XOXO

Firstly, welcome and congrats on your engagement! You will find this site to be very helpful. Im also a NY bride but i go to school in california and have been planning my wedding 3000miles away...its hard but its managable

I will give you a small list of the most booked vendors according to my knowledge and from this site that other brides have reccomended:

Florist:
Flowers by brian
Flowers Michelle
La Blossom
Design by Rose

Photographer:
Angelica Glass
Something Blue
Patken

Videogrpahers:
Bliss

If you have any specific questions feel free to FM me. Hope this helps!

Congrats and welcome! I can't recall if you said you booked Castle on Hudson or not but your hall will recommend certain vendors for you and usually they will offer a discount to you for booking. What I did was once I knew who they recommended, I did a search on here to get other girls opinions/experience on the vendor. If they had a few minor complaints, I still considered them. If they had numerous complaints re: customer service or product I totally ruled them out. Also, check bbb.org before booking with anyone.

Good luck and if you need more specific information, feel free to FM me.

Welcome to the boards!

My fiance proposed to me at the Castle on the Hudson. It is absolutely exquisite!!!! the rooms are gorgeous and the food was to die for!!!

Congrats!