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Is there any reason you CAN'T have the tent in the school's field?
Honestly I haven't asked yet on the school's field. I've NEVER seen it done though...
((HUGS)) being a vendor have you ever worked with vendors that rent tents? they sometimes may be willing to give you discounts because your work would be featured in places that they normally wouldn't, for example your blog, your photographer's blog, etc. i love the idea of a tent or even a barn? have you seen martha stewart's green wedding? i even love the idea of you doing the tent in the school yard, that would be so quaint and fun, can you imagine the pictures?!!! i am thinking of daniellemybelle's pix that were adorable in teh school house!
It's worth asking! I bet they would let you!! Are there any other parks or gardens in the area you can find? What city are you in? Perhaps post on the local board and see if anyone has any ideas.
You could be a trendsetter! You might as well try and see if it's feasible. At least you could get around having the wedding in a ballroom which seems to be your last choice.
I would totally ask about using the school. If you're already having your wedding at their church, maybe they could cut you a deal to also have the reception there. It never hurts to negotiate.
I honestly don't get many tented weddings and the few I do are either through a venue and in the part of my area that's WAY to far away for guests to travel... or... the tent people usually aren't there for the wedding when I am. I have my connections for music, lighting (which is such an unfortunately overlooked thing. Well worth the $), cakes, lots of venue coordinators (but for places I don't want to go, lol), photography, planning, flowers, etc... but the reception.... ugh, making me sick!
The area where it would be isn't the most beautiful at the school. It's from like 1970 and has an ugly building right next to where the tent would be. BUT, the inside would be amazing :-)
Do you have any conservation areas or just public parks that will let you put a tent up! Everyone that I talked to if you rented the park for the day it was free as long as you cleaned up afterwards.
Do you have any local colleges or universities they usually rent out their grounds for wedding receptions also! And historical properties?
And it doesn't hurt to ask about the school?
Good Luck
i'd drape the heck outta that tent and it would look like a completely different room inside (btw totally agree with you on lighting!)
Here's what I am thinking and with the lighting it could be completely transformed...
If the school ends up being your best option, don't worry about the ugly building right next to it--there are bound to be lots of other spots that will be great photo ops for your pictures in the area, and for your guests, think of it as a kind of Through the Looking Glass--boring old buildings outside, jaw-dropping, glamorous Wonderland inside in the tent! Embrace the contrast!
Well, I've emailed the church lady. I'm not expecting a reply till monday/tuesday. I've looked into parks but haven't found any info about renting more than picnic shelters. eww lol. Perhaps I should looker harder and more specifically at some. We do have a lot of city parks... My originial thought was 'we just need a field, why is this so hard!' lol.
oooh, conservation area... something just popped into my mind.. shoot, I don't even remember what the place is called. lol... it's like a colleges horticulture place or something... Ill have to call my friend who takes his dog there.. lol.
the place that is $75 a person is a hotel attached to a univ. I have a lot of connections to the school as I work with the administration a LOT.... but again, can't say much until we're public because I'm friends with the girl I would need to talk to in order to try and do something on campus. The library has an atrium that is amazing and i would be totally thrilled to do it up there. Problem? 225 is the most people I've seen in there and that was with no dance floor. We'd probably have to move tables after dinner....
If you are friends with your coordinator or a few, they could all coordinate and move the tables for dancing, etc. Trust it can be done!!!
Love the drape pics. I would def. do that + lights. The price may add a little bit but the effect looks so much more luxe than the price. Plus, your pictures.... even of dancing, look SO much better with fun ambient light!
This is part of my "inspiration" boards. Now.... for a place to put it all together :-(
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Hmmm, the place I just thought of above is a no go :-( the colleges horticulture place... i hate dead ends...
beautiful inspiration board!! and sorry about the horticulture route :( i am sure you can find something else... have you contacted bed and breakfasts in the area?
Thanks! One of the only ones I thought would be big enough won't contact me back. Most bed and breakfast are at the beach so there's no space for 200+ people let alone a tent :-)
Ok, just throwing it out there. You mentioned parks with covered picnic areas. I know you didn't seem real keen on the idea based on the ewww part of the comment, BUT... if there was one big enough, what about draping the heck out of that thing, which would give you an elegant and rustic look all at once and would save major cash on cost of tent...just an idea. I know often times renting time slots at local parks can be MAJOR cost savers and there tend to be tons of photo op.'s. Even if covered area isn't large enough on its own, you could combine a smaller tent(hence cheaper) and covered area (draped in fabulous fabric of course) and it would give the impression of an elegant barn-ish type theme (great for Oct.). Again, just an idea.
Thanks for the idea! I'm not sure any of their shelters are large enough.... I'd love to pull a barn wedding but in October the few farms we have are straight up Halloween. with haunted rides and all... and that means no.
what about museums? or old historic houses? are you sure there are no more barns? I can't believe all of them would be decorated for halloween. if they are event rentals they should have to keep them empty for the events!
Yup, GREAT ideas! unfortunately, being in a smaller city... I shoot those museums all the time :-( Not to mention they're more expensive than a tent! I Have looked into some of the opera houses and large theaters. One's booked... one isn't.... I guess I should consider it a possibility, but I'm just not sure if I'm amped on a lobby reception.... I was kinda stoked on my tent :-(
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I'm at a loss. I feel like the reception is just never going to happen... which honestly I'd be OK with... but let's be honest... I also probably wouldn't :-) I've kinda mentioned on here before that all my favorite venues were too far away from the church which is non-negotiable. I'm a wedding photographer so I don't want a ballroom. Nothing against them, but I'm at them EVERY week. The last thing I want is to walk into a place and think of every other wedding I've done there.
Near the church though, there's not many venues that would fit a large 200-250 person reception. I REALLY want do do a tent, I know they can be expensive, but now I'm facing tent fee's and venue fees.
The beach house idea is basically nixed because they don't allow parties of my size. Even ones with MORE than enough space for a tent.
We have an awesome garden here and I just learned the fee is $3000 to rent a field essentially for a "large tent wedding." Plus the expense of the tent... AND, you have to have the tent taken down by 8pm! WTF, 8? Really? Right....... It is also a little sad because I know my photographer could ROCK OUT the acres and acres of amazing nature there and it's not possible to do wedding photos there on a saturday unless your married there. Ticked cause I probably would have booked that.
Another venue that is all ballroom is saying they can do tented weddings. They have exclusive catering though and the cheapest offering (sans bar!) is at $75/person. $18000 on food is not in my budget... for real! plus tent, plus venue fees...
Farms, awesome? There's one that may work but Halloween is their biggest time of year and we're getting married on Oct. 16th. That's a no go.
I'm seriously about to email the church lady and beg to put a tent in the schools field.....
I'm kinda hitting the desperate stage and would love to talk to my planner friends but until we make our Engagement public and official (any time now! yay!) I don't feel like I can. Especially cause one is the wife of SO's best friend and a complete gossip queen. I also have a lot of concerns about involving her in my wedding... we work professionally together a lot... but I don't want to mix my business with my OWN wedding. I know it will happen if she's the one I choose. I want to (sorry) leave all my brides behind me on my own wedding day... lol. I seriously didn't think THIS would be my hang up.... only, since I don't want to go where I am all the time... that means I have to find somewhere where I have no connections... ugh....
i'm just getting so frustrated on the search.... Every single thought and idea has been met with a NO or a dead end.