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Originally Posted by josel_atr

i am getting married at brockhouse this august 2015. i heard nothing but good things about brockhouse. i will let you know how it goes.

if you are scheduled at brockhouse outside, plan b if it rains is to have the ceremony inside. so no worries there if you can live with that

congrats! we went to the wedding show there last summer, it is a pretty good location and its currently on our list

Originally Posted by Tapioca

I think what you want will be a bit challenging unless you're able to do the ceremony in a backyard and have food catered or prepared by yourselves. Or, I guess you could go to a city hall and get it done there for the cost of a Justice of the Peace and the license.

If either one of you is religious, a ceremony in a church/place of worship typically costs around $1000. That would leave you with about $4000 for food at a casual restaurant. I think the United Chuch will marry just about anyone, as long as you have a meeting with the priest who will marry you.

If you're willing to increase your budget a bit, it might be worth doing the whole thing at a restaurant. Minimum spends for weddings typically range from $4000-6000.

yeah we're looking at that option as a just-in-case option...we'd prefer not to cus neither of us are religious, churches really charge that much?! lol i always figured that'd be the cheapest possible option. I used to go to church with my parents, they still go...so there is always that option.

Originally Posted by 6793026

i have MC over 10-15 weddings and been to 13 weddings 2 years ago, I'm seen a lot of weddings.

Being in spring, stay indoors. No one will thank you when their heels are in mud with this high heels. Girls will not appreciate they are wearing a dress and it's so long it's muddy, let alone it's raining and everyone is in a shit umbrella and oh wait... it's fooking cold.

Not sure what nationality you are but the night before the wedding, bride and groom should have a rehearsal dinner during lunch and normally the (asian side) typically split up the bride and groom and they have their own dinner with JUST their family side.

so so so many funny stories but best bet would be
1) focus on the CORE and MUST haves.
2) MUST do all the respectful things (asians: do the family tea ceremony as people get super pissy if you don't do it)

with you budget, do the ceremony and the reception all at one place.

thanks for the tip, we're essentially zeroing in on doing everything in one place. Neither of us are traditional so i'm not sure if there will be a tea ceremony, there probably will be but that can be planned when the venues are nailed down.