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MaureenM618
Invitations done!
Member since 7/06 3693 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/24/2009 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Leonard's of Great Neck
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Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Is anyone from Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx or Manhattan or having a majority of their guests from these areas and having their wedding in Suffolk county? Were you woriied about the distance or people driving home that far after having a few drinks? What about guests that do not have cars, etc.... How did you make it work????
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Posted 10/25/06 9:47 AM 
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ealvarado0178
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Member since 11/05 288 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/20/2007 7:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Woodbury Country Club
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I am.
All of my Family are from the city. (BP too) I have started to look into an inexpensive hotel for the night of the wedding, where my guests can crash for the night. My wedding will be over after 1 am, and I'd feel better knowing all of my guests are safe, and not driving home tired, or tipsy!
Ask you hall for hotel recommendations, and see if they have any ideas. Good luck on your wedding!
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Posted 10/25/06 9:53 AM
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ik1
Life is Great!!!
Member since 7/06 6312 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/19/2007 4:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Venetian Yacht Club
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
me 2, my family is from queens and my wedding is in Suffolk county. I am thinking about getting a limo and bringing them back and forth.
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Posted 10/25/06 9:54 AM
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JayLi2007
Board Fanatic
Member since 2/06 968 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/3/2007 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Oheka Castle A+++
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I am from Queens, and our families are spread out in NY. So either way, people will have to travel. I am having it where I want - people who want to be there will come whether they have to travel or not.
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Posted 10/25/06 9:55 AM
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ChrissynRicky
Board Princess
Member since 2/05 14636 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/30/2006 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Fox Hollow - Woodbury, NY
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Not Suffolk, but all my guests traveled from Bklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey, and Queens. Our church was in Bklyn, and our reception was in Long Island.
Don't worry about it - people will travel to be with you and your future husband.
While it's generous to offer transportation, it may be costyl, and people will find rides!
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Posted 10/25/06 9:56 AM
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ronnysbride
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Member since 2/06 486 total posts
Wedding Date:
12/2/2006 12:00 AM
Wed. Location:
CLM
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I am I am....you'll always hear comments from someone. Remember you can never please everyone.
We figured what's another 10-15 mins of travel time to do it in Suffolk and the people that love us will be there.
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Posted 10/25/06 10:05 AM
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MaureenM618
Invitations done!
Member since 7/06 3693 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/24/2009 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Leonard's of Great Neck
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Thanks. I guess as long as I provide some hotel options I will be fine.
What if it is a Sunday wedding. Then I don't see people wanting to stay over because they might have work the next day
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Posted 10/25/06 10:38 AM
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CASJLL
Married!
Member since 5/05 1129 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/31/2007 3:30 PM
Wed. Location:
The Meadow Club
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I have a lot of family in queens so we're going to offer a hotel just in case they don't want to make the long drive home.
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Posted 10/25/06 10:41 AM
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jenn122397
I love having a husband!
Member since 12/05 3839 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/23/2007 8:00 AM
Wed. Location:
Russo's on the Bay - A+++++
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
i actually have kind of the opposite - i live in queens and my church and reception are minutes from my house but the majority of FHs family is from suffolk. we are going to block out some rooms at a nearby hotel and if they want to stay - great
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Posted 10/25/06 10:45 AM
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moonlitee
Mrs. C
Member since 7/06 1729 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/8/2006 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Booked
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
We had guest coming from all over the place and we had a Sunday wedding we blocked off hotel rooms and made sure they had the information...some of them stayed some of them didn't
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Posted 10/25/06 10:48 AM
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happygirl07
ALMOST, ALMOST!!!
Member since 7/06 1966 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/9/2007 12:00 AM
Wed. Location:
91 Final!! YES!
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I'm from Queens and the majority of my guests are from Queens. when I was looking for RH's I did not even think about Suffolk because of the distance.
I looked at RH's in Queens and reasonable Nassau County ones. I didn't want to hear it from some people complaining about the distance. But more importantly, I wanted them to have fun & not have to think about the long ride home.
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Posted 10/25/06 2:00 PM
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cindyandkevin
To have and to hold
Member since 2/05 21575 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/10/2006 5:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Stonebridge Country Club
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Our wedding was in Suffolk and much of DH's family lives in Queens. It's really not that far. Like any other guest, they were responsible for getting themselves there and getting themselves home. As for drinking alcohol, they're all adults and should be responsible enough to take these things into consideration. It's not anything for you to worry about, you've got enough on your plate.
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Posted 10/25/06 2:05 PM
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EGreene79
226 Invited - 157 Yes, 69 No
Member since 4/06 1085 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/29/2007 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I'd say about 90% of our guests are from out of town - some from Brooklyn and Queens, but the rest spread over NJ, CT, MA, FL, GA, CA, etc ... We're blocking hotel rooms, so they have the option to stay over, but if they want to drive at night that's up to them. Or they could try to crash with another family member.
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Posted 10/25/06 2:35 PM
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ChrissynRicky
Board Princess
Member since 2/05 14636 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/30/2006 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Fox Hollow - Woodbury, NY
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Posted by MaureenM618
Thanks. I guess as long as I provide some hotel options I will be fine.
What if it is a Sunday wedding. Then I don't see people wanting to stay over because they might have work the next day
Our wedding was a Sunday Evening, people started heading out around 10:30 (our RH ended at 12:30) - so don't worry....it's not an inconvenience.
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Posted 10/25/06 2:42 PM
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DavaDay
Say hello to Mrs. McG! :)
Member since 9/06 3371 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/14/2008 3:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Wake Robin Inn, Lakeville, CT
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
I'm making people travel 3 hours for my (still hypothetical!) wedding in Connecticut, so I'm not against it. But remember to be realistic about the traffic: I live in Brooklyn and went to look at one place in Suffolk on a weekday afternoon, and it took 3 hours to get there. If you're getting married on a holiday weekend, it might be even worse. You know what traffic on the Belt and the Southern State is like! So it's okay to ask people to travel, but be truthful about how long it will take to get there, or you'll have some grumpy guests.
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Posted 10/25/06 3:07 PM
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JenMike331
Who's the hottest monkey u kno
Member since 8/06 2090 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/31/2007 4:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Fox Hollow
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Posted by JayLi2007
I am from Queens, and our families are spread out in NY. So either way, people will have to travel. I am having it where I want - people who want to be there will come whether they have to travel or not.
absolutely agree!!!!!
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Posted 10/25/06 3:07 PM
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MaureenM618
Invitations done!
Member since 7/06 3693 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/24/2009 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Leonard's of Great Neck
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
OMG! I'm thinking of getting married on the Sunday befroe Labor Day!!! Do you think traffic will be insane?
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Posted 10/25/06 3:34 PM
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brittny817
HE MAKES MY HEART SMILE!
Member since 1/06 3586 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/5/2007 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
VYC
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Don't worry about it. Our wedding is in Babylon and most of our guests are in NJ, CT, Queens and Bklyn. We know they'll make the drive.
Though we were torn between East Wind and the Venetian Yacht Club, we did chose VYC bc it wasn't AS far as East Wind.
Don't worry too much 
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Posted 10/25/06 3:45 PM
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stealthgroom
Board Fanatic
Member since 10/06 699 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/2/2007 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Temple Beth Sholom of Smithtown
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Re: Anyone have guests or live in Queens, Brooklyn etc.. & having wedding in Suffolk
Posted by MaureenM618
OMG! I'm thinking of getting married on the Sunday befroe Labor Day!!! Do you think traffic will be insane?
I am too, although ours is going to be next year, so I can tell you how bad the traffic is.
We're trying to figure out how to handle this problem too.
We're doing ours in smithtown, at Temple Beth Sholom, for a whole slew of reasons. The bulk of our friends will be coming from manhattan. Apparently, the shul is 2-3 minutes from the train station, so we figure people who don't want to stay out here can take the train. Also, on the merits of the phrase "party bus" FW may want a party bus.
For us, because we want to have who we want to have (around 200 people) and a kosher wedding, going with a shul, and really with this particular shul made sense. The caterer is family, and he and his father catered my sister's bat mitzvah, my bar mitzvah, and my parents' wedding (!). So it was a great deal for a great space and an amazing sound spread. But if it's a choice between a further away location or not having the budget for everyone to come, I'd rather people take the train (or party bus).
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Posted 10/25/06 4:30 PM
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