Hey everyone,
I'm new to this board, mainly because we don't know our exact location yet. We're thinking somewhere in mid-Michigan, between the western half of the Detroit suburbs and Grand Rapids (huge area, I know). I don't yet know if it will be closer to Lansing or Grand Rapids.
Our problem is that we need a fantastic, quite specific location, that also either allows outside catering or that provides fantastic vegan food. We don't want any pasta or eggplant parmesan! As we feel that venue and catering are the most important aspects of our wedding, we want to really get the bang for our buck. The problem is that most or all of the great venues I've found don't allow outside catering, and if they even have a vegetarian or vegan option, it's really a quite bad one.
For reference, we're looking for a large, beautiful, airy ballroom (lots of windows, French doors, etc. that can be open for the entire reception), on the ground floor, with doors leading out to beautiful lawns and gardens. It needs to be airy and sunny, per FI's request, and it can't just be an outdoor wedding and reception, per my own request. Also, we hope to scout these places online, as we have to travel approximately 6000 miles to see the venues, so we'd like to have a short-list in advance.
Does anyone have any ideas at all about what I'm supposed to do? Do you think that a venue would be willing to provide a special vegan menu, if requested?
Thanks!