We received this letter in from one of our readers yesterday:

Dear SABAsearch Blog,

I just got finished with my wedding recently, and I want to let everyone know how frustrated I am with the entire process due to the rigid nature of most of our wedding vendors.  My fiance and I worked so hard to earn enough money to have the perfect wedding, and some of our wedding vendors did a great job of screwing it all up! I am not one to complain, but I wanted to send you guys my thoughts so your other readers can prevent this from happening to them.

First, the wedding hall we booked called us a WEEK before the wedding to let us know that we could not have the event at their facility (due to some city violations).   We had a horrible time arguing with them and tried to have them place us in a new facility, but they said their contract does not require them to do so.  How rude!??  So lesson 1:  Make sure you clearly work out the terms with your wedding facility for these types of situations.  Make sure they are held responsible for re-placing you if there is an unexpected reason you cannot use their facility.

We were forced to use the only venue that was available (we only had 2 weeks left!).   The place was extremely beautiful, and we had a great time, but at the end of the event, we were informed that we would not receive all of our deposit back!  We met all of their so-called guidelines, and even had our hired staff clean their restrooms, but they found some weird reasons to keep our deposit.  Lesson 2:  Make sure you clearly understand the terms for the deposits to the facility!  It is an easy way for the venues to take more money from you!

Our final problem was with our decorators.  They came late and didn’t bring enough people.  Therefore, my uncles and aunts were helping them finish the decorations in their saris and suits!  They didn’t even offer a discount for their faults.  Lesson 3:  Go with a reputable company.  Small time shops are not reliable and do not have enough staff to support your event.  Make a list of every single item they are suppose to bring, and don’t pay them until every item has been checked.

OK, enough of being a debby downer… I do want to be fair and aknowledge the folks who made us extremely happy and did a GREAT job at our event!  The following wedding vendors saved the day because they went above and beyond to make sure our wedding was as spectacular as we had dreamed!  If you are still in the middle of your wedding planning, make sure you at least touch base with these Houston wedding vendors…

A&A Video - On time, great service, and our video turned out amazing;  713-772-6899;  Ask for Imran
Joe Cogliandro Photography - Super nice, great creativity, and amazing pictures!  Great with Desi weddings.  832-859-1982;  Ask for Joe
India’s Restaurant - Great Service, All our guests love the food, great staff!  713-266-0131;  Ask for Satish
DJ Rpan - Kept the dancefloor jumpin’ till 2am!  Great Bhangra music and mixes!  Brought a great dhol player too!
Mira Slavo - This one gets the most stars!  Amazing serving staff and cleaning crew at affordable rates!  Idefinitely recommend her staff for people who are having events in privately owned venues in Houston and need their own bar/cleaning/wait staff;  Really professional and super nice!  832-495-3451

Hope this helps!  And best of luck to all of the couples who are currently planning their wedding! 

Sincerely,
DesiBride08

Note from SABAsearch:  If you are looking for other desi wedding vendors in Houston, please visit the SABAsearch Wedding Portal

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