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	Is there an initial deposit required to reserve a room?
	Yes. The initial deposit is $500. And that's, probably, pretty standard anywhere. Additional deposits are required as time goes on. The deposit structure is designed to protect the caterer against possible cancellation. It's just a safeguard.
	How soon should a bride start making arrangements for her reception? How soon before the wedding should they secure the reception room?
	I would say a minimum of a year and spread it out to a year-and-a-half. This will give the couple enough time to plan things and to come up with the necessary funds for all the different services. Again, you come in and you sign a wedding with a caterer, that's the biggest part. Then there are a dozen smaller pieces to the puzzle. Taking into consideration, again, honeymoon, gowns, limousines, flowers, entertainment, photography, videography, favors, and the list can go on. So, depending on how much you're going to spend on those individual items, the meter's ticking and incrementing rapidly so you should give yourself enough time so you don't run into a cash crunch. So you can afford to do everything that you want.
	Can the bridal couple have a tasting session before they deciding on having Fox Hollow as their host?
	We have a restaurant available to our clients. I don't make it a practice of having food tastings for the simple reason that 70% of our clients who come to the facility have been here before so they already know first-hand of what we're about. Maybe they've been here for a wedding or for any other type of affair, or they may be regular clients of our restaurant. I will show the clients our rooms set up prior to opening so that they can see everything first-hand.    Again, we have a restaurant open six days a week. So I would prefer that they come in unannounced and try us out. That's the way they're going to get the best idea of what we can do. A food tasting session is very nice for restaurants or catering facilities to offer.    However, if you think about it logically, as a caterer you know these people are coming, you know that upon their impression they're going to sign a contract, so of course you could "step it up" a notch. For me, I try to explain that it's not in a bridal couple's best interest to do that. Walk in cold and see how it is because that's the way you're going to say "this is the right place." If I know that you're here and why you're here, I could pad the issue and make it unbelievable for you and lull you into believing in something that may not exist. So that's really the way I look at it. But again, if the brides and grooms are persistent with a certain belief that a "taste session" will make them comfortable, we'll abide.
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