I do not currently live in Florida; however it is where my fiancé’s family is from. They are very willing to help any way possible…but I’m not sure they know where to start looking. With that being said, I’m struggling to find a venue that will host both the reception and ceremony in the Tampa area.
Ideally, we’d like to say “I do” at sunset. To accommodate this, as well as the appétit of our guests; we have decided that we would like to hold the dinner first, and then transition from the dinner into our ceremony, followed by a reception.
What I’m really struggling with is finding a venue that isn’t afraid to do something more unique such as this. We have fallen in love with locations on the water such as Rusty Pelican. It has a rusty, classy, “Florida” vibe. They are refusing to work with us, so instead of caving, I am on the hunt again.
We’ve decided that venues who only host one or two weddings per day will be our best shot at making our dreams a reality. While being married near the ocean is the goal, it seems unlikely as it is a traditional hot spot. We’ve tried contacting Barrington Hill Farm (a plantation/horse facility), it is absolutely beautiful and has the rustic/classy vibe we are looking for.
http://www.barringtonhillfarm.com/weddingeventvenuerental.htm
However, we have had no response.
(Their voicemail box is full, and we haven’t heard back via email either.)
Does anyone have any local insight of something similar to this, or other ideas I’m completely over looking?? I feel as though I am on my whit’s end, and am about ready to cave on our dreams of our unique wedding.
Please help!!