How many places did you look at before deciding on a ceremony/reception location? I am scheduling appointments to look at places next weekend & I had a decent sized list at the begining, but now it's dwindled down to 2 options. The main problems I'm running into is that we want a Saturday wedding next May and we're only expecting about 100 guests. It seems most places have a minimum of 150 or 175. I don't want a hotel because I want to have windows in the reception hall, and I want the ceremony location on site. Plus, we're on a fairly small budget, and many places are already fairly booked up for May. (Changing to a different month isn't really an option for us for various reasons) I'm looking mostly around the northwest Oakland County area or east Livingston County.
Any suggestions? How many places did you look at before deciding?