Other venues may give you a list of their favorite vendors and send you on your way, instead we do this: give you the option of in house food service or from our list of outside food caterers, give you lists of vendors and point out 1-2 that would be wonderful to work with for your big day so you don't waste time, you know you have a trustworthy vendor, you know you have a vendor that has been to the venue many times which helps with a better flow for your Wedding Day, and you are assured you are going in the right direction.

Feature 3 | Vendor Selections

Other venues give you a tour, you book, and you never see or hear from them again, instead we do this: we are easy to reach via text or phone, give you a step-by-step process to help you get from this point to walking down the aisle to your forever so you don't waste time and you are assured you are going in the right direction and you have unparalleled post-booking support to couples.  

Feature 2 | Unparalleled Post-Booking Support

Other venues may be a good distance to your guests' accommodations, restaurants, entertainment places, art galleries, and coffee shops, instead we are: centrally located in downtown Pensacola on Palafox Street within walking distance to accommodations, restaurants, entertainment centers, and such so you have happy guests and they don't have to wait for a shuttle, Uber, or taxi to go to their  accommodations, eateries, and entertainment.

Also, the venue is private and you are not sharing the venue with other events.  Plus, you are not sharing the restrooms with golf and tennis players as it is in some Clubs or Centers.  In addition, if you book the Club's in-house Chef, it may be different personnel for your Wedding.

Feature 1 | Centrally Located Venue Downtown

Once you are booked with other venues, your family or hired help (you probably are paying the food caterer more money if the venue tells you the caterer will tear down for you) has to breakdown the venue's furniture at the end of the night or you have to pay their food caterer extra to do this task, instead we do this: the venue's team breaks down it's furniture, so you don't have to and you can go to your after party or enjoy more precious time together after your reception. 

Once you are booked with other venues, your family or hired help have to figure out your layout design and physically place the venue's furniture on Wedding Day*, instead we do this: work with you to create a layout design for wedding day, draw it up on a special design program, and make edits along with way until it is complete. Then, on wedding day, the venue's team set's out its furniture according to that design so you don't have to and you can more enjoy your precious time together preparing for your wedding day.


*BTW, couples that have attended many Weddings, tell us this is their least favorite task of Wedding planning and they look for venues that have in-house venue furniture set-up.

Feature 4 | Venue Furniture Set-Up

Feature 7 | We Have In-House Wedding Management and Full Wedding Planning

Once you are booked with other venues, you have to hire outside wedding managers or planners, instead we do this: we have in-house wedding managers and planners that have worked with the venue for years, and know the venue and property better than outside managers or planners, so you can be assured you will have a good flow for your wedding day, not have to answer a lot of vendor questions, not work on wedding day, and can enjoy your special moments making memories together with your family and loved ones!

Once you are booked with other venues, you or hired help has to figure out your table linens and rentals, instead we do this: give you the information and tools you need to decide on linens and rentals, then we work with the vendor to service these so you don't have to and you can focus on time with your loved ones.  That means following the vendor, making edits, placing linens on tables before vendor load in, taking linens off tables after your event, so you don't have to do this task.

Feature 6 | Help with Linens and Rentals

Feature 8 | Does my Dance Floor have to be outside and do I have to rent a Dance Floor?

Palafox Wharf's built in Dance Floor with romantic string lights is inside the Venue providing  perfect ambiance and illumination for dancing. With some other venues, most times with the client's layout, the rented dance floor would have to be moved outside.  The Venue's dance floor is large, being 33' x 15'.  Plus couples feel that Palafox Wharf has a great flow to it making it easier to transition from ceremony to cocktail hour, cocktail hour to dinner, dinner to dancing, dancing to your grand exit.

Feature 9 | Can we have our Rehearsal Here?

You always need to ask a venue if you can your can run through Rehearsal at the Venue the day before your Wedding Day.  Palafox Wharf always has your Rehearsal the day before your Wedding Day so as to have a better natural flow to the Wedding Weekend.  

Feature 10 | How much decoration does this Venue require to make it look great for my Wedding Day?

Centerpieces and Table Linens - that is it.  Palafox Wharf has a New Orleans allure and presents so nicely without anything more than your centerpieces and linens for your tables.  So you save a lot of money on not having to drape everything to create the vision you are dreaming about for your Wedding Day.

Feature 5 | We Breakdown Venue Furniture

Feature 11 | It is Real and it is Timeless

The Palafox Wharf Venue is meticulously, lovely preserved from when it was built in 1880.  If you love history, this is for you.  The Dance Floor made of real heart pine in a light shade from before 1880, to the Cocktail Bar created out of real World War II American Liberty Ships hatch covers with embedded real historic nautical charts of Florida and the Caribbean, to the beautiful real stone in the Restrooms and hand-painted Ladies' Restroom sinks, to the Real interior Venue posts from the main mask and boom off the American Eagle 65' Schooner sailing ship owned by the original owner of the 1880 Wharf incorporated into the Venue, to the real Copper in the Copper walls, nothing is fake, plastic, tin, metal, or pretend. 

Unique and Timeless for your romantic and unforgettable Wedding that goes with any design and decor.  You want a celebration that resonates with the deep connection you share as a couple, while also curating an experience that will be cherished for years.

At the heart of your timeless celebration lies the venue, a crucial element. Your historic location adds an important layer of elegance and meaning to your festivities, one that stands the test of time. The memories forged at your Palafox Wharf Waterfront venue are destined to be etched in your hearts for a lifetime.