Just got married in Narragansett on August 28th! I planned this wedding in RI from Australia, so it was pretty stressful, but I had great vendors who helped so much and made it a beautiful day. I really relied on other brides’ vendor reviews planning my wedding, so hopefully mine will help you out as well!
Celebrant: Antoinette Cavanna. (rev.antoinettecavanna@gmail.com). Antoinette is one of the warmest people I’ve ever met. Like most of my vendors, I had to hire her without meeting her because I was planning from Australia, and I don’t regret it for a second. Although my husband (still feels funny saying that) and I were raised Catholic, we’re not particularly religious. So we wanted a ceremony that was spiritual, but not too religious. Antoinette spent time talking to us and also asked us to write her a letter about how we felt about each other. She incorporated what we said beautifully into our ceremony. She made our ceremony so personal and beautiful. It was just so “us.” I highly recommend her.
DOC – Colleen Riley (ColleenGraceEvents@gmail.com.). Colleen was so great. She helped out so much on the day. She stopped by in the morning and went shopping for last minutes stuff like extra petals for the flower girl and products for the bathroom baskets. Then she checked us into our hotel and ran stuff back and forth between the boys and the girls getting ready. She went to the reception site early to help the vendors set up, put out table numbers, flowers, cupcakes, candles, etc, coordinated with the caterers and the DJ to keep everything moving along. She even noticed when I looked thirsty and got me a drink! She was such a huge help.
South Ferry Church (www.southferrychurch.org/">http://www.southferrychurch.org/). If you want a small (max 120 people) Narragansett wedding, south ferry church is gorgeous. Our pictures of the ceremony were so beautiful. I give it an A + for location and appearance. I’d give it a significantly lower grade for organisation. It was not open for our rehearsal, even though I’d called to confirm and confirmed by email. This turned our rehearsal, with 4 bridesmaids, 4 groomsmen, fathers, mothers, celebrant, readers and photographers into a bit of a fiasco on the front lawn outside the church. I was very unhappy. There was an explanation, but I still thought it was unacceptable considering we paid a significant amount of money for it to be opened for about an hour on only two occasions. However, it was open for the ceremony on the wedding day, and in the end it all turned out ok. Better to have it closed for the rehearsal than the wedding day! I would never say don’t book this church, because it’s just so beautiful. However, I would be very assertive about making sure your needs are met. Also, no toilets or air conditioning… just keep that in mind and warn your guests.
North Beach Clubhouse (hadley871@gmail.com). This turned out to be such a great place for a wedding. I was so happy with it. We had beautiful weather so everyone hung out drinking and dancing on the deck overlooking the ocean. If it had rained, it would have been a bit stuffed, so I’d be aware of that when planning. We had 93 people and 10 tables, a DJ outside and a photobooth. Everyone loved the location and it’s very reasonably priced if you’re a Narragansett resident. Hadley is also very nice and accommodating. We also had our rehearsal dinner at the pavilion at the Narragansett community center, which you can also book through Hadley.