The Alida Hotel

We didn't fully commit to a destination wedding until we found The Alida! The Alida has many pros as a destination wedding venue: a hotel with all of the amenities for out of town guests, all-inclusive which meant no rental items or outside caterer required, and most importantly, a perfect location to show off the beauty of Savannah. What sealed the deal for us was their Southern fare menu and having a ton of social media content/online photos to help us really visualize how our day would go.

From the beginning, Lucas and Jessica were very responsive to our questions and concerns. We were able to book our menu tasting and first look at the venue 6 months out from our wedding date due to our travel schedule. We asked for a specific local beer to be served and this was handled month out from our date as well. Even a last minute request for a signature cocktail was handled with ease! We appreciated this flexibility and really made us feel assured going into the big day.

Now to the wedding day itself, let's start with the downside: there were things we did not realize would be challenging due to having our wedding at a hotel. Things such as needing multiple room keys for the wedding party, having to assist vendors when they used the elevators because they would not operate without a key, and on top of all that, the room keys would not work if you were trying to access a different floor. This was a huge pain due to our room block/bridal suites being on multiple floors and all of the room keys looking identical. Overall, this created a lot of stress and frequent trips downstairs having to assist people which we simply weren't anticipating. On one hand, I'm glad these security measures are in place and they're usually implemented at most hotels, but please keep that in mind while planning because it was not on our radar at all.

Let's get to the good part! We had the misfortune of rain IMMEDIATELY prior to our ceremony. While we were trying not to panic, The Alida crew already had a game plan to dry off the seats and set-up everything again for the 20 minute break in rain, this was absolutely invaluable to us! They were able to pull off a quick ceremony and make it back inside before the rain poured again. Even more impressively, the rain cleared up in time for us to go back outside after dinner and the Alida crew didn't bat an eye with this flip!

Our guests still talk about the delicious food that was served, the epic views from the rooftop, and the friendly staff they met throughout the night. And for that, we cannot thank The Alida enough for hosting our wedding and helping create cherished memories from our special day!

Amazing venue and even better staff!!!