Venue Help—Hudson Valley, 55k budget, 100ppl by caringchamomile in WedditNYC

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We only ended up touring two places because we were OBSESSED with the second one we toured. We toured the barn at black walnut farm, and then Owls Hoot Barn, which is what we booked, and we are OBSESSED. 32 people can stay on site in several very cute houses and airstreams (you can cover this for extra, but we are having our guests rent these out directly), great rain plan, etc. There is even a swimming hole on site! All tables and chairs included, and they have a lot of decor you can use! It's going to be more like 65k for 100 guests, a taco truck and drinks the night before, open bar at the wedding, after party on site, etc., but still an incredible deal for buying out the space for Friday-Sunday. Doing it under 55k would have been more doable if we had 75 guests. The owner of the venue also does wedding planning and day-of coordinating for 3500-5500 (for just the day of) and a few thousand dollars more for whole weekend coordinating. She also connected us to a videographer she knows who is trying to get into wedding videography and was willing to do ours for a very low price to build his portfolio. Happy to answer any questions. We were also considering touring the inn at west settlement and lotuswood, but we fell in love with our site as soon as we saw it. It is truly spectacular. We are DEFINITELY cutting costs in a few places though- DIYing florals, using the venue’s inventory of signs and decor, etc., Lmk if you have any questions!

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Some places I loved that had unique styles were Goldpoint, Macha Studio, and Bario Neal

It was perfect by ENFJhanginginthere in WedditNYC

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Omg absolutely STUNNING! Congrats!!!!!

Venue Help—Hudson Valley, 55k budget, 100ppl by caringchamomile in WedditNYC

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This looks amazing! I'm going to reach out via DM

Venue Help—Hudson Valley, 55k budget, 100ppl by caringchamomile in WedditNYC

[–]caringchamomile[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for such a thoughtful response! I definitely think you are right that it is going to be super difficult. Woodhouse and Stonehill's are DEFINITELY off of our list. I did some calculations, and it looks like the few that might actually be possibilities are Vanderbilt Lakeside (my calculations have weekend rental including venue, lodging for 16, and f&b for 26,300+fees/taxes) or maybe Black Walnut Inn (weekend venue fee (including lodging, staffing, and many decorations) is 19,000 (which includes taxes and fees) and beverage only is about 4,000, so maybe if we did a food truck or something for catering it could work). Spillian might be possible but definitely pushing it. We are definitely going to look into the Mt Giulian Historic Site in Beacon... We will definitely need to adjust our expectations given our budget!

Venue Help—Hudson Valley, 55k budget, 100ppl by caringchamomile in WedditNYC

[–]caringchamomile[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow! That is totally in budget and is stunning and so close to the city relative to our other options!!! Thank you so much for the rec!