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We tried,but every real estate person or owner I spoke with about renting houses for a wedding told me in no uncertain terms,NO. Too much wear & tear on their properties,too much of a nuisance for neighbors with parking & noise......if any complaints and we'd be asked to leave...then what?
I guess it depends on where you live & how strict the town regulates large gatherings. We had to get permits for everything! Parking,trash removal,use of beach (no electricity allowed,so no music),etc...it turned in to way more work & aggravation. Even catering was a problem as well as rentals,servers,cleanup crews....
We solved it by renting a yacht club on the water (the Bay).......
We are also planning a beach wedding...in Oregon...in October. So the weather will be hit or miss, and we are also running into issues with the beach house property owners allowing us even a small wedding...
Shoot, not giving me high hopes here! Since I'm a vendor I really REALLY REALLY don't want to do a venue I'm at all the time or a ballroom. A tent can at least be put somewhere you WANT :-) I'm running low on ideas... I just can't talk to my planner friends until we've announced it and I have the ring :-) Date is set with the church... but I'm starting to panic on reception ideas. I live in a beach resort town and land is a premium... it's not easily found... and the few "farm" area's we do have... do huge halloween festivals so OCT will be a no go...
Do y'all have a park or recreation place near the ocean? We have tons of parks and places that the let you set up tent. Maybe contact your state division of recreation and parks for ideas or availablity of places that might be able to be used.
You could look into just renting a beach house for the week to stay in but not host your event. Instead have it at a local park. You kind of get the best out of each world...
And, I'm pretty sure anywhere won't allow a bonfire. I think you can light up a grill for smores :D ...but most places are no fire or glass on the beach!
I'm in Fl and I haven't ran into any roadblocks for doing a beach wedding..but i'm not sure where you are.
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So, my dream would be to rent out a beach house, throw up a tent, and have 200-250 guests (our guest list size, ugh) have a great time sheltered from the random oct. weather... and if the night is nice having smores and bonfires going on the beach.
Why the beach house? LOTS of out of town family for me. I'm the only one randomly living here. Place to stay.
The week before the wedding the friends can use it as a place to spend the week hanging out and surfing :-)
.... I DONT want a ballroom and that's about all there is within reasonable distance from the church.
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Drawbacks, Having to deal with EVERYTHING!
$$$$
Renting all the tables, chairs (really, ballroom chairs are $14 each!?), etc....
Finding a location where the tent could fit
Parking!?
Really, this sounds like a huge PITA but I would be amped on it.
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close 2nd of reception ideas... a party barn or country wedding... um... don't think we really have any...
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Anyone do a BIG beach bash? Any thoughts? Any helpful advice? I've been entertaining the beach house idea for way to long and now that I'm researching so I can soon narrow down venues... I'm worried it's out of reach or reality.