Come see us!

Come see us at VOW!!! We are booth #47!

Comment on this post to get a second chance to win the spa certificate!

We are so excited to meet you!

The VOW BRIDAL EVENT winners have been chosen!

Hurry and check your messages- the winners of the free tickets have been notified via email!

We are so excited to have you join us at the VOW Bridal Event on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who entered!!!

Even if you didn't win tickets- you can still buy them at the door!  We hope to see all of you there

Come by our booth (We are Booth #47) and you can meet us, chat about weddings at the VBCC, get a free gift, AND register to win a spa gift certificate!

We will be Tweeting, Facebooking, and Blogging from the show as well so be sure to Follow/Like/Subscribe as necessary to get all of the latest information!

VOW Bridal Event: Ticket Giveaway!

The VBCC is giving away tickets to the VOW Bridal Event here on Sunday!  Simply comment on this post with your name and email and you’ll be entered into the contest drawing for a pair of tickets! The six lucky winners will be notified on Friday, February 17^th.  Best wishes!

Event Details:

VOW Bridal Event | Sunday February 19th |  11am-4pm

Visit our booth to see the fun things the VBCC has to offer - get your FREE GIFT, view photos of real VBCC weddings, signup for our SPA GIFT CERTIFICATE RAFFLE and chat with our bridal experts!

Click on the image below for more detailed event info including the VIB Breakfast Workshop:

(Even if you don’t win free passes from us- if you pre-register online- you save $2!)

Don't forget to subscribe via email on the left side of the page while you are here so you can continue to get updates and information on our fabulous weddings!

Good Luck and hope to see you there!

Dressing up your table- Centerpieces!!

After your table setup, one of the biggest impacts in your room for your guests when they enter are your table centerpieces. They set the tone of the room and bring in all of your wedding colors to decorate the room and show of your style. From simple to elaborate, we have seen some interesting uses of color and space in our building.

From traditional flowers, to colored water, to even fruit! Check out what some of our former brides have done to make the tables truly their own:

Photo Credit: Catie's Photography

Stumped on what to do or short on time and budget and want some ideas? Our exclusive caterer, Distinctive Gourmet, offers centerpieces for rent at a reasonable rate that can be customized to match your taste and wedding colors (and you don't have to worry about carting around centerpieces before the wedding, set up, or clean up).

Here are some examples:

Each rental centerpiece comes with 3 clear glass cylinders filled with water- you can use our Fire Marshal approved candles, float your own flowers, or add decorative pieces around the base. This photo shows clear water with candles on a silver charger base.

Another option is to have your 3 cylinders on top of a mirrored tile to reflect the candle light. This photo also shows a standard colored napkin under the mirror for a pop of color.

A third option here is that we can do our best to match your wedding colors and color the water in some or all of your cylinders. Shown here with the mirrored tile- the colored water adds that little something extra to the table.

Contact your catering sales manager for more details on pricing and even more ideas on how to make our rental centerpieces all your own.

What interesting thing have you seen/used as centerpieces for a wedding? Comment on this post and let us know (include a photo or link if you can!) we love new ideas!

Virginia Beach as a "Destination Wedding" Location

One trend we noticed from the fabulous brides at the Washington Bridal Showcase was that more and more are looking for a "destination wedding" that is still semi-close by and affordable (Sorry, Hawaii and the Bahamas- you guys are beautiful yes, but you are just too far and WAY too expensive to travel to).

For a lot of brides- Virginia Beach is a great alternative. We are a days drive from most of the east coast, we have an international airport nearby, we have an awesome beach, and we have lots of fun and exciting things to do on the days surrounding your wedding for you and your guests- no matter what time of year you get married! 

Don't believe me?  Check out our website: www.visitvirginiabeach.com

What is also wonderful about the Virginia Beach Convention Center, as we have mentioned before on this blog, is that we can do your ceremony and your reception in the same place. Once they get here, no one has to drive anywhere and brides love that they can even get dressed here and never have to take their white dress outside!  Unless of course they want to take the dress out for some beautiful photo opportunities. Having the peace of mind of not having to worry about the weather is a blessing during those last hours leading up to the big day.

There are great places to stay- hotels all along the oceanfront and boardwalk areas as well as vacation rental homes where your whole family or bridal party can be under one roof. (Wedding Slumber Party!!!)

We are excited that brides and grooms are choosing Virginia Beach and the Virginia Beach Convention Center as a place to bring their families and share the most important day of their lives with us. If your family and friends will have to travel to your wedding anyway - it might be a consideration for you to "Bring it to the Beach" and make a real vacation out of your fantastic party.

Washington Bridal Showcase!

We had such an amazing time at the Washington Bridal Showcase this past weekend in Fairfax, Virginia! Were you there too? Did you get to see our booth and come chat with us?

If not, here is what it looked like:

We got to talk to so many fun brides from all over, gave away tons of free gifts, and registered brides and guests to win our beach bag giveaway. (Thanks to all that participated in the raffle- we chose the winner this afternoon and she has been notified via email).

We will be having a booth in the VOW Event on February 19th so if you missed us in Fairfax, perhaps we can catch you there!