Hotel Wedding Venues in Maryville

We had the most perfect wedding weekend at RT Lodge. The most meaningful part of the weekend was getting to have so many loved ones all together at the lodge. Everyone loved how cozy it felt, and we got so lucky with the spring weather and flowers blooming! We had a lot of guests coming from all over (from California to Canada to the Netherlands...) and it was so much fun getting to show off East TN. Being able to have all the events in one venue was also great. You really felt like you were in a different space for each part (garden setting for the ceremony, back by the lodge for cocktail hour, and in the tent for the reception), but only had to walk a few steps to get from one to the other--not to mention just having to walk out your room door to get to any of them. The food was also outstanding. (I would've had my wedding at RT Lodge just for the tasting alone. I feel like we ate for 4 hours straight, and it was all incredible.) And, it was all the more fun given how enthusiastic the team was about incorporating foods with special meaning--a Great British Bakeoff-style groom's cake, tea cookies with edible flowers pressed on, cranberry walnut bread just like what's served at one of our favorite spots in DC, late night fried chicken-pimiento cheese biscuits, and more. They were also so thoughtful about accommodating a wide range of dietary restrictions. And Ali is just the best. I expected wedding planning to be stressful, but with Ali and the team at RT, it wasn't only painless, but was actually fun. Ali was SO organized and helpful choosing and coordinating with vendors--I could count on her to remember everything I would never have thought of. And on the day of, Ali worked like crazy behind the scenes from dawn to midnight while somehow also being so positive and relaxed at every moment. It was exactly the energy you want if you're a bride on wedding day! That really goes for the whole team. They were just on it the entire weekend. I've been at weddings before where there are different snags (long lines for drinks, awkward in-between periods, etc.) but here, everything ran so seamlessly, and we felt taken care of the whole time. Last thing--one of my low-key favorite things about the weekend was also that a (very good) breakfast is included with guests' stays, which meant that I got to spend this easy, unstructured time with family and friends both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Those were some of the sweetest moments from the whole weekend!