As the saying goes, there’s no place like home. However, preparing for an event as big as a wedding at home will get cumbersome. Not to mention, if you plan on a destination wedding, preparing at home might just not be possible at all. While it’s true that there’s no place like home, the truth is that sometimes, there’s also just no space at home and you’ll need to book places like a wedding preparation venue such like the rooms we have at Hillcreek Gardens Tagaytay. If you’re still on the fence about booking a room for your wedding prep, keep reading about what makes it worth it on your big day.
Privacy & Space
First of all, your house is your house. While it’s okay to have guests in from time to time, partners who will be helping you prepare aren’t exactly guests, and there won’t be just a few of them. Can you imagine two people doing your hair, two people on makeup, and a couple more on wedding coordination cramming inside the bride’s room? The bride would even need to clear out personal items not only to make room but also for their own privacy. And all that busy crowding and scurrying is just for the bride.
Just for the space and privacy alone, getting a hotel suite for preparation already makes it stress free for the couple on their wedding day.
Bridge Time & Distance
Wedding starts at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and you need to be at the destination venue at 11 o’clock in the morning if you still want to have time for prenup videos. Not just you, though—the rest of the team bride and team groom have to be there for the prenup shoot, too. What time would the couple, especially the bride, need to wake up and start the day to shower and do skin care, get their hair done, fit their outfits properly, get hair and makeup done, take a proper GRWM (Get Ready With Me) video, and travel to the destination (traffic time allowance included)?
Compare that to waking up about an hour or two before the photo shoot right where you’re about to do prenups or even be in the vicinity of your wedding venue. You don’t need to wake up earlier and won’t even need to take the vendors from one location to another if you book a hotel. While you still need to make time for all the preparations, time spent for travel can instead go into extra beauty rest, addressing emergencies, or even just relaxing while waiting for the wedding hour. Same goes for your guests that need to come in early; they can lounge for a while when the prep and prenup shoots are done.
Get Comfortable
Check-in the day before, leave the food to room service, and maybe even have a spa day before your pre-wedding beauty rest. Aside from putting your travel worries aside, you have all the modern comforts you might need at the press of 0 on your room’s phone. Hillcreek Gardens Tagaytay is a perfect place to book your room as a wedding preparation venue because, not only do you gain access to amenities like pools, gym, restaurant, and bar, we also offer salon and spa services in-house.
Not only that, but on the day of your wedding, you can still ask for staff assistance. Need extra chairs, linens, or toiletries? Wondering where the nearest shops for emergency purchases are? Got special arrangements on your mind to add a little bit more spice to your event? Say no more.
Area for the Entourage
While it’s a priority to ensure that the bride and groom enjoy a stress free time on their wedding day, it’s also important that guests, especially the ones esteemed enough to be part of the entourage, have a hassle-free and fun experience during the wedding. Booking a room for team bride or team groom or letting them stay in the same big room where the bride and groom are will make them feel less restless and relaxed.
At Hillcreek Gardens, not only do we offer rooms that are spacious enough to accommodate big groups, we have lounges and open spaces where you and your guests can relax before the wedding.
Packages
Another advantage of getting a hotel is being able to avail of wedding packages. To put it more accurately, when you avail of wedding packages from wedding venue providers, not only do you get things like venue, food, beverage, and service among others but you also might get rooms as part of their wedding packages. It’s recommended to book your room accommodations in the same place where you’ll celebrate your wedding or reception and inquire about packages they have. Even without packages, you might be able to get rooms at a discount price under the right conditions.
Photo and Video Op
Imagine doing your wedding GRWM video in your room then finding out at the reception, during the SDE video presentation that your backdrop is an unmade bed, open closets, dirty laundry, and a slew of personal products. Not to mention, if you decide to film your vows at home, who knows when a dog might bark or how loud your neighbor is gonna belt out My Way.
Not only is a hotel room made for you to rest in, it’s tidy for you and designed with a 5-star experience in mind. Since it’s a hotel, expect that the walls also hold as much noise as it can. Aside from being able to shoot and film in an aesthetic room, there’s plenty of space at Hillcreek Gardens to film a prenup video and the staff can even assist to ensure that you get a couple of minutes of uninterrupted camera-action!
The best part about booking a hotel room to prepare for your wedding is that, after the wedding and the honeymoon, the groom can carry the bride through the front door of their home-sweet-home as newly weds just as they left it—no missing things to worry about, no unlocked doors to concern yourself with, no tidying that’s waiting for you because all the work happened at the hotel. While there’s indeed no place like home, there’s no convenience like having a hotel room on a wedding day.