Planning guides
Guides written from the floor of the hall
Checklists, timelines and the questions worth asking — practical whether you book with us or not.
For the wedding
From the first year of planning to the minute-by-minute of the day itself.
12-month wedding checklist
What to settle a year out, what can wait until the final weeks, and where a South Asian wedding week changes the order of things.Read the guideWedding week timeline
How a South Asian wedding week usually runs in Calgary, where each event is usually held, and where families most often run out of breathing room.Read the guideWedding day run-of-show
An example timeline for a Calgary wedding day with a morning ceremony and an evening reception, with notes on where the day usually slips and how to leave room for it.Read the guide
For any event
Choosing a hall, sizing the room and setting the look — whatever you're hosting.
Choosing a Calgary hall
Capacity, location, kitchen, decor and the contract — what actually separates one hall from another once you are past the photos.Read the guideGuest count & seating
How to arrive at a realistic number, which seating style suits which kind of event, and how to build a seating plan without a family argument.Read the guideHall tour questions
A tour is the one chance to see the room before you sign. These are the questions worth asking — about the room, the food, the decor, the day itself and the contract.Read the guideDecor themes & palettes
How to choose a palette that works under evening light, which themes suit which events, and how to brief a decorator so the room on the night matches the picture you had in mind.Read the guide
For company evenings
What to settle, and when, for a gala that runs to time.
Questions a guide can't answer
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