Grand Hotel Wedding Photography | Mackinac Island | Penelope Steve

Mackinac Island Wedding Grand Hotel

 

In Northern Michigan you can take a ferry across the Straits of Mackinac to the small island of Mackinac Island.   When you arrive on Mackinac Island you will find a peaceful and fun atmosphere filled with lots of activities.    Horse carriages stroll by carrying passengers for hire and private owners.  People are walking and riding their bikes to find secret coves and nooks all around Mackinac Island.  Mackinac Island has a large elevation change so you can find great hiking and biking trails where you might be the only one enjoying them.  Some people love to stay right on Main Street and Mission Street shopping and enjoying the wonderful food created by educated Chefs.  Mackinac Island also hosts a bunch of festivals, foot races, competitions, and more.

The first thing that you notice when coming to Mackinac Island is the size of the Grand Hotel.  Not only can you see it from the mainland, but the more you know about the Grand Hotel the larger it becomes.  The Grand Hotel is a full service hotel on Mackinac Island which caters to all walks of life.  The Grand Hotel hosts intimate to large events including Weddings.  The porch on the Grand Hotel used to be the largest porch in the World!  You can sit on the Grand Hotel porch all day long and feel the soft breeze hit your face while the wait staff takes your orders.

Everything about the Grand Hotel sounded perfect to Penelope and Steve for their destination Wedding location.

They chose a rehearsal dinner location of the Gate House, a Grand Hotel restaurant.  At the rehearsal, Penelope surprised Steve with a Red Wings Octopus cake.  It was really cool and Steve loved it.  The food is great at the Gate House and you can have a nice private back outdoor area for your event too.

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Gate House Grand Hotel Mackinac Island

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Gate House patio

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Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Groom Cake

The Wedding Ceremony was on the Grand Hotel front porch on the west end closest to the Mackinac Bridge.  The sun was beaming on in and the day was bright blue and beautiful.  Penelope, the bride, walked down the isle with her father from Greece.  The Grand Hotel front porch makes a very unique Wedding isle where people line up to watch the beautiful bride walk down.  There were even people standing on their balconies over the Grand Hotel porch watching the Wedding.  It is a very cool experience.

Following the Wedding we captured family images and then everyone was off to a cocktail hour while the bride and groom jumped in the horse drawn Wedding carriage, and I on my bike with my photography gear.  We captured images around the island and it was a perfect day.

The Wedding Reception took place in the Grand Pavilion room.  This room is great for medium sized Weddings.  It has a nice deck overlooking the golf course and the Grand hill.

Here are some of the images from their perfect Grand Hotel Wedding day.

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Cupola Bar Grand Hotel

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Grey and Pink

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Margaret’s Garden Bouquet

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Grand Hotel bride

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Grand Hotel front door

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Pink Bridesmaid dresses

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Pink and Yellow Wedding color

Wedding Grand Hotel Porch

 

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West Porch Grand Hotel

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Grand Hotel Porch Wedding

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Bride Father Wedding Isle

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West Porch Grand Hotel Wedding

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Wedding Ceremony Processional

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Wedding Carriage

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Grand Hotel Wedding Carriage

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West Bluff

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West Bluff

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Mackinac Island Sign

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Main Street Mackinac Island

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Grand Hotel lawn

Grand Pavilion Wedding Reception Mackinac Island

 

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Grand Hotel cake

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Grand Pavilion Ballroom

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Wedding rings

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Grand Hotel Quartet

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Grand Pavilion Ballroom

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Grand Hotel porch

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Grand Pavilion centerpiece

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Grand Pavilion Ballroom

Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Wedding Vendors

Grand Hotel Wedding Ceremony
Grand Hotel Front Porch West end
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Coordinator
Marty Haines
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Reception
Grand Pavilion Ballroom at Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel Salon 
Astor’s Salon at Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel Flowers and Florist
Margaret’s Garden at Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel Harpist
Claire Happel
 
Grand Hotel Videography
Mackinac Island Video Productions
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Officiant
Minister Tom Marx
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Cake
Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel DJ
DJ Brevin
 
Grand Hotel Horse Carriage
Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Rehearsal dinner
The Gate House by the Grand Hotel
 
Grand Hotel Wedding Photography
Paul Retherford Wedding Photography

 

 

If you would like to book a Grand Hotel Wedding get in touch with the Grand Hotel Wedding Coordinator, Marty Haines.  She will help you put together the perfect Mackinac Island Wedding at the Grand Hotel.  The Grand Hotel will accommodate up to 450 people for your perfect Wedding day.  You can have every facet of your Wedding day right at the Grand Hotel.  This full service Wedding location makes for a stress free day.  As you would expect, the Grand Hotel only offers first class service on everything.

 

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