We’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions, details, and things that may be helpful for you and your vendors as you prepare for the Best Day Ever!!!
ELLIOT COUPLES
SCHEDULE
A VISIT
THE SELF GUIDED TOUR
We will have the space open for you and your vendor team to meet at The Elliot to dream and plan for your day. Please schedule with us a time and we will have the space open!
THE PLANNING MEETING
We hold one Planning Meeting with an Elliot staff member present before the big day! Your Wedding Coordinator or Planner is required to be at this meeting, and we allow the professional you have entrusted with your day to be the point person of this meeting. Our role is to be there answering questions and assisting from the venue side while allowing them the space to plan your event with you!
We use the HoneyBook Portal to manage your event and communicate throughout your planning process. Utilizing a client management system keeps your wedding organized, and our entire team involved and on top of taking care of the important details of your day! You can go to your portal via the link below or find the link to the portal at the beginning and end of every Elliot email. All of our emails will be subject line “THE ELLIOT:_____” so you can search that to easily find messages from us!
Please notify us when you have hired your wedding coordinator or planner so we can add them to your portal and communication.
COMMUNICATION
WHAT WE NEED TO SERVE YOU
QUICK INFO FOR
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Contact financial@theelliotevents.com with any questions regarding your payments.
Credit Card: A credit card does require a 3% processing fee. The next page is set up to take credit card payment. Proceed to pay.
Checks: Checks can be made out to "The Elliot" and mailed to The Elliot, PO BOX 221 Oakland TN 38060. Checks may also be dropped off locally at our sister office in Oakland at Shield Environmental: 105 Pierce Road Oakland TN 38060. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday there are ladies in the office 7a-3p (subject to change on holidays) and there is a locked dropbox on the front porch at the office that is checked on weekdays!
Cash: Cash can be dropped off at our sister office at Shield Environmental: 105 Pierce Road Oakland TN 38060. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday there are ladies in the office 7a-3p (subject to change on holidays) who can count your cash and provide a receipt.
Bank Transfer: Bank Transfer can be paid through this Honeybook invoice. Please note we will need to reduce the fee from 3% to a 1.5% convenience fee for paying online by bank transfer!
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Mahaffey does provide tent rentals. Contact: caleigh@mahaffeytent.com
If you want to use an alternative tent company please inquire for approval.
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Yes
Wifi: Vertical
Password: Bestdayever -
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We do not provide linens. We recommend renting from the following vendors:
https://www.elegantchairsolutions.com/
Mahaffey
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The venue standardly opens at 9:00a.
We we will do our best to accommodate request for an earlier start time. Email to request, and please clearly indicate if an early start time is only hair and makeup or also the venue space!
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We do all the set up and tear down of our tables and chairs, as well as all of the space cleaning. We do have cleaning supplies if you need during your event for a light spill as well as dish soap, a roll of paper towels, and a rag in the kitchen. You are responsible for removing your personal belongings, rentals, and trash at the end of the night.
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You must submit your rain plan 48 hours before the start of your event.
Example Saturday weddings need to submit a rain plan change by 9:00a Thursday before the event.
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We work in tandem with the Day of Coordinator to facilitate a flip of the ballroom or patio space in case of inclement weather. Rain plans are decided 48 hours before the start of your event time. We assist with getting our tables in the space and chairs set up, but the client is responsible to provide the vendor team facilitating the flip and decoration. We will be setting up based on the agreed upon floor plan layout, and changes to the layout will be at the direction of the Day of Coordinator. After the 48 hour weather decision, any changes are up to the client.
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We provide trashbags and trashcans, however, our expectation is that the client hires a catering staff that takes out the trash to the far side porch located on the outside of the kitchen. Our team will then take the trash to the dumpster. All trash is to be tagged.
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At the end of the night the client is expected to have catering clean up done (kitchen cleaned of all food debris, tables are bused, trash in the bin on the side porch), borrowed stuff put back to the decor closet, and personal belongings out of the venue space. If you borrow food related items such as chargers they must be washed before they are returned or there will be a wash fee.
The standard “out” time is 11:00pm unless otherwise stated on your contract. This means all vendors, decor, food, trash etc is out of the space. If you think you will need more time we charge $250/hr when extended time is booked in advance, and charge $500/hr if you are late exiting. We are human and try to be reasonable and not harsh, while also being mindful and honoring our cleaning team and staff’s time.
THE COORDINATOR IS REQUIRED TO DO A FINAL WALKTHROUGH WITH THE ELLIOT MANAGER ON DUTY TO OFFICIALLY CHECK OUT. -
We do allow food trucks and trailers and they can be parked either at the closest corner of our parking lot or the grass as long as it is dry enough for driving through.
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Yes. We do require that you communicate furniture rentals with us- everything from tents to chairs must be approved. Please let us know your plans ASAP.
Great people to rent from:
Elegant Chair, White Door, Mahaffey,
IlaVivian -
(25) 60" Round Tables - 60in D x 30in H
(6) 6ft Rectangle Tables - 72” L x 30” W x 30” H
(6) 8ft Rectangle Tables - 90" L x 30” W x 30" H
(2) Wooden "Kings" tables - dimensions 96" L x 40" W x 30" H
(2) 30" Wooden top tables with Iron Bases - 36.5” W x 30” H
(1) 48" Round Table - 48in D x 30in H
4 Outdoor Iron Bistro Tables - 41” H
1 Outdoor Iron Bar - 74” W x 41” H
1 Indoor Wooden Bar - 5ft 7in L x 2ft 2in W x 3ft 6in H
1 Sweetheart Table - 3ft 10.5in L x 1ft 10in W x 2ft 6in H
(400) White Padded Folding Chairs
(40) White Folding Chair
8x8 ft Square wooden arch
Wooden Cross 9ft tall x 4ft 6in wide x 8in thick
Two wooden throne chairs
Three Tier Cake Table - 47in wide at widest , Bottom Level: 2 ft . Middle Level: 3ft 2in, with Removable Top Layer 4ft, 3in
Cream Couch - 7’3 L x 2’10 W
Outside Patio Ceremony Urns- We do keep ferns in these you may replace with florals to bring your colors into these photos. They do not move from beside the doors going out to the patio.
20inch tall Actual pillar base it sits on is 31 inch tall
Inside Measurements: It’s a rounded inside space that is 6in D at smallest point (the bottom) >>> 17 1/2 in D at wi uh dest point (the top) x 9 inch deep
Trashcans and Trashbags