Dear Family & Friends,
We are delighted that you will be joining us for Amber’s and Brian’s wedding and a weekend of celebrations. This information, and more, will be provided in the Welcome Bag that you will receive when you arrive at the Hyatt Place, BWI Airport hotel. If the desk doesn’t offer it, please ask for it.
We thought it may be helpful for planning your visit to have the following information in advance:
- Accommodations at the Hyatt Place BWI are 10 minutes from the Elkridge Furnace Inn wedding venue
- Transportation provided by shuttles, no car required, parking is available
- Saturday Evening Dinner for out of town guests at Matthew’s 1600 6:30-9 PM
- Wedding at Elkridge Furnace Inn is Sunday 6-26-16 from noon to 5 PM
- Monday Morning Brunch at the Hyatt Place is from 8:30-11:30 AM
Transportation
The Hyatt Place BWI Hotel, which is very near the BWI airport, runs a free shuttle bus to and from the airport and the train station at Thurgood Marshall BWI (Baltimore Washington International) airport. If you call the hotel when you arrive, (410) 859-3366, they will send the shuttle to the airport or train station to pick you up. We will provide a larger bus from the Hyatt hotel to the Saturday night dinner for out of town guests and to the wedding on Sunday.
It will be possible for you to get through the weekend without renting a car.
We also understand Uber service is very good around the airport if you need to go somewhere beyond the range of the hotel shuttle. Please note that if you want to use Uber, you must first register and create a Uber account online (Uber.com).
Hospitality Suite
Brian’s parents, Carol and Jerry Doctrow are hosting a hospitality suite in the hotel in Rooms 210 & 212. The hospitality suite will offer a place for you to “hang out” and connect with other friends and relatives in town for the wedding. The suite will be stocked with snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. We expect the hospitality suite to be open from Friday June 24 at 5 pm until Monday June 28 at 11 am, except when other events are underway. We will be there as much as we can, but feel free to use the suite even if we aren’t there.
Dinner For Out Of Town Guests
Brian’s grandparents, Sam & Joan Boocker, are hosting a dinner for out of town guests on Saturday night at Matthew’s 1600 restaurant. The restaurant is about 8 miles from the Hyatt Place hotel and has free parking on site. For those with cars, directions will be included in the Welcome Bag. For those without cars, a bus to the event will leave from the front of the Hyatt Place hotel at 6:15 pm and will return from the restaurant at 9:00 pm. Dress for the dinner is casual.
Wedding Ceremony & Celebration
Weather permitting, the wedding ceremony will be held outdoors at the Elkridge Furnace Inn, and the cocktail reception will be both outdoors and indoors. Stiletto heels are not recommended.
Regardless of the weather, dining and dancing will take place in an air-conditioned tent. The wedding venue is only about 5 miles from the Hyatt Place hotel and has on-site, free parking. Again, for those with cars, directions will be included in the Welcome Bag. For those without cars, there will be a bus to the event, leaving the hotel at 11:15 am with a second pickup at 11:40. The bus will be available to return guests to the hotel upon demand with the last run at 5:15 pm.
Monday Brunch
Amber’s parents, Kathy Wallens & Kenneth Hill, are hosting brunch in the Hyatt Place hotel on Monday morning directly behind the registration desk. Please stop in and join us before you take off for home – or your next stop. Dress is casual.
We plan to have a board for Post-It notes, pens and cards for those who want to leave a note for Amber and Brian or others. Brunch is also an excellent opportunity to exchange contacts, e-mail addresses, phone numbers.
Information about things you may want to do while you are in the area is available here or Amber & Brian’s wedding site, WeddingWire.com/hilldoctrow under Local Activities.
For more information or if you cannot open the WeddingWire site, this HillDoctrowWedding.com site is more easily accessible. You can find all of this information on HillDoctrowWedding.com/wedding-weekend-information/ for future reference. This information will also be provided in the Welcome Bag.
Thank you for joining in our celebrations. We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.
Accommodations:
Hyatt Place BWI Hotel
(410) 859-3366
940 International Drive
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
BaltimoreBWI.Place.Hyatt.com
Wedding Venue:
Elkridge Furnace Inn
(410) 379-9336
5745 Furnace Avenue
Elkridge MD 21075
ElkridgeFurnaceInn.com
Saturday Evening Dinner:
Matthew’s 1600 (restaurant)
(410) 788-2500
1600 Frederick Road
Catonsville, MD 21228
Matthews1600.net