I’m in need of a lot of help and I wanted to give theknot community a try! To provide you with a little background about my fiance and I -- neither of us live in California. I’m in one state and he in another. His parents are extremely traditional and have booked a restaurant in California (where they live) for a Chinese banquet accommodating 500+ guests with a 10+ course meal.This certainly is not the wedding either of us was envisioning - and so - we were hoping to hold a much smaller wedding ceremony and cocktail reception elsewhere for only our close relatives and close friends – probably around 70-100 people. Unfortunately, given that we need to financially back the banquet, we’re pretty low on funds for a separate ceremony and full cocktail reception … honestly, we can’t spend more than 7-8k on it. The quotes we’ve received to date required a sit down meal and totaled to about 15k. We’re willing to go anywhere from LA down to Dana Point – would love an evening, outdoor ambiance.
We've considered anything from a restaurant to booking a vacation rental with a backyard. Nothing has seemed to pan out though.
Any help would be appreciated!