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Venue Help - Looking for a budget-friendly Venue in between Orlando and Winter Haven

merabithmerabith member
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My fiance lives in Orlando. I live in Winter Haven. We both have a lot of guests coming from out of town. Both of our families believe it would be better for guests to stay in hotels near our homes so that they can take them to places after the wedding. We wanted to find a venue somewhere in the middle for both of us that was friendly to our budget, but all we seem to find that is cheap are Golf or Country clubs. Not exactly what I was envisioning. We wanted more of a garden feel. Not just grass. Does anyone have any suggestions? My fiance and I would appreciate it.
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Re: Venue Help - Looking for a budget-friendly Venue in between Orlando and Winter Haven

  • Lisah76Lisah76
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    edited December 2011
    Hi there

    I'm getting married at MacKay Gardens in Lake Alfred, so not really in between Orlando and Winter Haven but close enough to Winter Haven maybe?  I'm from overseas and we are staying at our villa on Southern Dunes in Haines City and have booked other villas close by for our guests as costs work out better than hotel rates and it's a more homely feel for them with their own pool, etc.

    The venue is very reasonably priced, on a lake with a large lawn with a gazebo and a more sheltered garden area with an arch as well as the Estate house itself for getting ready and in case of rain. 

    It was perfect for us as we wanted somewhere we could just take the venue for the day and the rest is up to us (we have a BBQ catering company coming in from Orlando and are doing our own bar).  Our wedding is fairly small but there are photos of a wedding there on their website which looks pretty large where they have Gazebos set up on the lawn for dinner.

    You can see read more about it here - http://mylakealfred.com/parks/mackay-gardens-and-lakeside-preserve.

    Hope this is helpful!
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  • merabithmerabith member
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    edited December 2011
    Thank you.
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