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Client Development

Your friends and loved ones have shared in the great news about your engagement. Now comes your first big decision as a newly engaged couple —where to celebrate your wedding. That’s where the Client Development team comes in. Working with both of you (and often your parents as well), we’ll introduce you to the world of Cescaphe weddings. We’ll listen to your own personal love story and wedding dreams and show you how Cescaphe can help them come to life. Once you’ve found your perfect date and venue, we’ll be there to officially welcome you to the Cescaphe family and get started on all of the planning fun!

Favorite Aspect of Role

There is no better feeling than watching so many amazing, true love stories unfold. Having this unique opportunity to help just-engaged couples begin the most meaningful journey of their lives is what makes my job such a privilege. Getting to know every couple on a personal level and earning their trust is genuinely rewarding. Knowing that you’ve played a part in making a couple’s dream come true—there’s no feeling quite like it.

Expert Advice

Tips for choosing the perfect venue:

  • Talk and compromise with each other. Whether you’re thinking of a large wedding or a small one, indoor or outdoor, make sure you’re fully and happily in agreement.
  • Be flexible about your wedding date. If you’re willing to consider alternative days of the week, or even months, it will take a lot of pressure off everyone involved.
  • Before you choose a venue, put together a tentative guest list to see how many guests you are looking to have, then see which place would be the best fit.
  • Ask questions: what is included? Are there surprise costs? Are taxes and service fees included? Make sure you are getting a good value.

My To Do List

I start to work with brides and grooms (and often their parents) when they first call Cescaphe. I go over the extensive Cescaphe wedding experience and educate them more on our venues. The next step is setting the couple up for venue tours. Following the tour I follow up to find out which venue the couple fell in love and I work with them to find the perfect date. Once a date is decided on I will put it on a complimentary 10 Day Hold while they make sure the date is also good with important members of family and wedding party, church is available or other important vendors can accommodate the date. As soon as everything falls in line I will officially secure the date for you and I’m proud to welcome you into the Cescaphe Family!

Best Story

While most of the calls I get are joyous—from newly engaged individuals, mothers, fathers, and other members of the wedding—some can be challenging. In one case, I received a heartbreaking call from a bride-to-be who had learned that the venue she had chosen had closed its doors just one month before her wedding. I made it my mission to assist her and make their wedding dreams come true. As if by fate, I was able to book her at Cescaphe Ballroom! In less than one month, we were able to make everything come together for the bride and groom as if nothing had ever gone wrong. Helping to rescue their wedding and restore their hopes was one of the proudest moments in my career.

testimonials

Can Do Crew

  1. A Special Surprise at The Lucy!

      David and Danielle had a beautiful fall wedding at The Lucy on October 9, 2021. As the leaves were changing colors, Danielle was changing her last name. Little did Danielle know, she was also about to experience an extra memorable surprise that evening…. How did you meet? “Danielle and I met back in 2009 […]

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  2. REAL WEDDING: Tia and Brehden’s Summer Wedding at Vie

     Tia and Brehden’s story started at a local bar in Philadelphia, eventually leading to a beautiful July wedding at Vie.  Their journey started through mutual friends and a fun night out. Little did they know Brehden would end up on one knee down the shore, in front of all their family, asking Tia for her […]

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  3. Introducing Franklin’s View: Cescaphe’s Newest Addition

    Just as Benjamin Franklin made sparks fly with his famous key and kite experiment, Cescaphe is dedicated to creating that same magic for your event in this historic square that bears his name, bringing love to the one of Philadelphia’s 5 original squares. Since 1825 Franklin Square has been a staple for locals and tourists […]

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  4. REAL WEDDING: Tanisha and Wardell’s Micro Wedding at Water Works

    Why did you choose a Cescaphe Wedding?  Water Works is such a historic landmark in Philadelphia and I would visit this area with my father when I was a little girl.  We knew we wanted an outdoor ceremony and I knew that there was no other place in Philadelphia that I would be happy with.  […]

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  5. REAL WEDDING: Rebecca and Frank’s Micro Wedding at Water Works

    Why did you choose a Cescaphe wedding? We have attended two Cescaphe weddings outside of our own and we loved everything about them, including the food, amazing level of service, and the beautiful venues.  We also wanted to have our wedding at Water Works because of the location by the water. It is such a […]

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  6. REAL WEDDING: Sydney and Nathan’s Micro Wedding at Breve

    Why did you choose a Cescaphe Wedding? Cescaphe’s Breve enabled us to have a “normal” wedding during COVID times. While it was unfortunate that we couldn’t celebrate in-person with all of our family and friends, Cescaphe provided a beautiful venue and delicious catering, all while making it easy to plan our wedding in six weeks. […]

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  7. REAL WEDDING: Jessica and Tom’s Micro Wedding at Breve

    Why did you choose a Cescaphe Wedding? My husband and I chose Cescaphe to host our wedding reception for their reputation and the experience. We have attended weddings hosted by Cescaphe in the past and we were blown away by how amazing they were, especially the cocktail hour – it’s on another level, and we […]

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  8. Cescaphe Pioneers Future for Private Events, Instituting Robust Set of Health and Safety Measures

    ‘Invite to Midnight’ plan seeks to make future events safer for guests and employees June 23, 2020 – Cescaphe, Philadelphia’s premier venues and event planning company, today announced an extensive set of new health and safety standards for events in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Cescaphe’s ‘Invite to Midnight’ plan outlines dozens of new protocol […]

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  9. REAL WEDDING: Kate and Mike

    How did you meet?We’ve been together for 10 years and have known each other since we were about 14. We went to grade school in separate neighborhoods – one zip code apart. We went to the same high school and sat next to each other in history. He was the only one in the class […]

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  10. Cescaphe Univeristy – Invitations & Stationary

    In our February Cescaphe University, we talked all things Invitations & Stationary! We had five local experts lead a panel about the most frequently asked questions on this topic. Robyn from Chick Invitations talked to us about Trends & Colors. Here’s what she had to say! “Branding is a popular trend right now and a […]

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