Hello!
My fiance and I got engaged on christmas and are finding that since 2873827 other couples did as well, dates are filling up fast for May/June 2015! We live in manhattan but are looking more towards surrounding areas of NJ. My family lives on SI and his has to travel regardless. We are having a difficult time since we have completely different taste. Of the venues we visited yesterday, I fell in love with The Venetian (the ballroom) and he preferred Westmount Country Club (the continental room would be the room we would get, I didn't mind the larger room but it had a higher minimum that we're not sure we could fill).
He finds The Venetian to be "over the top" so to speak. I think everything I loved about it was what he did not like (the large crystal chandeliers, the spiral staircases, etc).
Does anyone know of maybe a place in between these two venues? I feel like I have looked at EVERY venue that exists on the internet but I haven't seen many of them in person so I was wondering if anyone who had been to these places had any advice.
Any advice is appreciated as I was brought to tears this morning over the stress of it all already.
We are thinking approx 200 people (could be less or more, havent finalized that) and would like to keep it at like $200pp
Thank you so much!!