Intimate Brides/Renewals

[Mommy Poppins]

Just wondering.......I've seen several posts where intimates mentioned a deposit. I have been talking to our EM for months and been booked since the end of last year. No one has ever requested a deposit or even mentioned it.

Have any of you intimate brides or vow renewals paid a deposit?

 

[JandJ]

Things have probably changed, but last February when I booked our Intimate the sales associate said that the deposit on our 4-night resort room stay was the Intimate wedding deposit. We didn't have to pay the balance until 30 days before the wedding.

 

[WDWINJUNE!]

I have wondered the same thing. I was never asked to pay a deposit either...and now I'm a month out from our wedding....can't believe I'm actually at the month mark!

Laura

 

[FutureAshleyDukes]

the "deposit" is basically paying for your package deposit or paying for your first nights stay.

 

[princessblueeyzes]

I had to have my 4 night room stay and pay a deposit to keep my date booked for the WP- I am not sure if it is the same for other locations. I would call my EM just to make sure as some things have started to change for the intimates.

 

[hfehr1s]

I had to book my 4 night stay, plus I sent a deposit to my planner with my contract, that held my date and location. I think it was like $250.00 ? That was about 1 month into my planning I guess.

 

[Mommy Poppins]

Well, we do have our reservation info already given to our planner, but no mention was made of any other deposit.

 

[hiwaygal]

I'd be willing to bet that when they changed all intimates to the "add-on" format, the deposit went away (since you pay it on the rooms).

I had to pay a 10% deposit (roughly one nights stay as Ashley mentioned) before I would be assigned to my EM.

I thought the balance was due 45 days in advance...but perhaps it's 30 days (I don't remember...and then it could have changed...I'm so confused! )

WDWINJUNE...if you are 30 days out, I would call Disney to confirm everything and make sure you are okay with the balance due and all that...it would be awful to have that kind of "ugly" surprise.

 

[princessblueeyzes]

Mine was to book an intimate for this December- (2006) I had to book a 4 night stay and then send in with the contract a $500.00 deposit for the WP

 

[Mommy Poppins]

I never got any kind of contract for an intimate. We received the planning package questionnaire, which I need to fax to my planner by March 13. I'm pretty sure we have to pay in full 30 days out.

 

[Cinderella Fan]

Mine was to book an intimate for this December- (2006) I had to book a 4 night stay and then send in with the contract a $500.00 deposit for the WP

That is what I had to do. So, I payed the $500 deposit to DFTW plus the deposit for our resort stay.

 

[princessblueeyzes]

That is what I had to do. So, I payed the $500 deposit to DFTW plus the deposit for our resort stay.

Maybe it is different for VR?

I am glad that I am not the only one who had to pay the deposit for DFTW and plus the deposit for the resort stay.

 

[Mommy Poppins]

yeah, I'm wondering if vow renewals are different?

 

[hiwaygal]

I'm pretty sure there is no difference in Disney's view between vow renewals and weddings (the only difference is the license issue)...my guess is the difference is in continuous policy changes.

 

[Mommy Poppins]

Yeah, and seems like it depends sometimes on which EM you get as well.

Although, even Rev. Jack quotes different prices for weddings & vow renewals. Other brides have said their quote for a wedding was $150, while our vow renewal is going to be $175. Seems like a renewal would be much less paperwork than a wedding, but, what do I know!

 

[hiwaygal]

Yeah, and seems like it depends sometimes on which EM you get as well.

Although, even Rev. Jack quotes different prices for weddings & vow renewals. Other brides have said their quote for a wedding was $150, while our vow renewal is going to be $175. Seems like a renewal would be much less paperwork than a wedding, but, what do I know!

it's probably more expensive for a vow renewal 'cause they have to pay more attention to what they say...they have the "wedding" part down pat, by memory...but the vow renewal could be a little tricky!!

 

[FutureAshleyDukes]

Maybe it is different for VR?

I am glad that I am not the only one who had to pay the deposit for DFTW and plus the deposit for the resort stay.

Hmmm... I am only booked about two months before you, at the WP and I didn't recieve a contract nor was I asked for a deposit.

They're always changing things.