Wedding Blog

While doing a bit of cleaning this past week, I stumbled on my old wedding planning folder.  I found some of our vendor contracts, so I thought I’d share them with you!  Keep in mind that these are prices from March 2005, but I think showing what was included in our contracts may be helpful.

Mr. Bee and I got married at the Westside Loft, a beautiful 210 person capacity, 9500 square foot loft in midtown Manhattan.  It had 4 distinct areas — the room with the fireplace where we held our ceremony, the reception area (a quintessential New York loft space), a cozy lounge area with sofas, and a lovely garden room.

I actually found a picture of our wedding on their website!  They must have taken this picture at some point during set-up because that big tree on the right was definitely moved before our wedding started.

We also used their in house catering, James Catering.  We had approximately 100 guests and for $140 per person we got:

• 5 hour event
• 9 passed hors d’oeuvres (15 per person)
• stationery hors d’oeuvres - crudites with dip, cheese, crackers, fruit, pate w/ apple slices and biscuits
• appetizer, choice of 2 entrees, 3 side dishes
• dessert: cake, cookies, fruit, coffee/tea (if we provide our own cake, a $3.50 credit per person is issued)
• tables, white padded chairs, china, linens, glassware and silverware (chiavari chairs were $4 extra, so we opted for the upgrade)
• 1 staff per 8 guests including bartenders
• dinner provided at no cost for photographer, band, and videographer
• bar set-ups but we provide liquor (a huge money saver for us)
• all service charges included
• New York state tax added to final bill

We loved our venue, but it did come with a hefty price tag and it was our biggest splurge - $7000 for a Saturday evening rental.  That cost included a 10 hour rental until 1 am — there was no venue that came close to offering us that much time!