My Wedding Report

Alright so continuing on the journey of finding our perfect location from where I left off. ( Be sure to read Part I if you haven’t already.)

Mr. Ducky, my parents and I were touring all over San Diego to find our ideal location for the wedding. It was becoming a little frustrating, but we kept going in the hopes that our search would come to an end. (Note: I would not take everyone on this “outing” if I were to do it again. It started becoming a little stressful with so many opinions)

The Crossings Carlsbad
Another location we really liked was The Crossings Carlsbad. It’s a newer location site in San Diego is actually the clubhouse for a public golf course. Their pricing is super reasonable and they have some great packages. While our group would fit, it would be a tight squeeze and we would have to seat some of our guests in separate room connected to the main reception area. Because we didn’t want to have to “separate” a portion of our guests we had to keep looking. (Photos are from their website)

Inn at Rancho Santa Fe
Inn at Rancho Santa Fe is another beautiful location in San Diego. A few years ago some close friends got married here and I loved it. It’s kind of quaint and just really personal. As a personal preference Mr. Ducky really wanted an indoor reception. They have a ballroom, but it is on the smaller size and would not fit a group of our size. So that is our main reasoning for not choosing this location. Also, I have some friends/acquaintances that are getting married here in the next year and for a few of my guests I’d be the 3rd/4th wedding of the year in this location and I thought that was weird. They have a beautiful outdoor reception area and if you are looking for more of a garden wedding I’d recommend looking here. There is big tree that many of the ceremonies take place under and the surroundings are so sweet. I think it is also important to note that the catering managers here seem really great to work with.




Photos from The Knot

The Prado Balboa
The Prado in Balboa, was a little further south in San Diego than we originally wanted. However, weddings there looked so beautiful in the pictures that I just had to look. I really liked that the ballroom was unique and didn’t look like a standard hotel ballroom. When we arrived the location was filled with people and despite the beautiful pictures it did not seem at all private. Above the ceremony location is a restaurant where people would be sitting which took away from the beauty of it. Also, they do several weddings a day here and are on a pretty tight schedule of cycling them through. I really did not like this idea of packing them in (although I am sure it is efficient) so we crossed this location off our list. But you can see in the pictures how pretty it is.

Pictures from Here Comes the Guide

Coming next: Part III and the location that we thought was “the one”