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When you say "the venue, not including food," does that mean you just want to know about the actual venue regardless of its food situation? Or are you looking to bring in outside catering so you're looking for a place without food?
I have a friend who's getting married at Flint Hill and I'm getting married at Anthony's Fine Dining...I LOVE both of those venues. They're both similar in how they're antebellum homes and you can have both ceremony and reception there. Anthony's has been wonderful to work with so far, and my friend has nothing but good things to say about Flint Hill. However, both require that you use their catering, so if you're looking to bring in outside food it may not be your best option. Flint Hill is all inclusive...so as far as money goes, pretty much all of your budget would be right there (food, flowers, decor, actual venue fees, etc.) Anthony's doesn't have a rental fee for reception (you just pay for food) and the ceremony fee was pretty reasonable. I'm having a seated lunch on a Saturday for about $12K (including venue rental, food, alcohol, tables/chairs, and linens).
If you're looking for something similar that allows outside catering, I'd recommend Rhodes Hall. It's also a historic home, and it's along the same lines with price. We looked there (and loved it!) but it wasn't quite big enough to accomodate the size of our wedding. It's an absolutely beautiful building though and it's in a great location.
Hope that helps :)
What I really mean is the rental fee. It doesn’t matter if I can bring in an outside caterer or not. It won’t be a sit down meal, just hors d'oeuvres and no alcohol. I’m just trying to figure out a cost for venue rental without everything else for now.
There are some places that don't charge a rental fee, but only charge for food and beverage like the example julielizabeth gave.
I know you're not officially engaged yet (neither am I), but you may want to decide what your estimated budget is going to be for the wedding. From there, you may be able to decide how much you can allocate for a venue fee (or food/beverage fee).
For myself, since I'm having a cultural wedding, there are very FEW places that require me to use their catering that I would still look at. With that being said, my budget for venue fee by itself is $3k. If I were to include food and beverage, the total budget would be $8k. Therefore, if I were looking for an all inclusive place (or place that only charges food/beverage fee), it would have to be less than $8k.
P.S. - My total budget is around $15k (not including honeymoon, incidentals, and rings) and I'm probably looking at around 250 guests. We'll need a LOT of prayer to stick to this one.
In reference to your actual question:
Kimball Hall, Payne Corley House, 173 Carlyle House, Hill Manor and the Devore House all seem all-inclusive.
Primrose Cottage and Little Gardens seem to charge a venue fee & have in house catering
With all inclusive places, your basic budget should be at least $5k no matter what time of the year it is.
I think almost all of these post their prices on their websites. I had not problem finding them when I was searching. And the rental isn't usually just a venue fee - as others have said, it needs to be broken down by package and usually includes catering or cake or setup/chairs, etc. Best to pull up their packages online.
@Laylabelle: I looked at all the venue websites before I replied. None of them have pricing posted.
@Laylabelle: I looked at all the venue websites before I replied. None of them have pricing posted.
I agree with YSQueen...$5K is probably a good ballpark to start out with. Sounds like you might be opposed to this, but calling around is probably your best bet. When we were venue shopping, we just called around and got quotes. Most places are pretty good about providing numbers if they think they might get a sale out of it eventually! I'd definitely call around once you have an estimate of what you'd be working with. Then you could change some things around in your budget if necessary.
I'd call and ask.
As for my venue, their prices are not online and you have to inquire directly.
I visited Flint Hill and was given a detailed quote for rental fee/food & beverage for Sat. afternoon - it was about $8500 - this was for 75 guests. This does not include decorations (all must be done in house) or alcohol, cake, flowers, etc.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for all your comments. I have a budget in mind of about $7-8K for around 100 people. I just can't make myself start contacting places yet being that nothing is official yet. Just trying to get some ideas about actual cost. I will start calling places once it is official. Hopefully soon....
For smaller, intimate weddings, check out (go and see and taste) Sugo in John's Creek. They recently were visited by Food Network and were chosen as the top restaurant in atl last year by open table.
They also will be hositng our wedding reception, have beautiful event space for up to about 50-70 in the back, and make a sangria to die for...not to mention their fusion of Italian and Greek cuisine.
Our guests love that place so much they're already asking me which items are we putting on our menus...
For smaller, intimate weddings, check out (go and see and taste) Sugo in John's Creek. They recently were visited by Food Network and were chosen as the top restaurant in atl last year by open table.
They also will be hositng our wedding reception, have beautiful event space for up to about 50-70 in the back, and make a sangria to die for...not to mention their fusion of Italian and Greek cuisine.
Our guests love that place so much they're already asking me which items are we putting on our menus...
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I’m not officially engaged yet, but I want to get a head start on things. So I know how much money to start putting aside. Does anyone know how much any of these venues (not including food) are for Saturday afternoons? I just think it will be bad luck to actually start contacting places.
Kimball Hall
Payne Corley House
173 Carlyle House
The DeVore House
Primrose Cottage
Little Gardens
Flint Hill
Hill Manor
Any info would be appreciated!