Quote: Originally Posted by red789 I have stayed at the Santa Fe twice, loved it both times. I was going to have my wedding at the Palace though, as I wanted "the best". After a visit to the Palace, I realized it just wanst the right hotel for my crowd. You said that you have a lot of friends in Uni? the Palace is great, it is stuffy, its very quiet, i was very concerned the other guests would not be fond of my young friends. I also know that a lot of ppl came over to the Santa Fe from the Palace because they liked the atmosphere better. The food is basically the same, the ala cartes at the Palace are better though.
Also, I knew I would have over 50ppl, which ment I would need the most expensive package. With taxes, and chnaging to the Canadian Dollar, it was going to be over $3000 - The Santa Fe wedding package is Free.
The price for Palace was also a lot more, it was about 1800 taxes in, I managed to get the Santa Fe for $1370.(sunquest) That includes flight, tranfers and hotel. I rcvd one in every 11 ppl free. I just got to 55 booked - im getting back $6000!!! At the palace they were only offering one in every 16. You do have to book by June 30 to get that deal. My wedding is in November. With that money im doing lots of cool stuff for my guests - like booking a private sunset cruise.
I did see a wedding at the Santa Fe, it was really nice, so long story short, i figured why ruin a good thing, i love the santa fe, the reviews are better at the santa fe, it was going to cost me about $5000 less to have it there, Santa Fe it is!
At first I also thought the Palace was the better hotel, once i visited it, i realized it maybe the better hotel for some ppl, but for me, my wallet and my guests, the Santa Fe was the obvious shoice
Palace can use the Santa Fe, Santa Fe cannot use the Palace (you must pay $25 for a day pass).
Let me know if you have any other questions. I;m thinking between the Santa Fe and Palace and notice that you said you get a Free wedding with Santa Fe, even with 50 ppl is it still free? I'm just curious as we may have up to 50 ppl coming. I'm just trying to figure out how much I just budget for the wedding. THanks