I'm sorry to hear this. I'm sure you aren't alone. My wife when we were saving for our wedding told me if we couldn't save up enough money to have a nice little wedding we'll just get married in the driveway in front of some friends and family and that will be good enough. We managed to save enough for a small wedding (certainly by today's standards- about 50+ people) but the driveway would've been just fine with me.
I wanted to have the wedding here but when she saw pictures of what some of these outdoor places looked like in Charleston she said she didn't care if 5 people showed up that's where she wanted it. It was the avenue of oaks that sold her. We're both in our mid 30's so she wanted her one shot at a beautiful wedding.
There was only going to be about 35 people but we had to pay for the venue, catering, housing etc.. All told, I'm a little embarrassed to admit what it cost. We've decided that if they don't cancel for us then we'll drive down there and have dinner for 35 our selves. If they do, we'll have a small reception here in CT some other time.