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guest rooms for your anticipated out of town guests  \n Select your room accommodations for your wedding night:  \n Complimentary King Deluxe, or  \n Upgrade to Presidential Suite if available  \n10 – 12 Months Ahead  \n Send save the date cards to your guests, including information on how they may reserve their guest room  \n8 – 10 Months Ahead  \n Keep your event coordinator at The Hotel apprised of:  \n Florist, decorator and musician or DJ you’ve selected  \n6 Months Ahead  \n Pay six month deposit (50% of food and beverage minimum)  \n3 Months Ahead (or earlier)  \n Meet with one of The Hotel’s pastry professionals to determine wedding cake design and flavors  \n Pay three month deposit (75% of food and beverage minimum)  \n Select hors d’oeuvres and dinner menus  Select beverages  \n8 Weeks Ahead  \n Meet with your event coordinator to plan the details of the reception:  \n Confirm menu and beverages  \n Determine head table type  \n Design room layout  \n4 – 6 Weeks Ahead  \n Begin seating plan and escort cards for reception as your RSVP’s begin coming in  \n Notify The Hotel of how entrées will be indicated on escort cards  \n Track your guests’ entrée selections in a spreadsheet  \n Review and approve room layout provided by your event coordinator  \n Confirm wedding cake details  \n2 – 4 Weeks Ahead  \n Follow up with guests who did not respond to your invitation to complete your seating chart and escort cards  \n Let your event coordinator know specific setup and tear down times of:  \n Florist, decorator and musician or DJ  \n2 Weeks Ahead  \n Provide your current guest count to your event coordinator  \n Number or label your tables if your guests will be assigned to a table and provide the numbered diagram to your event coordinator along with your spreadsheet of entrée counts  \n Finalize hors d’oeuvres and dinner menus  Finalize beverages  \nFive Days Prior  \n Provide your final guest count to event coordinator  \nThree Days Prior  \n Provide 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