19/02/2020
Last week we had a wild week here at without a Hitch and I just wanted to take a little time out to acknowledge.
We are devastated by the closure of the Hilton Treetops and the fallout for all those affected, the couples, the functions, proms, weddings, shows and ourselves included.
We worked closely with the hotel and unfortunately also a victim of its closure & at the forefront having to change our Wedding Showcase last Sunday on a very short timescale to another location.
With what should have been an easy week planned, the news hit, and I wonβt lie to you all I felt physically sick - as I kicked into overdrive things began to come together, the thought of telling 50+ suppliers the news gave me fear, trying to spread the word gave me the fear!
Then something quite amazing happened, a community I had almost lost faith in, an industry where tearing each other down is so common, where everything is a competition, all came together! We came together to make the absolute best of a bad situation, we came together for the suppliers and for the brides.
Scottish Wedding Directory Grampian Wedding Directory , Aberdeen Guardian, to each and every supplier who moved venues with us, who showed understanding, support and offering to lend a hand, who all took to social media to spread the word, even those not affected or involved in the event reached out and helped us. To the DoubleTree by Hilton Aberdeen City Centre for bending over backwards, stepping in and helping us make the event a success, to those that I turned to when I couldnβt see it all working and those who got stuck in as we say and helped on Sunday and mostly to the lovely couples who came along - THANK YOU!
But itβs bigger than a simple thank you for making an event successful, in light of other events this week, itβs about being KIND - we stood up, we came together, this week we have supported couples devastated by the Treetops news, supported each other and we have been KIND!
You never know what someone is going through - this last week has been tough, itβs been busy - Iβm a mum, my children still needed me. I couldnβt just stop! I heard horrible comments, I heard of laughing, I heard of people taking delight in the downfall of others but for what - to make themselves feel better?
So support each other, thereβs enough work to go round - itβs not always a competition. Be kind because you do not know what someone else is going through!
In the words of the beautiful Caroline Flack - βIn a world where you can be anything be Kind!β X