I hosted a party for about 85 people at the Elks on June 10th and I have nothing but good things to…read moresay about this venue. Kimberley Banks was my contact leading up to the event; she was a consummate professional when it came to planning the details (big and small). Patty ran the show the day of the event and was always available when I needed her. This venue is unique in that it is both affordable and elegant. Oh, and the water views cannot be beat!

We had our wedding July 2019. We lucked out with pretty amazing weather but we would say we really…read morelucked out because of our venue and stellar coordinator-- Emily! She was so responsive and patient and kind and helpful! We couldn't of asked for a more caring and genuine soul to help us plan our special day! The value was priceless. You can't get better ocean views and the first look spot is to die for! We are so appreciative of all our vendors that night including... Gourmet Delights-- (roxann thank you!!) Mike Negron -- best DJ ever! Tewksbury transit-- on time school Bus shuttles! Russell's florist-- beautiful sunflower bouquets! @knmweddings -- above and beyond photography Angry donuts NBPT -- delicious donuts!! @Exclipx_hair-- Natalie you are so talented! @melissa_mack_makeup -- sooo skillful and attentive Rockport inn and suites--- room blocks, director chairs for makeup and hair, and allowing us to stay outside and use fire pit for a bit of an after party till 1am while everyone enjoyed the pizza you kept for us-- thank you! Everything went so smoothly because of all the genuine relationships built with these amazing people. And it all started with Emily--- thanks so much, you are a gift :-)

When we had to transform our backyard into a wedding venue we were suddenly faced with coordinating…read moreso many unfamiliar aspects of event planning. Working with Taylor and Missy at The Event Company made the tent and other rental details a breeze. They understood how important this event was to us and were extremely responsive and accommodating. After scoping out the yard with Taylor I was completely at ease that he understood what we needed. Missy was awesome, with a quick an accurate quote, answering my many questions, and updating the numbers and sizes of tables as we approached the big day. She was even able to accommodate a last minute request for some additional tables to be delivered the day of the wedding! The set up was smooth. Taylor was happy to shift the tent to my exact location and placed stakes in my preferred spots. When setting up the lights, Trevor was fine with moving them around to suit my needs. The guys that came to break everything down we're quick, quiet, and did so with no impact to my lawn, even after the rainstorm the day before. Our guests all commented how great the tent and lightning was. Thank you all for helping us create "the perfect wedding", according to our daughter!

The Event co did our wedding tent and furniture rentals and were simple fab! We had a bunch of…read moreissues pop up due to construction work at our venue and Missy went out of her way to help me during my time of bridal distress. They are very reasonable compared to equivalent companies , are prompt, professional and good quality. Missy especially is very smart, on the ball, and highly efficient. Save yourself drama and money and go with them. Thank you to Missy and the rest of the team for making our day special.

Went to a 50th party here Friday. Great location right on the harbor. Meg the owner was very…read morehelpful to the hosts of the event. Large inside room and a outside deck.

We had our wedding in the harbor room last month. If I could give this venue 6 stars, I would. The…read moreoverall experiences with incredible. 1. The venue: The harbor room is an absolute gem of a find. First, you CANNOT beat the view. The balcony has the most amazing view of the pier with breath-taking sunset. The sea breeze entering the room make the entire experience even more amazing. Also, the room itself is beautiful and beautifully maintained with a great sound system as well as a nice bathroom upstairs and one downstairs. 2. The absolute BEST part was the owner Meg, who is absolutely amazing (the best owner you can ever dream of). She was very flexible with us, helped us with so many last minute details and was very present/hands on. She is an absolute sweetheart.

The view is phenomenal, location is ideal (5 minute walk to Good Harbor Beach), the staff is beyond…read morefantastic (accommodating to a high maintenance person - ahhh -- how rare is that?), the guests are friendly, the pool is clean, each room is unique .......when will summer come back so I can return??? This is by far not high end.....but it is as close as I get to camping.

Great view, clean room, accessible to all of Gloucester's sites without being on top of anyone…read moreelse. My only wish was that they had a closet for hanging more delicate clothes but the door racks served the purpose just fine! Would definitely come back again!!

My girlfriend and I toured Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, on Friday, August 8th…read more The house was beautiful and we enjoyed the wonderful interior designs, but unfortunately our tour was tainted by our rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional tour guide. Shortly upon beginning the tour, our guide, Alberta Hill, made an extremely rude and uncalled-for comment, slut-shaming and embarrassing my girlfriend in front of the entire tour group for her clothing. Her outfit was not that revealing- it was a hot day and she had on shorts and a tank top- but even if it were, it would not grant a tour guide the right to treat a guest in this manner. It's sad that what was otherwise such a fun experience was impacted by an insensitive guide who made my girlfriend feel uncomfortable and self-conscious. It's disappointing that Historic New England would employ someone with such an old-fashioned mentality, someone who would go out of her way to police another woman's body and enforce traditional gender norms. This is especially troubling to see at the Beauport Sleeper-McCann House, a space that was once a sanctuary for the queer Henry Davis Sleeper and a pinnacle of early individual expression. I would expect those employed by the Beauport house to reject moral conservatism and embrace personal freedoms and expression, but sadly Alberta did not.

I loved this museum tour! Incredibly informative and every room was beautiful. The original owner…read morewas considered one of the first interior designers and when he would acquire a fabulous collection of furniture, art work, etc. he would add on to the house in order to showcase it. The grounds and wildflowers are lovely and the view is exquisite. I highly recommend a visit to the Sleeper - McCann House if you are in the Gloucester area.

Hotel Review: The Beauport Hotel is absolutely breathtaking…read moreand such a wonderful place to stay north of Boston, especially if you love the ocean. The ocean facing rooms are luxurious and beautiful. It is definitely expensive but its truly beautiful and such special place. Wedding Venue Review: We saw so many venues at the start of planning and the Beauport was the only one that made a lasting impression. We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to host our wedding there. It was so stunning, beautiful and perfect. We were truly proud to invite our friends and family to such a breathtaking place. The food was absolutely to die for, the waitstaff and hotel staff were so sweet, and our coordinator Jacey was attentive in the months leading up to our event. We did have some critiques. The communication with our coordinator was not 100% on the day of our wedding. There were small things here and there, but the biggest one was that a row was meant to be reserved for our bridesmaids, groomsmen and flower girl, but it was not so they ended up having to stand up with us. We discussed this many times during planning, and emphasized the importance of only having our man of honor and our best man standing up with us. There was no apology for this pretty considerable error until I brought it up myself a week after the wedding. The other critique was that my parents were in city facing rooms and had a very hard time sleeping due to excessive noise from the street. Other people in the room block had much better rooms which we felt should have been given to our parents. Other than that, everything was amazing. It was truly so special and we will never ever forget it. We couldn't be more grateful to have had the most perfect sunny day on the water in Gloucester, a place that has been special to my heart since I was a kid. Thank you Beauport Hotel! We will never ever forget our wedding day.

Did not stay here, but had lunch and was rather disappointed. I am originally from Gloucester and…read morelived just a stone's throw from there. Ordered the baked haddock casserole and was very unhappy with the meal. It was anything but a casserole. It was cooked in a hot metal oven pan with a sparse amount of crumbs and had a "weird" spice on it. It was overpriced too. Not someplace I would choose for a lunch date.

We used Marblehead Tent (dba North Shore Events) for our wedding chairs recently and the…read moredelivery/pickup service was absolutely terrible--both unprofessional and disrespectful. Our ceremony location was a walk from the parking lot, which was planned for beforehand with the company and led to an upcharge. We also paid 50% extra for same-day pickup, yet when the delivery person dropped off the chairs, he told us he refused to come back today and instead would return tomorrow to pick them up. Since our ceremony was at a state park, leaving property overnight is not permissible and could lead to a citation/penalty. After multiple pleas to get him to return to pickup the chairs, he threatened that he wouldn't return unless I and members of my group moved the 60 chairs from the ceremony location to the parking lot. This all occurred while we were preparing to start our reception. So, he wanted the groom and his family/friends to carry these chairs to the parking lot before the reception, despite having paid extra for this very service. When reaching out to the company about how poor the service was, not to mention how unprofessionally he spoke to our coordinator, they made an excuse about the time a gate closed (though our invoice clearly states the pickup time) and said the chairs were eventually picked up overnight, then refused to respond to another email. Don't risk having to deal with this on your wedding day. Avoid this company.

My husband and I used this company (AKA North shore event) to rent chairs for our wedding ceremony…read moreon 6/18/22. This company charged us an additional fee of $250 for delivery and collection of the chairs, $60 for labor to set up the chairs, and an additional $300 for the 400 meter distance from the staff parking lot to the drop off location. These payments were made and paid in full 7 days prior to the event. Do not use this company if you want to get the service you paid for. The delivery service (Kosmo Hayes who also is the president of the company) argued with me (the bride) and my wedding coordinator when they had to deliver the chairs the 400meter distance, at 12pm. They then went on to say at 1:30pm that they wont be back to pickup the chairs, and that my husband and his wedding party should PICK UP THE CHAIRS AND DELIVER THEM TO THE GATE!!! Obviously that's was not going to happen since we paid the invoice (including delivery/collection/labor/distance) in full 7 days prior and the invoice clearly stated the delivery and collection terms. However, when we reported this terrible experience to the company manager Nicole Hayes, she yelled at me over the phone and hung up on me! If you are planning your own rental from this company be aware that they have no respect for the services they provide and they will ask you (or your event guests) to perform the services that they were already paid for.

I guess we got lucky. Flat seas. We saw a lot of whales for about 45 minutes. We saw them make…read morebubbles in a ring to force up the fish. Then the whales would surface with open mouths and feed on the fish. And we saw this four or five times! Also saw them coming out of the water and diving down many times. The boat wasn't crowded. The captain would steer the boat left and right so that everyone on board got an even amount of time seeing the whales. The naturalist who guided the tour was very informative. Overall a great experience.

After the first two hours of our whale watch, we had our doubts. We only saw water and a few…read moredive-bombing birds. But once Captain Bill found the whales, we were treated to a non-stop thrill exhibition of fireworks in the water, from below the water, and majestically hurtling out of the water. Five stars for sure. My Sweet Lord, we saw it all. We had a ton of sightings, pods of four whales at a time, three magnificent full breaches and a dozen majestic flukes. Our guide/naturalist Rebeca added quite a bit to the experience with some expert commentary on the whales and the state of international whaling. One cool thing we learned was that whales spend their winters in the warm waters of the Dominican Republic and live off their blubber. Sounds like a good career path to me. Rebeca knew the names of the whales by their fluke markings, and she knew which whale babies belonged to which whale mommas. She was terrific. Just be warned, the ride to the whales is two hours out and two hours back to Gloucester. Our ride back was choppy and the barf-bag inventory was seriously depleted after our run. But this goes with the territory, it's a hazard for doing something like this. So if you have a weak stomache, take some pills or something . I was 100% satisfied with how this spectacular excursion played out. Well done, Captain Bill!

We contacted Amanda and Shelby about the partial planning and coordination package only two months…read morebefore the wedding. Even with unusually short notice, they did a phenomenal job: They helped plan all the remaining details, bringing our attention to things we had not considered and giving us great ideas and recommendations all along the way. Their experience planning and coordinating numerous weddings gave us the confidence to trust their advice. They took care of all the setup/breakdown and decorations with detail and precision. They personalized the design to our needs. They researched vendors we had not yet secured, priced out and purchased all of the extras needed for the setup (e.g. flowers, linens, desserts, personalized signs), and coordinated with the venue, vendors, and ceremony participants beforehand and on the day of. I cannot even list all the details they managed, and they made sure everything was covered. Before we hired them, we were doing all the planning ourselves (in the midst of busy work schedules and moving). I honestly cannot imagine how we would have finished the remaining planning and setup/breakdown without their help. They took a huge load off our shoulders and allowed us (and our family and friends) to thoroughly enjoy our wedding week with as little stress as possible. All of this was for a reasonable price, far more affordable than what many wedding planners and coordinators charge. The wedding was beautiful from start to finish, and our family and friends are still talking about it. I would absolutely recommend Sweetly Designed Events for a wedding or any other major event.

We reached out to Amanda a little over a month before our wedding reception. She was very proactive…read moreto understand our vision and very motivated to reach out to all the vendors to establish a connection right away. Amanda is very detail oriented and made sure to touch base as needed leading up to the event. When we walked into the venue the day of we were blown away. The decor and setup was perfection and the timelines ran smoothly. All of our guests were so impressed with the whole evening, very grateful for Amanda's services.