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Looking for venue ideas for getting hitched anywhere up to about an hour and a half outside the city that is relatively inexpensive...anyone have any good suggestions? Starting to think about budgets and the like and trying to rule out stuff :)

WOW - y'all are talking like FOR REAL upstate. Plattsburgh & Rochester are gorgeous - can you imagine Fall or Christmas wedding up there? Siiighhh kinda jealous, that'd be so beautiful! Problem is, from NYC, you can drive to Boston faster than getting to those places. I grew up in Westchester, so anything north of White Plains or Tarrytown/ Tappan Zee Bridge is "upstate" to me. LOL

@ Jaxx - I'm with Gerbera. What's the feel you're looking for? # of people? Budget? There's oooodles of places less than 45m outside of Grand Central or Penn Station. Have you looked at the Villa Barone in the Bronx? It's kind of an old-school wedding factory, but you really can't beat the price (I think they're like $80-$90 pp which is unheard of around here). There's one further up too in Mahopac I think. 

Let us know what you're looking for & we might be able to suggest some better places. :)

P.S. - @ Gerbera- don't think I forgot about you, I'm still looking for those lists I had - I can't find em. FI "cleaned" a couple weeks ago so things have gone missing... like the CD with all our wedding planning info on it. LOL

dancy - you are great! thanks for the suggestions. i'm reeallly just in the early stages of information gathering, so i haven't thought out too much what kind of vibe i want.

in terms of budget, i think our max will probably be around $10K because we'll have to pay for it ourselves. even if my mom can help us out a little bit, i still wouldn't want to go above that. (although i'm sure she'd rather give me $$ to go toward a down payment on a home more than helping us out with the wedding, but who knows!).

with that budget in mind (and us being who we are) we will likely end up having a smallish wedding - around 80-100 people. most of our friends/family are on the east coast, either local to the NYC area, or coming from New England or the DC area, so i either want someplace that's close enough to bus people up there from manhattan (and not have to have people be on a bus for two hours) since manhattan is relatively convenient to get to from train stations and airports. otherwise, i would want a place that has reasonably priced hotels/places to stay very close by, and we can just shuttle people back and forth from a couple of places. i just want people to be able to enjoy themselves and not worry about too much driving or having to rent cars.

i'd like a place that has a nice view/nice grounds and that's not too casual but not too fancy either. elegant but simple and tasteful. that narrows it down right? hehehe.

thanks y'all! looking forward to more ideas and suggestions if you have any!

that's a good idea lopez - thanks! i'll check it out.

Jaxx - what about Dumbo Loft? Or, if you're having about 100 people, what about a boat? Something like this -- http://www.worldyacht.com/50plusguests

hey everyone! thanks for all the help! sorry I've been kinda MIA. i ended up booking at Round Hill (and i'm SUPER excited about it), so would love to hear more about your experiences and what vendors you used, specifically who you used for transportation (if you provided this for your guests), florist, and reception music. I would also love to know if you had a rehearsal dinner in the area, where did you do it? thanks again!