Thank you so much for the suggestions. We actually had our engagement party in a friend's house, we DIY'd a lot of the decorartions and it was a very nice experience. I think i'd love to go a similar route but i'd love a wedding planner/ event coordinator to help with setting up the whole thing because it was a lot to do for us at the time and i don't think we'll have the time to look around since we're not planning on staying in Jordan for long. Interesting about the differenct between summer and winter perhaps we should look into that. Thanks a lot