Wylder Hotel Tilghman Island
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We still have 2022 Early Spring and Late Fall dates available! Virtual Facetime Tours offered to those who can't travel!
Brand new 2,200 sq foot waterfront ballroom with gorgeous oak floors and picturesque windows overlooking the water.
The Wylder Hotel is a lush waterside wedding venue and hotel located in Tilghman, Maryland. With over nine acres of beautiful gardens, 54 rooms, waterfront ceremony space, multiple event spaces, and waterfront property, it's clear to see why The Wylder Hotel is the area's premier wedding venue. The Wylder Hotel is located on a three-mile stretch of land in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay and is a gorgeous re-creation of the original boarding house located on the island back in 1898.
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Guests have the opportunity to rent the entire venue, giving them free reign over the breathtaking waterfront property. The Wylder offers plenty of opportunities to celebrate your entire wedding weekend in one place. From your rehearsal dinner, welcome drinks reception, waterfront ceremony, outdoor cocktail hour, multiple indoor and outdoor reception spaces, late night on-site bar, to Sunday Brunch. Your Wedding guests never have to touch their car keys and get to enjoy Wylder’s salt water pool, watersports, docks, over-water crab shack restaurant and bonfire pits! The Wylder Hotel also offers plenty of water activities in The Marina that overlooks the Chesapeake Bay. With enough space to fit anywhere from 25-250 of your friends and family, you can enjoy the wedding weekend of your dreams.
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The Wylder Hotel offers couples space to celebrate their bridal shower, elopement, reception, ceremony, engagement party, and rehearsal dinner. For events, the venue provides equipment like dance floors, lighting, tent accessories, chairs, furniture, tables, tents, and audio equipment. If you’re wondering how you cater an island wedding ceremony, don’t worry — The Wylder provides delectable servings from The Bar Mumbo and Tickler’s Crab Shack and Restaurant. Both of these restaurants can provide ceremonies and events with barware, flatware, linens, china, and glassware, as well as a full bar and bartenders. Other services offered include:
- Bridal suite
- Event planning
- Pet-friendly grounds
- All-inclusive packages
- Event rentals
- Outside vendors
- Parking
- Set up
- Clean up
Accommodations
The Wylder Hotel provides guests with several options for their overnight stay. With 54 hotel rooms and 12 different room types the options are endless! The bungalows are a favorite of wedding parties as it can fit the entire bridal party in one building with a communal deck off the front where couples often enjoy mimosas in the morning and host a relaxed after party hang session at night.
Wondering what makes Wylder special? We think it is the best wedding venue on the Eastern Shore for many reasons but here are a few:
- You can host your entire wedding weekend here from rehearsal dinner to ceremony and reception to Sunday brunch!
- No need for a shuttle or other hotel room blocks. We have 50 hotel rooms on site, so all your family and friends can stay here with you for a fun filled wedding weekend!
- How does a corn hole or bocce ball tournament sound to you... what about a pool party or afternoon sail on the Bay? We have lawn games, kayaks, canoes, paddle boards, bikes, a heated saltwater pool and a fleet of charter boats all waiting for you and your guests to utilize and have fun!
- Full customization: We can fully customize the menu to suit your needs and our venue spaces are all blank canvases just waiting for you to express your creativity and all things Pinterest!!!
- A waterfront ceremony space for everyone and multiple venues for your reception. We have 3 options all on our 9.5 acres.
- Inside waterfront event room space that can fit up to 135 people, a dance floor, outdoor cocktail hour and a real bar for your guests to hang at!
- Tent on our waterfront lawn. We can fit up to 250 guests on our spacious lawn and host your entire wedding reception and ceremony outside!!
- Our over-water crab shack is super casual and features our Eastern shore classic style. Host your reception outside without having to rent a tent for 80 people or add the inside restaurant space to fit 175 with some inside and some out and a dance floor in between!!!
- Finally onside coordination and custom wedding packages. Every wedding receives a day of coordinator to help ease your stress! We also can work with your budget, payment plans and needs with many 2020 and 2021 dates still available in every season! Let us know your budget, wants, wishes and needs and we will let you know how we can make your dream come true!!!
Please let us know if you have ANY questions at all and we would LOVE for you to come for a tour soon!! Our property really shines its best in person and who wouldn't want to come hang out on the water for the day and enjoy a cocktail by the bonfire pit?!?!
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Kelly H. Married on 09/24/2022Wonderful Wedding!
We had the best wedding at Wylder! We couldn’t have asked for a better day. Alyssa was perfect to work with, she is so knowledgeable and so very friendly! Both of our families couldn’t stop talking about how fantastic the food turned out. Everything from our appetizers to our main dinner, everything was AMAZING! The guest rooms were just what we needed and the suites are very spacious. 10/10 recommended having your wedding at Wylder and working with Alyssa and her Team!-
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Steve M. Getting married on 11/18/2023You Must Check This Venue Out!
There used to be a way for other pros to "Endorse" each other on WeddingWire...However, as that button in longer accessible... I wanted to at the very least leave a few kind words here.
What a very special location! After working in the wedding industry for over 30 years and performing for well over 3,000 weddings…I can tell you that there is no place else quite like the Wylder. Our team members perform there regularly and it’s ALWAYS outstanding.
If you are especially searching for a waterfront backdrop…your pictures are going to be extraordinary here. There are so many perfect places for amazing pics on this property, as it’s so well maintained. There are a few cute little nooks here and there on property for romantic pics of just the two of you…but also some much larger areas that will look incredible for shots with your entire wedding party. The team members take a ton of pride in the look of the Wylder and it always shows indoors and out.
The team members that I am referring to are all around great folks, from the coordinators to the wait staff, bartenders, kitchen staff and everything in between. On our end It always feels like we are working with family friends…and I’m certain that your guests will feel this way also. They are always smiling and always eager to please. While many employees at other businesses “just go through the motions”….this crew makes you feel like you are their top priority. The wedding industry in general has a huge turn over in staffing on a regular basis…not at the Wylder. It’s always the same smiling faces who know what they are doing and how to help guests have an incredible time. The tenure of the teams members speaks volumes.
Additionally, I wanted to mention The food…but it almost speaks for itself. Folks literally come from all over the area to eat at this venue during the week. This is not a part time catering facility for weekends only…the Wylder has a full kitchen crew running daily for guests staying on property and locals who stop in regularly for meals. Huge menu, always hot, always fresh and always delicious. You will not be disappointed.
To be fair….Tilghman Island is a little off the beaten path…which to most… is part of the charm. You feel like you are truly someplace special. That being said…. One of the absolute best parts about the Wylder is that you and your guests can stay on property. Many wedding guests have shared that the accommodations are fantastic. In fact, most of the weddings that we perform here have guests that are staying on property and tell us how nice their stay has been. Though the property has been renovated and has all the modern updates and amenities….it still has that character and charm like a location in one of those Hallmark Movies that takes place in a historic town.
The Wylder has such a great reputation in the Wedding Industry and in the community as well. Be sure to check them out. You will be happy that you did.-
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Kayla C. Married on 11/19/2022Choose Wylder for your wedding day dream!
If you are looking for a beautiful, classic Chesapeake Bay venue on the water with the most kind and helpful staff, THIS is your place. My husband and I were married here on November 19, 2022, with about 60 guests in attendance. We had our rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony and reception, and Sunday morning brunch at the Wylder. We cannot say enough about the positive experience we had with Wylder, particularly due to Alyssa Gunderson (Wedding and Event Coordinator) and her team. From the time we toured the venue until we said goodbye the day after our wedding, Alyssa was attentive, caring, thoughtful, and fun throughout the entire wedding process. She not only made sure our guests were accommodated throughout the wedding process, she particularly made sure my husband and I were taken care of from start to finish. Before the big day, so many people told my husband and I that we wouldn’t get to enjoy our cocktail hour because everything just goes by so fast - but that was not the case for us. I specifically remember walking into the reception area after the ceremony and was immediately greeted by Alyssa, who said “You all did great – what can I get you to drink?” We even had our own plate of hors d'oeuvres that only my husband and I were allowed to touch (not even my mother-in-law who paid for the entire wedding!) while we finished photos with the photographers during the cocktail hour. The Wylder is very accommodating to the food items you want for your wedding weekend (we even had a late-night french fry bar during the reception!) and works with you every step of the way to make sure your wedding details are exactly the way that you want. Charles, the head wait staff, was absolutely incredible at making sure my husband and I were taken care of throughout the night. We did not get a chance to use the free bikes, paddle boards, kayaks, canoes, etc. that Wylder allows for guests because it was cold the weekend we were there, but we can’t wait to go back during the summer to enjoy the pool and these great accommodations! THANK YOU to the Wylder Team for making everything smooth and painless – we honestly cannot have imagined a better, more perfect place to get married.
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Born and raised on the Eastern Shore, I don't know of a better place to get married than on the water! I have been working on weddings for 6 years, starting as an assistant planner in 2016. Since then, I have handled almost every aspect of weddings, from the formal venue perspective and as a freelance planner. I am familiar with military weddings, outdoor weddings, ballroom weddings, and very intimate weddings! I orginially planned on starting my own planning business, however Wylder stole my heart. I love coming to such a beautiful place every day and every wedding I see on our property makes me fall in love with it all over again!
I am so happy you are considering Wylder as a Wedding venue option!! I would LOVE to host your wedding at our beautiful waterfront property on the Eastern Shore. I really think we have something unique and special compared to other venues. With a full wedding weekend and everyone staying at the hotel it is a bit like summer camp & a much more relaxed wedding experience!
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