just curious because i see people comparing halls that are opposite sides of the island and i wonder what is the average for the distance u are having your guests travel from the ceremony to the reception..
my ceremony is in westbury and my reception is in Woodbury.. i looked at CLM and liked it but felt it was too far from Westbury for folks to have to drive.
my fiances best friend got married in Brooklyn and had their reception in Astoria.. she (best friends wife) just told us folks RSVP'd yes but didn't go to the reception, I told fh that it's prob cause it was too darn far...
but what is far for me is normal for others.. so what's your distance?
Mrs.D08
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About 25 minutes. My church is in Brooklyn, RH in nassau.
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see that doesn't sound far.. but are u worried bout traffic? that belt parkway can be a beast..
i have a coworker who lives in bayridge all the way at the TIP of brooklyn.. that's where her wedding will be.. her reception is at the Sands atlantic beach.. see now something like that, i know i'd only make it to the reception.. not trooping up and down the belt parkway..
i have anotehr girlfriend who got married in south ozone park and had the reception in franklin square..(sand castle) she lost a lot of folk along the way also.. most of our other coworkers only went to the reception.. said it was too far from the church to do both..
i guess u can't accomodate everyone..
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10 minutes . . Than goodness they have 4 hours to get there
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see that doesn't sound far.. but are u worried bout traffic? that belt parkway can be a beast..
i have a coworker who lives in bayridge all the way at the TIP of brooklyn.. that's where her wedding will be.. her reception is at the Sands atlantic beach.. see now something like that, i know i'd only make it to the reception.. not trooping up and down the belt parkway..
i have anotehr girlfriend who got married in south ozone park and had the reception in franklin square..(sand castle) she lost a lot of folk along the way also.. most of our other coworkers only went to the reception.. said it was too far from the church to do both..
i guess u can't accomodate everyone..
Nope not at all. I'm getting married on a Sunday and I gave myself an hour b/t the end of the ceremony and the beginning of CH.
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my ceremony is in brooklyn, and my RH is leonard's of great neck...it's about 30 mins. away
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i see folks making it happen!! i'm so happy to see that it's doable.. (even though it's not an issue for us)
now are any brides getting married in BK (example) and having the reception as say the watermill in smithtown? or chatea le me in lindenhurst.. or even VYC in babylon?
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church is about 20-30 mins away from the reception but i also have a few hours in between so not worried
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i see folks making it happen!! i'm so happy to see that it's doable.. (even though it's not an issue for us)
now are any brides getting married in BK (example) and having the reception as say the watermill in smithtown? or chatea le me in lindenhurst.. or even VYC in babylon?
i live in queens and so do alot of our guests, i had my e-party at CLM and it was fine. ALOT of people thought it was going to be alot further, my dad was even like OMG that far, but it took us 40 mins to get there
AS
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My church is in Astoria and hall is in Westbury, not far at all, like 25-30 mins
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My ceremony is in Old Westbury and rh is in Mineola. They're about 15 mins away from one another. I understand what you're saying about distance from one place to another but I don't think that would stop everyone from attending.
portjeffbride
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a couple blocks
If I wasn't wearing a giant ivory poof, I'd walk it!
Kris10546
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10-15 mins. Church is in Freeport, RH is in Island Park.
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Posted by portjeffbride
a couple blocks
If I wasn't wearing a giant ivory poof, I'd walk it!
I know what you mean I live about 100 ft from the church. I would've walked if I was getting dressed at home.
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I have a little bit of a hike church is in west islip rh is in floral park 40 minutes probably there might be traffic b/c its a friday evening but at least its the opposite direction and there is like 3 and a half hours in between
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mines about a hlaf hour (church is in wantagh, RH is in Northport)..but theres3 1/2 in between so im not worried about that..im more worried about people making the church cause its a friday
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Posted by Mrs.D08
Posted by portjeffbride
a couple blocks
If I wasn't wearing a giant ivory poof, I'd walk it!
I know what you mean I live about 100 ft from the church. I would've walked if I was getting dressed at home.
I'm walking home from my reception...it's only a couple of blocks from my apartment...
My ceremony is in Coney Island and the reception is in Williamsburg...about a 30 minute drive with NO traffic...
However, if there is an accident or just regular old volume, it can take much, much longer...
The two things I am praying for on my wedding day are sunshine and no traffic!
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Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008
mines about a hlaf hour (church is in wantagh, RH is in Northport)..but theres3 1/2 in between so im not worried about that..im more worried about people making the church cause its a friday
aww don't worry.. they will make it.. everyone wants a reason to leave work early on a friday!! u just gave them one!!
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my Church was in Westbury and the reception was in Mineola...literally a 5 min drive.
we had alot of OOT guests from different countries so we couldnt expect them to have to rent a car to drive out east.
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Our ceremony was in Setauket, and our RH was in Lindenhurst.... It was about 35 minutes.
