We strongly suggest that guests plan to fly to Seattle no later than Friday morning, October 6th in order to attend the Welcome Party that evening from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm the next morning! The Wedding Party has different instructions and should be arriving no later than Thursday night, October 5th!
Let us explain! Getting to the venue is difficult (see the below section for details ) as such, we are planning on shuttling you there! You can imagine that would be more difficult the more spread out everyone is.
We had blocked off rooms at the Hampton Inn in Northgate that are available at a (slightly) discounted rate. There are a couple of reasons why we strongly suggest staying here that are all related to how you will get to the venue .
You can go to
this link
to book your stay! The group code should be pre-filled, but for reference, it is
CHHJHW.
We have rooms available starting on Wednesday, Oct. 4th
through Monday, Oct. 9th,
as such, please select whichever dates work best for you during that window!
You should be able to find all of the hotel booking minutia in the link above!
The window to book a room through our group code has closed, please book a room at this hotel through regular means (e.g. calling them or making a reservation online) if you still need accommodations.
We highly suggest taking the Light Rail from the Airport to the Hotel Accommodations. The Light Rail is fast, safe, and cheap! Currently, the Light Rail has only 1 Line running from Sea Tac Airport, through downtown to the last station on the line, Northgate. A map is below:
We expect most people to only come to Ballard once or twice, primarily for the Welcome party on Friday evening! Unfortunately, the only way to use public transit to get there is by BOTH Light Rail AND Bus, which may be a little much for those not familiar with public transit in the US!
For those coming to the Welcome Party we would suggest using an Uber and Carpooling as much as possible! A one-way Uber should run about $28 and can usually seat up to 3 people.
We have some reccommendations for what to see in the Things To Do Tab which are centered in a few areas, namely the University of Washington, South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, Seattle Proper, Fremont, and Ballard. Use the below table for suggestion on getting to each one!
See more suggestions for what to do here on the Things to Do Page!There will be two main groups heading to the venue at different times. First will be the ladies who will be arriving at 9:00 am to do things like get the hair and makeup done, and whatever else bridesmaids do before a wedding (you can tell this was written by Reed).
The second group will be the groomsmen, who will be arriving in the late morning at ~11:30 am. Transportation TO THE VENUE for both groups will be handled separately, and will most likely take the form of either:
The bridesmaids will be departing at ~8:30 am for an arrival at the venue of ~9:00 am.
8:30 am
10:45 am
The groomsmen will be departing at ~10:45 am for an arrival at the venue of ~11:30 am.
The ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing are all on-site!
5:15 pm to 11:30 pm
11:30 pm
We have a hard "everyone out the door" policy at our venue, as such the shuttle will be leaving the venue promptly at the conclusion of the event, 11:30 pm.
All shuttles will be returning back to the Hampton Inn, Northgate.
We don't want to come across too forceful here, but it really is imperative that you take the shuttle to and from the venue. This is due to some unique restrictions and constraints inherent to our venue and its location, such as:
We are booking 4 Sprinter Vans which seat 14 people each to transport people from the Hampton Inn in Northgate to the venue. Unfortunately, we cannot do larger shuttles due to incline and turning-radius restrictions at the venue. Those shuttles will be departing from a parking lot adjacent to the hotel:
The drive to the venue will take approximately 30 to 35 minutes. With the ceremony starting promptly at 5:30 pm, the shuttles will be leaving the hotel at 4:20 pm.
4:20 pm
5:30 pm to 11:30 pm
The ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing are all on-site!
We have a hard "everyone out the door" policy at our venue, as such the shuttles will be leaving promptly at the conlusion of the event
All shuttles will be returning back to the Hampton Inn, Northgate.
11:30 pm
Please let us know if you have any disabilities that need to be accommodated on the shuttles so we can determine an appropriate alternative! Thank you for your understanding and we're excited to see y'all at JM Cellars!!!
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