Affordable venues in Northern Jersey

Re: Affordable venues in Northern Jersey

• nerdwife member

  

  December 2015

  Is that with tax and fees? I'd tell you where I looked. I was looking at Saturday afternoons, which in some cases is the same rate as Friday nights. Also, I was looking at keeping total costs under $100 pp, so the difference might help you get to Saturday night. And some of these came under that anyway. Not all are necessarily north though (some are in the Monmouth County area, where FI and I are originally from). So much of this depends on the look and feel of what you want, so I have no idea if any of these will appeal to you, though the list of ones we didn't check out definitely varies widely.
  
  Here are the ones we actually saw in person:
  The Tides Estate
  Doolan's Shore Club
  Neshanic Valley
  Channel Club
  Buttonwood Manor
  Graycliff Manor
  Grand Marquis (starts at $115 for Saturday afternoon though)
  The Mill at Spring Lake
  Perona Farms
  
  Others that you might want to check out:
  Sterling Ballroom
  Bridgewater Manor
  Eagle Ridge Golf Club
  Panther Valley Golf Club
  Lakewood Country Club
  Woodcliff Manor
  Jumping Brook Country Club
  Crystal Ballroom
  Basking Ridge Country Club
  Woodlake Country Club
  Farmstead Golf and Country Club
  
  We ended up going with Flanders Valley in Mt. Olive. It's a smaller venue in that there's only one cocktail hour room and one ballroom, so it's one wedding at a time, and it had the outdoorsy look we were going for (i.e., next to mountains and farms and such with outdoor ceremony space). Also, we're only having 75ish people, so we needed places with lower minimums.
  
  Hope that helps! I know it can be super overwhelming, but I promise it's not too bad and once you get the venue booked, everything else is way easier. Good luck!

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• ldecaro member

  

  December 2015

  Thank you very much! I will definitely look into these venues! How far in advance do people book a venue? 

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• ohmrs2014 mod

  

  December 2015

  We booked our venue 22 months in advance.  Thats about typical for NJ.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• Jeannine12 member

  

  December 2015

  We got married at Mayfair Farms in West Orange and you are around that price range.  We had a great wedding and I would recommend it 100 times over.  We booked like 16 months out.  Best of Luck
  

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• nerdwife member

  

  January 2016

  ldecaro said:

  Thank you very much! I will definitely look into these venues! How far in advance do people book a venue? 

  Well, we got engaged in August and wanted to get married the following fall. We booked in September 2015 for October 2016. Some places were fully booked for Saturdays by then, but many still have some availability. 

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• JoanE2012 member

  

  January 2016

  ldecaro said:

  Thank you very much! I will definitely look into these venues! How far in advance do people book a venue? 

  We booked 9 months in advance.  Really depends on the time of year, the day of the week, the time of the day, etc.

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• Knottie1454639323 member

  

  February 2016

  we looked at Fiesta, sayen house and garden, and garden vista ballroom

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• brownhairedgirl member

  

  March 2016

  Pretty much anything in Northern NJ we looked at was $150+ except for the Graycliff (but it's located in a really bad part of town, hence the lower price). I'd suggest checking out something in Southern NY, as those are a tiny bit cheaper. 

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