Ocean Key Resort

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uter. However, a few people truly went above and beyond for our recent wedding in Key West Florida, that it would be a crime not to let other potential clients know about them! My now husband, Kris hails come America and I am from Australia. While we call Australia home, we decided upon a destination wedding in Key West Florida. A decent percentage of our friends and family would be meeting for the first time, making it all the more special. We envisaged a weekend filled with fun, laughter and memories to last a lifetime. Kris and I had spent a few glorious nights in Key West numerous years ago. We feel in love with Key West, from the sunsets to the roosters, the live music and the delicious food. When we decided on a destination wedding, Key West was an easy choice. We knew choosing the venue would be one, if not, the biggest decision to make. Being your typical bride, did a lot of research online, I read countless reviews, reached out to people and mulled (sometimes painstakingly) over decisions. We settled up Ocean Key Resort and Spa. We dreamt of long farm tables, cold cocktails and dancing the night away under the stars of the Sunset Pier. Through choosing Ocean Key Resort and Spa, we were introduced to Cara. Cara was professional, kind and went above and beyond to make our wedding day the perfect day that is was. Cara promptly answered my numerous (hundreds upon hundreds) of emails with kindness and honestly. We were able to add elements and take away others to suit our wedding day, for example, guests where greeted with champagne on arrival at the ceremony and we had an uncovered dance floor under the stars. Kris and I were not able to be present for pre-wedding activities, for example menu tastings, which Cara happily organized for our family based in America to attend. She managed to make everything feel very special and personalized, even though we were located on the other side of the world. In addition to helping us with all things Ocean Key and wedding day, Cara helped us to organise other elements of the wedding weekend as well. She assisted in choosing a rehearsal dinner venue and a boat charter company, all of which was not required of her. Planning a destination wedding from the other side of the world and not being able to visit the venue once prior to the wedding screams stress. However, Cara made the planning process very easy and instilled a sense of confidence and calmness surrounding the planning process. Closer to our wedding, we met Nicole. Both Cara and Nicole worked together on bringing all out planning together and were present for our rehearsal and on the day. Both Nicole and Cara were superstars in our planning journey and on the day. We cannot thank them enough for all the effort, professionalism, and patience they gave us. If you are looking for fun, truly unforgettable destination wedding, look no further than Ocean Key. I cannot recommend this venue and Cara enough.

rictions of KW beach weddings, we settled on searching for a waterfront location. I’m SO glad we did. Being able to have our ceremony on the water’s edge and reception on a private pier with water surrounding us during sunset was simply impeccable and perfection. A day or two before the wedding, we all gathered at the pool for the day. It was a blast and again an insane scene with a cute pool bar, cabanas, and right on the water’s edge. Cara Johnson, Director of Sales & Catering, knocked it out of the park. We worked with her since June 2019. She was consistently responsive in a timely manner with answering all my questions, which I had many!! With various requests, the answer was always yes. She was flexible where she could be. With worked quickly with all my vendors to get approved to work on site as well. We also received a gift sent to our room on our wedding night which was very thoughtful and a wonderful surprise. Our wedding couldn’t have gone better if someone tried to make it better. The entire Ocean Key staff was beyond friendly and accommodating. Big props to Grace, our bartender. Some of my guests mentioned to me that their drink was waiting for them on the bar when they needed a refill! They loved that personal touch. Food TOP notch (and we are foodies!). Everyone, and I mean everyone, raved about the food so if that’s important to you – do not worry about Ocean Key’s Hot Tin Restaurant’s abilities. One thing is that the hotel accommodations are pricey and there only a small discount for wedding guests. We offered it to our guests but didn’t push staying there due to cost. We recommended the various Hotels, BNBs, Airbnb, etc. within walking distance and most guests opted for that with no complaints. All in all, I never had to worry about our wedding during planning or day off thanks to Cara and her team. And that is so important! I left KW after our wedding weekend thinking, what is too soon to renew our vows so we can do this all over again 😊 Thank you Cara and team for making everything a dream!

nning and made the whole event seamless. We stayed at the resort for a week after our wedding for our honeymoon as well and were treated like royalty by all of the staff. We had a spa day two days after the wedding which was wonderful! Highly recommend the spa. Hot Tin Roof did all of the catering for the wedding and we had so many guests tell us it was some of the best food they had ever had! The setting is extremely hard to beat and the weather was absolutely perfect for our April 13th wedding. I was totally relaxed on the day of because it all went off without a hitch. We also worked with Nate, the concierge, who set us up with some fun dinners and activities during out stay. He was wonderful so definitely use him if you plan on spending any additional time in Key West! Again, I could go on and on about Ocean Key. You will not be disappointed with this venue. We had quite a number of guests say it was the best wedding they had ever been to. We will definitely be back for our anniversary trips and can't wait to see everyone on the staff again!

f planning a wedding seem like nothing. I'm so happy we planned with OKR! We can't wait to come back!

eam definitely help you out through the whole process and are so great about answering all your questions and in a timely fashion. The venue is gorgeous and I couldn't have asked for better people to help me plan my wedding. Cara is so sweet and thoughtful is so wonderful to work with, you won't be disappointed at all. Hot Tin Roof also does a great job with the food and the Chefs there made a special meal for a severe food allergy guest at my wedding. All of my guest talk about how that was the best wedding they have ever been too and I owe it all to Cara and her team at the Ocean Key.

tress of wedding planning away. Our wedding blew our guests, and my husband and I, away. We will always remember how Ocean Key made the best day of our lives so special and amazing!

at pricey and not willing to negotiate much on price but the quality we received matched what we paid. The food was excellent and the venue was beautiful.

looked Mallory square so we were able to watch the sunset celebration from our balcony. I highly recommend staying here if you get married in key west!