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The Perfect Event Space
Fair Oaks Farms is the perfect venue to host your next event. Recognized as the #1 Agritourism destination in the Midwest, Fair Oaks Farms offers world-class catering, hotel accommodations, and a variety of banquet and customizable space for any event - weddings, corporate meetings, retreats and parties, birthday parties, group tours, and more.
The Perfect Country Wedding
The unforgettable country wedding weekend awaits! Fully customizable wedding and hotel packages make Fair Oaks Farms the perfect choice for the most memorable wedding - from the ceremony to cocktail hour and impeccable dinner service, the professionals at Fair Oaks Farms are here to make your weekend perfect!
The Perfect Corporate Escape
Fair Oaks Farms is uniquely tailored to host corporate meetings, conferences, and retreats. Our conference and breakout rooms are fully equipped with stateof-the-art AV, and we offer a variety of options for banquet catering, or restaurant dining. Overnight accommodations are also available within the Fairfield By Marriott at Fair Oaks Farms. Our team of professionals are ready to help you plan your perfect event!
Destinationweddingsstory by ELIZABETH GRANGER
Something old, something new … and sometimes, totally unexpected. Indiana sites provide oodles of options for the perfect destination for the perfect wedding day.
It was not the lure of vintage cars that led Rachelle Reinking to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn for her wedding site. It was the grand staircase.
Her husband, Daniel Church, suggested they visit the museum for a look-see. It has the element of history, which they both like. And he’d attended automobile festivals over the years. “He can appreciate the vehicles more than I can,” Reinking says.
So she was not particularly impressed –until she saw that staircase. “It’s a cool version of walking down the aisle,” she says. And that was that.
The auto museum is a definite destination for thousands of travelers who do want to see the cars. So when friends learned they could combine the wedding and the cars, they were sold on attending.
That’s often the way it goes with destination weddings. Essentially, a site that’s meaningful for the bride and groom, away from their home towns, with guests hopping on board with the bonus of visiting the destination. It’s quite a draw.
An authentic “working farm” wedding experience at Fair Oaks Farms includes a variety of settings, including an idyllic waterfall. PHOTO: Fair Oaks Farms
Stats tell us that up to 25 percent of today’s couples choose destination weddings.
As for cars, Indiana also offers the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Museums of all kinds are possibilities, each with its own applicable setting. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has floor upon floor of enticements. “Access to the exhibit areas is really what makes us a unique venue,” says Kimberly
