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Organized Event Planning & Management Fee

15% Planning & Management Fee
This a full service fee for the Bride & Groom. The 15% is applied to all services procured through Slow Dreams by the Bride & Groom, except for Accommodations. The 15% is NOT charged for services such as making reservations for hair, make-up, spa, etc. The 15% also does NOT apply to bookings for your wedding guests' hotel.

The 15% fee covers:

Working individually also with your guests - making sure they understand - airports, trains, hotel rooms that we book, things to do, places to go, etc.
On-going planning and itinerary development & budgeting
A record of all reservations (e.g., hotel, place of ceremony/reception, transport, flowers, photographs, trips, activities).
Pre-event status reviews
Event set-up and tracking

Note: We may, in very rare instances, charge a minimum fee.

Cancellation Policy

Applicable to all Slow Dreams Weddings
All payments will be lost in the event of cancellation (includes guest hotel bookings, even if they are staying at a different hotel from the wedding venue). We recommend you investigate wedding and/or travel insurance.

Note: Weddings are especially difficult for hotels - if a wedding/rooms gets cancelled, hotels can find themselves with an empty or near empty hotel with no or little time to fill it. As such hotel wedding cancellation policies are usually quite tough.

Payment Schedule for Weddings/Events

for Bride & Groom

30% of total cost for 1st Deposit
30% of total cost 120 days prior to arrival
40% of total cost 45 days prior to arrival

Wedding Guest Accommodations
- 30% of total cost for 1st Deposit
- Remaining room balance payment 45 days prior to arrival

Note: Some Venues require an initial deposit of 50%.

Venue Search Visit

We will be delighted to escort potential clients around the area and venues. This typically takes 6 to 12 hours. There IS NO FEE for this service, except in Tuscany where the fee is €Euros 200/ per day, refundable when you book the wedding. However, we do require a signed agreement that essentially says that if you marry at any venue, town -hall or church in our web site, you will do so with Slow Dreams.

Method of Payment

For current exchange rate go to www.xe.com/ucc

Accepted Methods of Payment

Wire transfers in USD$ - contact your Slow Dreams representative for details.
Visa or MasterCard or Discover Cards Only (Note: We do not charge credit card fees for these card types.) - All credit card charges are charged in USD$ dollars based on the Euro amount payment due - Credit card companies employ different exchange rates than the going exchange rate. When we apply exchange rates, unlike banks, etc., we always use the EXACT exchange rate
US checks ONLY (cashier)
Make payments with PayPal (USD$ and Euros)- it's fast, free and secure! Click on button. NOTE: PayPal's fees are exorbitant (4%) - as such, add a 2% fee for payments made by PayPal.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYING THROUGH PAYPAL:

UNDER PURCHASE DETAILS: Enter deposit, etc in the "DESCRIPTION" box; then enter the amount you are paying in the "PRICE PER ITEM" box , then enter 1 in the "QUANTITY" box and click on CONTINUE

Click for PayPal USD$ Payments -

NOTE: If you are paying in dollars (USD$), before you proceed with payment, please first take the Euro€ payment amount that is due & then go to www.xe.com/ucc to get the exact exchange rate to convert it into USD$ and then add 2% and make the payment.

If you have any questions, please contact Slow Dreams representative first to get the exact exchange rate to use.

Click for PayPal EURO Payments -

NOTE: If you are paying in Euros€, please add 2% to your Euro payment

Credit Card Information Handling

We are participants in the Trustwave Information Security and Compliance program.

Hotel Costs

It is our policy not to mark up hotel room costs for couples or their guests. We always use the hotel Room-Rates from the hotel's web site with no alteration, except translation from Italian to English where needed.

Our normal policy is to use the original name of all venues. However, there are a few exceptions for when we will change the name of the venue:

The venue requests us NOT to use their name - e.g., some venues want total control of their image.
Weddings are complex - some venues do NOT want to deal with weddings and wedding couples in any respect, except for the provision of accommodation, ceremony area, and meals - they want us to deal 100% with wedding enquiries and subsequent wedding planning. .
There are a few venues that we have relationships with - and, bluntly, we do not want competive agencies contacting them.
The venue also owns a wedding planning company.