AHR questions

murphanzo · May 2012

are you having yours at home or are you having it somewhere else?

how many people are you inviting?

what's your budget?

we're wanting to have one, but probably not until June/July. We're paying for it ourselves and don't want to break the bank. We had to get a new car and spent a fortune in Vegas and on the cruise

harr0610 · May 2012

-Having it at a venue vs. at home. The original plan was at my step-mom's house but she didn't want more than 75 people in her backyard due to noise and we just couldn't cut it that low.

-Total that went out for save the dates was 144, but we will likely be adding a few of my coworkers (No I'm not B-Listing. I'm just not sending STDs to coworkers because I think it'd get awkward if someone quit between now and November and I don't want to get put in that situation, so they're just getting invites with everyone else.)

-Budget is 10k, but we're probably looking at more 7k or so. We're lucky enough to have it funded entirely by my parents, otherwise I'd never spend that much.

Erinkathleen84 · May 2012

We are having ours in our hometown at an event space downtown.

We invited 250 people.

I think we are spending between 10-15k. My Dad is paying for the caterer which is a large chunk of this money.

Erinkathleen84 · May 2012

Oops not hometown but town we live in !

kimmykupcakes · May 2012

Lindsay! It makes me so happy to see you post on the board!

are you having yours at home or are you having it somewhere else? At our home. We decided it was better to put the money we would spend on renting some place into restoring our house.

how many people are you inviting? Oh, lord! Too many! Thanks to D's mom. Which is exactly why we decided to have a DW. I counted yesterday and there's 176 ppl on the list.

If more than 100 of them come I am seriously gonna flip lid!

what's your budget? $1200 It's all about serving appetizers and having the AHR after lunch and before dinner.

BMcLeodTeam · May 2012

We are holding ours at a local hall. It used to be a restaurant and now its just a hall that they clear out and use for things like this. Its really cheap to use and allows offsite catering.
How many people we are inviting and the budget are still up in the air, but we're planning on having the whole thing under $1500. Shouldn't be an issue after pricing out some of the catering places in the area, and its going to be uber laid back, so no fancy stuff needed

Oh and the DJ is a friend so we're paying a little, but next to nothing. Our AHR is more a DJ, some drinks, some good food... just party and enjoy... not wearing my dress, no wedding type traditions, etc.

murphanzo · May 2012

Of course I'm back, just recharged my batteries. Besides there are too many of ya'll getting married. I couldn't miss that for anything!

We're working on our guest list now and it's at about 100. I'm hoping that we can get it under $1k.

I'm asking the hotel that i work at if they'll let me use a room here and bring in my own stuff. But with the new management I'm thinking they're going to say no. We would probably have it at our house, but I don't know if people would make the drive, it'll be about 1 1/2hrs each way for most people. But if we did it back in Tampa then everyone here would have to drive 1 1/2hrs to Tampa. Rock, meet hard place.

Kimmy, 176?!?! Holy cow! Don't forget that she offered ot pay for the ones she invited

[Deleted User] · May 2012

Can I put in a maybe? LOL My partner is deployed and she will get home next weekend and we are going over our budget. We are getting married in VT this September and hoping to have an AHR in the month or two following. Have to see what our budget allows since we are paying for it ALL. However, my mom did pay for my dress, so that is one load off! We have a lot of friends we'd like to celebrate with since we will only have 15-20 for the actual wedding. I guess we'll see!

kimmykupcakes · May 2012

I know, right! It's insane. There's no way our house will hold that many. I hadn't even realized that the number had gotten that high until two days ago. UGH!

I'll be making a list of everything she'll be paying for and then her and Drew are going to go shopping for it. She's going to be covered everything related to the drink. I'll be slipping a few other things on the list, too since they will need to be picked up from the stores that they will be going to. And a couple extra bottles of our liquor cabinets to keep me medicated when she comes over after the wedding.

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[QUOTE]Of course I'm back, just recharged my batteries. Besides there are too many of ya'll getting married. I couldn't miss that for anything! We're working on our guest list now and it's at about 100. I'm hoping that we can get it under $1k. I'm asking the hotel that i work at if they'll let me use a room here and bring in my own stuff. But with the new management I'm thinking they're going to say no. We would probably have it at our house, but I don't know if people would make the drive, it'll be about 1 1/2hrs each way for most people. But if we did it back in Tampa then everyone here would have to drive 1 1/2hrs to Tampa. Rock, meet hard place. Kimmy, 176?!?! Holy cow! Don't forget that she offered ot pay for the ones she invited ;)
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11beck · May 2012

We are having it at a local community center that is right on a lake. It's free since we know someone who lives in that village. It is fairly small though so we invited 80 people. It also doesn't allow alcohol which is nice since it's expensive. We are having DH's uncle's band play and got a local caterer. We are doing some decorations so all together it will probably cost around $1000. My parents have bought a few things for us if they saw it but we're paying for most of it so we wanted to keep the cost down too!

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