Wedding date / location / time:
August 22, 2015 / Fairmont Olympic Hotel - Seattle, 5:30pm - 2am
Number of guests: 110
Type of Event / Final Total Wedding Cost:
High-end / luxury / 93k spent on wedding total
Package Selected:
Che...rish Package
(top of the line food / wedding package. PLUS: champagne pass before ceremony, added entee to the dinner selections (totaling 4 entree selections), a special bottle of Johnny Walker Blue for select guests to drink from, extended open bar after 6 hours billed on consumption).
Final food, drink, cocktail hour, whole reception location, ceremony location, separate reading suits for bridal party and groom / groomsmen, 3 night stay (one night free), coordination and quote for kings tables rentals:
33K - 34K
My Banquet Coordinator:
Brenna McCown (the most lovely of all wedding vendor contacts)
My husband and I chose to have our entire wedding experience at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel. I gathered over 70 quotes from properties in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Mexico, Las Vegas, LA and New York. We separately toured over 20 of these properties and decided on the Fairmont Olympic as the clear winner based on package price, customer service, venue feel / style, location, reputation and elegance.
I started planning the wedding from Las Vegas 1.25 years in advance and I was in contact on a weekly and daily bases with Brenna (my venue manager) from the time we signed the contract up until the wedding day. Brenna delivered the most outstanding customer service I've ever experienced in my life - and I've done a lot of exciting high end things. Even when I was fussing over details and confused about pricing and a less-nice bride, Brenna was kind and helpful in every way. There were only tiny hiccups along the way and the wedding day was the most perfect experience I've ever had. I would do it all again in the exact same way if I could. I had about a million details surrounding how I was styling the wedding. I brought in my own charger, linens, chair covers, elaborate decore, a cake cutting sword, a special dance, outfit changes and more. Brenna handled all of my millions of questions with professionalism and ease, as well as executed every detail with perfection. My wedding guests are sending me thank you cards / emails telling me how honored they are to have been invited to such a elegant / luxury event.
The Fairmont delivered amazing food and accommodated a second tasting for me (which I paid for) so I could further define the perfect menu. Brenna did everything in her power to save us money when the opportunity arose - which was much appreciated and very unexpected. All the staff, from the accounting department to the executive chef were very easy to get ahold of and always proactive in accommodating my needs / requests. The cake was the perfect replication of the cake image I provided / wanted - which tasted and looked amazing. The suite we were given for our total stay was literally out of this world. It was the ideal place for 7 bridesmaids, video, photo crew, moms and others to dwell comfortably on the most epic day of my life.
I would recommend the Fairmont Olympic to anyone looking for an amazing venue / wedding experience.