I'm new to this site and have been reading the boards, but I'm a little overwhelmed by all the info and my own research, and was wondering if anyone would mind making a recommendation or two.
I've been trying to find one site for hopefully both the wedding and reception.
We live in San Francisco, but anywhere within a coiuple hours is fine. We're not too picky, but have a few preferences:
- Not too expensive... looking to keep this wedding under $20,000 if possible
- Ceremony outside would be nice
- Nothing religious, no churches etc
- 100-120 people
- Someplace that takes care of a lot of the details and has a coordinator would be nice... we don't mind a "package" deal to save money and time!
I made a spreadsheet, but it's got 60 items already and I'm trying to find out which places make sense to visit. Does anyone have any tips, or little-known gems, that may be worth looking into? My fiance and I are doing some visits this Saturday, but with so many places and no way to sort by price it all seems a little arbitrary.
Sorry for the rambling post... I really appreciate the time.
A few other details if they help:
- Fiance's family is Irish and British, so something that takes advantage of California landscape and weather would be nice (good view?)
- Booze is a must (see also: Irish family)
- Hoping for something "unusual" (I looked into wind tunnels and airplane hangars and boats.. the weirder the better)