The When and Where
My first post!
First, a note on the date. I would love to have the wedding as soon as possible, but unfortunately, I'm still in school and can't squeeze in wedding planning on top of work and school. But, if all goes well, we may have a date narrowed down in October!
We've been contemplating a number of venues in Southern California. Here are some of the current contenders:
Santa Ynez, Solvang, and Santa Barbara
Fess Parker Winery
Gainey Vineyards
This was actually one of the first places we looked, as well as an excuse to visit wine country. While there are many beautiful places there, it's a little pricey. On top of that, we have a lot of out of town guests, so coordinating a destination wedding and guests is a little too tricky. It's not ruled out entirely though!
Disneyland
Yes, I know what I said before. "Disneyland is too cheesy to host a wedding." Well, the more I investigated, the more convenient it sounded. Either way, I'm sure we'll visit them for a tour, just because it's an excuse to go!
Mission Inn
This is in Riverside, which is pretty far away from Los Angeles. But, the venue looks beautiful on the website (are there any venues that don't look beautiful in pictures??). It's also affordable, and got a good recommendation from one of my fellow brides at work. I especially like everything being all in one place - I want a beautiful and unique wedding, and I have a LOT of ideas, but I'd like to have a little help putting it all together without hiring a full on wedding coordinator!
The Ebell Club
Finally, this particular venue is growing on me more and more. It's recently renovated, affordable, is beautiful in its own right (without a million decorations), and is pretty convenient in downtown Long Beach. I've also googled other weddings there, which is a trick that seems to work pretty well in seeing how places can be set up differently. They require a day-of coordinator, which is fine by me!
Of course, we can't make any decisions yet, because we don't have a date and haven't sat down with any of the venues to get in to the details. Plus, I have to bring my mom out to see the final contenders first! But, so far, these are all still in the running.
First, a note on the date. I would love to have the wedding as soon as possible, but unfortunately, I'm still in school and can't squeeze in wedding planning on top of work and school. But, if all goes well, we may have a date narrowed down in October!
We've been contemplating a number of venues in Southern California. Here are some of the current contenders:
Santa Ynez, Solvang, and Santa Barbara
Fess Parker Winery
Gainey Vineyards
This was actually one of the first places we looked, as well as an excuse to visit wine country. While there are many beautiful places there, it's a little pricey. On top of that, we have a lot of out of town guests, so coordinating a destination wedding and guests is a little too tricky. It's not ruled out entirely though!
Disneyland
Yes, I know what I said before. "Disneyland is too cheesy to host a wedding." Well, the more I investigated, the more convenient it sounded. Either way, I'm sure we'll visit them for a tour, just because it's an excuse to go!
As I'm sure most new brides-to-be are, I'm a card carrying member of the Knot and Brides.com, weddingcompass.com, and a few other sites that I've probably forgotten by now. The problem with most of these sites are that when you search a region, you'll get the same venues over and over again. Marriott at LAX anyone? How about the one in Long Beach? Or the Lakewood Country Club? None of these were really striking me as unique and fun places. One day I thought about one of the first wedding sites I'd ever heard of: WeddingChannel.com. And I found a couple of sites that we're planning on visiting soon!
Mission Inn
This is in Riverside, which is pretty far away from Los Angeles. But, the venue looks beautiful on the website (are there any venues that don't look beautiful in pictures??). It's also affordable, and got a good recommendation from one of my fellow brides at work. I especially like everything being all in one place - I want a beautiful and unique wedding, and I have a LOT of ideas, but I'd like to have a little help putting it all together without hiring a full on wedding coordinator!
The Ebell Club
Finally, this particular venue is growing on me more and more. It's recently renovated, affordable, is beautiful in its own right (without a million decorations), and is pretty convenient in downtown Long Beach. I've also googled other weddings there, which is a trick that seems to work pretty well in seeing how places can be set up differently. They require a day-of coordinator, which is fine by me!
Of course, we can't make any decisions yet, because we don't have a date and haven't sat down with any of the venues to get in to the details. Plus, I have to bring my mom out to see the final contenders first! But, so far, these are all still in the running.
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