Elegant Linens Events

This was the single worst vendor that we worked with for our wedding. We met them at the Bridal Extravaganza. We used them for chiavari chairs only. When we initially set up the contract, we were alerted that there would be an additional $ 100 fee because our event was on the second floor of our venue. We paid that and all other charges prior to the wedding in good faith that we were working with a good company.
At 8am the morning following our wedding my wife received a call and subsequent voice mail on her cellphone. We were first shocked that anyone, let alone a vendor, would be calling us so early after our wedding night. The message was a rant from the manager of Elegant Linens telling us that the venue was not allowing her crew to use the elevator to pick up the chairs. She demanded that my wife immediately call and tell the venue to allow her crew the use of the elevator. As we were getting on a plane to travel to our honeymoon we both laughed at the absurdity of the request that she would call her customer to get in the middle of there issues. We hoped that she must have been frustrated and called in the heat of the moment and would realize the ridiculousness after she calmed down.
When we landed in the airport a week later, my wife powered up her phone and found an email from Elegant Linens. The email stated a long story of how awful the venue was and had no choice but to charge us additional labor fees because they had to use the stairs for part of the pickup instead of the elevator. As we already paid additional fees for a second floor delivery, we found it preposterous for a company to think they can just make up charges because they had some issues.
The next week, my wife spoke with the manager on the phone. At the beginning of the conversation the manager stated that she would refund the disputed amount. When my wife stated that she was still dissatisfied by the disruption to our privacy and the way everything was then handled. The manager then backed away and was not clear if she would refund the charge or not. There was NO credit issued. My wife followed up several weeks later by email and was told that the issue was still «under review». Not sure what else there is to review but we then proceeded to dispute the charge through our credit company.
Based on the unprofessional communication methods, lack of customer appreciation/​service, the audacity to make up charges not in the contract, and not approved. This was the single worst wedding vendor we worked with.
If you choose to do business with them be prepared to pay by cash or check because you never know what they will do with your credit card.

My experience with Elegant Linens was fairly good. I was little put off by a few things:
1. The woman who was originally helping me left the company and after I e-​mailed her a few times with no response I decided to call and I figured out that she no longer worked there. It kind of irked me that they didn’t put bother to forward her e-​mails to the new assistant or call me to let me know or something.
2. They made a mistake on my bill and charged me for 22% gratuity (contract says 18%) and luckily I caught that before they made their final charges — CHECK YOUR BILL!
3. They put a tax on the Delivery and Set Up Fee which I didn’t even think you could do — it would’ve been really nice if they stated that up front because when you find it later it just feels like you’re being nickel and dimed.
4. If you want a napkin fold you have to pick the napkins up yourself a day or two before and take them to whoever is doing the fold — as if you need anything else to do the week of! Luckily I was able to switch and use the napkins at the reception venue instead.
Despite these things the linens looked nice at the reception and they were pleasant people do deal with. I would recommend them at the end of the day.