Planning a Military Wedding in Baltimore

Planning a military wedding in Baltimore involves finding an honorable venue for it. One venue that military weddings can and have been held in is Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Home of the city’s professional baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, military members are welcome to get married there.

The American Visionary Museum has also hosted weddings for military members. Encantada is the museum’s restaurant, which hosts wedding reception dinners. Wedding guests can always pick up a souvenir at the museum’s gift shop while they are there.

There are several hotels in Downtown Baltimore where military members can get a discount on a room. This is perfect not only for the bride and groom, but also for any wedding guests who are also members of the military. Some of the hotels where this discount is offered are the Downtown Baltimore/Inner Harbor Residence Inn by Marriot, the Baltimore Marriot Waterfront, Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Hampton Inn Baltimore-Downtown Convention Center and the Hotel Brexton.

The Castle at Maryvale, located in Lutherville, Maryland offers a military discount as well and has a chapel couples can hold their wedding in. The building has been standing since 1916. Ceremonies and receptions can be held in the Great Hall, which boasts Tudor style carvings on paneled walls made with European oak.  Any wedding at this venue can be catered by an onsite company. There are beautiful diamond paneled glass doors in the Hall that open out onto a spacious terrace. From the terrace couples and their guests can view boxwood gardens and a lawn with healthy bright green grass. Outdoor wedding receptions are often held in the gardens. Brides will find that they can make their grand entrance into their ceremony by coming down the grand staircase. The solarium in this venue is also a beautiful place for a couple’s guests to admire, with a large fireplace and stone walls. Complete with a bride’s suite, The Castle at Maryvale is the perfect choice for a military wedding.

Going to the Chapel is an Annapolis, Maryland based military wedding specialist that can help couples plan every aspect of their wedding. There are three different levels of service for couples to choose from. The three levels are the Essential Services Package, the Enhanced Services Package and the Full Service Package. Weddings planned by this group of specialists are held at the Naval Academy Chapel.

Bittner Photography is a Maryland based wedding vendor that serves military couples. The company is run by a married couple that has three grown sons, two of whom are in the military. While one is a member of the U.S. Army and the other one is a member of the U.S. Marine Corp. As a result, they understand the specifics of a military wedding and can provide couples with the best photography they can get. They also include traditional wedding photography experiences such as using sparklers for weddings in the photos or editing in cool background images, but their main focus is on military weddings.

Military couples will find that planning a wedding in Baltimore is easy to do. They have many resources at their fingertips for doing so.