My husband and I just got married here on the beac...

My husband and I just got married here on the beach at the Hilton! It was an absolutely wonderful experience! Our coordinator was Courtney and she did a phenomenal job getting us all down the isle on time. She helped coordinate all the vendors and even decorate the day of!
My husband and I found all of our vendors through online reviews and recommendations for our Clearwater beach destination wedding. We made one trip to Clearwater about 14 months out to find our venue. We had contemplated going with a different vendor for the ceremony, but after talking with our coordinator at the Hilton the way to go was to let them handle all that. We did our rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception, and morning after brunch with the Hilton. When we first booked with the Hilton we had one coordinator, then about 6 months later all communication ceased. It was a bit scary, but Courtney Owens picked us up and tried to make the transition seamless. There were some bumps along the way but Courtney went above and beyond to make sure this day was as smooth as possible. The venue was beautiful, and although they have their own "private beach", it is surrounded by public beach. If you are looking for a private/intimate ceremony I would not recommend the ceremony here. The reception was beautiful! the staff was amazing! The only complaint my guests had was that there was a (very loud) wedding going on at the same time on the lower deck.(Their ceremony started an hour before ours) If you have your reception outside on one of the decks, you run the risk of overlapping with someone on the other deck.(which is literally 10ft away from your reception area) We opted for the larger deck hoping that if we did happen to overlap it would be a smaller group. Who knew 20 people could make that much noise. We had to actually request the other party turn their music down, as we were trying to do our first dances. You have the option to rent both decks. If you want it private I would recomend doing that! For the money we paid we feel we should have been given a little more distance. The food was great! everyone loved the skirt steak and the stuffed chicken. The pigs in a blanket, shrimp cocktail, and crabcakes were amazing. (The staff even thought to hold some back for us while we were taking pictures!) Doing a large portion of the wedding through the Hilton took some of the stress away. They have inclusive packages, so as long as your not too picky they can take care of a lot of details for you. All in all it was a wonderful night and we wouldn't have done it any other way
Thanks, Lauren and Colby 6/10/18