I was wondering little bit.
If u could chose, what would u most prefer as the perfect wedding place, hotel or shadi hall? Or mabye something else?
I would be glad to hear some names in islamabad where wedding can be hold
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well i dnt live in pak but shadi halls noooooo wayyyyyyyyyy but i prefer hotels, however i have seen many great paki weddings take place in a marque which look superb and if i was getting married in pak i would go for a massive marque......... im sure they have like wedding organisers and planners and stuff who would be able to make a great marque so do look into that......:)
ps: best of luck with your wedding
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umm i would prefer hotel..but wedding halls can b great too...i've seen sum wedding halls..which were like really huge, open and decorated and they looked great!
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I got married at the Karachi Sheraton. It was very nice -- the Darbar hall is in deep red and gold tones, so it's nice for shadi receptions. But stuff in Pak is ready-made for this sort of thing. It's trickier in the US but there are definitely nice places.
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I want to also do in hotel. But the thing is, i dnt either live in pakistan. So, thats why I would like some names on hotel where they can fix a good wedding hall. I had my nikha in holiday inn, but this time would like a change.
has anyone done on marriott and pc in isb?
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Hallsss
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How about shamiana/tamboo qanaat in your galee...
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hello friends:snooty:
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hmmm....I would prefer hotel.........We dont live in pak ....so PC Lahore..... Islamabad Marriot is cool
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Well Sana,
All the ideas and plans are great in themselves.... if everything goes according to plan. Otherwise I think the result is imminent and one is left with a lot of bad memories, thought and regrets.
What works for you and your family, is something between you and God.
You could try to break things up in smaller pieces, and pros and cons to get a better picture of the situation and possibly end up with an easier to make "decision".
"shamiana/tamboo qanaat in your galee..." : a traditional way to do things. probably one with a possibility of a thorough feeling of marriage in the house lasting for a longer period of time starting pre preparation and still a lot of things to wrap up for your existing family, even after you have left for your future home.
Shaadi Hall Vs. Hotel : I think that if one has to go down this road..... Then it is much better to choose a hotel instead of the shaadi halls.
Shaadi halls have been a very good option way back, but as time has passed since they initially came into this field, they have become immune / insensitive to the very traditions, events and happenings.
They could not care less if something goes wrong and time delay is absolutely out of question... You will have to suffer to please them instead of them pleasing your party.
Shaadi halls almost always have another wedding take place immediately after your chosen and given timeframe.. so it’s a rush- rush situation.
In a hotel you could be in the same unfortunate situation, but at least hopefully the food is going to be flawless or at least at the standard expected by you or at least what the hotels name and image stands for... cause all the guests are potential customers... and in a marriage there is normally a high number of guests... so even if 10% people are unsatisfied... it would not be good for business. Furthermore the waiters in the hotel are not going to start asking for tips from your family members as soon as they have located the hierarchy of your family, opposed to the shaadi halls.
I am sorry that I cannot tell you much about Islamabad. One thing is for sure there.... they do not know how to cook there though... don't know if it’s the water or something else.
Good luck and all the best in future.
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also, once the guests see that the shadi is being held in a hotel, they tend to be way more eager to show up ;)
last time when i went to pak, thats all i could hear abt. "lets go this shadi instead because its in marriot.. lets attend this valima instead of the other one because its in pc.." god.
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Ladies!
the real thing is, i am sorry to say but where there is free food there are our people, lots of them. Not only on my wedding but i think so this happpens with everyone;
after food was served. people literally got up and left, regardless of knowing are there any more rasms to be conducted or not!!!! is leeye not a problem if shadi hall or hotel... the only difference that i would say is if its the hotel people are MADE TO WEAR more exotic clothes, shadi tents, they are not that bothered :D
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Hi all people!
Im glad for all advice that are coming. It will be in Holiday Inn in islamabad now, as my nikha last time. In Islamabad it is little difficult to find some good places for wedding, compare with Lahore and Karachi. I mean, PC in islamabad is not at all good. I was going to do in Marriott but there Crystall Hall was good looking, but the stage was horrible even if they gave us more then 7 stage decorations.
So with my experience, and I know many do wedding in Holiday Inn, I think it will be great if there is a wedding planner there who can do according to ur own wish.
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I guess I had a bit of both actually.
We booked the Darbar hall at the Sheraton in Karachi a year before the wedding. One month before the wedding they decided to reinforce the “no dinner at weddings” law, and it didn’t matter that we had made the arrangements before the law was reinforced.
So after much deliberation, Abbu also arranged for a shamiana to be put up in the lawn of a relative who lived close by, and to serve dinner there.
After the Nikkah and some speeches and stuff, we did the ruksati and headed straight for the shamiana.
Would have all worked out great, if it hadn’t rained! I was in Karachi for 3 weeks that trip and it was the only day it rained. No one had thought to waterproof the shamiana, so dinner was a bit frantic and I was skipping over patches of mud in my bridal gharara 
As I ran in ducking from the rain and attempting to protect my clothes and make-up, people kept asking, “tum ne kitni pateeliaN chatiN?” Of course I had never heard the whole pateeli superstition before, so I was quite confused until some kind soul decided to explain it to me :khikhi: And rain is good luck, so it’s cool :halo:
But the food that day was the best food I had at a wedding that trip mashAllah (and we attended like 10 million other weddings in those three weeks in December/January 2004).
So anyway, if anyone is doing the wedding in a shamiana, you might want to waterproof it – and don’t lick pateelis 