Wedding Planning Cost Savings
How to Save Money on Your Wedding by Choosing the Barn at Fairview Acres
As wedding budgeting experts, we’ve compiled a list of amenities along with their market value to provide insight into the potential costs of a wedding. Our carefully selected wedding money saver inclusions are specifically designed to alleviate the financial stress associated with planning a wedding. We’ve bundled these amenities together and incorporated them into each of our packages to ensure maximum value for your money. Our ultimate aim is to showcase the value of our amenities and packages, and ease the financial burden of planning a wedding.
The tabs below indicate the included amenities that come with our packages.
Pre-Arrival Services
Wedding Day Services
Ceremony & Receptions Services
Guest Entertainment
Decor
Pre-Arrival Services
| Money Saving Amenity | Time Savings |
| Check in with vendors to ensure correct arrival time | 1 hour |
| Consultation, planning sessions, problem solving before event | 4 hours |
| Prepare selected decor items | 1 hour |
| Stage the great room area for your entrance, without decorating it | 1 hour |
| Arrange the ceremony area for your entrance, without decorating it | 1 hour |
| Produce a slideshow for your event | 1 hour |
Wedding Day Services
| Money Saving Amenities | Event Milestone |
| Provide assistance in bringing in, unpacking, and cataloguing any additional items you have brought to the venue | Morning |
| Tuck away boxes of items brought to venue | Morning |
| Shuttle wedding party members to the venue | Morning |
| Running the wedding rehearsal | Morning |
| Confirm with DJ about any adjustments are changes | All Day |
| Assist in connecting wedding parties phone to BT speakers for daytime jams | All Day |
| Courtyards cleaned from “Farm-life dust” before guest arrival | Morning |
| French doors cleaned and disinfected throughout event | All Day |
| Restrooms restocked, cleaned before guest arrival | All Day |
Ceremony & Receptions Services
| Money Saving Amenity | Event Milestone |
| Maintain the dance floor’s cleanliness by promptly attending to any spills | All Evening |
| Assistant staff member detailing The Barn for the day | All Day |
| Making sure you and your guests always have a drink in your hand | All Day |
| Breakdown the head table into the dance floor | After Dinner |
| Ensuring guest comfort with temperature control (i.e. Goosebump patrol with throw blankets) | All Day |
| Assign hosts to welcome each guest upon arrival, provide guidance on the wedding schedule, and collect gifts and cards | All Day |
| Welcome and guide guests to the ceremony area | Pre-Ceremony |
| Assist late-arriving guests and escort them to their designated location | Ceremony |
| Coordinate the ceremony proceedings without officiating | Ceremony |
| Clear and buss tables during cocktail hour | Cocktail Hour |
| Provide beverage service during cocktail hour | Cocktail Hour |
| 2 bartenders stationed at the bar | All Evening |
| Table bussing throughout the entire meal | Dinner |
| Beverage service to guests during meal | Dinner |
| Clean restrooms during event | All Day |
| Attend to cleanliness of the facility inside and out all day | All Day |
| Pack decorations and food, load vehicles before departure | Evening |
| Operate shuttle services | All Day |
| Transport couple and bridal party for on-farm photo session | All Day |
| A host accompanies the bride and groom throughout the photo sessions, providing assistance with holding and handling drinks, veils, and other items | All Day |
| Assist in wedding party introductions | Reception |
| Provide assistance with boutonnieres and pocket squares | Ceremony |
| Help (but not supervise) kids in attendance with a box of toys | All Day |
| Adjust lighting throughout the day to optimize photo opportunities | All Day |
| Arrange late-night snacks and replenish dessert table | Evening |
| Caring for vendors during the event | All Day |
| Offer table games to guest as they wait for their meal | Dinner |
| Coordinate approved sparkler send-off celebration | Send-off |
| Ignite and manage fire pits for the evening | Evening |
| Provide assistance in transferring floral swag from ceremony to reception area | Post Ceremony |
| Notify wedding guests of any changes in ceremony time or location due to inclement weather | Ceremony |
Guest Entertainment
| Money Saving Amenities | Market Rental Value |
| Table Games for guest as they wait for meal | Dinner |
| Fotomaster Digital Photobooth | $800 |
| Yard games for adult guests | All Day |
Decor
| Money Saving Amenity | Market Rental Value |
| 1 Wood cake table | $125 |
| 1 Wood gift table | $125 |
| 1 Wood guest sign-in table | $125 |
| 10 Cocktail tables | $90 |
| 10 Cocktail table linens | $90 |
| 3 Sweetheart tables | $285 |
| 8 Upholstered chairs | $160 |
| 1 Large “Mr. & Mrs.” lighted sign | $100 |
| 300 Champagne Chivari Indoor Chairs | $1950 |
| 300 White Ceremony Chairs | $975 |
| 1 White church pew seat | $200 |
| 10 Round table linens | $50 |
| 28 Wooden farm tables (9′ each) | $2240 |
| 12 Black table stands for floral display | $60 |
| 12 Gold table stands for floral display | $60 |
| 6 Large black pillar floor stands | $48 |
| 84 Battery operated taper candles | $250 |
| 140 Battery operated pillar candles | $700 |
| 300 mason jars | $300 |
| 36 Wood rounds | $216 |
| 84 Lanterns | $250 |
| 120 Strands of faux greenery | $480 |
| Pampas Grass | $200 |
| 100 Table runners | $400 |
| 140 Fairy lights | $196 |
| 50 Bud vases | $50 |
| 140 Wine bottles | $210 |
| 2 Large white dessert/champagne towers | $140 |
| 13 Chalk board signs | $52 |
| 25 Various wedding signs | $75 |
| 3 Unique card “Boxes” | $15 |
| 3 Apple crates, 100 white pumpkins, pine cones | $300 |
| 10 Shepherd hooks | $50 |
| 6 Up lights / spot lights | $90 |
| 90 Candle holders taper and pillar | $900 |
| Flower girl baskets & Ring bearer pillows | $40 |
| 10 Candelabras | $500 |
| 5 Large & Medium sign stands and easels | $200 |
| 40 Dessert stands | $80 |
| 50 Galvanized rectangular table decor | $320 |
| 5 Unique indoor display backdrops | $750 |
| 1 Large greenery wall | $150 |
** Please note this is not a complete list of decor items on site. We continue to add to our collection for our couples! **
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