Our Wedding Reception Venue

Ok. So we are getting married in Tagaytay, the wedding capital of the Philippines daw. At dahil diyan, we expect na mahal ang mga reception venues dito. Based from my research, the budget of weddings held in Tagaytay starts from 300k and up.
At heto kame magpaplano ng isang budget wedding. We accepted the challenge sa isang budget-friendly Tagaytay wedding. Woooh! Kaya yan... :D

Pangalawa sa kumakain ng budget ng kasal ay ang reception venue. At kung sa Tagaytay ka, there are a lot of choices from hotels, gardens, over looking rest house, restaurants, bed and breakfast and clubhouse.
Venues pa lang mahal na, wala pang food.

Simple hotel wedding packages ranges from 200k and can shoot up to millions depending on the number of the guests. Restaurant packages ranges from 100k-200k. Gardens and rest house rental fees ranges from 40k-80k. Venue pa lang.

Pero hindi namin personality ni Ken ang super sosyalan at kagarbohan. Nakakakilabot.
From the very beginning we are consistent that we want a small and simple wedding. That's it.

We're losing hope but God helped us again and pointed us to a different direction.

We visited Pacific Grove, an exclusive subdivision in Tagaytay. At first we were hesitant to look for a clubhouse; nasa isip ko kasi yung itsura ng clubhouse sa subdivision namin. Karima-rimarim. :)
But I was so wrong. I didn't expect to see a beautiful clubhouse. It has a big gazebo, small pool complete with suites! The atmosphere is amazing, pagpasok mo pa lang sa subdivision iba ang ambiance. Ang ganda ng mga bahay, pine trees, tahimik dahil medyo malayo siya sa main road. Nakakatuwa. This is it. Simple yet elegant. and the price? malayo sa kanilang lahat. 

We we're able to book the place for just 18k with discounted price for one room! Nagdagdag lang kame for an additional room for Ken's family. Yey!


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Pagpasok ng main gate, ito ang bubungad sayo. This is quite a short road, mukha lang malayo sa photo nag HH-WW nga lang kame ni Ken hanggang clubhouse. At the end of the street is their clubhouse.

  
But we won't use the pool side during the reception, mas maganda kasi kung lahat nasa gazebo lang. :)

Ang bait pa ni Ms. Aileen, siya ang coordinator ng venue. She's very approachable and she quickly replies to our queries. 

For me, mas ok 'to than hotels, gardens and big rest houses, unang una kasi exclusive kaya tahimik and secured plus mura pa. Well, it all depends on the couple's personality talaga and the number of your guests syempre. Hindi pwede kasi dito ang big weddings.

We booked the place for our July wedding. :)

Church - check
Reception Venue - check
Next... caterer!