Wedding Ideas - Deltona,FL

We got married in Vegas last May and it was the firt trip for both of us. I planned it all online and everything went exactly as planned. We got married at sunset on the outdoor observation deck on the 119th floor of The Stratosphere. It cost us $200 plus $50 for the minister and whatever the licensing fee was. We flew from Detroit to Vegas nonstop (roundtrip) and stayed at The Luxor for 3 nights/4 days. Wedding, food, fun and travel all included, it was about $1500 total. It was just the two of us there and a friend of ours who happened to live there, so he was our witness. Perfectly what we wanted. Vegas really isn't that expensive at all compared to some places.

I want to say Lake Ivanhoe, but I am not sure that is the right name. Anyway beautiful fountains, stone steps, downtownish. Then she could have covered seating for her "invited guests" and a name list. I am not sure how much a permit would be but it's an idea. Then the location of the reception place could be given out at that time, if there is to be one. The parks in downtown Winter Park are beautiful too, I can't imagine it would cost a lot to do it outside.
I got married at the Adam's Mark, FL mall. They have banquet rooms upstairs they use for ceremonies. You would have to check into prices for that though. It has been a few years since I lived in FL so I am drawing a blank (plus so much has changed). Depending on what time of day they want the wedding to be, perhaps a restaurant would accommodate if before business hours, then you would definitely need a name list to attend. What about "Puzzles" night club in Casselberry? If it is still there, that would be a big enough place yet not too big and a door man.
Good Luck

We got married in 2009. Our church family was absolutely amazing and the day was simple and elegant. We had about 150-200 guests at our reception and more at the wedding. We also had an hoursdovers hour and a full dinner. We also had professional pictures taken too. Total costs was about $2,000.00 for the ceremony, reception and pictures.

I would suggest thinking outside of the box. Also when making your plans with caterers don't tell them it's a wedding. The minute you say wedding they think $$$$$$$$$$'s. Tell them it's for a party and the costs are always more reasonable.

Keeping down costs can also be done by getting married on odd days like Sunday through Thursday. We got married on a Sunday. We do worship every Sunday and our wedding day was no different. People were surprised to see us there but I just figured how much effort does it really take to put on a dress?

We had two themes for our wedding, the first was God will be glorified and the second was keep it simple. The only things we really essential for any wedding are the following: 1 groom, 1 bride, 1 officiant, and 1 witness. Everything else is extra. Don't worry about the extra's only the essentials matter. This really helps to take the edge off when trouble comes in the planning stages and we had many but our wedding day was amazing.

Check out the rental on a local park. You can rent a park pavillion w/ kitchen for usually around a $100 and have it all day. There are web sites for wedding planning wedspace.com and gatheringguide.com are two of them. You can find almost anything, officiants, caterers, cakes ect. many of these people work out of their homes so the cost is lower. You can also hire someone to cook all the meat, get a variety of beef, pork and chicken and a few grills, have your guests bring a dish to pass, serve the cake as dessert. Hire a band or DJ , depending upon the park rules you will be done between 9 -11 PM.
Plan on a casual event and since it's in a park and guest will each bring a dish to pass they can bring their kids.
Should be inexpensive but still a nice wedding.

Have your friend google "wedding chapels central Florida" and "banquet facilities central Florida" and I'm sure she'll get a bunch of good hits.

Also, keep in mind that when they invite people, the way it works is that they address the invitation to specific people, and they (your friends, not the invitees) get to decide how many guests. So, if they don't want to the guests to bring dates or children, then the invitation can be written so that that information is known.

Also, another option is to have the wedding at a large church, and invite everyone to the ceremony, with maybe some snacks and drinks afterward, but then do separate invitations for those invited to the official reception afterward. Most large churches can accommodate a couple of hundred people.

I also recommend the book Bridal Bargains for great tips on saving money on all aspects of weddings.