Wow, first post in the August 2016 board! FI and I got engaged August 29 2014 and will be getting married August 27 2016, just about 3 months short of our 10 year dating anniversary!
We toured 2 venues in Pasadena, MD the week before Thanksgiving and toured 2 more this past weekend (the weekend before Christmas) in Frederick, MD. We loved 1 in Pasadena and 1 in Frederick, and decided within 12 hours of seeing it to go with the one in Frederick! We sign our contract the day after Christmas!!
I know it's an international board, but in case any DC/Maryland/Virginia brides-to-be are here, here are the venues we toured:
1. Kurtz's Beach (Pasadena, MD) - website: www.kurtzsbeach.com
2. Celebrations at the Bay (Pasadena, MD) - website: www.celebrationsatthebay.com
3. Shade Trees & Evergreens (evergreen nursery and event grounds in Frederick, MD) - website: www.shadetreesandevergreens.com <-- this is the one we picked!
4. Ceresville Mansion (Frederick, MD) - website: www.ceresville.com
Now we plan on taking a break until after the holidays/ after our February vacation to Cancun. Then we'll begin looking at caterers, DJ, photographer, etc.
Any other August 2016 brides out there yet??
Re: August 27 2016
Hello Everyone
My wedding date is August 28,2016 in LAs Vegas At Rainbow Garden, it is very affordable.. I live in New York , average wedding here is about $26,000 and I'm not willing to spend that much for one day so I decided to take 80 families and close friend with me in Vegas.
Have you guys finalized your guest list yet??
I keep getting reminders via wedding websites that I need to do this. I did create the tentative list, but my family/future-in-laws aren't really giving me answers to if they want to add/remove anyone. Side note- long story short, we're not having an engagement party so maybe it's okay that we don't have a guest list yet?
Just curious what you guys have done...