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For those who rented a house for ceremony/reception

saraho328saraho328 member
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in Florida-North Florida
How did you like it? I am trying to decide between renting a house to hold the ceremony and reception, or having it a nice restaurant. Either way the ceremony will be on the beach in Destin. Both are affordable budgetwise, but I will only be having about 30 guests and would like to have a more casual party feel, but also don't want to lose the wedding feel of it.

Also, if you did rent a house, who did you use? I have been looking for a beachfront house in Destin for weeks now and have had the worst time finding somewhere who will rent on a nightly basis. They all require a weekly stay and I am only wanting to rent it for 4 nights.

Thanks!
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Re: For those who rented a house for ceremony/reception

  • christinalauchristinalau member
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    edited December 2011
    I am at Ponte Vedra Beach, but I found the house for my wedding at the following website: http://www.findrentals.com/wedding/state/Florida1.html

    Hope it helps!
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  • ouRufus2010ouRufus2010
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    edited December 2011
    I am getting married here Saturday: http://www.vrbo.com/33002 ... I'm not sure when you're planning on getting married, but in the off-season I imagine you'd be able to get it nightly. It will definitely feel more like a party than a wedding, but we're doing some lighting to make it more wedding-y.
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  • stacyphillip08stacyphillip08
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    edited December 2011
    My FI and I just rented a beach house for our ceremony and reception in St. George. We used a private owner we found on VRBO.com (vacation rentals by owner). They have a list of owners all over the country so I am sure they have a list for the area you are looking for. 
     We found using the big rental/ management/ real estate companies had a lot of extra fees and a large deposit to have a wedding. One would have cost us an extra $1500.00!!!
    We are very excited with what we got for our money.
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  • ast284ast284
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_florida-north-florida_those-rented-house-ceremonyreception?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:70Discussion:b62317ab-3193-4118-909c-f0987eab4fdcPost:29fa5fc1-462b-4436-94d8-76e4416b60a3">Re: For those who rented a house for ceremony/reception</a>:
    [QUOTE]I am getting married here Saturday: <a href="http://www.vrbo.com/33002" rel='nofollow'>http://www.vrbo.com/33002</a> ... I'm not sure when you're planning on getting married, but in the off-season I imagine you'd be able to get it nightly. It will definitely feel more like a party than a wedding, but we're doing some lighting to make it more wedding-y.
    Posted by ouRufus2010[/QUOTE]

    Congratulations! Please post picks! I'm loving this house. How has your experience been? It looks just perfect!
    Next to being married, a girl likes being crossed now and then. - Jane Austen
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