hotelVetro

ife to cut cake when I was told they have a nice silver set their shuttle was to pick us up and never showed after our ceremony. We never received our complimentary room serviced breakfast the next morning in our room. They didn't remove all packing Styrofoam from my centerpieces and I had to tell them to remove it during dinner. They removed dishes and glasses before people were done eating or drinking. The only thing that was great was the food.

e and some shade for our guests. Luckily, the weather was beautiful for an August wedding because the backup option, in case it was raining, was not so appealing and accommodating (a long narrow meeting room). Because we only used hotelVetro for our ceremony, we were limited to the time we could spending he space. We could use it as early as 10am, but had to be completely out of the space by 3pm. We also didn’t receive any discounts on the hotel rooms we reserved to get ready in. Unfortunately, there was a bit of drama regarding our hotel reservations. I had reserved one of the rooms for 2 nights when we booked the site. I then called and reserved a second room for 2 nights about 3 months before the wedding. I had called to verify that I had reserved both rooms for both nights a month before the wedding, but when I went to check in they only had the 1 room down for 1 night. The front desk staff warned me that they were completely sold out for the next night, but said that she would contact her manager and see what they could do. The next morning when I went down to check they had made everything ok and I got the room for both nights. Otherwise, the guys in our wedding party would have been getting ready in the public restroom. We were very thankful they were able to make it work. As for the space, it is simple and modern, yet elegant. We could have hung things from the metal structure overhead, but chose to let the city buildings be our décor. During our ceremony we stood on a platform with our officiant. The platform was plenty big enough for the three of us and allowed for us to have 2 small cocktail tables on it as well. However, it would have been nice if more of our bridal party were elevated for better picture opportunities. The space itself made up for these things and the staff was very nice to work with. They were quick to meet our few requests and even stood at the entrances to direct our guests where to go. They set up all of the chairs and platform according to the layout we had worked out and set up their portable house sound system (for a fee) to make sure all of our guests could hear everything. The area just inside the terrace allowed us to meet and greet everyone afterward where it was cool! Another perk of having the wedding on the terrace is the library clock in the background. Our officiator used it to announce the official time of our marriage which was unexpected, but our guests loved it! Due to its prime location, we were able to walk through the downtown Iowa City area after the ceremony, which provided some great candid shots. In summary, we were very pleased with hotelVetro and how accommodating they were. I’m sure they would have liked us to have our reception there as well but did not show any disgust because we chose not to. As mentioned before, just hope for beautiful weather and you and your guest will be much happier!