An Affair By The Lake

Firstly, this is the most gorgeous venue I have ever seen. Right by Lake Champlain with an amazing backdrop of the Adirondack mountains! Plus a beautifully restored home that we were able to use as our base-camp. But perhaps what sets is apart is that Lorraine (the owner) made our experience at An Affair by the Lake so seamless! She helped ensure every detail was followed through on, was so communicative throughout the planning process, and coordinated with our vendors for timing out the day. It made our wedding feel perfectly tailored to our unique "rustic elegant" style. We live in the UK, so having Lorraine to guide us through our timeline and decision making made us feel like we were in the safest of hands. The day-of was a dream!

In late August, I started planning for a Vermont elopement ceremony for early December, which was just less than 14 weeks before the chosen date. Being from out of state and half way across the country, I decided to do my own research and trust the reviews of others to help us select the venue, photographer and officiant. Because everything was perfect and exceeded all expectations, I wanted to share my experience here as well. Venue - The venue is so beautiful. I fell in love with the outside gazebo and my husband was happy that it was on a lake. Lots of area for an outdoor wedding and the house was very spacious, beautiful and lots of places for great pictures. The whole place provides a very comforting vibe where you feel like you are at home. Lorraine from An Affair by the Lake was amazing! From the very first email, she responded quickly with all of the information and subsequent emails when I had any additional questions. She was very professional, courteous and sincere, which you will feel when she lets you know she wants everything to be exactly as you envision for the day. Great communication and follow up schedule to confirm details such as cake, music, decorations, etc. She creates a folder so you both can easily add information in one place and not have to search through emails. Professionalism - Lorraine was wonderful, very kind, respectful an really made it so much fun. She adds so many of her personal touches that make you feel very welcome and at ease before you arrive and especially when you get to the venue. Lorraine provided a variety of restaurants that were in the area and helped us with our "Hallmark wedding in Vermont" by finding someone in the vicinity who could end it with a horse and carriage ride. Everything here was absolutely perfect and that included the rain that day which was still drizzling during the ceremony. It made for the most incredible pictures with the fog over the lake and the mountains in the background. Sun, rain, snow - all would make for a beautiful wedding location. We were so incredibly happy with Lorraine, the venue and the entire experience while we were there. Would absolutely recommend whether you have 2 people or 200 people. It was the most wonderful time, beautiful scenery, sunsets, calming and peaceful location. . Highly recommend to anyone looking to elope as we did or to have a larger wedding ceremony. When we tell others and they see the pictures, they cannot believe it was all pulled together in a few months with no stress what so ever.

We originally selected An Affair By the Lake because of the gorgeous location, but Lorraine was the real treat! Lorraine answered all of our questions, provided an extremely helpful checklist so we could keep track of all of the things we needed to do before the big day, was extremely responsive, and went out of her way to help us find vendors that met our requirements. Coming from out of state, we were a little overwhelmed trying to get everything organized, but Lorraine made it easy for us. We had booked An Affair By the Lake in early March 2020 before the pandemic began, and ultimately decided to cancel our large wedding and opted for a smaller COVID-friendly ceremony. I am confident that if we had gone through with our original large wedding plan, Lorraine would have ensured the day was beyond perfect for us.

I will start off by saying that the venue is absolutely gorgeous. With the lake, the gazebo, the beautiful cottonwood tree and the barn it is a wonderful place for pictures and to sit and relax. There are also fishing opportunities close by (important to my husband). Working with Lorraine, the owner of the venue, and her daughter was wonderful. From the beginning of planning they keep and eye on everything so once you have booked a vendor, they take over and make sure anything you wanted was done and done on time. They took care of everything! Including a delicious breakfast the day of the wedding so everyone getting ready was fed. There was so much more involved in planning a wedding than I had realized and thanks to them it was perfect and went without a hitch. We could also e-mail them with any question and they always get right back to you. I don't know how they do it but without them I would have been much more stressed and probably would have overlooked a ton of things. The house you stay in is beautiful and full of character and so inviting that it was sad to leave. It is a really excellent venue and I am so glad that we chose to get married there. It was the perfect day, all thanks to them.