A Valley Wedding Reception
with Rev. Dave & Sophia Hunter 

Is pleased to announce we will be holding wedding receptions once again
as of June 2012 in a unique location & at one low fee per person includes
(Ceremony, Catered Dinner, Reception & Dance)

For the first season and couples who book for 2013 in 2012 we will absorb the HST from the venue fee

Book now there are only 22 weekends left for this wedding season

Congratulations on your planned wedding, Rev. Dave and his wife Sophia would love to be part of your big day here at our fully decorated country venue. Being involved in weddings for 10 years they were searching for the right formula for couples to have a special day and not break the bank.

They saw a growing trend for weddings that were becoming smaller affairs which only included immediate family and friends. Also hearing from couples they no longer want a marathon wedding day.

They saw more and more young couples who have been together for 5-10 years who have their home and cars and children with the never ending expenses. These wonderful couples usually decide that it was time to bring their happiness to it's final conclusion and show their love for each other by getting married.

They saw more and more blended families, where divorced couples, some with adult children and even one of their own wanting to bring their family unit into one, by getting married. Many where burdened by support payments and also the joy of raising a combined family and all the expense of letting them grow and experience life though expensive activities. (and cell phones)

They saw busy couples, both with growing careers, some with children that had no time to even think of getting married but wanted to. Here at the A Valley Wedding a means has been found.

They saw young couples who through no fault of their own but through family breakups and disputes had no means of having a wedding. They had no financial support to follow their dream of getting married.

They saw older couples with empty nests wanting to get married but did not want have a huge wedding but a more intimate dignified affair where they could celebrate with friends and family.

They saw couples having to do with second best due to the economic down turn and go to empty church halls or basements, city community centers and legions. Working tirelessly to decorate them so they appear wonderful for their special day and then turn around and clean up. Always asking for help from family and friends to make things happen. Being served meals by the Ladies auxiliary. And a bar run by the hall and kept the monies.  

Then they saw couples having small home garden weddings and all the expense of tents, tables & chairs, caterers, the mess in the house and washrooms. If they didn't rent them. The garden work to make it look special, the grass being crushed down and the big worry of the weather.

And they simply saw so many divorced couples wanting to marry but as they said they already had the $20,000 wedding and had no interest to go that way again.

What does different wedding cost these days:

A major wedding venue is now usually 110 minimum guest total at 28-30 dollars a plate. Before meal food platters.  Bar usually is 500.00 minimum, coffee service extra, cake cutting extra, gratuity 15% total (tip to servers), hall rental, chair rental for inside and out. Table set up fee. Corkage fee (to open a $25.00 bottle of wine). Minimum bar tab required up front. No home made wine allowed. Ceremony fees often up to 1200.00 setup fee. Plus officiant fee. Very high gratuity charge of 15% of total bill before tax. After taxes you are now close to 15,000 dollars. Or well over $100.00/person to 150.00/person

At a restaurant, usually limited private room size or none at all. No dancing or freedom to move around. No access to outside wedding or just to relax. Some locations have limited parking. Privacy maybe limited, renting a whole restaurant is very unusual to be done. No real wedding decoration provided or limited. Any wedding entrance music and wedding party room is limited. Also you have to hire an Officiant. Alcohol costs very high. Dinner costs as you know are now as high as 50.00 a person.

Golf course and hotel, your basically looking at the cost of a major venue now.

Hall weddings as in church basements, community centers, and legions maybe the least expensive but the work involved to decorate and take down is huge. To set up and to rent table cloths and center pieces. The wash up of dishes and liability of lose. Limited bar opening time and control. The total lack of the look and feel of a real wedding is much reduced at these barren halls. Just think of all the kind work you have asked many of your friends and family to do for you. You may still be looking at a 5,000 dollar wedding. Then think of the catering cost or the cost in a potluck dinner. And then finding a licensed Officiant to conduct your wedding.

Backyard wedding, wonderfully intimate but the logistics of doing it on your own. Even a hired wedding planner and their cost is high and always bothering you for details. The cost of an Officiant. The tent cost, the mess to the house and or rental of washrooms. Catering and rental fees for table and chairs for the dinner. And always the worry about the weather and how do you fit 60 people in your home. If you want a dance you may have to rent a floor. Cost wise you maybe as high as 6,000 dollars.

Destination wedding, it sounds like a wonderful idea to escape all the issues above. The hotels are designed to have one wedding after another. How about the parties 24/7 going on from other weddings. Do you even understand the officiant and or translator. What about weather also and all the crowds wondering around your wedding ceremony. The final thing to think of is the cost to your guests, you may have booked time off for a holiday but have they and does it take away from their holiday time with their family. Plus the cost for them to get there. You are again into many thousands of dollars.

What where couples looking for:

The one thing we heard over and over is to have an inexpensive wedding. Yet at a wonderfully decorated location and gardens to capture this special moment

They wanted a venue where they could have a smaller guest size where their option would have been at a restaurant or community hall.

They wanted to have both the ceremony and reception at one location.

Easy drive to hotels and wedding location.

They wanted a more of an all inclusive wedding where much of the details were made simple.

The pleasure to be at an intimate exclusive location where there where no other weddings going on.

A location where all the decorating was done and set up and clean up was looked after.

Where no hidden fees that where suddenly added to their bill, sticker shock.

No constant extra fees for this option and that.

Option for the ceremony to be inside or out if weather was a factor.

A country location but not far from the city as some venues are.

A limited bar fee and drink option due to the societal change against drinking and save money. A civil atmosphere.

The no longer a marathon wedding day that started out very early and goes on till 2:00 in the morning and where most guests are gone anyway.

Easy access to free parking not like some locations.

A wedding venue which has a lower minimum guest requirement, so you don't have to invite the whole office staff or neighborhood for your 60 size wedding that now has to be 110.

Here at A Valley Wedding we have found a way to make your dream possible, we are here to help