The Parador — Attraction in Houston

My wife and I reserved The Parador for a 10/10/2020 wedding.

According to our contract, our final payment was due 4/10/2020 (just before covid). We paid $7,000 in total to reserve the venue.

When it became apparent that Covid restrictions would not allow us to host a 200 guest wedding, we asked the Parador staff to refund our deposit - 5 months in advance of our wedding.

The Parador staff were unwilling to compromise; and never offered a cent as a refund. After several emails and calls, we received a note/warning from an owner named Deborah Keyser. (I’m going to call her “Deb”)

Deb said we were not entitled to a refund - BUT - if they could rebook our date (in the midst of Covid), she would be kind enough to refund us 1/2 of our deposit ($3,500). Apparently, the global Covid pandemic did not satisfy Deb’s interpretation of the contract’s force majeure clause.

Worth noting - literally every other vendor we had hired accommodated our requests for refunds.

Please use my $7,000 lesson to book ANYWHERE else. We used the grove at discovery green. For sure less expensive - and way nicer.

Thanks for nothing, Deb and team. Hope you’re riding high on profit you made...

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A hidden gem!

You've likely driven past this place and wondered what it was. From the outside, all you can tell is that it's a large space with nice architecture.

We went to a private tasting last week and were really pleasantly shocked by the space. Enter into a standing room with plenty of space for "cocktail hour." The space was decorated for our event, but I'd bet there's a bar available for any event if you like.

Through double doors, pass into the main room. The dome ceiling is incredible! The space is divided into levels (only a step or two up) and on each is an eclectic selection of furniture arranged to allow for small groups to gather.

There's a large parking lot and plenty of street parking in the area. The bathrooms were clean.

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