thought the Doubletree staff were reliable and helpful leading up to our wedding, and on the day, they unobtrusively made everything just work. There’s already so much to think about on your wedding day - my wife and I didn’t have to worry about Doubletree coming through for us, and it was definitely worth it.