February 27, 2022

Updated NY State Venue list

February 27, 2022/ Ashley Douglass

Revised September 23, 2022. More states to come.

We have not worked at all of these venues nor are they all right for our average client. There are more too certainly! The list for New York State is endless these days and new properties keep popping up, some that are not public yet or booking yet for 2024.

We have to revise with our favs in the Adirondacks -Lake Placid area.

The Arnold House

Audrey's Farmhouse

The Barn at Lord Howe Valley, Lake George

The Barn at French Mountain, Lake George

Basilica Hudson

Blenheim Farm

Borden Estate

Brotherhood Winery

Buttermilk Farms Inn

Burkestone Estate

The Brampton

Callicoon Hills*

Crested Hen Farms

The DeBruce*

Deer Mountain Inn*

Foreland Events

Foxfire mountain house

Garrison Crest

Gather Greene*

Gilbertsville Farm

Glenmere Mansion*

Glynwood Events*

Hall of Springs

The Ham House

Handsome Hollow

Hasbrouk House

Hayfield Catskills

Club Helsinki Hudson

Hudson Valley Weddings at The Hill

Hutton Brickyards*

Inness*

The Inns of Aurora

James Newbury Hotel

The Kaaterskill*

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park*

Kenzoa Hall*

Lake House Canandaigua*

Lake Placid Lodge*

Lakota’s Farm Wedding

Liberty Farms

Lundy Farm*

The Maples Estate

Meadow Ridge on Hudson

Mohonk Moutain House

Mountain Top Farm Events

Oak Hill on Hudson

Onteora Mountain House

A Private Estate

Red Maple Vineyard*

Rhine Valley Farm

Roundhouse Beacon

The Roxbury Estate and Farm

Rushmore estate

The Sablewood at Highview Springs

Sagamore Resort*

Senate Garage

Shandaken Inn

Seven Ponds Farm

Southwood Estate

Stonewood Farm

Stonehill’s in Accord, NY*

Storm King Arts Center

Taconic Ridge Farm

Takk House

The Tiger House

Troutbeck*

Valley Rock Inn*

White Face Lodge*

Wildflower Farms*

Woodlodge House

*Preferred

February 27, 2022

New York to New England Wedding Venue List

February 27, 2022/ Ashley Douglass

These are not listed here as preferred or suggested as good options for our clients. This is merely a list that, for the most part, excludes banquet facilities.

NEW YORK

Callicoon Hills

Mohonk Mountain House

The Barn at Lord Howe Valley, Lake George

The Barn at French Mountain, Lake George

Foxfire mountain house

Full Moon Resort

Hudson Valley Weddings at The Hill

The Inns of Aurora

The Kaaterskill

Lake Placid Lodge

Lakota’s Farm Wedding

Liberty Farms

Lundy Farm

Meadow Ridge on Hudson

Mountain Top Farm Events

Onteora Mountain House

A Private Estate

Red Maple Vineyard

Roundhouse Beacon

The Roxbury Estate and Farm

Rushmore estate

The Sablewood at Highview Springs

Long Island

Bedell Cellars Winery and Corey Creek Vineyard

Chelsea Mansion

The Halyard and Soundview

Moorehouse Farm

Old Field Vineyards

Oheka Castle

Orient Point

Palmer Vineyards

Paumonak Vineyard

Vanderbilt Museum Museum

HAMPTONS

Ocean Bleu

Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club

The Reform Club

Gansett Green

The Parrish Art Museum

Calissa Hamptons

Gurney’s Montauk Seawater Spa

Gurney’s Star Island

Crow’s Nest

MASS

Valley View Farm

August Moon Berkshires

Blantyr

Bloom Meadows

Gedney Farm

The Inn at Kenmoore Hall

Race Brook Lodge

Stoneover Farm

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum

The Wheatleigh

The Williams Inn

CONNECTICUT

Candlelight Farms Inn

Mayflower Inn

Long Shore Pavillion*

Lord Thompson Manor

Lion Rock Farm*

Stone Acres Farm*

The White Barn at South Farms

Winvian Farm

VERMONT

Trapp Family Lodge

The Barn at Boyden Farm

Bliss Ridge Farm

Boorn Brook Farm

The Dorset Inn

Equinox Resort Indoor

Hildene The Lincon Family Home

Mountain Top Inn

The Inn at Round Barn Farm

Kimpton Taconic Hotel

RHODE ISLAND

January 31, 2021

10/10 A successful event manages to keep guests connected to the story being told.

January 31, 2021/ Ashley Douglass

A successful event managed to keep guests connected to the story being told.

Wedding formulas put people to sleep because they know the outcome already. Guest’s wait for the next box to be check. To avoid this you need a point of view. You can’t be everything all at once; classic but not conformist, innovative but still traditional, bright yet subtle…you know who you are.

Are you the fun couple with doors always open? When friends need a shoulder to lean on, are you the ones they think of first? Are you the trailblazers that inspire others to follow their dreams? Are you the most simple, safe and down to earth of your friends?

Social media has changed our thinking of events. So many think in terms of whats going to be inside that box rather than what is experienced throughout an evening.

What are the adjectives that give energy to your intention? What is not your intention with this event? What are some analogies? Is this a journey through a season? A journey to an island? Is this a fabulous ending or an amazing beginning? Give those ideas some more language.

Keep the night moving. I find that sometimes overtime should only be thirty minutes or not take place at all, if you have a cool after party that is ideally close by. You don’t want guests to lose their steam. You want to have their attention at the end.

January 27, 2021

(9/10) Think of the guest's experience as the journey of where they are putting their attention.

January 27, 2021/ Ashley Douglass

Think of the guest’s experience as the journey of where they are putting their attention.

Nine of ten: Things you need to remember when planning a wedding…the less superficial list.

Where are their eyes going to go and how long are they going to be there? Where and when should surprises take place? When do guests need to just be and when do they need to be scooped back up into the moment?

When are the up times and when are the down times?

Does this crowd know each other? Do we want them to know each other more? Maybe they are content with more time in intimate conversation or maybe they are not. Maybe there is a way to get them to know each other better? Maybe this crowd hates "weddings".

When we can mingle outside our pods, post pandemic, will you seat people with people they don’t know?

Do we like smaller clusters, covid or not?

How far to the restroom? Can you move valet to a more convenient location for the end of night?

The pieces have to line up easily and their attention needs to be captured continually.

January 23, 2021

(8/10) Taking care of guests is more important than impressing your guests.

January 23, 2021/ Ashley Douglass

Eight of Ten: Things you need to know when planning a wedding.

Taking care of your guests is more important than impressing your guests.

Eight of Ten: Things to remember when planning a wedding. Taking care of your guests is more important than impressing them. If you don’t think of them as guests in your own home, while they may be at a venue, then everything else you create won’t matter so much.

In example, booking venues with many hotel accommodations on-site or hosting in an area many are familiar with, both take care of guests.

Picking a venue not too far from an airport.

Providing transportation takes care of guests.

Sending a detail email the week prior to the wedding, takes care of guests.

Adding a golf cart or two may be wise at some venues.

Taking care may be some things as simple as heal stoppers or blankets.

Will their hair get caught in a branch or worse, poke their eye out, when they get up to go to the restroom?

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Updated NY State Venue list

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10/10 A successful event manages to keep guests connected to the story being told.

(9/10) Think of the guest's experience as the journey of where they are putting their attention.

(8/10) Taking care of guests is more important than impressing your guests.

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