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help finding a venue on a budget
We are not planning on getting married until Aug. 2012. We have set a very tight budget of $5000.00. Do you think this is do able in Wa.?
We have a lot of DIY Ideas to help save, but are struggling to find a venue.
We want an outdoor ceremony with the option of there being an indoors for reception.
We are trying to do a back yard BBQ for the reception so we need a place that will allow us to do that.
We would do a park but I do not want guests having to use a bathroom that smells like pee. Which is the main reason for the indoor.
We looked at Thornewood Castle in Lakewood it's a beautiful place but a little further then we think we want our guests to have to travel.
We are going to view Lake Wilderness Lodge (Maple Valley) and Druid's Glen (Kent)
Do any of you have any suggestions for venues?
I am at the point where I feel like giving up because our budget is too small.
We have a lot of DIY Ideas to help save, but are struggling to find a venue.
We want an outdoor ceremony with the option of there being an indoors for reception.
We are trying to do a back yard BBQ for the reception so we need a place that will allow us to do that.
We would do a park but I do not want guests having to use a bathroom that smells like pee. Which is the main reason for the indoor.
We looked at Thornewood Castle in Lakewood it's a beautiful place but a little further then we think we want our guests to have to travel.
We are going to view Lake Wilderness Lodge (Maple Valley) and Druid's Glen (Kent)
Do any of you have any suggestions for venues?
I am at the point where I feel like giving up because our budget is too small.
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Re: help finding a venue on a budget
You could check out golden gardens bath house? -- http://www.seattle.gov/parks/reservations/goldengardens.htm
Or Tacoma's Browns Point Improvement Club -- http://www.brownspoint.org/rental.html
Ummmm......
Oh. Mercer Island Community Center -- http://www.mercergov.org/Page.asp?NavID=2804 and here's their wedding brochure http://www.mercergov.org/files/WeddingBrochure_MICEC.pdf
But I really tihnk you need to reconsider a park area in seattle or everett... The parks are beautiful and that doesn't automatically mean that the bathrooms are bad (for example Ft Ealy has GREAT public bathrooms that are always super clean and pee-smell-free)
This link will take you to the list of parks in Everett that have banquet hall facilities and therefore have indoor bathrooms.:
http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=458
Legion hall is VERY nice, indoor private bathroom for you if you rent the facility and if you get married on monday-thursday it's 60 bucks an hour. Also, because it's county/city run, they are much more 'lax on your vendors, which will allow you to do a cookout style if that's what you're wanting.
Parks were never out of the picture it was just we wanted a park with decent bathrooms and we don't know of any.
It is really, really pretty!
http://www.rhythmwaters.com/
Also, do you have your dress? Blue Sky Bridal is great - consignment dresses are half the original price - I love my dress, and it was $550 - lots of dresses are less.