Weddingbee Blog

Honestly, a honeymoon suite was the last thing on my priority list. I really hadn’t thought about it at all until someone at our venue asked where we would be staying after the wedding. Staying? Um… at our house? I mean, we live together, and what better place to sleep the night after our wedding than in our own bed, right?

Of course, living together offers up other obstacles. Specifically, who gets to stay at home the night before the wedding. We aren’t supposed to see each other, right? So, someone has to get out.

Fortunately, Crabby Daddy came to the rescue and got me a suite at the hotel all my guests are staying in for the night before the wedding. We opted for a double queen suite, so that a few of my bridesmaids can stay with me.

There were talks of extending the reservation for Saturday night as well. It would be convenient, since I could leave all my stuff there and not have to worry about actually “checking out” before the wedding. But, we really wanted a little more privacy than a suite in the same hotel as all of our guests.

We went back to considering just coming home.

It really seemed like the easiest and most economical choice.

I wanted to use the gardens at The Gates House, one of the Bed and Breakfasts downtown (or Uptown, rather, as it is referred to here in Columbus) for our pre-ceremony photographs. The grounds at our church are gorgeous, but there’s a service before our ceremony, and the grounds will be crawling with parishioners and their cars. This combo makes for bad wedding photo backgrounds. The Gates House is a few blocks from the church. We had really wanted something within walking distance, but I think this will still work out nicely. They have a lovely garden that Mr. CC and I will do our first look in, and then take some photos of us and the bridal party.

So, earlier in the week, Mr. CC called in a favor to the owner of The Gates House to see if we could use the garden (we can!). While he was on the phone, he scored us the Honeymoon suite for the night of the wedding!

Sweet!

Look at the luxury in which we will be relaxing, post-nuptials.

Sorry it’s such a small picture.

I’m super excited about this!

Are you staying somewhere exciting on the night of your wedding?