The College Club of Boston was absolutely amazing! The venue is beautiful, the food is phenomenally delicious, and Jesse is absolutely amazing at making sure that everything goes s...moothly in the planning stages as well as on the wedding day itself. The few inevitable bumps we ran into were more than adequately smoothed out, and Jesse truly cares that you and your guests have a great wedding. Jesse has the planning of a wedding down to an art form, from timing the ceremony and reception to helping you come up with room configurations and menu choices for your budget, to making sure that the guestbook, favors, and gifts all end up put out and then put away where they belong. All I had to do was give the staff boxes, and I got them back at the end- there was literally no work for me on the wedding day once I brought everything in the door (or scheduled for it to be delivered.)
Jesse has some great vendor recommendations, and while I wasn't able to use all of them, the ones I did use were excellent, affordable, very professional, and worked seamlessly as a team. All of the staff at the College Club is awesome and organized too, so you always receive consistent and caring customer service. The historic beauty of the venue thoroughly charmed us and our guests, and served the added bonus of eliminating the need for decorations.
The guest room we rented to prepare for the wedding was large enough to accommodate me, 4 bridesmaids, 2 relatives and any other people who needed to be in the room with space to spare, and it was beautiful enough for the photographer to use it to take bridal photos. I would recommend that brides bring a lighted make-up mirror with them, since the bathroom vanity light is pretty dim. Since the room doesn't automatically come with the wedding, you should book a room on the same day you book your wedding!
I received nothing but gushing compliments from everyone who attended my wedding, and my guests included a chef who's worked at 5-star restaurants and a woman who had attended a wedding so lavish it was featured on TV. Another one of my guests was wildly jealous, because his wedding venue cost more and wasn't nearly as nice. The College Club of Boston is truly a good value, too.
I would heartily encourage anyone looking for a wedding venue to choose the College Club, and I will most definitely stay in the College Club when the day comes that I no longer call Boston my home. Choosing the College Club was the best decision I could have made.