Wedding Wednesdays: Version 1.05

And here is another edition of Wedding Wednesdays!!! (get ready for a long post!)
(in a game show mood)

So this past weekend we went to go see another wedding location! And our final wedding location because we have made our decision!!!

This last location was beautiful! And there was a wedding going on so it was great to see it all set up! The wedding coordinator was a doll and so helpful!

Here below are some pictures....

Before going in! First venue where we went by ourselves.

The outside

The welcome station....that turns into the goodbye station after the wedding

(filled with fruit, cookies, drinks....etc.)

There was a wedding so I couldn't get a picture of the cocktail hour or the ceremony site, but the cocktail hour is to the left of the picture and then you cross the bridge where the ceremony site will be on the right of the picture. Indoor cocktail hour behind you in this picture.

(didn't really like that the water under the bridge was an orange color. It would ruin pictures)

 The indoor cocktail hour (kind of reminds me of the first place)

The reception hour. 

A table in the reception where they have the centerpieces you can use if you want. 

So after looking at the four places we went to.....we have narrowed it down to two....
Below are the list of the pros and cons and then our final decision. It was actually a really hard decision because the last place was beautiful!! (and it was 5 seconds from the beach!!) But, we talked the whole car ride about it and came to a decision :

So the contender in the left corner:

We will call this one "The Barn"

Pros:
Amazing Price
Outside Ceremony
Outside/Inside Cocktail Hour
4 different areas to get married outside
Plenty of places for pictures
Inside Reception
Amazing food!
5 hour open bar
Gorgeous bathrooms right outside reception
Lots of parking
Top rated by theknot.com
Get to use the bigger ceremony/cocktail hour/reception area I want!!
Our guests would have their own entrance so not to be disturbed by another wedding
Really nice wedding coordinator

Cons:
1 hour and 1/2 away from us
Flowers may not be planted by May 11th next year
No gardens by ceremony site
Wedding coordinator is a man (could be a possible con who knows!)
No welcome or goodbye treats
No centerpieces to use

The contender in the right corner:
We will call this one: "The Garden"

Pros:
Extremely sweet wedding coordinator
5 seconds from the beach
1/2 hour away from us
Areas for pictures
2 areas to get married outside
We would be the only wedding that day
Outside ceremony
Outside/Inside Cocktail hour
Inside reception
Welcome and Goodbye treats
Can use their centerpieces
Will print place cards, menus, table numbers etc.

Cons:
More expensive
Rehearsal would be on a Thursday (hard for my out of town bridesmaids!)
Flowers might not be planted by May 11th next year
Inside Cocktail hour is not very convenient to outside cocktail hour
Not a lot of parking
A lot of add ons to menu (means more $$$$)


In the end our final decision is...........................








The Barn!!

The last one we saw "The Garden" was actually a contender and Shea really liked it. I did to, but I told him I feel like if we picked that one I would be thinking about "The Barn" the whole time.

So we have picked our wedding venue!!! Whoooo hoo!! That's a big weight off our shoulders! Now we just have to go try the food on June 3rd and then put down our first deposit! Eeekk!! Soo exciting!

This Friday we are going to meet our potential photographers!! Lets hope we LOVE them!!

Happy Wednesday :)