International Country Club

t of sync with each other. We were continually made to feel unwelcome due to us being non-members and presented with a timeline that does not make sense in today’s wedding market. There are many fantastic venues in the surrounding area that will make you feel like it is their privilege to host your special day rather than an inconvenience. Don’t waste your time with a venue that doesn’t want you there. Now, for the specifics. My fiancé and I began our experience with ICC in Spring of 2022. We were looking for a venue for our Summer 2024 wedding. We met with the catering director at the time, Sam. She was wonderful and assured us that she would personally take care of everything for us on our big day, including day-of-coordination. But she also informed us that ICC policy did not allow booking dates more than 18 months in advance. As we liked the space and we really felt comfortable putting our wedding in Sam’s hands, my fiancé and I decided that ICC was the venue for us and we stopped our search, waiting for the 18-month mark so that we could lock in our date. As the 18-month mark approached in early 2023, we reached out to ICC to see what we would need to do to get the ball rolling. ICC responded with a note that Sam was no longer working there. No one had thought to inform us of this, but regardless we reached out to the current team to try and see if everything would still move forward as expected. They told us that there would be a price increase, which we had anticipated, but they still did not have the prices for the 2023-2024 put together (even as 2023 began). And also, we would no longer be able to count on them to do our day-of-coordination. We were also told that there had been a policy change and that the earliest we would be able to book, not being members of the club, would be 12 months in advance. This caught us totally off guard. Previously, we were informed that being non-members would have no impact on our wedding timeline. But, apparently, the members (who pay handsomely to be members) would be outraged when they tried to book out the space for their own events only to find that it had already been reserved for a non-member wedding, hence the policy change. In a competitive wedding market like Northern Virginia, having just 12-months to secure vendors is not realistic. Many of our favorite vendors would book up for Saturday weddings well before that timeframe. Needless to say, we did not move forward with ICC. The one good thing to come out of this whole experience was that we ended up finding our dream venue that made us feel welcome and appreciated. And hopefully, if you skip ICC, you'll be able to find that dream venue too.

. The food was amazing. The grounds were beautiful. It was just absolutely amazing. For the price, I cannot believe the value we received. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

t every step of the way. The gorgeous greens and elegant interior left little work for decorating. The flow of the day from gathering indoors to avoid the heat up until the last moment to an efficient move outside, to the beautiful cocktail room overlooking the ceremony space to the open spacious reception area was natural and easy for guests. The food was incredible and even as a non-salad lover I became obsessed with the walnut, pear, bacon, balsamic spinach salad. They made it so easy to drop things off and stop in when I needed to visualize the space. Every step of the way Laura was fantastic and I was continuously appreciative and amazed that she encouraged me to make decisions that minimized my stress and cost and kept the focus of our day on what was important. She knew an outdoor ceremony was our goal and with some rain in the forecast the ICC set up for indoor AND outdoor so that my fiance could make the call at the last second (kindly everyone hid the fact it was raining from me!). Not to mention, Laura saved the day when we realized my comb for my veil was missing and she drove out to a dress salon to have them attach it! I can't imagine our day anywhere else and with anyone else helping us through it, my words can't express how truly above and beyond everyone went!

ce. Thank you to Laura and her team for making our wedding perfect!

atio area that overlooks the golf course with tables and chairs and several of our guests congregated out there because it was such a beautiful night! We worked with Laura and Elizabeth as the coordinators for ICC and they are absolutely amazing! It is obvious that they have done this so many times because they are extremely organized and they have already thought of everything. Laura would respond to my questions always within 24 hours, but usually within less than an hour. I had guests that needed gluten-free meals and this was no problem. Working with ICC was such a stress-free experience because of Laura and Elizabeth and they really made our wedding day run so smoothly. The whole facility is beautiful with lots of great places for your outdoor pictures. I cannot say enough about how happy we were with ICC!

ls, and always had a wonderful attitude about everything. She was reassuring during the entire process and always had answers that made sense. On the day of, the food was amazing, Laura set up everything beautifully, and Laura made sure everything happened on time! One more perk...they clean up for you so you don't have to bribe your friends and family to be on clean-up duty!

stions and made me feel comfortable that everything would come together at the end. The price is great for the Northern VA area and all the fees/service charges are already added into the per person price, which makes the final bill easier with no surprises at the end. I would highly recommend this for anyone looking to get married in the Northern VA area.