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10 Questions to Ask Before Booking Your Wedding Venue

Wedding planning, no matter how many times you’ve done it, comes with a lot of questions about how and when certain things should get done. This can be stressful enough, but on top of all the questions already going through your head, you then go to check out your top wedding venues and realize that you don’t even know what questions to ask. Well, being one of Virginia Beach’s...

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The Do’s & Don’ts of Hiring Wedding Professionals

Choosing your wedding vendors is one of the biggest decisions that you will make in the wedding planning process.  However, many of our soonlyweds don’t understand the importance of making sure that they hire a professional!  There have been too many times where a couple has asked a family friend, that has no experience in shooting weddings, to take the photos they will look back on...

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How to Properly Thank Your Wedding Vendors!

Your wedding vendors are the professionals that make your Virginia Beach wedding come to life, and hopefully in a way that is even better than what you hoped for!  Most of these vendors are working with you from start to finish, and do everything they can to make sure you trust them to handle the details of your wedding.  Things like answering emails after office hours, scheduling an...

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Wedding Highlights: Becca & Billy 12/2/2017

Becca & Billy tied the knot on December 2, 2017 on Lesner Inn‘s famous Sunset Deck, while overlooking the Lynnhaven River. They were a DREAM couple! We loved getting to know them during the planning process & especially loved how perfect for each other they are. Not only were they so sweet, but the love from their friends & family surrounding them was so evident throughout...

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Let’s Talk Budgeting

One of the most common issues that we have when discussing wedding budgets with potential clients is the fact that they haven’t educated themselves on what a wedding can actually cost.  A wedding is usually one of the first big investments that you & your fiancé will make together.  It requires as much research & budgeting as it does to purchase a home!  Before you give potential...

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Feature Guest: Waterford Event Rentals

We are total fanatics when it comes to blogging about the wedding industry & giving our own insight, but we also love to give some insight from other vendors who specialize in different aspects of weddings. We want you to get to know the whole package when it comes to planning or designing your wedding, so we have asked Waterford Event Rentals to be a featured guest on today’s blog!...

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Lesner Inn’s Annual Open House: Featuring 2018 Wedding Trends

Just like fashion, wedding trends are ever changing & sometimes it is hard to know if something is hot or “so 2017”.  The team at Lesner Inn wants to save you the legwork & give you the top trends for this coming season, straight from us in the know!  We were able to showcase many of these trends at our open house on January 28th, but in case you missed it, here are some inspiring...

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Thoughtful & Even Useful Favors

One of the many perks of going to a wedding are the favors that you get to take home. A little thank you from the couple is super sweet, but it can be stressful on the newlyweds if they don’t know what to give or how to keep the cost low. To help with some ideas, we’ve put together a list of five thoughtful & even useful favors that your guests will love & won’t break the bank! Koozies We’re...

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Wedding Vocabulary Guide

We at Lesner Inn, we know that sometimes wedding planning can get stressful & a bit confusing since you & your fiance probably haven’t planned a wedding before. Since it may seem like we are speaking a completely different language, Lesner Inn made a glossary of some of the most commonly used wedding industry words to help slim down that confusion between you & your...

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Budget Tips for your Big Day

We know that most engaged couples are on a budget. Of course, the budget varies from couple to couple but we see that most couples tend to have a number that they would like to stick below. With that in mind, we have come up with some handy tips to make sure you & your fiancé have a beautiful wedding, but stay within the budget! Reception A major way to cut the cost of your wedding...

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Best of 2017!

We’ll be honest. We think that we have the best job on Earth because every day is a party at Lesner Inn! Every Monday, we meet to recap the weekend’s events & have been keeping a running list of some of the most memorable weddings of 2017. At the end of each year, we sit down to go over all of these lists & pick our favorites to share with you, our past, present, & future...

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Wedding Highlights: Amanda & Matt 8/5/2017

Amanda & Matt got married at Lesner Inn on August 5, 2017 on our Sunset Deck.  The ladies at Lesner Inn had the pleasure of coordinating their wedding, where we had a great time getting to know them & their families!  After learning a little bit more about them, we love how much of their wedding details match up to the details of their love story!  We hope you enjoy the details...

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