We would love to invite your little ones, but given the intimate nature of the venue and our need to dance the night away, this is an adults only wedding with except for a few ring bearers. Actual bears or children? You'll find out.
Great question! If you are staying at or near the Northport Bay Retreat, we will have transportation to and from Saturday's festivities. Please note that there are many walkable options in the immediate area of Willowbrook, but they do book up fast. Regarding other transportation options, please plan ahead of time with a scheduled cab ride as ubers are not readily available. We can provide options upon request! * There will be no transportation provided for the Friday Welcome Party, so please plan accordingly. Feel free to reach out with any questions!
For Friday, the Northport Bay Retreat has an enormous driveway and roundabout... we don't expect that to fill up completely, but worst case scenario, it's totally fine to park on M22 immediately off the driveway. For Saturday, the beauty of getting married in a village is that we're the biggest (and likely only) event in the town! Parking is free and there should be plenty of it on Mill street in front of our venue and on the neighboring streets. If you want to park near the ceremony and walk to the reception, the Northport Marina has plenty of parking spots that will put you 100 yards from our ceremony site. Northport aims to please.
Well, it's October in Northern Michigan... we're going to plan to do as much as we can outdoors, with the back up plan of indoors. If you're worried about what to wear, plan like it's a crisp, beautiful fall day! Ceremony will be near the water and cocktail/reception will be split inside and out, if the weather cooperates with us.