We just want to say Asian wedding packages offered by hotels ROCK! After preparing everything separately in Sydney, it was such a relief to know that in Taipei, the hotel takes care of it all. Yay! Anyhow, let me backtrack for a minute.
When we were in Taipei in February, we decided that given some close family and friends won’t be able to attend our Sydney wedding celebrations, that we would hold a wedding reception in Taipei as well. So we took some advice from a wise aunt and checked out several hotels in Taipei. After visiting quite a few, we fell in love with the Metro Suite at the Shangri-La. The Metro Suite is warm, cosy and has a small lounge area which makes the room a lot more personal so it’s not just a four-wall reception hall. However, at the same time, hotels like the Regent, which is also very lovely, were offering super special deals and based on price alone, we deliberated. But, if you know us well, you’d know that even though we deliberate, we always end up going with our gut instinct so Shangri-La it is!
One of Shangri-La's wedding reception halls.. ours won't be this big!
Alicia, our relationship manager at the Shangri-La is uber friendly and it was difficult to go past her smiles and her warm recommendations and in some ways, she was another reason why we went with the Shangri-La. This whole booking experience also tested Jane’s Chinese typing (or rather, google translate) skills as she had to communicate with Alicia via email to finalise the contracts and what not.
And the wedding package (aka heaven) includes:
- Staircase decoration (from lobby to venue)
- Centrepieces for guest and reception tables
- Swan ice sculpture (yes, very Asian!)
- Five layer decorative cake (also very Asian)
- 2 x decorative flower towers (sorry, this isn’t a very good description of what they are.. ha!)
- Menu and name cards
- Guest book
- Mic, stand and projector
- Guest thank-you candies
- An executive room for us and complimentary brekkie the following morning
- And Jane’s favourite – a personal secretary on the day of the event
Shangri-La's presidential suite (anyone want to contribute to our upgrade?) LOL!
We hope to dive into the roof-top pool during our stay
SPECIAL TAIPEI TRAVEL DEAL FROM HK
(Courtesy of Joyce)
We think our friend Joyce must be the #1 travel bargain-hunter (and finder). She is so good at finding awesome deals for any Asian destination, whether it be flights, hotels, vouchers…. Basically if you seek it, she will find it - as simple as ABC!
And the reason for bringing this up, apart from praising her incredible googling abilities, is that she found on Cathay Holidays a great deal to Taipei (from HK) that includes return flights and two nights accommodation at the Shangri-La Far Eastern Hotel. Unfortunately this package expires at the end of April but Joyce reckons (and we are sure she’s right) that there should be similar deals in November, so make sure you keep an eye out for it.
Otherwise, as part of the wedding package that Shangri-La offered, there is a 40% discount off rooms (we assume off the rack rate, but will confirm), for family and friends so we will keep you posted on that front too, in case you won’t be travelling from HK.
