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Hallowedding Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:41 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:41 PM

Small Wedding Brides

For all of you who are having 'small' weddings:

How many people are invited?
Where is your reception?
How low was their minimum guarantee?

bxgell2 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:44 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:44 PM

Re: Small Wedding Brides

I had a small wedding, in Long Island terms. We invited just over 100 people, and there were about 85 people at the wedding. I had mine at the Southampton Inn - no minimum.

nferrandi Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:48 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:48 PM

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My BIL is having a small wedding in June. They're having it at Snuff Mill at the Botanical Gardens. I don't know what they had to guarantee, but I believe the space can only hold a MAX of 110.

littlebookworm4 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:48 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:48 PM

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well what are we considering small because next to some of the other brides we're small

we invited 165 and the guarantee is 110 we're at thatched cottage

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:51 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:51 PM

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I guess we're also 'small' although it feels huge to me!

We invited 142 and guaranteed 100...hoping for 120.
Reception is at Jericho Terrace - Oak Room.

Lastminute Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:08 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:08 PM

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I am having a small wedding - No. of guests will be under 50 people....we are having our reception in a restaurant that are willing to close for the evening because its a thursday in April.
Some reception halls that you are not considering due to them catering more towad larger weddings may have smaller reception rooms that you dont know about, so its worth callling around. good Luck!
Sorry...meant to say their minimum started at 55 and I bet them down to 45

Be persistent on this issue as if my FI had been planning this we would be paying for 55 - no negotiating skills..

FeliciaDA Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:11 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:11 PM

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I had a small wedding , only 95 guests was the final headcount.

Since we had a short engagement and we booked our hall on the 'late side' (meaning only 7 months before our wedding date) they were looking to fill the date, and we only had to guarantee 85 people.

I got married at the Thatched Cottage also - highly recommend it

frosty Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:34 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:34 PM

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We are inviting about 100 adults and 15 kids. Our reception is at the Snapper Inn and our minimum guarantee is 70.

jesslangen Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:37 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:37 PM

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Im having a 'small' wedding at Majestic. Guaranteed 100 and inviting 130. Hopefully we will make our guarantee!

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:40 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 01:40 PM

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We're having around 50-60 at our wedding.

there are PLENTY of places you can have the recption at. You should buy one of those Long Island or NY wedding location magazines from Borders. Unbelievably helpful!!

Hallowedding Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:15 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:15 PM

Re: Small Wedding Brides

Posted by dleeny

We're having around 50-60 at our wedding.

there are PLENTY of places you can have the recption at. You should buy one of those Long Island or NY wedding location magazines from Borders. Unbelievably helpful!!

The ones I've seen list pages and pages of locations (I'd consider either Nassau or Suffolk) but they don't include the minimum guarantees. Any specific ones you've seen that list this - or do I have to call each place?

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:25 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:25 PM

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Posted by meishie

Posted by dleeny

We're having around 50-60 at our wedding.

there are PLENTY of places you can have the recption at. You should buy one of those Long Island or NY wedding location magazines from Borders. Unbelievably helpful!!

The ones I've seen list pages and pages of locations (I'd consider either Nassau or Suffolk) but they don't include the minimum guarantees. Any specific ones you've seen that list this - or do I have to call each place?

I’m not home and I don’t have the 3 magazines I bought with me… but, they all specifically mention wedding locations in the tri state area, NY area and then there was a thin one for LI only. All 3 cover Nassau & Suffolk. I initially bought them for hall pricing but I started making phone calls and that’s when I discovered just how many options there are! Believe me, halls are not eager to turn away any kind of business. The only one’s that probably will turn you away is “1 wedding at a time” halls.

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:41 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:41 PM

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Try these sites, they should have minimums...and most places have small rooms, so a small guarantee should not be a problem...you just have to take the small room.

www.receptionhalls.com

www.weddingsitesandservices.com

melissaandsean Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:46 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:46 PM

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invited: 125
guarantee: 90 (I hope I'm at around 85 though...I don't care about eh guarantee, I just really don't want a lot of people)
location: Beach Club Estate, Lake Ronkonkoma

PrincessConsuela Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:48 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:48 PM

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i guess my wedding is considered small too i am inviting about 140 and hoping 125 are there my min is 110 at the fh.

dpli Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:54 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:54 PM

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For my room at the Swan Club I had to guarantee 100. Of the other places I looked at, I think Sans Souci and Stewart Manor Country Club had a guarantee of 100 and the Carriage House at the Milleridge was lower - 75 maybe?

ginny26 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:55 PM+

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