点评:Perfection! That is the only word to describe my experience at the Guildhall 2024 December 07. My husband Jean-Robert Lafont and I first visited the Guildhall three times during the Halloween Festival in 2023 and all three occasions spoke with a lovely woman by the name of Siobhan, one of the tour guides. The third time we visited she took us on an impromptu tour of the Guildhall to show us the different wedding facilities and a month later we made the decision as two United States citizens to be wed in Derry.
Amanda, the Team Lead of Visitor Services and Booking Office was wonderful, so easy to work with. Keep in mind we are doing all this via email and the occasional phone call with one visit back to Derry for Jean-Robert and me May 2024 so the fact the planning was so easy is a massive credit to her and her team.
Each time I had to call the Guildhall the second half of the year I was greeted warmly by whomever answered and the fact they started knowing who I was, this random person from the U.S. anytime I called was such a great feeling, made me realize how much they all cared about our wedding and making us feel welcome!
We arrived in Derry 2024 December 4 and had a meeting at the Guildhall the morning of December 5. Amanda was so detailed with her outline of the ceremony but more important, made us feel so relaxed about the process and urged us to just enjoy and allow our wedding planner to handle the grunt work. Thank you to the Guildhall for the tea and Siobhan for the scones while we talked about the wedding!
Saturday, 2024 December 07 was the wedding and the entire staff could not have been any more excellent in terms of preparing the Whitaker Suite and making Jean-Robert, both of our Best Men and me feel 100% at ease. Chris was our representative in the room during the ceremony AND recorded a video of the ceremony which we posted for our family and friends who could not travel from the U.S. (it turned out just perfect Chris!), Brian gave me last minute Irish lessons since I did the last verse of my vows in Irish and let's just say my translation was a bit off in some parts but he fixed that (thank you Brian!) and Lee was our personal bartender after the ceremony as we did a toast with all our guests. I found out later he even made mimosas, had no idea about that, thank you Lee and thank you for teaching me the proper way to pour a Guinness 0.0!
I could go on forever about the Guildhall and the wonderful staff there. We will visit this amazing historical place every time we go to Derry, it will always be one of the most special places I have ever visited. Thank you to the Guildhall for delivering PERFECTION!
翻译:完美!这是唯一能描述我在 2024 年 12 月 7 日市政厅体验的词。我丈夫 Jean-Robert Lafont 和我在 2023 年万圣节期间第一次参观市政厅三次,三次都与一位名叫 Siobhan 的可爱女士交谈,她是导游之一。第三次参观时,她带我们即兴参观了市政厅,向我们展示了不同的婚礼设施,一个月后,我们作为两个美国公民决定在德里结婚。
游客服务和预订办公室的团队负责人 Amanda 非常棒,很容易合作。请记住,我们通过电子邮件和偶尔的电话进行所有这些操作,Jean-Robert 和我将于 2024 年 5 月再次访问德里,因此计划如此轻松这一事实对她和她的团队来说是一个巨大的荣誉。
下半年,每次我给市政厅打电话时,接电话的人都会热情地欢迎我,而且他们开始知道我是谁,这个来自美国的陌生人,每次打电话都让我感觉很棒,让我意识到他们有多关心我们的婚礼,让我们感到宾至如归!
我们于 2024 年 12 月 4 日抵达德里,并于 12 月 5 日上午在市政厅举行了一次会议。Amanda 非常详细地概述了婚礼仪式,但更重要的是,她让我们对整个过程感到非常放松,并鼓励我们尽情享受,让我们的婚礼策划师处理繁重的工作。感谢市政厅为我们准备的茶和 Siobhan 为我们准备的烤饼,让我们在谈论婚礼时感到无比轻松!
2024 年 12 月 7 日星期六是婚礼,全体工作人员在准备惠特克套房和让 Jean-Robert、我们的伴郎和我感到 100% 安心方面做得非常出色。仪式期间,Chris 是我们在场的代表,并录制了仪式视频,我们将其发布给无法从美国前来的家人和朋友(Chris,效果非常好!),Brian 给我上了最后一节爱尔兰语课,因为我用爱尔兰语念了誓言的最后一节,我的翻译有些地方有点不对,但他改正了(谢谢 Brian!),仪式结束后,Lee 是我们的私人调酒师,我们与所有客人一起举杯庆祝。后来我发现他甚至还做了含羞草鸡尾酒,我对此一无所知,谢谢 Lee,也谢谢你教我如何正确倒出一杯吉尼斯 0.0!
我可以一直说下去,关于市政厅和那里出色的工作人员。我们每次去德里都会参观这个令人惊叹的历史古迹,它永远是我去过的最特别的地方之一。感谢市政厅为我们带来完美的服务!