Casa Marina Key West, Curio Collection by Hilton

There is simply nowhere in Key West that compares to this venue. I explored every option on the island and along the entire Florida Keys, and only Casa Marina was able to check ALL of the following boxes:

1) An on-site Plan B for inclement weather
Your ceremony will simply be moved indoors or into one of the hotel's outdoor/covered corridors. Plan B for weather is critical for a Florida wedding and we greatly appreciated having a built-in backup plan without any additional $$ or movement for our guests.

2) Beach wedding ceremony with a hotel ballroom for the reception
Casa's beach is one of the only private beaches on Key West so your ceremony can be private, aside from hotel guests watching (and cheering) from afar. The iconic Casa walkway from the beach to the hotel is absolutely breathtaking for guests and photos! The ceremony and cocktail hour both are hosted outside to enjoy the gorgeous early evening weather and then guests can head inside for the private reception. The Flager Ballroom is stunning with ceilings lined with wood and built-in dance floor. We simply couldn't find another venue in Key West that offered us both an indoor and outdoor option in one place while also accommodating our guest count.

3) Ability to host a guest count of 140+ guests
Many other venues on the island were non-starters for us due to our guest count. Casa was easily able to accommodate our guest count and in their beautiful, recently remodeled Flagler ballroom.

In addition to our baseline requirements that Casa met above, we were blown away by the menu selections we enjoyed at our tasting. We were only disappointed that we couldn't offer our guests more than 2 options as we couldn't seem to narrow down! The Casa puts on a lovely tasting appointment with personalized menus, samples of your selected dishes and wine. We especially loved meeting the Chef and being able to add suggestions to personalize the dishes based on guest dietary preferences - we even have his email address.

Casa's preferred vendor list also got us connected to wonderful + local vendors on the island. These vendors have become our family over the past year of planning and we are so excited we went with local as opposed to bringing anyone down from South Florida.

One of our only 'wishes' would be that Casa would offer a room block for guests as opposed to a 10% discount. We believe more of our guests would have chosen to stay at the wedding hotel with a room block/room block pricing, making it easier to do welcome bags and gather the guests in one spot. That being said, Key West is full of options for guest lodging and our guests ended up just booking all over the island.

Finally, I'd like to give a HUGE shoutout to our wedding coordinator Blaire. She has been by our side for the entirety of our planning process since March 2019. She recommended my FH and I come down to visit on a popular wedding date a year out from our wedding to see the venue + experience the weather + watch a wedding from afar (sitting on a beach hammock!) She also hosted my parent's for a tour on another trip without us even being there. She also helped schedule a beautiful wedding tasting for my parents, FH and I this past January and sat through the tasting and answered all of our questions/suggestions. I most appreciate her support and flexibility through our recent postponement due to COVID-19 which took us from our May 2020 to February 2021 wedding date. Thank you Blaire!

Best people to work with, and they are so helpful to every single detail. Especially, ours was destination wedding.
Especially (Blaire Blechinger) assistant director of catering, and her team. (Peggy Russell)
Wedding planner. Many Thanks to them to make ours big day was so beautiful.
Would recommend to everyone Who want to have destinations wedding.

The venue at Casa Marina is absolutely breath taking! Our wedding guests were so impressed with the gorgeous arches and historical decor and not to mention the ocean backdrop! Our wedding guests all commented that the buffet was one of the best they’ve ever had at a wedding! Love Casa Marina and cannot wait to go back!