Small ceremony venue on a budget!!

Re: Small ceremony venue on a budget!!

• cowgirl8238 member

  

  January 2017

  Knottie34052505 said:

  Hello!
  My fiancé and I are getting married on a Saturday in June and have a very nice reception venue but we are not able to have our ceremony at the same location. We are looking for a relatively small and inexpensive ceremony venue for about 80 people in or around Dayton/Fairborn Ohio area. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated at this point!!
  Thanks
  

  
  This is an international board so I would try posting this to your locals if they see any traffic as well.  I personally know nothing about venues in Ohio lol.  Also is there a specific reason you can't have the ceremony there?  Has a deposit been paid?

  That said, I can give you some ideas on some places.  If you are religious and members of a church you can check there, a local park where you can rent a pavilion, museums, gardens, fire houses, moose/elk lodges, VFW Halls, hotel ballrooms or other "non-traditional" spaces. 

  Just keep in mind that wherever you choose be sure that you are properly accounting for guest comfort.  That includes a seat for butt, a weather plan for temps outside 65-80 degrees, excessive winds and/or rain for outdoor venues, a reasonable amount of free (or comped by you) convenient parking, and a distance that is within 30 minutes or so drive time from your reception space.

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• southernbelle0915 mod

  

  January 2017

  Why can't you have your ceremony there? Is it a space thing? What a lot of people do is to just seat guests at their reception tables for the ceremony itself. Then they use a space on the dance floor for the ceremony. After the ceremony, guests get "dismissed" to cocktail hour while you go take photos or whatever. 
  
  Here are some examples of set ups like this:
  
  
  
  
  If you're on a tight budget, I think finding a separate space for the ceremony will be much more expensive than you think and will complicate logistics.
  

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• Knottie34052505 member

  

  January 2017

  We cant have the ceremony at the reception location because there is not much room. That is an interesting idea though having guests sit at the reception table! Thank you guys for the input!!
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  February 2017

  I've seeen what @southernbelle0915 mentioned being done before, and it works very well.  Plus, less travel for the guests too!

  
  

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• ernursej member

  

  February 2017

  That was one of the consistent comments from our wedding was that guests loved that they didn't have to drive to the reception location.

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• cowgirl8238 member

  

  February 2017

  ernursej said:

  That was one of the consistent comments from our wedding was that guests loved that they didn't have to drive to the reception location.

  I know that etiquette allows for a separate ceremony and reception space but I am super pumped when people decided to have everything at one location.  I really do hate the travel between places!  Also, unless the couple is married in the church, I have noticed that guests will complain about the travel between multiple locations (whether they should or not).
  

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• SP29 member

  

  February 2017

  I also prefer to have the ceremony and reception at the same location, but if you're still looking around OP, try your local art gallery. I was surprised to hear our city art gallery is actually quite cheap to rent the space (you are kept in the main lobby area).
  

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