My fiance and I are trying to plan our May 2010 wedding. We live in NYC and will be relocating to Raleigh in April, just 2-3 weeks before our wedding! We want to plan our wedding in our new hometown, but it's hard to know what kind of venues are in the triangle area (and whether they are rumored to have good/bad service, etc.) from here. I'm not sure whether we'll have the opportunity to travel down and visit any venues anytime soon--and we really need to try to reserve something now anyway! Of course we've come up with dozens of results by searching the internet, but we have no idea how to narrow down/choose and there somehow aren't a lot of reviews out there. We also need to find a place that has options for smaller weddings--we are having about 26 guests. A lot of places meant specifically for small weddings aren't always as established/organized in wedding services--we'd like to find the best of both worlds (small wedding at a great venue). We don't want a small amount of us in some huge ballroom or anything though, so perhaps a place meant for smaller weddings, or a place that does both and has several sized venues on site. Either way...just need some great options! We are hoping to have the ceremony and reception at the same place. Any recommendations on venues??? This board doesn't seem active, but hopefully someone out there can help us!! Thanks : )