Gateway Clipper Fleet
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About
The Gateway Clipper Fleet is a venue based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Couples seeking something a little less traditional will find this Pittsburgh sightseeing and dining cruise unique and quite romantic. Passengers have been enjoying traveling along the Three Rivers for over 50 years, and couples and their guests will enjoy celebrating their wedding with the ever-changing views outside the boat.
Facilities and Capacity
The Gateway Clipper Fleet allows couples to invite up to 350 friends and family to enjoy the beautiful river and city skyline with them. The boat features many spaces that accommodate your wedding style and design, varying from a simple dinner to an extravagant reception after the ceremony.
Services Offered
In order to make sure your day is perfect, the Gateway Clipper Fleet has professional staff on-hand to help create your dream wedding. Whether your wedding is big or small, the staff can help you select a package or completely customize your special day. Additionally, a variety of wedding budgets can be accommodated. You do not need to worry about details such as chairs, chair covers, tables, lighting and a photo booth, since those are provided by the boat. In addition to the details, the staff can provide assistance with event rentals, sound and your wedding cake.
Pricing
We offer three pacakges for our Wedding Receptions. They start at $99 per person and go up to $199 per person. Our packages include the following:
- Buffet Style Dinner Service
- Open Bar
- Custom Wedding Cake
- Elegent Linens
- DJ Services
- Champagne Toast
- On Board Cruise Director & Coordinator for Day of Reception
All prices are applicable to service charge and tax, pacakge dictates the specifics of the above inclusions.
CALL 412-355-7999
EMAIL dbickerton@gatewayclipper.com
VISIT 350 W. Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Kara W. Married on 12/04/2021Perfect venue for a wedding
I am so glad I booked my wedding with the gateway Clipper. I had my wedding and reception on board the Princess of the Gateway Clipper. It was around Christmas time, so those decorations were already up along with added decorations for the wedding. I was very impressed with how beautiful it all looked. The cake, DJ, bartenders and food were all included in the package. Dan was terrific to work with. Very responsive to emails and answered every question I had (time and time again) about the details of the wedding. We even had the captain dock the ship in front of the point so we had the lighted tree as a backdrop for our ceremony. I absolutely recommend the Gateway Clipper for a wedding. Everything went off perfectly! The staff went above and beyond to make our wedding amazing! And the value for the price was beyond comparison. The whole experience was like a fairy tale. Do yourself a favor and book your wedding here - I promise it’ll be the best thing you could do for your wedding!-
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You were such a delight to work with! Your dream of a Christmas Wedding came true and the boat looked absolutely beautiful! Cheers to many years for you and Tim! -
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Valerie A. Getting married on 08/02/2022Our Wonderful Wedding Experience
Even with the uncertainty of the pandemic, we had a wonderful wedding experience on February 20th on the Gateway Clipper Fleet. Our guest enjoyed everything about the venue. The staff was wonderful and Dan Bickerton, our wedding planner, did a fabulous job setting everything up and making sure our special day was a success....I highly recommend this venue. -
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Dj G. Getting married on 07/10/2022One stop shop and open communication
We have no regrets planning our wedding with the Gateway Clipper. From day one communication channels were open and highly responsive. The package we selected include almost everything we needed for the wedding allowing us to focus on ourselves and our family rather than coordinating and paying vendors.
Dan always fielded any question we had professionally and promptly.
On the day of the event, Stormi kept us informed of our timelines, made sure we were well taken care of, and kept the event running without a hitch.
All of our guest enjoyed themselves and we heard no complaints.
Hands down, we would do this again and even make the event longer.
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Team
Meet Dan! He is our Wedding Specialist at the Gateway Clipper Fleet! With over 8 years of experience Dan brings his expertise, can do attitude and posistivity to the Gateway Clipper Fleet and our weddings! Nothing is too out of the box for Dan to handle and he will make you at ease during your wedding planning process. He once Maxed out a ballroom at 400 guests with Russian Style Dinner service and brought in 50 extra servers to handle the wedding!
When not at work, Dan can be normally found out with friends, enjoying a "cold one" or enjoying the outdoors either on the river, or by a fire. Dan is a member of the Meeting Professionals Internationals Pittsburgh Chapter which he currently serves as the organizations President and has served on the Board of Directors for the last 5 years.
Professional Network & Endorsements
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I have photographed a number of professional non profit events on the Gateway Clipper and have found their staff to be friendly and professional, the food served has always been wonderful and the boat atmosphere is a lot of fun!
The Gateway Clipper Fleet is truly an enjoyable experience. I have photographed many weddings on the Clipper and the beautiful views, the rivers, the city of Pittsburgh in the background, the view from the deck and especially night time is quite an unforgettable experience. My wedding customers and the guests actually thought we were on the high seas. It was an experience that I will always remember. -John Lokmer - Lokmer Photography Inc.
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Map
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday Weekends as necessary.
