Hello Knotties!
Glad to finally be a part of the bridal community
I have been engaged for a solid month now and the planning is already becoming overwhelming! From what I've read, it is important to pick a venue first and kind of go from there. We are planning to invite 200 guests (give or take), but only count on 150-ish showing up? Still, I am assuming it is best to find a venue which allows at least 200 guests for the off chance that distant aunts and uncles decide to make the trip and attend. Due to family locations, we would like to keep the ceremony/reception in the Dayton area. So far, I have looked at several country clubs which we found the prices to be out of range. We have no exact budget because both sets of parents are simply saying "We can't help much, but will do a little." Is a little 100 or 1000? We don't know because they refuse to specify. In any sense, we are grateful for any help we can get. So without dragging this out any longer, can anyone recommend some decently priced venues to seat 200 attendents? Ideally, we would LOVE to bring in our own alcohol because the FH is in the military and can get cheap prices off base. Is anyone familiar with a place which has no liquor license to allow such a thing? I am a HUGE perfectionist so saying I am already freaking out about every single detail would be an understatement! Thank you in advance and Congrats to all my fellow brides-to-be