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I'm from south Jersey, right outside of Philly so I'm not too familiar with those suburbs, but have you looked in south Jersey? I know cherry hill area has a lot of hotels that have nice weddings. good luck!!
@greeney1384: I went to a wedding at the Talamore country club about a year and a half ago. I would say it was just "ok." The cocktail hour was eh, dinner, another "eh." the reception room had a cool way for the bride and groom to enter though. And it was really pretty outside. It was bad or horrible by any means at all, just nothing "wow" about it for me.
We liked Talamore, but I think ultimately I wasn't a huge fan of the space where the ceremony would take place if we had to go indoors. I think that would be personal preference though and would depend on your vision of how to decorate, etc.
We had the same guest count estimate and preferred price range. Some other options in Montgomery County that we considered are Plymouth Country Club, Drexelbrook, Joseph Ambler Inn, William Penn Inn, and Normandy Farm.
I remember them being much more reasonable than the downtown hotels we considered - one downtown catering manager told me that due to union restrictions, the minimum price the downtown hotels can offer is a lot higher than what you see outside of the city. After a lot of negotiating, and being in a "strong" negotiating position (using up an open Sunday on somewhat short notice of 6 months in advance) the best I could get was about $130 per person, with that price matched but not beat at several hotels, given ceremony/cocktail hour/dinner reception/open bar.
@middleschoolsweethearts: thanks! i did receive quotes from the wyndham in mt. laurel and also aloft. aloft may be a little more than what we wanted to pay but it looked nice. decisions decisions!
@philabride2bee: thanks for your reply! i'm also considering the plymouth cc and perhaps flourtown as well - though i haven't really checked them out in great detail. i think we've pretty much decided against a hotel in the city because of price so i'll check out some of the others that you listed as well!
I am getting married at Talamore and I thought it was beautiful and I loved the food at the tasting- and I;ve been to some pretty swanky weddings. That said, it is a 23k minimum (food and beverage) for a Saturday night plus another 2k to get married there, plus $500 to rent the cocktail hour room. so I'm not sure why people keep saying it is inexpensive. Yes, it is cheap compared to come center city venues, but really it is not a steal
@billyjoelfan: thanks for your input! keeping what you said in mind, talamore is probably a little over our budget. i'm sure your wedding will be beautiful - enjoy!
@greeney1384: Did you like the wyndham Mt Laurel? I went there but it wasn't what I had in mind. We still got a hotel block there though. And there is another bee who is getting married at aloft, if you want more info about that place.
@Stammie16: we didn't actually go to see the wyndham, but i did receive a package/quote from them that seemed reasonable. i'm just trying to collect some info. as of now to possibly narrow down the number of places we scope out in person (which may be impossible because there are so many to begin with). what didn't you like about it there?
@greeney1384: Well I drive past it every day, but it never occurred to me that being in between the turnpike entrance and a Wawa gas station would be problematic. There wasn't anywhere pretty to take pictures outside :(. And I didn't want to run around before the wedding to get pictures, I want a 1-stop shop. Plus the ceremony/reception space seemed to 'conference-y" to me, like I'd have to decorate a lot. Their food packages looked really nice and reasonable though, and they only have 1 wedding there at a time which I thought was nice. We're doing brunch there the next day too in addition to having our room block there.
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Hi there! This is my first post and I'm looking for some venue advice. I became engaged this past Christmas Eve (2011). We haven't set a date yet but I'm hoping for spring or fall of 2013. I'm looking for venues in the Philly metro area (leaning toward the suburbs in Montgomery/Delaware/Chester counties because anything that's actually in the city seems way out of our price range). Starting to get a little overwhelmed. We'll probably have 100-120 people and I'm really trying to keep it at or under $100 pp.
Ideally I'd like a hotel for the ceremony and reception because the FI has a lot of family coming from out of state and I just think it'd be easier to keep everything in the same place, but any quotes that I've gotten are a little above what we're hoping to pay. I've been looking at some country clubs also. Does anyone out there have any recommendations? I thought the Talamore Country Club in Ambler looked beautiful (online) but wasn't sure about their pricing. Any advice/recommendations/reviews of this venue or others in the area would be very much appreciated!