I am thinking of a venue change. My current venue, The Mitten Building is going to try and match an amazing offer I found. Its a venue in LA called Culver Events. They specialize in "All Inclusive Weddings" Basically they have everything you need: photographer, linens and overlays, dj, childrens room with a sitter, projector for your slideshow, four course meal, cake or cupcakes, ceremony/reception rooms, centerpeices, bouquets, bartenders, servers, ... everything. The cost is $6000 for 75 guests. I think its a good deal b/c my budget is 10K and I would be getting all I need for 6K. So thats like a 4K savings! At the Mitten, it will be close to 4K for ceremony/reception for 75 people. That doesnt include dinner... that will probably be another 1-2K. Then there's the photographer which will be 1K minimum, and the DJ ...
The bad thing is that if I change I may loose my 1K deposit... but I will still be saving 3K... it might be worth it. Plus since we need to be at LAX the next morning, being out there already helps a lot. Plus over half my guests are LA locals. I need to go visit the venue though before I make any snap decisions. The Mitten will be calling me tomorrow to let me know how close they can come to matching my offer. We shall see how that goes...
me and my daddy