WE’VE PICKED A DATE AND VENUE!
For those of you who have been following me on Twitter, you know by now that we’ve picked a date for our wedding and a venue as well!
Allan and I will be getting married in Tofino/Ucluelet on Saturday, September 3rd 2011. Wohooo! We feel that Tofino is the perfect place for us to start our new life together, and I am really excited for all our guests to experience our favourite place in the whole world.
We’ve put deposits down on our venues already! Our ceremony location will be at the Black Rock Resort.
Allan wants an outdoor wedding and I want an indoor wedding… so we thought — hey, let’s have the weather decide! Black Rock has a beautiful outdoor patio that looks out onto the wild Pacific Ocean with dramatic trees and rocks framing the landscape.
It can seat around 100 people, but since we are having only about 70-80 people, it will be the perfect size.
While we were standing there, it was amazing to hear the ocean crashing against the rocks and seeing the ocean spray shoot into the air in the background.
In the event of rain or wind, we will be going downstairs to the Wine Cellar Room at the Black Rock for the ceremony. The room can seat around 100 people for the ceremony.
The room is beautiful with candlelit alcoves and floor to ceiling windows.
The windows look through steep cliffs on either side out to the Pacific Ocean and the waves. We love it!
Our dinner reception will take place just down the driveway at the brand new Ucluelet Community Centre that just opened a few weeks ago!
It’s hard to imagine with this fair going on, but we’re going to transform the inside of this venue to look romantic with tent-like draperies, natural elements and of course, some simple wedding florals. The ceilings are ridiculously high with exposed wood beams and windows. It’s going to be beautiful! And best of all… it’s HUGE (can seat 250 people) so there will be lots of space for a rockin’ dance floor.
We’re really excited about our wedding venues and can’t wait to tie the knot on our favourite little spot on the West Coast, with lots of time for surfing afterwards 
What do you think of destination weddings? What do you think of our venues?
Tags: Black Rock Resort, ceremony, reception, Tofino, Ucluelet, Ucluelet Community Centre, venue, wedding
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June 7th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Man, you guys sure picked an *awesome* place! Just the right size (as in, small & personal) kind of wedding too.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
oooh it’s going to be most smash-tacular!! ti’s the perfect location for you and Allen and i think all your friends and family will lurve it!! it’s going to be one helluva weekend.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
It looks like a beautiful place!!
I’m sure everything will be amazing
Love!
xxx
June 7th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Everyone will have a great time there, for sure!
It’s a beautiful place, I like it.
xxx
- Laura
June 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Beautiful location! I love the date – my daughter’s birthday:)
June 7th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Incredibly beautiful and inspiring!
June 7th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Congrats! It will be a great wedding!
June 7th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Very cool that your being married in Ucluelet, congrats.
I saw your blog via google.
Your welcome to blog about your wedding and surfing on ukees.com
d
June 8th, 2010 at 5:01 am
it’s perfect!!!! so beautiful! it’ll be a great wedding!
June 8th, 2010 at 10:14 am
So pretty. Your wedding will be breathtaking!
June 9th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Awesome perfectness! Isn’t Black Rock owned by the guy that was recently on Millionnaire Matchmaker?
So pretty, and hope the weather deities smile down on you that day!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am
I was googling wedding venues in Tofino/Ucluelet and your blog popped up!
I would love to see photo’s of the venue when you have it all decorated.
Congrats!
June 17th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Congrats first and foremost!
I was part of a wedding at this location last summer and it was BEAUTIFUL! All of the guests stayed at the hotel which was nice and the views from our rooms were fantastic. I just love this location and I hope to go back for a nice romantic weekend away.
Great choice, you won’t be disappointed.
June 24th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Congratulations on your engagement! My supervisor had her wedding at Black Rock, and it was beautiful, she actually had her reception in the wine room there too! Best of luck with all your wedding planning
May 12th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Congrats!
Not sure where all your guests are staying how ever we have a large selection of beautiful vacation rentals with in a 5 min walk from Black Rock that will sleep 6 adults in each. You can see the resort from these rentals not to mention the wide open Pacific Ocean! If we can be of any assistance don’t hesitate to contact us in regards to any info.
All the Best!