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We went to The Lodge at Welch Allyn (http://thelodge.welchallyn.com/)
It was beautiful. At first, we looked over their pricing and with our budget, seemed as though we could do it. Except if you have a Saturday wedding, there's a 20K spending minimum. This would'nt include photographer, DJ, cake or any other extras. So we'd have to spend the 20K there, which Im sure we could if we tried, but then we'd have all of these other expenses on top of that so it seems as though it wont work out. :/
If you have a Friday wedding, the spending minimum is 15K which we would do easily with open bar and the number of guests. Plus, the room rental fee was significantly cheaper. I called my mom on the way home and she said "Oh, thats not do-able." Which realllllly pissed me off. I kind of snapped at her and said Its most definitely do-able, maybe not ideal, but doable.
Im in Andrea's wedding this August which is on a Friday and they'll see when we go to that one that its fine. I know, its more of a hindrance to out of town guests (like you-I know!) but it would save so much money. And then, I feel like the people you really and truly want to be there- will make it happen. Others (like my mom's whole side of her family for example) wouldnt come and it would be fine because I dont know them.
Then we met up with Adam and I was telling him about the Lodge and about our parent's reaction and he acted really surprised and said they didnt give him a hard time about anything he wanted to do that wasnt what they had in mind. And I tried to explain that's because they see him as an adult that they dont have control over and also because they werent paying so it wasn't "their" wedding. Its obviously still not their wedding, but since they are the finance in the equation, I realize theyre going to treat it like it's theirs that I'm a part of. I told my dad once again, that an elopement is not off the table.
It was beautiful. At first, we looked over their pricing and with our budget, seemed as though we could do it. Except if you have a Saturday wedding, there's a 20K spending minimum. This would'nt include photographer, DJ, cake or any other extras. So we'd have to spend the 20K there, which Im sure we could if we tried, but then we'd have all of these other expenses on top of that so it seems as though it wont work out. :/
If you have a Friday wedding, the spending minimum is 15K which we would do easily with open bar and the number of guests. Plus, the room rental fee was significantly cheaper. I called my mom on the way home and she said "Oh, thats not do-able." Which realllllly pissed me off. I kind of snapped at her and said Its most definitely do-able, maybe not ideal, but doable.
Im in Andrea's wedding this August which is on a Friday and they'll see when we go to that one that its fine. I know, its more of a hindrance to out of town guests (like you-I know!) but it would save so much money. And then, I feel like the people you really and truly want to be there- will make it happen. Others (like my mom's whole side of her family for example) wouldnt come and it would be fine because I dont know them.
Then we met up with Adam and I was telling him about the Lodge and about our parent's reaction and he acted really surprised and said they didnt give him a hard time about anything he wanted to do that wasnt what they had in mind. And I tried to explain that's because they see him as an adult that they dont have control over and also because they werent paying so it wasn't "their" wedding. Its obviously still not their wedding, but since they are the finance in the equation, I realize theyre going to treat it like it's theirs that I'm a part of. I told my dad once again, that an elopement is not off the table.