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Red Lion Inn - Cohasset
Any recent experiences? A lot of the posts on here are from a few years ago and are mixed as far as service/dealing with management etc. Loved the venue a lot and is near home but obviously would like to know what others experienced recently before making a decision. Thanks in Advance!
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Re: Red Lion Inn - Cohasset
Good luck!
It was something crazy like a minimum of $23K when all was said and done for a Saturday, in the off season (that's just venue, food, etc, NOTHING else).
My h and I had our wedding ceremony at Sandy Beach in Cohasset and our reception at the Atlantica in Cohasset (very close to the Red Lion) and it was phenomenal. People still rave about our wedding. I would recommend checking it out. We had room blocks at the Cohasset Harbor Inn (right next to the Atlantica) and also at the Nantasket Beach Resort.
When we first started looking there, I saw all of the bad reviews as well, but after meeting with Elena twice, I had confidence that they could pull it off. She also gave me contact information for brides from the past year and I emailed with them a couple of times and they all gave glowing reviews. When I told Elena about our concerns, the general manager called me and my parents in a matter of minutes to talk about our concerns.
I have found that you need to be a little forceful with them, if there is something you want - stick to it and tell them that this is how it will be.
We're having our guests stay at the Holiday Inn in Rockland since the inn part of it is so expensive (they just upped their prices AGAIN). The Holiday Inn has been awesome to work with and we are renting school busses for really cheap to bring people from the holiday inn to the red lion.
I popped in to the Red Lion last week to see the wedding they were setting up for --and the barn did have full air conditioning (it was almost too cold - but there was no one there yet). There were a few fly's flying around (gross) but i'm sure they would be taken care of before everything started.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Where did you rent your school busses from? We were debating between guests staying in Nantasket (since we live there and could spend time with them the next day) or in Rockland but were hesitant on spending the money on transportation but the school bus thing isn't a bad idea!
We're getting the school busses through the town of Cohasset - my dad has been in charge of it so I don't know the exact prices, but it is extremely reasonable and a lot cheaper than other shuttle options. I know my dad was recently having a little trouble getting in touch with them, but probably since it is summertime.
Good luck!