any Wesbury Manor brides???

FH and I loved this place!!! because it doesn't look like a hall!! but when we heard the price for our month we just can't do it it was 112 pp??? for a friday night june 25th that's the date we want of course we are open to other summer months umm HELP...do they negotiate??? let me know!!! the place is lovely


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Posted by JJC

dont you just LOVE LOVE LOVE the WM? i must say I walked in and FELL IN LOVE! it should be illegal that these places charge such different prices just because of the time of year...its so messed up...now is that the price before tax and grat?

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yes!!!! :( that's the price before all that

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Are Sunday nights of Saturday day weddings any cheaper? Are you sold on having it on a Friday?

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sat nights are more expensive and we don't want a sunday wedding so yea Friday is it! any tips on how to negotiate or do you think they will negotiate? we have an aptt tomorrow morning!! i'm nervous...

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Posted by JJC

dont you just LOVE LOVE LOVE the WM? i must say I walked in and FELL IN LOVE! it should be illegal that these places charge such different prices just because of the time of year...its so messed up...now is that the price before tax and grat?

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yes!!!! :( that's the price before all that

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its sick....are you totally set on summer...because i am a winter bride and usually feb march and april are still considered the off season...get ready for my price...same package probably....before tax grat.....
$72 pp
its just WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by JJC

dont you just LOVE LOVE LOVE the WM? i must say I walked in and FELL IN LOVE! it should be illegal that these places charge such different prices just because of the time of year...its so messed up...now is that the price before tax and grat?

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yes!!!! :( that's the price before all that

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its sick....are you totally set on summer...because i am a winter bride and usually feb march and april are still considered the off season...get ready for my price...same package probably....before tax grat.....
$72 pp
its just WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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we can't have an off season wedding because FH is an auditor and his firm usually sends him to do audits to other places/states and the time range is from Jan til May u know tax season..he's not IRS though :( i love that place :( and Jericho terrace is 97pp for friday night Jericho is nice too but it's just that WM has gorgeous grounds! :(

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Posted by stinenandy2010

Dumb question - Do you mean Westbury Manor or Water Mill?

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not dumb at all!! hehe i mean Westbury Manor!

ok...then i'd suggest trying a day wedding...thats probably yur best bet...or maybe a thursday night? would that work for you? I know that it sux paying for things yourself..i know..luckily i alwys wanted my date because its my greatgrandparents anniversary...i lucked out with the off seaon thing...lol
the tax/grat is a lot though cause they charge 20% at WM. i think you are looking at about $138+ after tax and grat....Are youplanning on having a huge guest list because this should be factored in as well. it may be do-able somehow....come up with a number of guests and then go and tell try to negotiate...it may work if you show a genuine love for the place!

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Posted by JJC

ok...then i'd suggest trying a day wedding...thats probably yur best bet...or maybe a thursday night? would that work for you? I know that it sux paying for things yourself..i know..luckily i alwys wanted my date because its my greatgrandparents anniversary...i lucked out with the off seaon thing...lol
the tax/grat is a lot though cause they charge 20% at WM. i think you are looking at about $138+ after tax and grat....Are youplanning on having a huge guest list because this should be factored in as well. it may be do-able somehow....come up with a number of guests and then go and tell try to negotiate...it may work if you show a genuine love for the place!

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no thursday night!! :( yea we will try to talk to Mel tomorrow! let's see how that goes... Fh's parents and my parents are helping to pay the place but we want to choose something affordable for both....it's a hard decision hopefully by tomorrow i can say YES!! JUNE 25TH AT SUCH AND SUCH PLACE YOU KNOW!! ughhh decisions decisions

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Are Sunday nights of Saturday day weddings any cheaper? Are you sold on having it on a Friday?

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sat nights are more expensive and we don't want a sunday wedding so yea Friday is it! any tips on how to negotiate or do you think they will negotiate? we have an aptt tomorrow morning!! i'm nervous...

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i think she meant saturday in the daytime, not sure if its what you want though. A daytime wedding they will work with you on the price.

Also i saw another post you wrote. Are you 100% sure youre taking pics at the grounds of whatever Rh you pick. See i didnt pay attention to the grounds bc i knew i had no plans of taking pics at the grounds of an RH. I didnt want garden pics or anything like that, i want more of an urban look for my pics so we went to LIC to take them. First we went to gantry park, its on the water so you have a view of the NYC skyline, then we went to 5 pointz where they have graffiti walls. ALot of girls on here go elsewhere to take pics, even if they want garden type pics, they go somewhere else such as westbury gardens or some place like that. So maybe keep that in mind when looking at RH's. ANother problem is that many Rh's only allow you to come an hour before your wedding to take pics, not all but alot of them. We knew an hour would not be enough time to get all the pics, we didnt want a time limit on our pics which is another reason we took our pics elsewhere

I am having Sat day at WM- so excited!
94pp before tax and grat.
min 140
manor room

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Are Sunday nights of Saturday day weddings any cheaper? Are you sold on having it on a Friday?

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sat nights are more expensive and we don't want a sunday wedding so yea Friday is it! any tips on how to negotiate or do you think they will negotiate? we have an aptt tomorrow morning!! i'm nervous...

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We're having a Saturday day time wedding because we couldnt meet the minimum for an evening wedding in the Manor Room. I'm paying $95 pp before taxes. We didnt negotiate because that price was reasonable for us but we got a ton of stuff thrown in.

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Are Sunday nights of Saturday day weddings any cheaper? Are you sold on having it on a Friday?

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sat nights are more expensive and we don't want a sunday wedding so yea Friday is it! any tips on how to negotiate or do you think they will negotiate? we have an aptt tomorrow morning!! i'm nervous...

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We're having a Saturday day time wedding because we couldnt meet the minimum for an evening wedding in the Manor Room. I'm paying $95 pp before taxes. We didnt negotiate because that price was reasonable for us but we got a ton of stuff thrown in.

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you think i should negotiate friday night june ??? it's 112pp w/o taxes or services...and nothing has been thrown extra to us! how do i negotiate what's the right thing to say?? THANKS LADIES I'VE BEEN Stressing..but you guys are giving me great ideas!! thanks

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Posted by grrulz

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Are Sunday nights of Saturday day weddings any cheaper? Are you sold on having it on a Friday?

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sat nights are more expensive and we don't want a sunday wedding so yea Friday is it! any tips on how to negotiate or do you think they will negotiate? we have an aptt tomorrow morning!! i'm nervous...

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We're having a Saturday day time wedding because we couldnt meet the minimum for an evening wedding in the Manor Room. I'm paying $95 pp before taxes. We didnt negotiate because that price was reasonable for us but we got a ton of stuff thrown in.

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you think i should negotiate friday night june ??? it's 112pp w/o taxes or services...and nothing has been thrown extra to us! how do i negotiate what's the right thing to say?? THANKS LADIES I'VE BEEN Stressing..but you guys are giving me great ideas!! thanks

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Who have you been dealing with? Our bm is Felicia and she's great. I think she's in charge of all the bookings so it might be best to speak directly with her. What have other places offered you? Mention this to them... they may not meet their prices but maybe they'll take something off. What are you comfortable paying per person? You can't expect too much, you know?

I TOTALLY FEEL YOU!!! We LOVED Westbury Manor when we walked in...unfortunately, the only date that we could afford would and make the minimum guarantee would be a Thursday night in August, September ($85pp), or October ($80pp).

Not sure how you feel about a Thursday night - but maybe those prices work better for you.

Good Luck!!!!

ETA - correct pricing information...sorry!

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Posted by teamC

I TOTALLY FEEL YOU!!! We LOVED Westbury Manor when we walked in...unfortunately, the only date that we could afford would and make the minimum guarantee would be a Thursday night in August, September ($85pp), or October ($80pp).

Not sure how you feel about a Thursday night - but maybe those prices work better for you.

Good Luck!!!!

ETA - correct pricing information...sorry!

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yea thursday night will not work for us.... :( we have lots of guests coming out of town and country it will be tough... they were offering us march for 85 i think but!!! FH is an auditor and he has a busy season running from January til May because he works for a non for profit firm in the city and they send him to do audits for tax season to different places out of town and has to stay for a week sometimes far from nyc...so we can't play around with those months :(