This Saturday...

KellieAnne2015 Posted: Jan 02, 2014 09:01 AM

This Saturday...

We have our first venue appointments!!!

I am SO excited! I hope we walk into one of the places and just fall in love!!

How many places did everyone look at before actually booking?

Amanda2022 Posted: Jan 02, 2014 10:26 AM

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Congrats and good luck! We looked at probably 12 venues before booking lol

shellabella2 Posted: Jan 02, 2014 10:45 AM

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I emailed a ton.. Visited 6 with my MOH then narrowed down to 3 for FH to look at. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!

gberti Posted: Jan 02, 2014 12:47 PM

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Started with about 15.. FH actually looked at Jericho Terrace (where we ended up booking)first on his way home from work one day & fell in LOVE but we figured that that was WAY too easy so we looked at probably 8-10 more before we went back to Jericho..

When you have your list of places your interested in.. start by calling- many places will give you a roundabout price if you tell them what dates/seasons you're interested in.. that should help narrow down which places to actually go see if you have a structured budged

brnnglgn Posted: Jan 02, 2014 02:12 PM

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Let me know how it goes

xBudgetBridex Posted: Jan 02, 2014 06:26 PM

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Posted by shellabella2

I emailed a ton.. Visited 6 with my MOH then narrowed down to 3 for FH to look at. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!

me too, I emailed what felt like 100s prob looked ay 12-15. good luck!! where u going?

MrsSparacino2B Posted: Jan 02, 2014 09:07 PM

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That's so exciting!!! I loved looking at the different venues, but I was eager to set an official date. We looked at 11 venues!

What venues are you planning on looking at?

KellieAnne2015 Posted: Jan 02, 2014 10:01 PM

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Thanks ladies!!! Wow, everyone looked at quite a few. I was hoping to walk in and book a place this weekend lol probably not gonna happen! I will keep my fingers crossed though. I've emailed a bunch of places already and checked a bunch off my list, I am only going to look at my top choices.

We are going to the North Ritz Club and Jericho Terrace. I've heard nothing but good things about both, so hopefully we love them!! We also have an appt at Woodbury Country Club next weekend, so we will see how it goes. =)

Jack84 Posted: Jan 02, 2014 11:37 PM

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I think we looked at 8. We just got that feeling when we walked into JT. Good luck with your appointments!

coffeeisgreen Posted: Jan 03, 2014 12:13 AM

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9. Chateau Briand was the last one. We cancelled our 10th appointment because I had made up my mind before I left Enjoy the hunting!

Jott1015 Posted: Jan 03, 2014 07:29 AM

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I think we looked at about 12-15 places total. The Watermill was the 3rd I think - we both LOVED it but figured it was totally out of our budget (which it was for our original September date) and moved on. We were going to book a much less expensive place that I wasn't crazy about and FH convinced me to change the date, this way we could have the place we both fell in love with so we did! Honestly seeing venues is the FUNNEST thing in my opinion! Enjoy it!!! :)

Nicole0408 Posted: Jan 03, 2014 03:28 PM

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Posted by gberti

Started with about 15.. FH actually looked at Jericho Terrace (where we ended up booking)first on his way home from work one day & fell in LOVE but we figured that that was WAY too easy so we looked at probably 8-10 more before we went back to Jericho..

When you have your list of places your interested in.. start by calling- many places will give you a roundabout price if you tell them what dates/seasons you're interested in.. that should help narrow down which places to actually go see if you have a structured budged

We didn't start with as many as you but Venetian was our second and we had the same feelings of it being to easy and quick to make a decision...

Actually booked our dj and photographer the same way... All were the second visited

andi13 Posted: Jan 03, 2014 06:39 PM

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Good luck!!! You never know, it may not take that many venues to find yours. I did a ridiculous amount of research online before looking at any venues in person,(long engagement made that possible), so I had also checked a bunch off my list. We only visited our top 3 before falling in love with our venue and booking our date. So it is possible! But at the same time I think it would have been fun to check out a bunch? Good luck