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Wedding Venues - Martha's Vineyard/Cape Cod

kaydoogskaydoogs member
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We are looking for a venue that we can host our wedding at that we can either rent a house and put up a tent or a nice affordable place on the ocean. We contacted a few places on the Vineyard that required at least an 18K minimum which we were only hoping to spend around 20K on our entire day. We are looking for a September 2012 date. Any suggestions?
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  • Lobsters25Lobsters25 member
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    edited December 2011

    We were looking for the same thing, but for only 50 people.  How big is your wedding?  There is a realtor in Truro who rents houses for such occassions, but we found the prices to be pretty lofty for our size wedding.  If you're having a bigger wedding, it may work.  We also looked at the Mac house, but really didn't like the layout.  Please remember the bathroom situation if renting a house and putting up a tent!

    Check out Highfield Hall in Falmouth.  You can tent the backyard and their prices are very reasonable.

    My biggest advice, book SOON.

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  • shoreshotz1shoreshotz1 member
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    edited December 2011
    Check out http://www.eastchopbeachclub.com/

    It is a great venue...not sure about the cost (o;  Congrats
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  • vineyard12vineyard12
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    edited December 2011
    Have you taken a look at Sailing Camp Park? It's in Vineyard Haven. It used to be a Girl Scout camp and can hold up to 100 people or a little more, so it's also good for smaller parties. It overlooks the water, and the space is empty inside. You can do whatever you want inside. It has a full kitchen for caterers and recently updated bathrooms. The rental fee was reasonable (around $1500). It is rustic, but like I said, it's a blank canvas, with a gas fireplace. The guy that runs the place was really nice and very helpful.

    Also, you need to book something ASAP because the fall is still considered their high season. And high season generally means more money.

    Good luck!
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  • kaydoogskaydoogs member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks so much for the tips guys. We would love to rent out a house and have our wedding in the yard facing the water with a tented reception. Do you happen to have the realtors name that rents houses for weddings? We have 100 guest. Looking at a couple venues in Edgartown that are very pricey. We're thinking about going outside of town a little ways and seeing what we can find. We'll be on the Vineyard this weekend so hoping to catch some ideas then too. Thanks for the heads up about the sailing camp!!
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  • lguittarrlguittarr
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    edited December 2011
    try the keith farm in chilmark.  125 max.  as of a few weeks ago all of september was available.
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  • shoreshotz1shoreshotz1 member
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    edited December 2011
    The Bovey House in Chatham is gorgeous, right on the bayside and you can put a tent on the lawn for your reception.  Contact Clam Bakes etc for information, they do the catering there.
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  • mandi921vhmandi921vh member
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    edited December 2011
    It might be hard having a MV wedding with a 20k budget considering food for 100 can go 16k+. Not sure how many you are planning to have...
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  • kaydoogskaydoogs member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm having a tough time with venues giving us the total package of what the cost will be for our day? What are some of the things that we should be looking for and what are you finding about the average cost of a wedding in September, 100 people, 2 hour open bar, used for the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception? Thanks for your help we want to be sure we're staying within our budget.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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    edited December 2011
    Hi - I was hoping to pull off the same ... a wedding for approx 100 people for 20k.  I quickly had to up it $30k to get close to what I wanted.  We're having the ceremony at the Whaling Church and reception next door at the Dr. Fisher House which is running around $3k for the sites for the day.  I loved the idea of being able to choose catering and decor myself ... but that's what landed me with the higher budget.  Catering can be done for around $10k ... but I also had to factor in all of the rentals-- tent, tables, chairs, plates, silverware, etc.  So that added an extra $7k.  And that's before music (they only allow a few select bands-- no DJs) and bar.  But we can cater the bar ourselves which will hopefully be a good save over having had an open bar at a catering hall. 
    But I fell in love with the location and jumped on a date in Sept before doing all of the budgeting and planning!  We're still trying to get it all planned ... but that's what the totals are looking like so far for our Sept 2012 wedding!
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  • kaydoogskaydoogs member
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    edited December 2011
    Excellent - thanks so much for your post regarding the cost. It's good to see that weddings are averaging what we anticipated. My brother got married at the Daniel Fisher house and it is absolutely beautiful. They hosted their own bar and ended up saving a ton so I'm sure you will too. I think all in all they ended up spending around 25k but had the most beautiful wedding there. The amplification was tough but they hired a live band it it was great. We had a wonderful time and once the reception was over we all went out in downtown Edgartown. I would have gotten married there myself but we wanted to create our own wedding day memories. Great idea on jumping on the location quickly. The Catholic church across the street is already sold out on September 2012 dates and I'm sure everything else will too since they typically do about 20 weddings a weekend in September. Best of luck and let me know how the budgeting goes since we are in the same boat (not pun intended LOL).
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  • mandi921vhmandi921vh member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_massachusetts-cape-cod_wedding-venues-marthas-vineyardcape-cod?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:94Discussion:1ce2ae3f-e008-42e6-9890-1775db49549ePost:85269908-c609-460d-8fb6-2eb7b6be14ba">Re: Wedding Venues - Martha's Vineyard/Cape Cod</a>:
    [QUOTE]Hi - I was hoping to pull off the same ... a wedding for approx 100 people for 20k.  I quickly had to up it $30k to get close to what I wanted.  <strong>We're having the ceremony at the Whaling Church</strong> and reception next door at the Dr. Fisher House which is running around $3k for the sites for the day.  I loved the idea of being able to choose catering and decor myself ... but that's what landed me with the higher budget.  Catering can be done for around $10k ... but I also had to factor in all of the rentals-- tent, tables, chairs, plates, silverware, etc.  So that added an extra $7k.  And that's before music (they only allow a few select bands-- no DJs) and bar.  But we can cater the bar ourselves which will hopefully be a good save over having had an open bar at a catering hall.  But I fell in love with the location and jumped on a date in Sept before doing all of the budgeting and planning!  We're still trying to get it all planned ... but that's what the totals are looking like so far for our Sept 2012 wedding!
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    </div><div>My FI and I are getting married at the Whaling Church too! It is so beautiful!
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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    edited December 2011
    Love hearing the good experiences with weddings in Edgartown!  Thanks ladies :)  It has been very easy to doubt my choices and think I dove in too quick ... this definitely makes me feel better.
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  • hminer4hminer4 member
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    edited December 2011
    We had our wedding at the ECBC right on the water in Oak Bluffs and were trying to stay within $40k but all said and done it was closer to $55k (including rings and attendant gifts). I did so much of the work myself and it still cost a fortune. We had 106 guests and the rental of the beach club only cost us $2,000 (you need a member sponsor you). Rentals came in at about $7k, food at $11k and let me tell you everything else just adds up so quickly! We did look at the Sail Camp which was beautiful and I think its really your only option for a reasonably priced venue on the water on MV. Good Luck!
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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    edited December 2011
    Just wondering how anyone who already had their wedding in MV figured our their catering and rental company gratuitiies?  I'd love any advice on how to figure in those costs since that can easily raise the budget quite a bit!
    We have 2 estimates from caterers and one fully includes a 20% gratuity and the other just mentions that it isn't included and tipping the staff is to our discretion.  But I would like to assume the cost ahead of time ... what I'm not certain of is how to figure the 20% for that one -- is it on total food and service charge (their hourly rate) -- or just on food per person cost?

    Thanks!
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