How many halls did you see?

Original post by lilxolaur

May 16, 2009 03:44 PM

Hi Brides!

How many halls did you visit before booking the venue?

Was there some major turnoffs at some of them?

Thanks in advance girls!

mosh424 Posted: May 18, 2009 10:10 AM

Re: How many halls did you see?

we saw about 8

MrsCM Posted: May 18, 2009 03:59 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

Almost 20 but we were so clearly in love with 2 that we just kind of drove past the last ten or so.

bulldoglover Posted: May 18, 2009 05:02 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

over 30 if i'm not mistaken. everywhere from westchester to CT to nassau to suffolk and staten island and to the bronx. i think we finally decided on staten island - contract will hopefully be signed this week!

gonzalezm3 Posted: May 19, 2009 11:41 AM

Re: How many halls did you see?

Posted by eternitybride

I think I went to 17 or 18 before we booked the Fox Hollow lol

We saw 10 before we booked Fox Hollow! :) yay! FH!!

Juhgail Posted: May 19, 2009 11:42 AM

Re: How many halls did you see?

I saw 2 and booked the second one.

deanna225 Posted: May 19, 2009 11:43 AM

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we saw 15

babsbeark Posted: May 19, 2009 12:01 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

We saw about 15 there was somethings i loved at each and then others i was like are you kidding me who would get married here? I love that the Sandcastle goes with my Cinderella theme and that its only one wedding i am def at true Princess and love being the center of attention and details matter to me. I just went to a wedding last month and waited over an hour for a drink so i was very certain to have lots of waiters and stuff and sandcastle offers that

Yankees2323 Posted: May 19, 2009 12:21 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

i saw a million... lol no but seriously ALOTTTTTT of halls... some def had major turn offs... 2 i didnt even go into just beacuse of the outside.... i even had nightmares about not finding a rh...

JT
Westbury Manor
Douglaston Manor
Russo's on the Bay
Swan club
Leonards
fox hollow
North Ritz Club
Cheateu La Mer
Chateau Briand
Terrace on The Park
Floral Terrace
Verdis of westbury

thats all the ones i can think of right now lol..

we actually booked one before WM... but lets not even get into that... i did walk in and however fall in love instantly....

kris_gets_hitched Posted: May 19, 2009 12:36 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

We saw four. Our first was the Swan Club, which we ended up booking. FH loved it so much that after we got our quote and talked about the details, he wanted to put down the deposit right then and there! I reminded him that we needed to shop around, and we saw three other places a couple weeks later...then we returned to the Swan Club to book! It was kind of one of those things...we walked in and could envision the entire event taking place and were picturing our friends and family having a great time there.

candybride123 Posted: May 19, 2009 02:39 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

We saw 10

Flowerfields - wasn't crazy about the ballroom b/c it looked like it needed a lot a decor (it is more of a canvas I think for someone who wants to do alot on their own). The CH area was awesome though.
Westbury Manor- loved but wouldn't accomodate a ceremony on sat night
Woodbury CC- liked but nervous about closing
Fox Hollow- same no sat eve ceremony
Villa Lombardis- too many friends booked there and didn't want to repeat but still checked it out
NHP Inn- No sat night for us during summer!
VIP- Thought the big ballroom was TOO big and the small one too small for our party...
Surfclub- Thought the BM was a total a$$ and were weary of promised renovations
Beckwith Pointe- just not our style although the view from the ballroom was awesome
Fountainhead- booked and LOVE it. Everything we wanted and the the BM had a sweet 16 going on while we were touring and said, 'you guys hungry'? We ate salmon and filet mignone for free and it was to die for- we gave a deposit on the spot.

Oh and to answer your question haha I kind of went off... some reasons we didn't book places were-
Outside decor (one place not on the list we did not even go in b/c I hated it)
Unwillingness to negotiate AT ALL
Car salesman type attitudes
Renovations that were 'promised' but not in contracts
Chapel/ ceremony accomodations
We considered whether it was one bride at a time but also if it wasn't we did not just dismiss it b/c a lot of places you won't ever see the other party even though they're there
Bathrooms - one thing I don't like about the hall we picked

laulac98 Posted: May 19, 2009 03:17 PM

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We saw 3 (Marina Del Rey, North Ritz Club and Westbury Manor) and for some reason I knew in my gut that WM was going to be the one before we even saw it. We went there and both said we could just picture our wedding day there. We loved it right away.

emc282rjm Posted: May 19, 2009 03:23 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

We only saw two on LI, and three in Staten Island. We booked the second to last one we saw.

We didn't like one of the ones we looked at on SI because we felt like you didn't get a lot for your money.

One we just HATED the decor

The third one we liked, but didn't love.

The first Rh we saw on LI was ours, and FH was ready to put down a deposit as soon as we were done looking around. We just thought you were getting a really good value, we loved the people we were dealing with and we loved that it was one wedding a time.

The other one we saw we...well...hated. The BM was really condescending, we thought the price was a lot for what you were getting and it just seemed really chaotic there (we went on a Saturday afternoon). I know a lot of brides have looked/book there, so I won't say where it was, but it just wasn't our cup of tea.

HTH!

candybride123 Posted: May 19, 2009 03:44 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

Posted by emc282rjm

We only saw two on LI, and three in Staten Island. We booked the second to last one we saw.

We didn't like one of the ones we looked at on SI because we felt like you didn't get a lot for your money.

One we just HATED the decor

The third one we liked, but didn't love.

The first Rh we saw on LI was ours, and FH was ready to put down a deposit as soon as we were done looking around. We just thought you were getting a really good value, we loved the people we were dealing with and we loved that it was one wedding a time.

The other one we saw we...well...hated. The BM was really condescending, we thought the price was a lot for what you were getting and it just seemed really chaotic there (we went on a Saturday afternoon). I know a lot of brides have looked/book there, so I won't say where it was, but it just wasn't our cup of tea.

HTH!

I didn't look at Sandcastle b/c we had JUST gone to a wedding there with FH's whole fam but I will say I had the BEST meal I ever had at a wedding there. I LOVED the steak. It was a NY strip I think and it was seasoned DELICIOUS.

emc282rjm Posted: May 19, 2009 04:06 PM

Re: How many halls did you see?

Posted by candybride123

Posted by emc282rjm

We only saw two on LI, and three in Staten Island. We booked the second to last one we saw.

We didn't like one of the ones we looked at on SI because we felt like you didn't get a lot for your money.

One we just HATED the decor

The third one we liked, but didn't love.

The first Rh we saw on LI was ours, and FH was ready to put down a deposit as soon as we were done looking around. We just thought you were getting a really good value, we loved the people we were dealing with and we loved that it was one wedding a time.

The other one we saw we...well...hated. The BM was really condescending, we thought the price was a lot for what you were getting and it just seemed really chaotic there (we went on a Saturday afternoon). I know a lot of brides have looked/book there, so I won't say where it was, but it just wasn't our cup of tea.

HTH!

I didn't look at Sandcastle b/c we had JUST gone to a wedding there with FH's whole fam but I will say I had the BEST meal I ever had at a wedding there. I LOVED the steak. It was a NY strip I think and it was seasoned DELICIOUS.