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@@jessiker05 - I managed to get a few up from the reception that give you an idea on the lighting. You can see the flood lights they set up on the terrace if you don't rent any of the special ones, and the light that comes through the windows, there really is plenty of light. I can email you more pictures if you want since uploading them here is proving to be a big challenge.

@@jessiker05 - if you are using the basic chairs there is no moving fee - it's just if you use the special chairs then it comes out cheaper to pay to move them than to rent separate ones for the ceremony and reception. I am slowly adding some photos to my gallery on here but the upload process is terrible and keeps crashing.

I created the excel budget sheet that really helps with some of the questions - if you send me your email address I am happy to share it with you. For my wedding it was really close to the final total Juan Carlos came up with. Like others said the charges apply to additional people over the 25 included. If you bring your own sashes - they charge $1 per chair to tie them (plus tax so it's really $1.16 per chair). Then they charge a fee to move the chairs from the ceremony to the reception if you want to do that. I rented the nicer Tiffany chairs but I didn't want to have to rent an additional 30 chairs (at $10 per chair) so I paid $2 per chair (with tax $2.32) to move them from the ceremony to the reception. For the menu - you choose Hors D'oeuvres for your cocktail hour - you can choose a total of 4 from the hot, cold or sweet options. For dinner you can choose one appetizer, one soup, two entrees (that people can pick from) and one dessert. I didn't want soup so they let me pick an additional appetizer to replace that. @@jessiker05 - I had my reception on the Tequila Terrace and didn't purchase any additional light. I had battery operated tea lights down the table but that's it. The light was fine - there are big windows and lights on inside plus a couple of outside lights - and your DJ will have some lights so it works out perfectly. I can send you some pics if you want.