Your Boutique Hotel: Alton, Illinois Wedding Venue Review
A Photographer’s Review of Your Boutique Hotel in Alton, Illinois
Your Boutique Hotel (formerly WOW on Broadway) is a fantastically unique wedding venue in downtown Alton, Illinois, just outside of St. Louis. It’s an alternative to its sister space, the larger WOW Furnishings and Events center, which makes Your Boutique Hotel the perfect solution for small to mid-sized weddings. If you’re looking for an all-in-one venue in downtown Alton, Your Boutique Hotel may just suit your needs!
The features that the hotel offers come into play even before you begin to get ready for your day, as the venue is also host to a number of boutique hotel-style rooms that can comfortably sleep well over 16 guests. This means that travel the morning of your wedding doesn’t have to be a hassle. You and your family can spend the night at the place where your ceremony and reception are going to be hosted! When hair and makeup does arrive, however, Your Boutique Hotel offers a beautifully-lit and spacious Bridal Getting-Ready suite, replete with large mirrors, ample window light, a separate restroom, and it’s own bedroom. It’s separated enough that, should the groom (or anyone you don’t want peeking in) stroll by, you don’t have to worry about blowing your cover!
When it comes time to take portraits, your photographer should have no shortage of ideas and spots in which to take those photos. Not only are the dark wooden tones inside inspiring, but you have numerous areas outside in the surrounding streets, alleys, and storefronts of Alton, Illinois. I’ll add some examples below, but you can see even more in Haley and Nathan’s blog post!
As far as your ceremony and reception go, the venue is full of lots of opportunities to make it your own but, even before you add your own touch, it starts as simply a gorgeous space! Wood shiplap accents the exposed brick, with hanging greenery at the end of the room opposite of large, sprawling windows. Since the main room is longer than it is wide, I recommend placing gift tables and the food line in one or two of the side rooms so you can maximize your mobility around the room when it’s time to eat, give speeches, or DANCE!
At the end of the day, if you’re looking for a beautiful, competitively priced, and turnkey solution to host your wedding day events in downtown Alton, I highly recommend giving Your Boutique Hotel a shout and sparking up a conversation! Keep scrolling for some images of the actual venue.
Your Boutique Hotel’s Bridal suite
Your Boutique Hotel’s huge spiral staircase and warmly lit library
Your Boutique Hotel’s pool table
Your Boutique Hotel’s Bridal Suite
Descending the staircase!
Your Boutique Hotel’s ceremony space
After the ceremony, we crossed the street for some group photos. You can see Your Boutique Hotel from the road!
Below are just a few examples of the potential for great photos at the venue and the surrounding area! We had a blast in the short time we had for the wedding couple portraits! See more here.
This is inside Your Boutique Hotel, at the top of their spiral staircase. So stunning, so much potential!
From a similar angle as the ceremony, here’s the same room set up for the intimate reception.
The reception space from the other side, facing Your Boutique Hotel’s large windows.
Lit properly, even light and soft skin tones are easy to achieve in WOW’s main room!
If you’re currently looking for an awesome space to host your wedding or reception in Alton, Illinois, I hope this little review was helpful or at least assisted you in figuring out what you want in a wedding venue.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated or partnered with Your Boutique Hotel.