As I have mentioned in the previous post, I would like to give Acacia Hotel the honor of a separate blog post because it’s our official venue for the wedding reception! This would be a three-day (not consecutive) journey and I want to warn you, it’s a long read. LOL. So here it goes. *winks* January 9, 2014 Because we were not confident and not satisfied with the venues we visited when fiancé was still here for his Christmas vacation, my mom and I decided to go to Acacia Hotel for an inquiry and an ocular. We went there in the afternoon without any prior inquiry over the phone or email. It’s located in the business district of Alabang, and is very easy to find. It’s actually just along Commerce Avenue, beside the Filinvest Tent and the South Supermarket.
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Being an Alabang bride after we booked Saint James for our church, it was only then that I found out that reception venue hunting in Alabang was a challenge. There were only few to choose from, and most of the good choices would be hotels—meaning, more expensive. So here’s our short but memorable experience. Fernbrook Gardens When we started talking about a wedding, fiancé and I both wanted an old feel to the wedding. We wanted a wedding that would take you back in time, back to the days when Rizal was still alive. *laughs* Husband-to-be loves that era, and I love things that are old (or let’s just say vintage, but not to dwell on vintage per se because I think lately it’s being a cliché). Because we both wanted it that way, we wanted our wedding to be held in Intramuros, Manila.
Intramuros offers two beautiful Catholic churches that are both very popular for weddings. These are the San Agustin Church and the Manila Cathedral. I ruled out San Agustin even at the earliest point because it was the most popular wedding spot in the country. And because it was that popular, it requires a lot from couples—and that may have included booking it even as early as two years ahead. Between the two churches, I was eyeing on the Manila Cathedral because it offered a more old-world façade, and it’s THE Manila Cathedral—the thought of it is just very prestigious. So the year 2013 went on until about its half that we were determined to go for an Intramuros wedding—until The Mother tried to talk us out of it. Here's a picture of the Manila Cathedral: |
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