Need to vent a bit

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Posted by dajc23

have you looked at North Ritz Club? I'm biased, but honestly its gorgeous, one wedding at a time, and i've heard the best things about it...what about the Woodlands? Are you willing to go all the way out east to East Wind (gorgeoussssss) and the venetian Yacht club is great! you should just make appts at all different places and see what you can find!!

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I'm willing to look at NRC and Woodlands...i think we want to stay either in Nassau county or Brooklyn..only because almost all of our friends and family are in Nassau County...Queens...and Brooklyn

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Posted by kam0813

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Posted by dajc23

have you looked at North Ritz Club? I'm biased, but honestly its gorgeous, one wedding at a time, and i've heard the best things about it...what about the Woodlands? Are you willing to go all the way out east to East Wind (gorgeoussssss) and the venetian Yacht club is great! you should just make appts at all different places and see what you can find!!

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I'm willing to look at NRC and Woodlands...i think we want to stay either in Nassau county or Brooklyn..only because almost all of our friends and family are in Nassau County...Queens...and Brooklyn

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You should def make appts to start looking at other places. Def go to NRC, they just updated it some more and its just so lovely lol and the pricing is reasonable and they give you TONS for your money. its more elegant and intimate than some other places I've seen and its exactly what I wanted!!!

Woodlands is on a golf course, you're the only wedding and it has that old mansion charm to it

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Posted by kam0813

Going to see North Ritz Club today at 1230 and then I may go see either The Royalton or The Woodlands after that...i'll let you ladies know how it goes!!!

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Yes please do!! Just keep an open mind about these places. Sometimes you go in only wanting a certain thing that you dont allow yourself to enjoy where you are

well ladies i'm back from my appointment with the North Ritz Club...it was very nice..I met with Nadine and she was really sweet and answered all my questions

the grounds are really nice and they gave me a great price...$110 per person for a Friday night...I would be the only event all day so I would get the whole building to myself so if I wanted to get ready there I could

overall i had a very nice experience


tomorrow I have an appointment with The Royalton...and of course I'll update you guys when I get back from that

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Posted by mrsdraskin2009

How about Grand Prospect Hall?

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i was thinking about GPH...i'll have to make a call and set up an appointment

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Posted by kam0813

well ladies i'm back from my appointment with the North Ritz Club...it was very nice..I met with Nadine and she was really sweet and answered all my questions

the grounds are really nice and they gave me a great price...$110 per person for a Friday night...I would be the only event all day so I would get the whole building to myself so if I wanted to get ready there I could

overall i had a very nice experience


tomorrow I have an appointment with The Royalton...and of course I'll update you guys when I get back from that

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OH great i'm so excited you liked it!! it really is such a gorgeous place...and its so nice when you get the run of the whole building for yourself! lol its nice on a friday too you can pick whatever start time you want

would you have your ceremony there? or in a church or something?

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Posted by dajc23

OH great i'm so excited you liked it!! it really is such a gorgeous place...and its so nice when you get the run of the whole building for yourself! lol its nice on a friday too you can pick whatever start time you want

would you have your ceremony there? or in a church or something?

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yeah it was really nice...and i really enjoyed the fact that we'll get the whole building to ourselves because its important to me to have it at a place where i can spend the day with my girls and get ready without the stress of my entire family breathing down my neck


yes we would have our ceremony there...FH and I aren't religious and we think it would be hypocritical of us to get married in a church when we don't practice or believe in any one particular faith

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Posted by kam0813

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Posted by dajc23

OH great i'm so excited you liked it!! it really is such a gorgeous place...and its so nice when you get the run of the whole building for yourself! lol its nice on a friday too you can pick whatever start time you want

would you have your ceremony there? or in a church or something?

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yeah it was really nice...and i really enjoyed the fact that we'll get the whole building to ourselves because its important to me to have it at a place where i can spend the day with my girls and get ready without the stress of my entire family breathing down my neck


yes we would have our ceremony there...FH and I aren't religious and we think it would be hypocritical of us to get married in a church when we don't practice or believe in any one particular faith

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Thats awesome that you liked the place and that you don't seem as down as you did before about reception halls

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Posted by T E R I

Thats awesome that you liked the place and that you don't seem as down as you did before about reception halls

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Thanks! I'm still bummed but I'm trying to put it in perspective...its an important day...but its only one day

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Posted by kam0813

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Posted by T E R I

Thats awesome that you liked the place and that you don't seem as down as you did before about reception halls

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Thanks! I'm still bummed but I'm trying to put it in perspective...its an important day...but its only one day

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I totally understand, each hall I went to and felt that I loved (there were 3 that I loved out of the 12 I went to) I then had to go and sell it to FH and his family and have it turned down and then start all over again. And then finally I went to Chateau Briand as the last place just to look at being that its by work-i didnt even think i was going to like it and I just knew it had to be there and thankfully I didn't even have to sell it to FH's family, they just automatically said ok

It will all come together

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Posted by T E R I

I totally understand, each hall I went to and felt that I loved (there were 3 that I loved out of the 12 I went to) I then had to go and sell it to FH and his family and have it turned down and then start all over again. And then finally I went to Chateau Briand as the last place just to look at being that its by work-i didnt even think i was going to like it and I just knew it had to be there and thankfully I didn't even have to sell it to FH's family, they just automatically said ok

It will all come together

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yeah i know...i guess i'm just impatient...i'm really excited to book and have that date to look forward too

hopefully this will all be resolved sooner rather than later

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Posted by Abby2678

do u know who u are meeting with at the royalton? Im was in the same situation but after walking into the royalton i knew it was the place for me.../.gerard is great and they really accommodate you with everything...my FH and i are different religions so we are doing the ceremony there too...i have the place for the day and im on a sunday at 6pm...i made them put it in ym contract that noone else could book that day....let me know how it goes and u can fm me with any questions u may want to know...

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thank you i appreciate the response...unfortunately i don't know who i'm meeting with, they kind of rushed me off the phone...i guess they were busy it sure sounded like it was

its good to know that its possible to write it in the contract that i want to be the only wedding that day...that's something that is really important to me and my FH and my dad...if we're going to be paying all this money we want them to give us their undivided attention

i'll keep you posted on how it goes and thanks I may FM you afterwards just to discuss the things they tell me and see if i'm getting a good deal or not

well girls I'm back from meeting with Gerard at The Royalton and it was fantastic...I really liked the place and enjoyed my time there...It's definitely on our maybe list


If any of you haven't looked at halls yet definitely make an appointment with The Royalton and meet Gerard he's great!

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Posted by Abby2678

Great!!! Im soo glad you liked it!! Gerard is awesome and I have been working with him since we signed in Oct...love the royalton...what were any concerns you may have had?

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i think the thing that bothered me most was the fact that i'm required to use one of their two in house florists...only because i haven't heard many great reviews of either place...and the price was a little steep i thought for a friday...but it is what is it...when i bring my FH and dad back to look at the place I'll have them talk to Gerard about the price..maybe he'll work something out with us