What was the first venue you visited?

I had my heart set on the Handle Bar at Great American Ball Park, but we couldn’t make any of the dates work. I booked the Ohio State House instead. When we looked at it, I was dead set against it. Everyone needs to go through the metal detector at the entrance. How do you make that classy?

I really only had one venue in mind! I visited it and loved it and didn’t need to research anything else. Still happy with my decision!

Our first venue visit was one of the Country Clubs in our area. Needless to say, we went with a barn venue instead to save some money.

Ours was the finger lakes hotel. It was so beautiful but over priced. The guy was super pushy.

The first venue we visited was Essex Resort & Spa. We visited 5 venues in one weekend (we wanted a June wedding and only had 2 weekends that we could make work due to religious holidays). I was pretty sure going into it that I would choose Essex or Top Notch. And while I loved both of them, when we went to Jay (all because FH insisted we had to see it) we both knew instantly that it was the place. It also helped that it was the most affordable!

The first venue we visited was NYIT De Seversky mansion in Brookville Long Island. We loved it but it would have been more like a cocktail styled reception broken up into different rooms. We didn’t like the fact that all of our guests couldn’t be in the same room at the same time. We ended up going with the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport Long Island

This was the De Seversky...

While I did tons of research, we only visited 2 venues. We were pretty sure we wanted the first venue we saw but made sure to see something else just to seal the deal. We chose Deity in Brooklyn and we were very happy with our choice.

View Quoted Comment We also booked Noah's Dvent Venue. We booked in February, so they werr offering discounts as well. We love the place!

This is our venue....the Vanderbilt. Definitely fits our style and exactly what we wanted more

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That is gorgeous!!!! I love the greenery that covers the outside

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OMG!! This is so beautiful!!! Your photos are going to look amazing!

View Quoted Comment That view is gorgeous!! I love being by the water so that was a must for me when selecting our venue.

View Quoted Comment Thanks Jayla. I am so excited about it. I’ve gone twice. Once it was raining and cloudy the other it was sunny and hot. Both times it was breathtaking. Me knowing that the pictures will be beautiful no matter what gave me so much peace!

View Quoted Comment This is beautiful. Is this you and your husband in the picture?

View Quoted Comment Are you talking about the one in Colorado we looked at them but decided the chateaux was more our cup of tea

First vendor I visted was hair and makeup. I got my trial done at the beginning of the day so I could test the durability of the hair and makeup as I visited other vendors

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Nope — ours is still 16 days away! So excited though!!

The Barn in Bloomsburg, PA. The outside pictures of the place on their website must have been photo-shopped to appear as if it's pretty. It is pretty inside but there was no bridal room because they want you to book one of their hotel rooms. The wedding coordinator was abrupt and rude who doesn't do any set up or assist with anything (she got ticked when my mother asked why her title is "wedding coordinator" if she's only booking the venue and not coordinating anything ). There was so much that appeared to be included but was actually all "extra add-ons". You all know what bull that is. Luckily, we did not book there for these reasons and several others.

View Quoted Comment Nope! Noah’s has various locations throughout the US, mine is in MI. 😊