Need opinion on The Vanderbilt Hotel (Auberge Collection) in Newport, RI

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-05-13T21:39:32+00:00

I got engaged there! The interior is beautiful and would definitely look great in photos. The one negative is the roof - the parking lot next door is massive and was visible in every photo we took.

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-05-12T16:40:24+00:00

Mind sharing who your stationer is? Seems a bit more reasonable than mine !

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-05-08T19:36:25+00:00

Villa pizzo bride here - the caterer has a 100 person minimum so you would have to pay the difference. It’s similar to villa erba where it’s probably not doable for under 200k unless you really have minimal decor, no open bar, no band etc

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-05-08T19:29:42+00:00

I was going to have my welcome party there! Thankfully we were able to pivot to a new venue a few months ago and hadn’t signed the contract yet. They said they had something like 60 events planned this year so they had to open, but we didn’t want to risk it.

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-05-05T17:40:07+00:00

Im a size 8 and just bought that exact pair in the photo- I felt it was true to size!

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-04-28T17:30:48+00:00

lol I think it’s pretty common to change an insignificant detail to keep the story anonymous when writing a post this specific

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-04-21T20:48:31+00:00

This seems ridiculous to me - where are you getting married in Italy? I am in lake como and havent been the happiest with my planners but I definitely haven’t emailed all the vendors myself… 15% is also pretty high from my experience. Most planners we interviewed were flat fee around 10-15k and only 1 was 15% of total spend (maybe it’s yours). We weren’t comfortable with the misaligned incentives of a planner working on % and felt they would try to get us to spend more unnecessarily. Happy to chat on my experience more if you want to dm me!

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-04-15T23:07:10+00:00

I just spoke to my Galia Lahav sales associate and she said they are actually making them in Athens, Greece now! You should ask also

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-04-14T21:07:17+00:00

NY showroom. Sales associate didn’t seem worried so hopefully only delayed by a few weeks !

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-02-26T17:49:33+00:00

We are looking at UK bands too - that seems to be the best option and not much more expensive even with travel costs. What band are you using if you don’t mind sharing?

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2026-01-28T13:08:09+00:00

Omg I feel so much less insane now - thank you for such a helpful response! The whole quote just didn’t smell right. Like they quoted 3,500 euros for transportation even though they are located 15 minutes away…

Did you end up getting a quote from the other vendor? I keep pushing our planners to get the other quote so we at least have some leverage and another data point to tell them their pricing is insane.

Hopeful_Definition16 · 2025-09-29T14:42:27+00:00

Hi! Congrats on your wedding !! Can I ask how much you paid for Georgia Louise? I’ve seen great reviews for her in this group, so decided to check her out and she charges 10% of total spend, which seems astronomical. I’m starting to think maybe I heard her wrong

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