Ladies and Gents of Flowerchat, I would appreciate your assistance in figuring out how in hades to begin to charge for a wedding like I'm about to describe.
We received the following email this afternoon, we haven't responded yet because we're still in shock. The letter will be in regular font, my comments will be in bold.
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Hello, I'm getting married on Saturday, July 23rd in a little area outside the Soo, close to Bruce Mines and I'm in need of your assistance. I'm in Houston, Texas and trying to work remotely on getting my wedding plants together and am in need of a florist for my wedding. Your shop came highly recommended.
These are the details of what we need and of the wedding area:
The wedding is going to take place on McMahon lake, which is next to Patten Lake outside of Bruce Mines (about 30 minutes outside of the Soo) . Try closer to an hour to Bruce Mines and Patten Lake is a good bit north of that. The cabins on McMahon lake have no electricity or running water. This is where everything has become such a challenge.
We will be in the Soo in May, probably the latter part of May, and would like to meet with you and go to the wedding site and get your thoughts on flowers, arrangements, etc. We will need to cross one lake in a boat, walk a portage, and then take another boat to the wedding sight. Portage? Portage?!?! We will of course have ideas on arrangements prior to meeting with you so that way you aren't caught off guard. What are the normal bouquet and flowers associated with a wedding?
The day of the wedding, we would ask that you meet at the roadhead of the lake, where we will have a sea plane (!?!?!) waiting to take you to the wedding site where you would set up the flowers for the wedding and reception. The female wedding party will be staying at the roadhead on Patten Lake on Friday night (the 22nd) at the main lodge where you can leave the bouquets for us (there is running water and electricity at the main lodge).
We understand that this is a large job and are aware that the costs associated with it will be reflective of the time and energy it will take to put this together. Please let me know if this service is something that Mann Florist is interested in providing for us.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
(name withheld)
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Holy lifting hooey. It's an hour drive to Bruce Mines, who knows how long it will take to get a) get to Patten Lake (b) canoe across (c) portage over to McMahon Lake (d) survey the site and (e) get home.... then there's the logistics.... if you make the stuff ahead, getting it to the site intact will be a challenge because a small seaplane isn't an easy ride or landing. If you do them onsite, you don't have running water...
Any suggestions?
Audra
Who is still dazed and amazed.
We received the following email this afternoon, we haven't responded yet because we're still in shock. The letter will be in regular font, my comments will be in bold.
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Hello, I'm getting married on Saturday, July 23rd in a little area outside the Soo, close to Bruce Mines and I'm in need of your assistance. I'm in Houston, Texas and trying to work remotely on getting my wedding plants together and am in need of a florist for my wedding. Your shop came highly recommended.
These are the details of what we need and of the wedding area:
The wedding is going to take place on McMahon lake, which is next to Patten Lake outside of Bruce Mines (about 30 minutes outside of the Soo) . Try closer to an hour to Bruce Mines and Patten Lake is a good bit north of that. The cabins on McMahon lake have no electricity or running water. This is where everything has become such a challenge.
We will be in the Soo in May, probably the latter part of May, and would like to meet with you and go to the wedding site and get your thoughts on flowers, arrangements, etc. We will need to cross one lake in a boat, walk a portage, and then take another boat to the wedding sight. Portage? Portage?!?! We will of course have ideas on arrangements prior to meeting with you so that way you aren't caught off guard. What are the normal bouquet and flowers associated with a wedding?
The day of the wedding, we would ask that you meet at the roadhead of the lake, where we will have a sea plane (!?!?!) waiting to take you to the wedding site where you would set up the flowers for the wedding and reception. The female wedding party will be staying at the roadhead on Patten Lake on Friday night (the 22nd) at the main lodge where you can leave the bouquets for us (there is running water and electricity at the main lodge).
We understand that this is a large job and are aware that the costs associated with it will be reflective of the time and energy it will take to put this together. Please let me know if this service is something that Mann Florist is interested in providing for us.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
(name withheld)
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Holy lifting hooey. It's an hour drive to Bruce Mines, who knows how long it will take to get a) get to Patten Lake (b) canoe across (c) portage over to McMahon Lake (d) survey the site and (e) get home.... then there's the logistics.... if you make the stuff ahead, getting it to the site intact will be a challenge because a small seaplane isn't an easy ride or landing. If you do them onsite, you don't have running water...
Any suggestions?
Audra
Who is still dazed and amazed.