wedding vs. event vent

So yesterday I was doing some reception-venue searching and came across the Ocean Institute in Dana Point. Great location, fun atmosphere, and they do parties! So I emailed the contact there asking her to send me information on renting their facility.

I get an email back asking when the party will be and how many guests…

Now, I do my best to hold off saying the words “wedding reception” for as long as possible because of my fear that the company will hear that and bump up prices.  I stuck with ‘cocktail party’ for this one. However, I had to give her the date… and most people don’t plan ‘cocktail parties’ a year out Oh, and we are planning a mid-day party, 1:00-3:00ish. So i get this back:

“We don’t do weddings until after 6pm”

? I deleted the email because I don’t want to be rude to her, but I almost wanted to write back and say “yes, but at what time do you hold EVENTS” because that is all this is, an event. We won’t be dancing, no sit down dinner, nothing that says ‘wedding’ except that I will be in a white dress. Ugh. And who knows, maybe they don’t do events after 6 either (although a lot of their pictures of events are nice and sunny… hmm…) But it just kind of irked me. 

One less place to set up an appointment i guess.

(Happy Friday!)