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Bellenga started an awesome poll about venues in the new Encore board... so I thought we'd try it a more general version in the Beehive as well! What my version of the poll lacks in creativity, I hope it makes up for in comprehensiveness!
Bee and I got married in a loft, and we both liked it a lot. I love lofts with tall ceilings and hardwood floors and lots of natural light... and thankfully so does Mrs. Bee. We're not religious, so a church wedding was out. And it was early March, so we didn't consider an outdoor wedding! If I could do it again, I'd get married outdoors (because it's cheaper - terrible huh).
Why did you choose your particular venue... and do/did you ever wish you could get married somewhere else?
We got married at a winery and it is SO SO OVERDONE in this area. Everyone gets married at vineyards, and it's perfect esp. if you have a lot of out of towners (we had no IN TOWNERS so obviously it worked for us) because it's really novel to most that don't live around here.
You're right about it being cheaper... you don't have to decorate a lot if you get married outdoors if you don't want to.
If I could do it all over again I'd get married in an art museum with LONG LONG tables in the hallways. Or the foyer of some fancy building like an old grand library. Neato.
We were married on my parent's farm (childhood home) the filet mignon we served at our reception was from our actual cows (to some I know this sounds strange, but they all are given great lives and kept in the best conditions :)
I thought getting married there would be a lot cheaper than anywhere else, I was wrong. You have to rent everything- and in the end we would have spent just as much on a venue. I like our choice though, it was special to be married on the spot where I spent so much time. If I had to choose a different venue- defintley a Detroit loft.
Aside from the date, the venue was the most important to me! I wanted something that overlooked my beloved Rocky Mountains! I scoured photographer sites for the most photographic venues. I narrowed it down to something overlooking the Garden of the Gods. Can't wait til this is what I see:
Some Garden!
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I was never a girl who planned her fairytale wedding, so when my fiance (then bf) asked me where I wanted to get married, I jokingly said, "Notre Dame de Paris, or maybe Chartres." That week he called and booked a chapel with Gothic architecture, a pipe organ and gorgeous stained glass windows. It is made all the more special because it is on his undergraduate campus. Given the beauty of the venue itself, we also have almost no decorating costs.
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We're having our Reception at my super small hometown's Sons of Hermann Hall. Its a big ugly 70s out reception hall, but its one of the only options in my hometown and it will definitely give my DIY Fam an opportunity to use their skills!!
We're having our reception in an old vaudeville theatre. The theatre is still used for live performances and movie screenings today. :)
we're getting married at a vineyard. our ceremony will be indoors because weather can be uncertain in october, but assuming the weather is nice, it should make for some nice pictures.
Wedding is at an arboretum...or garden, but our reception is at a country club. We had a hard time picking a ceremony location, since we fell in love with our reception venue but hated the ceremony site they had...it's hard to find a ceremony only place that ins't a church!!!
We finally found the arboretum on the Cal State Fullerton campus, and it is gorgeous!! The ceremony will take place under a huge tree, and the guests will be sitting under their arbor. Very intimate and a little different!
We were married at a private home that we rented. I spent approximately thirty seconds on the property before deciding that I was SURE that I wanted to spend thousands of dollars to rent it... it was beautiful!
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We chose our venue for the location, size, and the price. We are getting married in our hometown (even though neither of us lives there any longer); also many of our guests live in the area, so it seemed practical to have it where the most people were most likely to be able to join us for the occasion. The town is small, so choices were limited to begin with. When we started thinking about our guestlist, the choices were narrowed down even further, as some of the original possibilities don't hold as many people. Finally, the price was right ($100 deposit for the ceremony- refunded following the clean up and $100 non refundable deposit for the reception area) and with our budget it just made sense!
You forgot something along the lines of "family home"! ;)
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We're getting married in the mountains. We met in Tahoe and both lived up there for a lot of our lives. To be married in the Sierras is extremely meaningful to us... and having our crazy friends outside for a party is probably a really good idea!
We're getting married at a venue on a golf course, but it's a public golf park, not a country club. Also, the venue is not your typical country club reception hall. It's a semi-outdoor "pavilion" with about 2/3 under cover and a semi-circular patio over a pond, with oak trees that come up through the patio. We love our venue!
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We're getting married at a church, but only because my parents work there so not only are we getting the venue itself free, we're getting to do some cool stuff with sound and lighting (it's a pretty modern church, so actually the lighting will be awesome), and the cleaning crew will donate their time, etc. Add to that the photographer, dressmaker, and cake maker are all church members giving us awesome discounts just because of who my parents are, and it's totally worth having a church wedding, even tho we're not religious at all. ^_^
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Ooops, I just messed up the poll. I read wrong, and voted as if you were asking about my reception venue (actually you should use this poll to create one for receptions), but my wedding was at a church.
Other - we're getting married on a boat. Not a cruise ship... more like a yacht. I hope someone picks aquarium. I considered it but my MOH is terrified of octopi which happen to be quite prevelant in the Seattle one.
We got married at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Maryland. Its both a beach and a private club that specializes in event and weddings.
We knew we either wanted on the water (we sail and thats how we met) or a historic house (that's my job and my passion). So- anyone getting married at a historic house you have my stamp of approval!
- This is the beach at the venue (with me and my husband enjoying it).
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We're getting married outdoors in this little gardeny gazebo. So pretty! I've always wanted to get married outside.
My venue didn't exactly fit the poll because it's at an outdoor chapel that terraces down to a reception venue that is both indoor/outdoor. It's not a church or a country club but a place that does weddings all year around. Not sure what to call it. But that's what I like about it! 
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Whoops! That means I posted in the Encore thread. 
I'll post it again in the RIGHT place...
We're getting married in Las Vegas on a restaurant that's surrounded by a golf course. It's a pretty tropical location with lots of palm trees, grass and fountains...in the middle of the desert! I'm thinking the photos will be amazing.
Here's a photo (not of us, though)... :)
we're getting married in the church that my grandfather helped build, where my other set of grandparents, aunt and uncle, and parents all got married. needless to say, there's no where else i'd rather get married.
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Although we haven't finalized things yet, the San Diego Wild Animal Park.
My wedding was on the beach - but it was more formal than a lot of beach weddings - we did chairs with covers, bamboo runners for the aisle, violin player, my dress was a big gown with a train, you get the idea.
Living on an island like we do (St Thomas) there are tons of great beaches to choose, but we decided on ours based on the reception - our reception was literally about 100 feet from the spot where we were married, so there was no transportation to coordinate and the guests started partying right away while we were posing for pictures.
I LOVED having the reception at a restaurant - we bought the place out for the night so it was great. Our group was also small (62 including us) so the service was super attentive and despite the small dance ffloor there was plenty of room for everyone to boogie. Buying out the restaurant was also a lot cheaper than renting a villa and bringing in a caterer (renting every fork, glass and plate really adds up!)
So brides to be considering a destination wedding - come down to STT and get married at Elysian beach and have Robert's do the reception!
Here's a fuzzy pic of us about to enter the reception - you can see that the restaurant is RIGHT on the beach - just my kind of place and the owners couldn't be nicer.
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An old quaint Cathedral on a cobblestone road in the very colorful downtown Old San Juan, PRico! His culture (Armenian) doesn't recognize a wedding performed anywhere else but church and I love the Vintage, rustic style with the stained glass and cracking plaster.
We are getting married at the church where my future husband grew up, and where I first laid eyes on him 15 years ago way back in middle school! :)
we are getting married in a garden a couple of feet from our reception area yay!!! it's seasonally decorated with flowers and beautiful trees. Perfect for what we were looking for!
we are getting married at the church where we'd attend mass every friday in elementary school..smaller but very traditional catholic
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We're getting married in a special event complex, on a deck overlooking the Western North Carolina mountains: The Crest Center.
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We'll be getting married on my dad's peach farm. The venue is one of the most important aspects for us.
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We got married on an island in a city park. I loved the big stone bridge it has that you have to cross to get onto the island, we used it as our aisle. It was just a bonus that it was FREE! Our reception was held in a huge building on the state fairgrounds which turned out great and was only $300 to rent for 3 days.
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We're getting married in a gorgeous garden at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA. We always envisioned having a summer wedding in a lush garden and this was it and more! It's also a non-profit art guild maintained by local residents and volunteers... another and most important plus? a portion of our payment is given to the Lucile Packard Children Hospital.
I voted for garden or vineyard, but we actually haven't found our venue yet. We are also looking at a few historic estates. So far nothing has really jumped out at us. :/
We are getting married outside on a deck that overlooks the Long Beach (CA) Harbor. You can see the entire skyline, its really gorgeous. Our reception is at the same location, though its inside a ballroom that has wall to wall windows overlooking the Harbor as well.
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Our venue is a historic home, but we're getting married outside near the "garden" - think more grass less flowers. I wish we could have done the national aquarium in baltimore!
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We're getting married in our home church, mostly because we're getting it for free for the ceremony and reception (we're going to flip the same area). It works out really well, because the "sanctuary" is actually an enormous empty loft space. There'll be lots to decorate, but the great hall's blue matches my wedding blue, so it'll all work out!
We're getting married at a state park, which is right on the water.
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