Elite wedding locations in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have it at home, in their yard. Seriously, that’s one thing rich & LMC people both do.

Because wealthy people live in estate-level homes that are typically excellent wedding venues.

Poors have their weddings in the back yard because they have no other options.

They are NOT the same reasons.


Unless you live on estate or at least 3 acres AND have space to park 80-100 cars for 150 guests plus catering/hospitality staff, plus either a commercial grade and capacity kitchen (or room for a dozen hot racks) and parking for catering trucks, plus room for tents outside, power or space for generators to handle lighting and other needs, then you shouldn’t be having a wedding at home.

Lighten up Susan.

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Anonymous wrote:Park Hyatt or any other nice hotel.

No one wants to have a reception in the same hotel as their bah mitzvah party.

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The Cathedral

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Woodend, the estate home of Nature Forward (formerly the Audubon Naturalist Society). It can do 125 people. There's a nice grove where you can do the ceremony and bring in your priest/rabbi/other. It's lovely, it's not that expensive and guests will appreciate your commitment to nature and think that's why you chose it (and why not?).

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A family property with acreage 1-2 hours away from DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Carnegie Institute

This was my wedding venue and it was amazing! The building has sadly been sold to the government of Qatar and I have no idea if they’ll still rent it for weddings.

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Anonymous wrote:Woodend, the estate home of Nature Forward (formerly the Audubon Naturalist Society). It can do 125 people. There's a nice grove where you can do the ceremony and bring in your priest/rabbi/other. It's lovely, it's not that expensive and guests will appreciate your commitment to nature and think that's why you chose it (and why not?).

The main reason not to is there’s no air conditioning. If you get a perfect night, yes, it’s lovely and not fussy. But I’ve seen a wedding there in May when it was 90 degrees and humid, and nobody was looking elegant. In Washington, you need at least a place people can retreat for a spell that is air conditioned.

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Anonymous wrote:A family property with acreage 1-2 hours away from DC.

I went to one of these and the tent alone cost $100k. It was a gorgeous wedding though.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Park Hyatt or any other nice hotel.

No one wants to have a reception in the same hotel as their bah mitzvah party.

Yes, this.

My two favorite hotel venues are the Hay Adams, obviously, and Hotel Monaco. The Monaco ballroom is unique and fun. They have a problem choosing carpet though, and there’s no attached outdoor space. I honestly hate the most used room at the Mayflower. It sucks. No windows, nothing fun or nice or special.

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They generally don’t do tacky beach destination weddings. On the rare occasion that they do, they cover all expenses for their attendees.

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Don’t forget you can do weddings in the Kogod Courtyard now, which I think is spectacular.

If views are your thing:
Hay Adams
Pharmacists Association terrace
Charlie Palmer roof

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodend, the estate home of Nature Forward (formerly the Audubon Naturalist Society). It can do 125 people. There's a nice grove where you can do the ceremony and bring in your priest/rabbi/other. It's lovely, it's not that expensive and guests will appreciate your commitment to nature and think that's why you chose it (and why not?).

The main reason not to is there’s no air conditioning. If you get a perfect night, yes, it’s lovely and not fussy. But I’ve seen a wedding there in May when it was 90 degrees and humid, and nobody was looking elegant. In Washington, you need at least a place people can retreat for a spell that is air conditioned.

The heat is a huge factor. No one wants to get married outdoors with an outdoor reception here June-September. Seriously, guests get heat exhaustion and your vendors get kidney damage. Don’t torture everyone. Pay the higher free for a venue with AC or for a cooler month.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodend, the estate home of Nature Forward (formerly the Audubon Naturalist Society). It can do 125 people. There's a nice grove where you can do the ceremony and bring in your priest/rabbi/other. It's lovely, it's not that expensive and guests will appreciate your commitment to nature and think that's why you chose it (and why not?).

The main reason not to is there’s no air conditioning. If you get a perfect night, yes, it’s lovely and not fussy. But I’ve seen a wedding there in May when it was 90 degrees and humid, and nobody was looking elegant. In Washington, you need at least a place people can retreat for a spell that is air conditioned.

The heat is a huge factor. No one wants to get married outdoors with an outdoor reception here June-September. Seriously, guests get heat exhaustion and your vendors get kidney damage. Don’t torture everyone. Pay the higher free for a venue with AC or for a cooler month.

You can do it imo, you just need to have indoor space as well. Decatur house works in summer, so does Meridian. Woodend unfortunately does not.

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National Press Club
The Willard Room

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I got married at the Washington international school. Kind of under the radar but it was beautiful and easy. But we pulled it off in 3 months or so, they used to not let you book more than that in advance I think? We had 90 ppl.