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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.

I’ve never seen. Wedding at the Smithsonian which is a federal agency. Have times gotten that tough? I can’t imagine.

They used to prohibit social events but the policy changed a few years ago. The Kogod Courtyard is a spectacular venue.

The elite have small ceremonies in their homes

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure how elite a wedding venue is if it can be rented.

Elite wedding to me = at a really nice house and/or family-owned property

Elite weddings are not the same as expensive weddings. There is a difference.

Any rich realtor in the DC area can splash out in a 100k+ wedding at say Meridian House or some other fancy wedding venue that anyone with cash can rent! It doesn’t exactly connote status.

Meanwhile, an elite couple will marry somewhere more exclusive. A country club. At their summer home or family home at Martha’s Vineyard or Cape Cod. At an exclusive destination such as family property in Italy or English county side. An embassy or, in Naomi Biden’s case, the White House.

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure how elite a wedding venue is if it can be rented.

Elite wedding to me = at a really nice house and/or family-owned property

I am not sure how elite a wedding venue is if it can be rented.

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Anonymous wrote:Dumbarton Oaks?

I was thinking same thing

Also Glen Echo Park is magical rather elite but lovely for weddings.

Personally I like boat weddings. It must be possible charter yachts or fun boats on the Potomac for weddings.

Anonymous wrote:Dumbarton Oaks?

I was thinking same thing

Anonymous wrote: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.

So did I! We booked 9 months out, ~70 people. Outdoor wedding and cocktail hour. Dinner and dancing inside. Cake on the terrace. No wedding planner, so not the "elite" OP was asking about. We used the caterer the school had, and hired a band, florist, and photographer ourselves. But it was exactly what we wanted.

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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.

This isn’t true. Seriously.

It is true for the Met Club and CCC.

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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.

+1 We went to lovely weddings at the Cosmos Club and the Sulgrave Club. I don’t think they’re the most expensive ever but certainly qualify as “elite.”

Met Club is nicer.

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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.

This makes me sad. I had my reception there in 2012 and to this day family and friends still comment on how special the venue was.

Four Seasons or Park Hyatt

Anderson House is lovely for a wedding

Dumbarton Oaks?

Anonymous wrote:Do they still have the Car Barn in Georgetown? I went to one there and it was fantastic.

I was wondering the same but then confused myself if it was the meridian.