Ceremony & Reception Services

Personalized service. Attention to detail. When you hold your wedding ceremony at the Resort at Squaw Creek^TM, you will receive the ultimate in wedding planning services.

Our Wedding Sales Manager will collaborate with you to make sure your wedding events are perfect - including your ceremony, reception and catering arrangements. She will also provide you with area vendor recommendations to help you orchestrate a team of wedding professionals to assist you on your special day.

The Resort at Squaw Creek Wedding Sales Manager will:

• Give you a personalized tour of Resort at Squaw Creek^TM.
• Recommend special event professionals to provide wedding coordination, music, flowers, photography, videography, and ceremony officiating.
• Act as a menu consultant for all food and beverage selections.
• Create your Banquet Event Orders, outlining your entire event.
• Present an estimate of charges outlining your financial commitments and deposit schedule.
• Create a floor plan of your event space for you to provide seating arrangements.
• Make the couple's wedding-night room reservations (if applicable).
• Oversee the ceremony and reception rooms, setup, food presentation and other hotel operations.
• Be the on-site liaison between you or your wedding planner and hotel operations staff.
• Ensure a seamless transition to the hotel's banquet manager once your grand entrance has occurred.
• Review your banquet checks for accuracy prior to the completion of the final bill.

In addition to the services of our Wedding Sales Manager, we recommend that you hire a wedding planner to provide personal assistance and handle most of the intricate details of arranging your Squaw Creek destination wedding. A wedding planner will:

• Furnish full-service coordinating, from your engagement to your honeymoon.
• Provide etiquette and protocol guidance for invitations, family matters, ceremony and toasts.
• Create a time line for your entire wedding day, including the ceremony and reception.
• Work with you to organize and coordinate your ceremony rehearsal.
• Remind your wedding party of all pertinent "call times" and "don't forgets" on the wedding day.
• Be the liaison between your family, wedding party, band/DJ, florist, photographer and other vendors to ensure seamless operation.
• Assist you and your wedding party with dressing.
• Ensure your wedding party has the corsages and bouquets and assist with pinning boutonnieres.
• Deliver and arrange ceremony programs, escort cards, place cards, favors and any personal items.
• Coordinate your actual ceremony (line up wedding party and assist the couple).
• Coordinate your reception (grand entrance, first dance, toasts, cake cutting, etc.).
• Collect any personal items you may have brought at the conclusion of the reception.

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Facility Fees Include:

• Ceremony rehearsal space
• AV package for ceremony amplification
• Ceremony arbor
• White ceremony chairs
• Umbrella for outdoor locations
• Bar, cocktail tables and chairs and linens for cocktail reception
• Indoor back-up location in case of inclement weather
• Dinner reception tables and chairs
• Guest registry, gift and escort card tables
• Choice of poly-cotton blend colored table linens (non-floor length) and napkins
• Table skirting
• China, silverware and glassware
• Votive candles (3 per table)
• Table stanchions and table numbers
• Silver cake stand, cake server set, wedding toasting glasses (Resort owned)
• Teak-wood dance floor
• Stage risers for musical entertainment
• White light canopy with Alpine or Grand Sierra Ballroom fee
• Group room block for your guests (signed room contract with 10 room per night minimum required for group rate)
• For the couple: complimentary fireplace suite for the night of the wedding (must meet food & beverage minimum commitment of $7,000++ and not be over Christmas or New Year's Holiday period), complimentary valet parking for your entire stay and room service amenity delivered on your wedding night.

Add a special touch by requesting the following upgrades:

• Chair covers
• Specialty china, silverware and glassware
• Specialty linens

Please Note: The facility fees and food & beverage minimums listed below are based on premium wedding dates. No reception facility fee is required when the contracted food & beverage minimum commitment reaches $35,000++ .

Please call for information on off peak season and non-Saturday night wedding facility fees and minimums.

Ceremony Site Fees

Ceremony sites are available only to wedding parties holding a lunch or dinner reception at Resort at Squaw Creek^TM.

• $2,000 - Spa Deck (up to 160 guests with cocktail reception)
• $3,000 - Pavilion (200-500 guests)

Facility Rental Fees

You receive 6 hours from the beginning of your ceremony for your entire event. Should you book a reception location only, you will receive 5 hours for the event. Additional time for your reception is available at $250 per hour, not to be extended past 2 a.m.

Fees for lunch or dinner reception facilities are as follows:

• $1,000 - Sun Plaza Deck (Cocktail reception only for Spa Deck overflow. Furniture removal labor fee is $1,000, if required)
• $2,000 - Ristorante Montagna and Wine Bar (available seasonally for up to 80 guests; space requires a minimum estimate of $8,000++ food and beverage)
• $3,000 - Cascades Restaurant (up to 160 guests; space requires a minimum estimate of $12,000++ food and beverage; also, specialty sets may require additional labor fee for furniture removal, unique arrangement and/or storage)
• $3,500 - Alpine Ballroom (up to 200 guests; space requires a minimum estimate of $20,000++ food and beverage)
• $4,000 - Grand Sierra Ballroom (200- 500 guests; space requires a minimum estimate of $28,000++ food and beverage)

++ = 22% service charge and 8.25% sales tax

For details and planning assistance, call, write or email:

Weddings
Resort at Squaw Creek
P.O. Box 3333
Olympic Valley, CA 96146
(800) 327-3353

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