BACKYARD + AIR BNB Weddings: UPDATED 

Please do an AirBnB video on how to find a venue

Using this pandemic as an excuse to get our yard looking beautiful for a backyard wedding. :)

Please don’t forget about Bugs ( ant piles, mosquitos and flies can really be annoying)

Please do an air bnb video! I’ve been thinking about maybe doing this but don’t know how

This was a great rundown! If you do decide to do a deeper dive into a full AirBnB video (I think you should!) it’s worth noting that both AirBnB and VRBO have search functions specifically for properties that allow parties. It’s a great way to find venues that aren’t necessarily on your typical wedding venue circuit but are more well-equipped than a typical house rental. I used VRBO to find the location for a barn wedding I helped throw a few years ago and found a lovely property which also had three cottages for the whole bridal party to stay onsite. Because it was generally priced for just the housing and the party spaces just happened to be on site, it was MUCH cheaper than the equivalent venue rental/hotel blocks would have been. The biggest advantage was that we rented the entire property for a week so we had gobs of time for DIY installs and set up, and an extra day afterward to break down without the stress. I highly recommend it if you can find the right property, and you can filter searches on both sites.

As someone who planned an Airbnb wedding in 3 months, thank you for this video 💕

If you are having an immediate family only backyard wedding at a family members house (20 people or less) there are a few things that I think would/could look different from the “average” wedding. 1. No attendants. With no attendants the need for a lengthy rehearsal is gone. A very short rehearsal is all that would be needed. You could still have a rehearsal dinner. 2. If you are having a rehearsal dinner which typically would include immediate family, then why not have the large family portraits done on that day. That leaves the wedding photography to details, getting ready, couple, and photos with the parents. Also, if it is an immediate family only wedding the ceremony may be outdoors, but the reception may be indoors. What are your thoughts?

tips for a intimate wedding not feeling 'empty' ?

Jamie you are the best! You've saved my sanity with planning my wedding. I'm having an country church then walking next door to a village hall that is on the beach front and having a company come in to do a hog roast BBQ. My parents want the formal sit down hotel meal but we have stuck to what we want. Love from the UK.

I would love to know your thoughts on bilingual or trilingual weddings. My fiancé’s family speaks German and mine speaks french, and unfortunately most of our family members do not speak English. My fiancé and I speak English together and will invite some people who speak English (but not French or German). I’ve been to weddings in languages that I didn’t understand and I know how frustrating it can be not to understand anything. I hope we’ll be able to make sure that no one feels excluded at our wedding.

I had to postpone my wedding. I have to do a backyard wedding now. Thank you for posting this!

I just love that Jamie's here, continually letting us glean from her wisdom and experience with weddings.

Ive been watching your videos for about a year. We just postponed our wedding officially with the venue so now I have another year to plan. Now time to binge watch whatever oldies I havent seen. Thanks for keeping me positive during this rough time.

Perfect timing and lots of great tips for things I didn't think of! With most venues in CA temporarily closed, we're exploring other options for our spring 2021 wedding and just talked about using the backyard! Love your videos!!! ❤️🎉

I had just been watching a previous video, hoping for another when this popped up! I already have my heart set on a certain venue, but my cousin had a beautiful backyard wedding! Your videos are so inspiring, and I wish I could afford to hire you as my coordinator/planner for next year! That would be awesome! Edit: P.S. You're awesome!

Love your videos so much! I've been watching you since you started. I'm getting married in November in San Francisco and your videos are a lifesaver! Hope you and your family are staying safe ❤️

Definitely love your hair, outfit and look in this video! Beautiful, really suits you!

Your videos are ALWAYS so helpful!! Thank you!!!!💕

I love that you're here every week, giving us all hope and something to look forward to while dealing with this pandemic! You're a beautiful soul and I so appreciate your videos ❤. Notes taken! Getting married in my grams field in September and thos video was so useful!

First of all, you’re a beautiful, fairy person. Your hair and earrings are gorgeous! Secondly, thank you so much for creating these videos. It’s been so stressful planning my wedding, postponing, and then postponing it again bc of the world right now... your videos are so uplifting and positive and ever so helpful. Thank you!!

I so excited for this video!! We had to reschedule our october wedding in Las Vegas so this will be helpful for our backyard ceremony!

I am planning a backyard wedding for next June (even before the pandemic) and found this very helpful! Thanks!

I never comment, but I need to jump on here and say THANK YOU for what you do Jamie 💕 truly you inspire me so much, not only for planning my own wedding but for the woman, mother, and over all lovely human that you are! I am SO grateful I found your channel. Your channel is a glorious work of art and education combined, the work you do does not go unnoticed! ALSO EVERY. SINGLE. VIDEO. You look soooooo cute, I envy your style and completely adore you 😭 that's all, bye bye 💕

This is exactly my plan and perfect timing!!!

Jamie! Your channel has been so amazing since I got engaged in April! Can you do some videos on other wedding events? The engagement party, shower, bachelor/bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners, etc!

woot woot! love updates and new vids

Very informative video! Thank you for the valuable content!

I love the food truck idea I think it's so clever and perfect for a small backyard wedding

I so love your channel and am so glad I found you. I've been here since that backyard wedding video. I so wish i could have you as my wedding coordinator but im in Australia :(

Great video! Thankyou for all the tips.

Yes I’ve been waiting for thisss

thank you for this video! we just decided to postpone our big celebration a year and a do a very intimate backyard wedding.

EARLY!!💜 my wedding is very DIY and will become smaller due to COVID-19. Thank you for this video!!!

I love your lovely earrings, wow! This is such a good and fun video. Thank you!

SOO helpful! We have been considering renting a large airbnb property for our wedding, and I have been thinking about some of these potential logistical issues! Thank you for this information, its super helpful!

Love your channel and this video has so much good information! Couldn't help but notice something completely unrelated (that is something very important for brides too). Those beautiful earrings on your really pink ears. Fun fact: It's totally normal for them to pink up when we are excited. That's why we, as wedding photographers, always make sure the stylist doesn't forget to do the brides ears (and lots of times even the grooms!). 😊 Keep up the good work!

Jamie, you are so real, love you 🥰

Loving this hair look...

You're my favorite channel to watch during all this because my wedding is up in the air. You even inspired me to start my own wedding/lifestyle channel :) I'm considering just getting a tent in my backyard for my original date with just family, but it would be very small and my house has a noisy street behind it. Do you think thats a deal breaker?

Yes, need that transportation video ASAP!

holy cow I didn't even think about bathrooms. What a lifesaver!

I came across your channel last week and I’m actually afraid to look at how many hours I’ve spent on RU-vid on my since. Your videos are insanely helpful, thank you! Would you be able to do a video on how much mothers should get involved in a wedding, with decisions etc? I’d be interested to hear your perspective

Can you please make a video for a COVID wedding with tips for social distancing a wedding? Your videos are great! Thank you!!

Can you make a video about rehearsal dinner and bridal shower norms etc. Love all of your stuff!!

I love your earrings! I have been looking for something similar for my wedding jewelry. Can I ask where you got them? You videos are a life saver by the way. Thank you

Please talk more about the transportation! We are having a backyard wedding next May and will be using a church or park that is close for shuttling people. Thank you!

Oh yeah! This just sealed the deal!! No way it’s happening in our backyard! I knew there were reasons and you just reminded me of all of them!!! Thank you yet again!!!!

I'm literally planning one now! and stumbled across this video..must be a good sign!

Always lovely to see your face! Can you do a video on how to let people help? Both of our families want to help with the wedding, but I'm not awesome at delegating... Especially with craft projects! How can we include our families?

We might be doing a backyard wedding in 4-6 month! We will rent a lovely resthouse with amazing view and awesome sunset so i cant wait. (Although im extremely anxious too!)

Would love some tips and opinions on "picnic" weddings!

YES! Please AirBnb wedding! We have already paid half our AirBnb venue for our October 31st wedding. We even had a phone call with the owner yesterday t go over logistics! Any tips will be helping ... ideas (how long does set up / take down usually take since you have limited time to check in and check out, parking, ordering 2x the amount of chairs? Or move them from ceremony to eating space?)

As I was watching the video I couldn’t stop thinking how beautiful you look! Love your vibe! ❤️🌿

Video recommendation! Not totally wedding day thing but wedding related, what’s the deal with rehearsal dinners? I would love to see a video giving the whole low down with rehearsal dinners and what’s expected.

Please please please do a transportation video ASAP! We are struggling so much with this. We want our guests to have fun and not worry about driving but buses/shuttles are so expensive and hard to coordinate. Thanks Jamie! 🥰

Group campsites are awesome

Love your videos, I've learned a lot for my upcoming backyard wedding. Can you tell me what lighting did you say in the video, I couldn't hear it clearly. Thanks

You look so summer and gorgeous!!

Yes please do one on air b n b events

How did you guess???? I just yesterday had the idea to have my wedding at an Airbnb and already was saving the locations that fited what I wanted, host my wedding and my family guest from far away. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!

Ohhh please please please! Would you please do a more in depth Air BnB video? 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Can you do a video on the FIRST things to do when you get engaged? I've been expecting the big question soon and I'm dying to start wedding planning... but my wedding will be about 12 months away from when we get engaged. What are some things to start working on right away?

Wow this is great....backyard weddings in the philippines might not be applicable ..but this is great

HEY JAMIE! Do you have any experience with backyard weddings that used a rental company to temporarily cover up POOLs with dance floors/astroturf/platforms? I have been researching them for my backyard wedding and it would create so much more space and fix my dance floor problem but I would like to know if you had seen them in action or not. I guess I'm scared of the dancing affecting the structural integrity. Thanks for your helpful videos! :)

What tips can you share about a diy barn/reception wedding?

THANK YOU

Would you say that this video could apply to weddings held in public parks? If not, do you have or could you make a video about that? My wedding wont be for another year or so but we are looking into holding the ceremony and reception in the public park where we had our first date. ❤ love your videos!!

We are doing a backyard reception, but we are doing a BYOB as well as having people bring lawn chairs to save money on tables and chairs. To top it all of we are going through subway for our dinner! A LOT cheap than anywhere else we looked! What do you guys think we are getting married in about a month

can you do an air b n b wedding video like how to set it up

Electric generators are great for outdoor spaces!

Do you have a video for state park type weddings?? Me and my future hubby are looking to rent a pavilion at a nearby state park for our wedding.

Our niece just had her wedding in our pasture & reception in our backyard this past weekend, I wish we'd known about the bathroom trailers. We didn't want guests using the house, so we had them rent portable toilets, and no one used them. I/we didn't know about the nicer trailers & perhaps their guests would have been more open to that. Also, they didn't plan for lighting for after dark and I think it was very difficult for their guests to find them. Good tips on electricity, it's a huge consideration. We were able to line up a caterer for them who had sterno chaffing dishes and were otherwise able to get by with just 1 long extension cord.

Generators also put out a ton of heat, which can be bad if it's a summer wedding

Do you have any kind of training course for people wanting to become a wedding planner

Would the same ideas apply for just a reception in the yard/at an airbnb? Like having the ceremony at a church but then reception at home. It seems like it would be all the same things to consider but I just wanted to ask!

Any tips for a State Park Wedding?

Please do a video a video on AirBnb weddings!

Still watching the video but I wanted to throw in an extra note about telling the neighbors. DON'T FORGET THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND YOU! I went to 3 backyard weddings and all had discussed the event with the neighbors beside them, and all down the street where guests would be parking but they never spoke to the neighbors behind the yard since traffic wouldn't interfere with them. Well in all 3 situations- they were the ones who complained about the noise and one actually DID call the cops (Though it was only 9:30P and the noise ordinance was for 10 in that neighborhood so nothing happened.) So yea just keep that in mind as well!

Love all your videos so much!! Random video idea!! How to have a quarantine honeymoon! Our wedding was supposed to be this weekend and we had to postpone it. But we are still getting married with our officiant this weekend. In these wierd times it is hard to find fun ways to make a honeymoon that was supposed to happen extra special at home. Love your content!💛

I have a questions about the AirBnB thing. In my case, I want a small party of 15 in Yosemite for the ceremony, but the airbnb would just be a convenient place for our guests to stay all together. Is it still worth mentioning to the owner if it is just for lodging?

I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations on how to find Airbnb wedding venues in L.A.? I tried Airbnb's search feature, but it doesn't have weddings as an option and other means have worked. Anyone? 🤔

If I were to do it in an Airbnb, I'd be so concerned the host might cancel on us at the last minute... It happened to me in the past while I was travelling, so I don't know...

have you ever done a State Park wedding?

Do you have any experience with intimate ceremonies and larger receptions? My finance thinks it will be rude to only invite the majority of our guests to the reception but it would save us a ton of money. Is it rude? Thanks!

How many people would you suggest be allowed to come to a back yard (10 acres) wedding in September if this pandemic is still going on?

I know we’re not reinventing the wheel, as there have got to be some Jewish socially distanced weddings done by this point. We had to postpone the wedding to August 23 from May 17, and then when we thought this wouldn’t be long enough due to the craziness, we set a backup date of October 18. Now with everything going on, we’ve decided we’re getting married on August 23 no matter what. Plan B to the big wedding is very small, less than 10 people in a backyard with virtual live-streaming of the parts of our wedding. What I am trying to figure out now is how to finagle the parts of our ceremony, particularly the parts where people need to touch ritual objects in a safe Covid friendly way. There is so much stress that I did not anticipate to this process.

Hi, when you say one restroom for x number of guests, do you mean one restroom set (a boys AND girls room) or would a boys and a girls room count as two restrooms? Thanks!

😥😥😥😥 I’m having a very private/personal wedding with just 20 of our family members and we’re debating if just reserving a restaurant private room or something or renting and Airbnb with a nice porch and ordering catering. More difficult than it sounds 😩

Please tell me where you got your gold earrings! 😮

Hey. Can you do a video on what things generally costs? Like a photographer, planner, day of coordinator, venue, dj, food? I understand that it depends, but generally. Thank you love your channel!

Or buffet style pre prepared food and hot plates lol simple People can line up for food or it can the taken to their tables

I was thinking an AirBNB would be a great unique wedding venue, but after watching this video I'm nixing that idea. It just sounds like a nightmare situation imo.

Would you say that is cheaper to do a backyard wedding than a venue? I only plan on having 23-42 guest and I can’t decide the cheapest venue I have seen is around $3200 just for space, tables and chairs 😩

My niece just had her backyard wedding. It was during the hottest month of the year here in Michigan. 90 degree heat and at least 50% humidity. They had a tent, catering with chafing dishes, music and a photographer. Also a photo booth? What made it miserable... Only 1 bathroom. 90 were invited. There were candles on the table. Should have been battery operated ones. The chafing dishes should have been outside the tent. It just created more heat. The area should have been treated for mosquitos. And there were only two small fans set at floor level. You need something on a stand. And more than two. People left early because the heat. You can plan everything to a T, but if you forget the comfort level all that time and effort will go to waste. Also, the ground had a slight downgrade.

I’m having an Airbnb wedding in June. For $5000

I’m literally thinking of a wedding with like maybe 15 people lol…. All of the problems you mentioned won’t apply to me

When you rent an Airbnb, do you not get in trouble for inviting ppl over? If my guest list is 40 ppl and I'm only allowed 8 people, couldn't that get me in trouble?

Can you come to Michigan to coordinate mine 😫😂

I want garden floral tablecloth 120 inch round. Someone help me!

Can you please do a video about wedding packages. We are considering getting a wedding package from the Bellagio in Vegas for a wedding with