Air Bnb Reception?

I definitely think it does depend on the host! Hopefully, I can find someone who will get me a contract outside of air bnb if they're worried about liability for that reason

This is great advice, thank you so much!

I had lost hope on finding a venue and was looking at air bnb and even though the fine print says no parties, when we messaged the owner privately and told them what our plans were a lot of them were okay as long as we paid extra for damages and cleaning. The site state no parties to protect their clients as in the past people would damage the place and the cleaning cost and damages were low. If you do find a place always get everything in writing from both parties and make sure to have a legal binding contract that this is how much you are paying no additional charges with be applied and that the owner accepts all responsibilities after the set fee has been put into place. Have both parties sign the contract and have two witnesses present.

So restaurant wont help with set up and tear down but I am having my MOH and bridesmaid go in and do a quick set up and take down after that fact. They take care of everything from serving us drinks, bringing out food and bussing. We are allowed to decorate, the restaurant already has all the linen and I am coming in with center pieces and candles.

The restaurant charges by minimum spend depending on which space you book. So the one I chose that will seat up to 40 people, private balcony, comes with extra tables for presents and cards, cake table and also our own personal bar, it came ay $6000 for minimum spend. Which was fairly easy taking into account the average cost of drinks and everyone getting 7 as well as the food stations.

We are spending about $3200 for the food and $3000 for the alcohol for everyone by the end of the night. Also of course taxes and gratuity is extra.

We also did a small celebration (23 people) and I was originally looking at renting an Airbnb cottage but honestly all the ones I loved stated no parties and rules were pretty strict and so I did not want to have such restrictions.

Do you know anyone who lives in a fancy condo? We ended up renting a party room in a nice condo in downtown Toronto and it had a terrace so it was perfect additional space, it also came equipped with a fancy bar/kitchen and honestly was more than enough room so I would definitely recommend that or a small intimate restaurant that has a nice private back room or something. Good luck!

I was looking at doing the same in Banff but there are now way too many rules with Airbnb for partying that it was extremely hard to come across one. So instead for our micro wedding we chose a restaurant to host at.

Our party is 40 people and we are doing food stations and a late night snack with 7 drink tickets for each person, so pretty much free drinks. It is a bit pricey but totally worth it.

Check some restaurants in the area and see if you are able to book a room/area for your wedding!