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Baby's First B-day
I want to have a little get together for my son's first birthday in November. The weather will be too cold then for anything outside and our apartment is tiny. So unless we keep the guest list to under 2 other people, I need to find a venue.
My options are limited. One place will only allow parties if the guests are mostly kids, this will not be the case. Another place will only allow it if you order from their menu and at the beginning prices around 30 Euros (just under $50) per person there's no way.
The best thing I can find is a local hotel's meeting space. They have a conference room that holds about 25 people, and I think my guest list would be about 15 at the most.
Is it tacky having a first birthday at a hotel? I'm originally from warmer climates so I'm used to just being able to go to a park, but that just won't work here.
Re: Baby's First B-day
No it isn't tacky! If you need a space, you need a space! I am sure as long as you decorate it a bit (balloons, streamers, etc) it will totally transform into a 1st bday party!
trying to help you think - what about a library?
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Also, I hope I didn't offend anyone who has had a birthday in a hotel conference room!
I don't know if our library has rooms, but it doesn't hurt to find out.
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If you're in Germany, are you there with the military? There should be plenty of places on base where you could do it. I bet if you call the ACS office they could give you some suggestions.
Otherwise, the hotel conference room would be just fine.
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Many places may allow you to use their space for free or a fee. Some local malls have spaces like that, fire departments and ambulance, if you have any local 'clubs' or organizations, they also open up their space to the public.
Church space is a good idea, but I'm not sure how it works here. We aren't a member of any church here because in order to do that you have to declare your religion for tax purposes - then they take out the tithe automatically (I think between 7 and 10% depending on which of the accepted religions you declare). It's something I'm uncomfortable with doing and I would feel weird asking a church about it if we aren't even declaring the religion.
We aren't military and aren't even close to any military bases. I wish, though.
And to make things more complicated, we don't have a car so going too far from our house would be too difficult because it's hard to get all the food/decor/cake on public transport.
There are two nice hotels close to us, one has a really basic/boring meeting room. One has a beautiful room that looks like the inside of a small castle with huge glass chandeliers and paintings on the wall... After some major thinking about it, we decided that we're just going to limit it to the people who can fit in our apartment. Our guest list would only be about 12 people and if half of those people don't show up then we have a big room for nothing... even if we have a small room.
Which means it'll be the 3 of us and my visiting parents. Thanks for all your suggestions. I will file them away for another birthday/event.