This is a tough one. We booked with Collingswood ballroom for two reasons: number one being Debbie and Paula. When we first met Debbie we instantly clicked and just had a good feel...ing about everything. She’s warm, funny, detail oriented and has been doing weddings for a while. I met Paula a few months after booking and same thing just a great energy to be around. Number two being just the Ballroom itself, it’s stunning and unique.
The one issue that my now husband and I had the night of our wedding was that you weren’t allowed to bring your drinks onto the dance floor. Now, we have both been to an abundance of weddings and have never heard of such a thing - even at the most high end venues! The part that made me upset was that we didn’t find this out until we were dancing…on the dance floor..with our drinks. They threatened to shut the bar down, multiple times. When I had asked the reason, the answer was that they didn’t want the spilled liquid to ruin the floor. That was the reason. Not the broken glass potentially injuring someone, just the liquid spilling. Which is interesting because once we started dancing I took off my heels and my feet were black within seconds so to me it seemed like the dance floor wasn’t really cared for anyway? I also think it’s strange and irresponsible to have drinks sitting out in the open on a table where anyone could do anything to them (not saying we had people there who would do anything like that), but you truly can never be too careful. People were also dancing and then going back to their table and slugging their drinks so again it just felt irresponsible. If we had known this information upfront we actually would not have booked our wedding here.
It’s frustrating because you spend a lot of money and venues, caterers, vendors they’re all so quick to take your money, but details like that matter. My husband and I are very easy going people and it takes a lot for us to be upset, it just kind of felt like a slap to both of us. It would have been a five-star review, but like I said if we had known that information upfront, we simply just wouldn’t have booked it. This is truly just my honest feedback and I hope it can help another couple!