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Glen Island brides - negotiations?

josiebellajosiebella
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in New York-Hudson Valley
Hello all!

I am new to this forum and I got engaged last October. We waited until the weather got nicer to finally look at venues, and right now we've seen:

1. Glen Island Harbour Club - I LOVE IT. Please see below.

2. Surf Club in New Rochelle - not my type of thing, but really nice for what it is.

3. Greentree Country Club - shockingly bad! the house is plain, dated, in heavy need of renovation or prettying-up, and the scenery is like something out of a trailer park...you look out the window and there is a 4ft deep kiddie pool fenced in with metal chain fences. HIDEOUS AND NOT ROMANTIC!!! I was really surprised at how ugly this place is, especially after reading many positive reviews about it. The owner was really nice though.

Glen Island is perfect. The location is convenient and central, it's off on its own island, the chapel room is breathtakingly gorgeous, AND you don't have to worry about weather. I am really strongly considering this place, though we are looking at more places. I would just like to know from GI brides - were you able to negotiate on price at all or are they very no-budge about it? We're thinking of doing the Saturday afternoon wedding in July (evening is just way out of our budget). Has anyone been able to negotiate with them? If so, what did you do?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! And congrats to you all! :)
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Re: Glen Island brides - negotiations?

  • seanmageauseanmageau
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    edited December 2011
    I am getting married there in October 2010.  As for negotiations....we were not able to negotiatie the acutual price per head ( although, I would still try..more power to you if it works!!!). We were able to negotiate the minimums a bit.  We also decided to have a Friday night wedding as to a Saturday night( which was almost 50 more per head).  So I guess the answer is no..they did not negotiate the actual price per head., :( 
    Let us know what you decided!!
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  • jeanna85jeanna85 member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm getting married there on a Saturday night (May 28, 2011). We were able to negotiate down $10 a head, and add in an extra cocktail station + extra half hour of cocktails (so total of 5 1/2 hours instead of 5), chocolate fountain, pastries and cookie buffet in addition to normal cake and plated dessert, and cordial station.  My dad does negotiate for a living though, so we might have had a bit of an advantage. We also booked almost 2 years out as well which probably helped.
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  • josiebellajosiebella
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    edited December 2011
    jeanna - that's awesome and congrats!! any chance you would know what your dad said to get them to come down $10?? :P

    i am also booking 2 years out, in 2012! so maybe that will help. either way, i will let you guys know but congrats to you both! GI is beautiful and I totally love it. 
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  • CrissyoCrissyo
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    edited December 2011
    I didn't get married there but know many who did...if you are doing a saturday afternoon, the price should be dramatically more reasonable...good luck!
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  • jeanna85jeanna85 member
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    edited December 2011
    I wasnt in the room while my dad was negotiating- he made me take a walk with my mom and FI lol. He says I have a bad poker face and if the guy saw that I was desperate to book he wouldnt budge on the price. I think the main reason why we were able to negotiate is because we booked literally 2 years out almost to the day. My dad made the argument that with unemployment rates and rising taxes, less parents are paying for the childrens weddings and less young couples have the means to pay for it all by themselves so in 2 years even less people will be able to afford glen island. We also raised the minimum from 125 to 140, although we are expecting much more than that so financially that didnt make a difference to us. The extra cocktail time and extra desserts definitely try to add if you want them. The guy we booked with (totally blanking on his name right now) admitted that the extra cost for that stuff is next to nothing in comparison to everything else so he should be able to throw it in at no charge. if the price is still too high, consider a time outside of may-october, even the last week of april is significantly cheaper
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  • josiebellajosiebella
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    edited December 2011
    jeanna - thanks for the great tips :) 
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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    edited December 2011
    Hi ladies! I'll be getting married at Glen Island in 2012 as well! Super excited!
    We talked with Jack.  We're having a friday evening wedding because saturday was just so much more.  We were only able to come down $5 on the price, but he threw in the coffee cordial bar, added another cocktail hour station, and threw in the suckling pig for free which is usually extra, but very important since i am filipino.  From talking with brides who were looking at glen island 2 years ago, they def have gone down in their prices recently.
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