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What does a lodge buy-out mean?
A lodge buy-out means the ULTIMATE experience for you and your guests! With a lodge buy-out, all lodge rooms and campsites are required to be booked for a minimum two-night stay. Chalets are optional. This option allows you and your guests to have Tyax Lodge to yourselves, and Tyax’s team catering exclusively to your group. Tyax’s Event Coordinator would work with you to plan the perfect, customized itinerary for the full two nights; something that is only possible with a lodge buy-out. A buy-out is required with guest numbers exceeding 70 people, including children.
What does a typical two-night, lodge buy-out look like?
Arrival Day (i.e. Friday):
• Check ins begin at 4 pm
• 7pm to 9pm: casual, BBQ style dinner. This can be
arranged in the lodge dining room and outdoor patio (weather permitting). There is also a campfire area in front of the lake that Tyax can set up for your guests.
Wedding day morning (Saturday):
• Breakfast from 7am until 10:30am in the lodge dining room. Buffet or a la carte.
• Free time for guests to enjoy complimentary spa facilities or watercraft, plus hiking and biking trails nearby.
• Lunch from 12pm until 1:30pm in the lodge dining room. Buffet or a la carte.
• Lakeside wedding ceremony between 3pm – 4pm.
• Champagne toast after ceremony.
• Reception dinner in your venue of choice (i.e. barn or
lodge) from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Family style dinner is
recommended.
• 9 pm onwards, reception begins in your venue of choice
(last call at 1:00am).
Departure day morning (Sunday):
• Breakfast buffet from 7am until 10:30am in the lodge dining room.
• Guests check out at 11am.
Does Tyax provide a wedding
planner and/or additional services
such as DJs?
Tyax does not provide you with a specific wedding planner; however, the Events Coordinator will work with you until the day of your wedding, creating your customized buy-out itinerary, including food & beverage services, ceremony time, guest reservations and so on (following our lodge terms and conditions). Tyax does not arrange décor services (apart from what is already included), music services such as DJs or bands, floral arrangements, photographer, hair & make- up, and marriage commissioner. Tyax has recommendations for a few of these services (some local, some Pemberton/ Whistler based), so please do not hesitate to inquire. It is highly recommended to hire your own wedding planner or assign one of your guests as the “point of contact” person during the event at Tyax.
Can guests pay for their own food and beverages, or do the organizers need to cover these costs?
The organizers can choose which food and beverage services (and accommodations for that matter) that they wish to pay for. They can set their own budgets and decide to either pay for all meals or some meals (such as the wedding night dinner); any food and beverage services that are not billed to the organizers would be charged directly to the guest instead, and settled at check-out.
How far in advance should we book our wedding at Tyax?
Ideally, organizers should secure their preferred dates 1 - 1.5 years in advance. Note that Tyax Lodge only accommodates weddings during the summer season and does not accommodate weddings over long weekends.
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