La Banque de Fleuve and La Banque at the Seaplane Base

ing outdoors, dancing under the stars, using the indoor lounge for hair/makeup before the ceremony, and being able to get cool moon photos on the dock. Things to consider: 1. The price for the venue includes the amazing view, chairs/tables for the reception/ceremony, a nearby parking lot for guests, and the use of the whole property. We did 5 hours of event time and could be on site 5 hours before the event and 1 hour after (for vendors to clean up). Any additional time on site is extra. So, if you need to be in the Lounge earlier for hair and makeup to be finished before your ceremony or so you can take first-look photos or family photos before the event starts, it’s an additional hourly fee to do that. If you want guests to be able to arrive 30 minutes before your event start time, it’s an additional hourly fee. 2. The venue gives you preferred vendor choices, which is helpful, and you need to pick one of their preferred caterers. 3. You will have to buy event insurance (this is in the contract and wasn’t a surprise fee, we knew this when we signed). 4. There are no hotels in downtown Havre de Grace, the closest are in Aberdeen (~12 mins away), so transportation to and from the venue for guests is something to consider. (Side Note: There are a few great AirBnBs in the area–we stayed in one that was within walking distance to and from the venue and was a great spot for the guys to hang out the day of!) 5. Kim has a lot of wonderful suggestions for how to make your day happen how you want, I truly mean that. She was open to our ideas and clearly cared about us having a special day. I just wish we’d known that there would be a lot of extras that we needed to budget for to make our day happen and be a good experience for our guests. 6. From our experience, we ended up needing to work with additional vendors to get: Heaters and extra lights so we could keep the included tent warm and have the outside dance floor a comfortable temperature (we had a fall wedding), we skipped renting a smaller sweetheart table (it wasn’t part of our included tables/chairs for some reason), our DJ and ice cream vendor had to bring their own tables and tablecloths, and a day-of-coordinator because the venue doesn’t do any setup or breakdown of the chairs provided and will not put centerpieces out or other decorations. When we booked in 2023, a day of coordinator wasn’t required, but it ended up being something we had to get upon learning the extent of what the venue manager would do the day of our wedding. Two very organized hospitality industry friends of mine offered to handle that for us and did a wonderful job. However, our impression was that the venue would have preferred we pick a full-time or professional day-of-coordinator service. (It looks like a day-of-coordinator is now required to book the seaplane base.) Overall, if you have a larger budget and work with a wedding planner, I think all of these considerations would be no problem. We just didn’t have the budget to do that, so it ended up being a lot of coordination for us between vendors and the venue, especially because we learned that the venue has specific preferences about other vendors' execution/timing and wants to know all of the details, but doesn’t want to manage those relationships or communications.

ater! Kim is incredible and truly cares about her brides/grooms to get to know them and help execute an incredible wedding day. Kim made sure to check in on me to see how I was doing with planning and was always so helpful with any questions I have. I absolutely loved this venue and hosting a wedding here is perfect! Pro tip: host your after party at Coakley’s Pub!

the rain turned into a tropical storm (#Ophelia). Not the ideal scenario for an outdoor tented venue. The week before the wedding Kim was looking at the weather forecast at all hours throughout the night. Then three days before the wedding we made the joint decision to hold the reception at the Bank and do the ceremony outside under a second tent we had rented. Kim completely revamped the plans to create an intimate cocktail party/ night club vibe. The guests could not stop talking about how fun the reception was! We broke up our buffet into two food stations and had tables with chairs as well as cocktail tables. We used the vault area for dessert and Photo Booth. The wedding turned out wonderfully and it actually stopped raining when I walked down the aisle. We are so grateful for Kim and the rest of the team for their ability to adapt under theses circumstances. Kim is wonderful to work with and always puts her clients first. This was an amazing experience that we will remember forever!

wanted him to. Kim was so kind and accommodating through the entire process. She addressed all of our concerns and made sure to take as much stress off as possible. Our venue was absolutely gorgeous the day of and our pictures look stunning. Our guests continuously said we had the perfect venue and how much they loved it. We stumbled upon this venue on a walk through town and it was the best discovery ever! So thankful we had our wedding here. Thank you to Kim and her staff!!