Hello. I'm researching venues for an April/May 2012 wedding and one of the places I found online that seems to have reasonable-ish prices is Turf Valley. I can't seem to find anywhere if they have a site fee, though. Anyone know? I'd hate to get excited about them and then find out they have a $6K site fee that puts them completely out of my range, like another venue did.
Also, if anyone knows if the Mansion at Valley Country Club, the Tremont Grand, or Overhills Mansion have site fees as well that would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance.
Re: Turf Valley - Site Fee?
We haven't found out yet if the largest ballroom is free for our date - if it is, it may be what we go with. Even with the $1100 fee it's reasonable - especially since (and boy is this petty) the chairs in the other ballrooms are so ugly I'd definitely have to rent nicer ones. The large ballroom comes with much nicer chairs, and since I figure it would probably cost around $500 to rent the chairs I'd like (probably more) that even with the fee it would be worth it.
I don't understand why the other rooms have chairs that are so ridiculously ugly, but oh well. At least one room had nice ones!
Keep in mind, if you get married there on a Saturday night, there will be up to 3 other weddings going on in the adjacent ballrooms. That is one of the main reasons I decided to not go with them. They are very nice there, and the grounds are beautiful, so it depends on what you are looking for in your venue.
Unfortunately they're booked up on the three dates we're thinking of for next April/May so they're probably going to be out.
smoten - thanks for the info. The grounds were absolutely beautiful. And everyone we talked to on Saturday (mainly the people setting up outside the Waterford) were very nice. Wish the room had been free!