I feel like an outsider here, because I am a guy! =) I am looking for advice to help out my fiance as she is going crazy with trying to find a venue.
I know the wedding day is the most important day for a woman, so she wants it to be perfect, of course in my opinion, you can't get EVERYTHING. Yes, you can have a 900 guest wedding in Central Park, but not if your wedding budget is 5 dollars =) You have to balance your desire with the reality of money.
We live in Flushing, and are looking for something in Long Island, but nothing TOO far out since we have people coming in from NJ, Brooklyn and other places. We are looking into a September wedding date, Saturday daytime since it is cheaper than Saturday night. But because we are having it in the daytime, she wants to block out the windows during the reception so it has the appearance of night.
Here are the places we've gone to so far: (and PLEASE...if you had/are having a wedding here, do not take our opinion as an insult on the place) 1. Waterview Club in Bayville - I really liked the view of the water. But you cannot block out the sun and make it look like night. Plus the place was one of the more expensive places we've seen, and if you block out the windows you lose the view, which is the whole point of this place. 2. Sand Castle - She really liked the place inside and the food. The 2 problems with the place are - the cost (most expensive place we've seen) and the outside. She said that the building looks like something from Vegas, and not the pretty part of Vegas :( 3. Leonards - she felt the grounds were a bit small outside. The ceremony area outside is just a tiny spot. 4. Woodbury Country Club - 2 rooms, upstairs which has a bad location for cocktail hour, and downstairs which has a bad reception room (ceilings are too low) 5. Westbury Manor - she felt it looked a bit cramped and old 6. Swan Club - Same problem as Waterview, she doesnt think you can block out the windows, plus she felt the lobby and bathroom area were just too small. 7. Crest Hollow - she is worried that they don't guarantee which room your ceremony and cocktail hour will be in. Plus there are multiple events happening at the sametime, we are both 'low key, non-pushy' type people, so we might not get the attention we need on that day, since we won't PUSH/Demand things (we'll get walked over) 8. Watermill in Smithtown - she felt it was too far for people to go to.
Anyone have any other places we should look at? She told me she went through many web pages and searches and magazines, but couldnt find anything else (thats not too far or too expensive)
Again, I hope nobody takes our thoughts on places as put downs on those locations, we liked all the places, but shes just picky.
