Elite wedding locations in DC?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Sadly, they don't anymore. And when the sale happened, they canceled all of the bookings they had for that season as well as future clients. I work at a different venue, and all of the sudden we were getting calls left and right from canceled couples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meridian international center

I got married here last year. Total wedding cost was $70k.

The venue was only 12k, so I am not sure how "elite" it was.

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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.

Yes you can rent a tent there. But you can also do the wedding inside with 125 (we did) and there's AC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National Press Club
The Willard Room

Too institutional, not really a wedding vibe.

[Anonymous]

At your family’s property on the ESMD.

[Anonymous]

Naval Academy chapel

[Anonymous]

I got married on the rooftop of the new Spy Museum. Great views and super fun.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

So Woodend does or does not have AC?

[Anonymous]

I got married at a steak house and have no dog in this fight.

That said, it seems to me that any place that can be rented by anyone with enough money is, by definition, not "elite." So, to answer OP's question, I would think private homes, members-only organizations, and place where you have to have connections (like the WH).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got married at a steak house and have no dog in this fight.

That said, it seems to me that any place that can be rented by anyone with enough money is, by definition, not "elite." So, to answer OP's question, I would think private homes, members-only organizations, and place where you have to have connections (like the WH).

Not for us. We'll have up to 4 weddings and budget is not a concern for them. We have the money but zero of the properties or connections you mention. So I appreciate the suggestions on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At your family’s property on the ESMD.

Ew.

[Anonymous]

The elite wedding we were invited to but couldn’t go was at the Reagan Building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At your family’s property on the ESMD.

Ew.

what is ew about that?

[Anonymous]

Newseum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At your family’s property on the ESMD.

Ew.

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