Budget venue with food/drinks included

Re: Budget venue with food/drinks included

• weezie825 member

  

  January 2013

  A lot of places have a 100 person minimum for a Saturday wedding.  You may want to consider a Friday evening or Sunday afternoon wedding, which will stretch your dollars further.
  
  Chase Court in Baltimroe City is on the smaller side for a venue, so they may not have the same 100 person minimum.  They do not have an in-house caterer, but Atlantic Caterers is on their approved list.  They are awesome, the food is dilicious and Kristin will work with any budget.
  
  Atlantic is also Pro-LGBT, they just sponsored the first wedding showcase entirely for same-sex couples about 2 weeks ago.  http://www.atlanticcaterers.com/ (They also have a FB page, but can't link to that at work.)
  
  Congratulations and good luck!!

  

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• EricsBlushingbride member

  

  January 2013

  Chase court is great, But also Normandy Farms in Potomic is great as well with the budget you have. But I don't want to sound rude but the Vandiver Inn would  the best  place for your event < Side eye Roll>  My sister just contacted them for her fall wedding as her planner lives in Havre De Grace. You have to rent many of the rooms there the event has to end by mid evening there, It was a no brainer for her and your signficate other as well  Trying to be nice on what I post.. Lirodenron is where she is going as well using that of Atlantic Catering.< Loved them when I planed my wedding but weren't available on my day>
  She also looked at St. Georges in DC  great site
  Congressional DC
  Holiday Inn Embasy Row
  Westin
  
  She has the same amount of guests and with the site she chose and the ones I listed with her planner she is way under budget. Hope this helps

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• jlaube1 member

  

  February 2013

  When we were planning to get married at a venue with outside catering, we taste tested with Bricello's Catering and Hunt Valley Catering. Both let us do tastings, and had great food and budget-friendly prices. Bricello's was better food (they're more like creative trained chefs than cookie cutter wedding caterers), and I believe the price was around $60. Hunt Valley was great food, but it's cooked in the am and then brought to your venue. The price can't be beat, it was like $45 per person for hors douvres and a buffet plus $9 per person for open bar.

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• jlaube1 member

  

  February 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_maryland-baltimore_budget-venue-with-fooddrinks-included?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:85Discussion:005bff26-b6d7-4e00-a396-a408d7997645Post:b66e8869-8736-4410-8831-225f76c23d1a">Re: Budget venue with food/drinks included</a>:
  [QUOTE]Chase court is great, But also Normandy Farms in Potomic is great as well with the budget you have. But I don't want to sound rude but the Vandiver Inn would  the best  place for your event < Side eye Roll />  My sister just contacted them for her fall wedding as her planner lives in Havre De Grace. You have to rent many of the rooms there the event has to end by mid evening there, It was a no brainer for her and your signficate other as well  Trying to be nice on what I post.. Lirodenron is where she is going as well using that of Atlantic Catering.< Loved them when I planed my wedding but weren't available on my day> She also looked at St. Georges in DC  great site Congressional DC Holiday Inn Embasy Row Westin She has the same amount of guests and with the site she chose and the ones I listed with her planner she is way under budget. Hope this helps
  Posted by EricsBlushingbride[/QUOTE]
  
  Curious what was wrong with Vandiver Inn (I'm planning to book there for 2014). We have to book the 8 guest rooms in the main house, since it's right next to the reception area, but the bride and groom don't have to pay for the rooms (guests pay and it goes towards our "minimum"). And for timing, our music has to end at 9, which is a little early but I didn't think that was terribly early.. there's a fun local bar within walking distance for the after party. I haven't been too many weddings that ended before 10 so please let me know if you think that's really odd timing for a wedding??

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• Steph250786 member

  

  February 2013

  I'm a little late to this post, but try looking at Hotel Monaco in Baltimore or any of the Kimpton Hotels - they are very LGBT friendly and very flexible with what you are looking for. Their package includes a custom menu, cake & open bar. They will put you close to your $15k budget if you have 90guests but I couldn't be happier with how great they have been to work with and all the options they have. 

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