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My fiance and I are getting married at the end of August and are on a tight budget. We need somewhere to hold a ceremony and reception for 60 guests. Our budget is $2000 - $2500. Does anyone have any ideas besides a church that we could use? We would prefer indoor as opposed to an outdoor ceremony.
My dh and I rented our historic court house for 550.00 for our daughters wedding. It was very beautiful and had beautiful hardwood floors with a kitchen for her caterers. It had a big room plenty of room for table and chairs from the rental store and big tall windows which were perfect for pictures.
We used a family friend's condo recreation room. It was great, had a kitchen and everything. Best of all it was free. There was a $60 deposit which they return as long as no damage was done. A park was one of my other options. Many parks have indoor spaces, some even allow you to pitch a tent. The problem was that they close at sun down. When searching, don't look for "wedding reception" halls, the places that cater to weddings will usually be more expensive. I just did a post on receptions in my blog (www.lowcostweddings.blogspot.com).
Check out your local community center, they are usually big enough to hold weddings and you could probably have the reception there as well.
Sometimes parks have facilities for rent & they are reasonable but booked up early so check into it soon. We were to a wedding last week where nobody had flowers except the bride & 3 bridesmaids bouquets.
