So my fh proposed to me by a lighthouse on the beach and it was perfect. I wanted to incorporate that into the wedding and i fell in love with having my reception at the chelsea lighthouse in the city, when i called for a price range they said its 225$ per person for an August ,sat urday night wedding.. way over my budget. I'm so dissapointed now and back to square one
MRSin2009
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Aww I am so sorry.
How about having it on a beach. Are there any beaches where the is a lighthouse in the background?
HotAir
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awww...that is a bit high! I'm sure that you can still do a lighthouse theme (if you want to) and have your wedding at a place on the water.
Espo22
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keep checking for other locations that can go with that theme don't let it bring you down...Just be careful of manhattan locations bc most of them are in that price range
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Aww I am so sorry.
How about having it on a beach. Are there any beaches where the is a lighthouse in the background?
I was just going to say that
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thanks for the ideas, i did consider having a beach reception, however, i dont like the idea of having sand in my shoes, dress, and everywhere else. I'm sure my guests would hav issues with it as well.
I know having a reception anywhere in Manhattan is expensive, but at a bridal magazine i bought it said the place starts at 111$ so i got over excited, maybe they ment for a breakfast reception. Even in Jan-Feb its 175$. they suck!!
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thanks for the ideas, i did consider having a beach reception, however, i dont like the idea of having sand in my shoes, dress, and everywhere else. I'm sure my guests would hav issues with it as well.
I know having a reception anywhere in Manhattan is expensive, but at a bridal magazine i bought it said the place starts at 111$ so i got over excited, maybe they ment for a breakfast reception. Even in Jan-Feb its 175$. they suck!!
oh dont pay attention to the beginning prices of reception halls in magazines, they give you basically prices for daytime winter weddings, and even then it'll still be lower than what it really is. They want you to come in and look at the place and hopefully they can convince you to spend more, its just a tactic to get people there
You can have your reception at a place that is waterfront and not on the beach though, they do it on premises at the catering hall but you have the water as the background
look at pictures of chateau la mer, crescent beach club, venetian yacht club...they all have water views but ceremony is done at the place outside
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What if you change the date or the night...sat. nights are usually more expensive...or pick another rh and do pics there.
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aww im sorry
Espo22
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here are pics of an outside ceremony at CLM, the pic its nighttime though
here is another pic you can see part of the outside ceremony
heres a pic at crescent beach club
Espo22
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oh and i forgot, here is a pic of Venetian yacht club...i dont have any of the ceremony but the inside
ilonka020
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wow, they look amazing. thanks for the pics. Do u maybe know what the prices are..?
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wow, they look amazing. thanks for the pics. Do u maybe know what the prices are..?
Chateau la mer is VERY reasonable...for august it will be about $110pp after taxes, depends if you want to add any extras...before taxes its about $85 or $95 pp...I had my engagement party there and the food is also amazing, guests kept telling us how good it was and got seconds, even FH's family who is italian and makes everything home made and VERY picky. They were great to work with and do a great job. I have pics in my album of my e-party there if you want to see the room
Venetian yacht club, ive seen girls paying about $115-125 for summer weddings
crescent beach club i heard is more expensive
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^^agrees with Espo
First of all, congrats on your engagement. I would have thought about getting married in the city but it's way too expensive. So LI is the way to go.
CLM goes for 68-115 per person. The date that I am going for would cost me 68 and that's a Sunday afternoon wedding. I went there the other day and it's more beautiful in person.
CBC is a bit more but it's much less than the Lighthouse. For the date I wanted it would be 125pp but can go as high as 200pp on a Saturday night. However, it's on the beach and if you're a beach lover, then it would be perfect.
There are also stuff at the Hamptons that might be less than the Lighthouse but it does look nice. Try Altantica.
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thnkas girls for all the suggestions, i'm looking to spend no more then 150$ per person and thats w/ taxes included. I'm going to try and schedule some apts to go se ethe places. Since, I don't drive much I have to find a time that fits my FH schedule. My mood is slowly chnaging to positive
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Highly recommend Chateau La Mer...we love the waterfront views, you get tons of food and the place is absolutely stunning....love it! Also try the riviera for waterfront, Lands End as well..
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If you are lookking for water front I say CLM, rieviera and Venetian would be top 3
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i def wouldn't go away from the lighthouse theme, you will be able to work w/ that theme, just pic a place near some water and go from there!
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i checked out the CLM, rieviera and Venetian websites and the places are beautiful but they are over an hour drive from my house. I was looking for something closer, especially since more then half my guests live in brooklyn. I'm def. sticking to the lighthouse/beach theme. All you girls are great thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.
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i checked out the CLM, rieviera and Venetian websites and the places are beautiful but they are over an hour drive from my house. I was looking for something closer, especially since more then half my guests live in brooklyn. I'm def. sticking to the lighthouse/beach theme. All you girls are great thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.
oh didnt know you were that far...i know what you mean bc i live in queens. Well there is one place that is on the water with views of the NYC skyline and its in Queens, its called watersedge
