Looking for a venue

adamomia

Please help me. I am in desperate need of a wedding venue. I can't afford these crazy venue prices of 2500-5500 just for the space and then pay for their catering and bar. I have my own chef/caterer, bartender, dj, and photographer. Just looking for a cheap grassy area for a 60 count wedding. Hopefully a backyard. I live in Phoenix. Anyone with ideas please. Or anyone willing to open their backyard for a fee. No parks, I don't want strangers walking around my wedding and most the parks in Phoenix are ghetto. Thanks everyone. From one bride to another.

adamomia

Please help me. I am in desperate need of a wedding venue. I can't afford these crazy venue prices of 2500-5500 just for the space and then pay for their catering and bar. I have my own chef/caterer, bartender, dj, and photographer. Just looking for a cheap grassy area for a 60 count wedding. Hopefully a backyard. I live in Phoenix. Anyone with ideas please. Or anyone willing to open their backyard for a fee. No parks, I don't want strangers walking around my wedding and most the parks in Phoenix are ghetto. Thanks everyone. From one bride to another.

adktd2boots

Have you tried your local board?  This is international and unless someone is from there, we probably don't know of anywhere

freebread03

The parks in Phoenix really aren't "ghetto."  That's kind of offensive to someone who might actually be having their wedding at a Phoenix park.

Avion22

Have you checked out prices for venues on a Friday or Sunday?  It's usually about 1/2 the price of a Saturday wedding.   

blue1981

This is a local board lol

blue1981

This is a local board lol

Bigfattygretch

Check out the Japanese Friendship Garden

katdhoneybee

I don't know the price for sure, but since it's a historic site/park it could be a less expensive option. It's something I considered for myself - check out Heritage and Science Park in downtown Phoenix. It's so beautiful! I walked by an outdoor wedding there and it looked really elegant and personal. Best of luck!

Traceydoyle

Please let me know if you find anything. I've been looking too. There's community centers that are cheap.

TeamLindaMark

What about the Desert Botanical Garden?  There are different spaces for different wedding party sizes.  From the website it looks beautiful.

misscastle

my venue, Sunridge Canyon, didn't have a site fee. I think there was a ceremony set-up fee of $5 a guest, but that's it. Then you just paid for catering/consumption bar. I think we paid Sunridge a total of $8k for the ceremony and reception site, stations/buffet catering, 3 passed appetizers and a consumption bar for 100 people.

SarahNLeon

You may want to look into Windemere Hotel :
5750 East Main Street  Mesa, AZ 85205
(480) 985-3600

I was looking into venues and it was on the affordable end. Also in Giblert is a place called Portico:

http://www.porticoweddings.com/porticoweddings.com/Pricing.html

Both are affordable and smaller to accomodate a 60 person wedding.