Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned either the Kreeger or the Phillips Collection, but both offer special event rentals. You can also rent the courtyard or great hall of SAAM.

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Anonymous wrote:If you can get the guest list down to 80 max, I would suggest Elizabeth’s on L. You get the whole townhouse to yourself, food is excellent, and there is no venue fee. I had my reception there and everyone loved it.

Is it only raw vegan food?

Anonymous wrote:If you can get the guest list down to 80 max, I would suggest Elizabeth’s on L. You get the whole townhouse to yourself, food is excellent, and there is no venue fee. I had my reception there and everyone loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:In town or destination? In town, Smithsonian, Meridian House, Kennedy Center, Museum of Women in the Arts, Hay Adams. More important is who is your planner.

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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.

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?

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Anonymous wrote:Elite would require membership. Like Chevy chase club or Cosmos Club. But there are hundreds of really expensive and lavishly decorated places to get married here. It’s easy to spend $300,000 on a wedding “elite” or not.

Yes, indeed. "It seems you mean " expensive" not "elite". If you are not already a member of a country club and/or own a large estate, you are not elite-- you just have some extra money to throw around. Maybe join a club before planning the wedding.

I’m pretty sure you can just rent the Cosmos Club for weddings. It’s a nice venue, especially for bad weather. The staff is really nice.

Nope, unless you know a member who'll sponsor you.

Anonymous wrote:NOT a hotel ballroom wedding.

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Anonymous wrote:Truly nice venues, 150-200k minimum. You’re looking at around 500pp for reception, plus venue booking + decor costs. Costs for other events (rehearsal dinner, welcome drinks, brunch) not included.

Ok, That would be for 400 guests.

$500*125 guests = $62,500 + tax and gratuity = 80k
Flowers can easily run $20-100k depending on how crazy you get.
Other decor (dance floor, lighting, chairs, place settings, invitations, etc.) = 20-50k
Photographer (at least 5-10k)/videographer (at least 5-10k) costs.


There you go. Clearly you haven’t paid for a wedding recently.

What’s the $500 pp cover in this advanced math?

Anonymous wrote:Elite would require membership. Like Chevy chase club or Cosmos Club. But there are hundreds of really expensive and lavishly decorated places to get married here. It’s easy to spend $300,000 on a wedding “elite” or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Truly nice venues, 150-200k minimum. You’re looking at around 500pp for reception, plus venue booking + decor costs. Costs for other events (rehearsal dinner, welcome drinks, brunch) not included.

Ok, That would be for 400 guests.

$500*125 guests = $62,500 + tax and gratuity = 80k
Flowers can easily run $20-100k depending on how crazy you get.
Other decor (dance floor, lighting, chairs, place settings, invitations, etc.) = 20-50k
Photographer (at least 5-10k)/videographer (at least 5-10k) costs.


There you go. Clearly you haven’t paid for a wedding recently.