Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo

For couples who want the wedding weekend to feel easy from the moment family arrives in Nanaimo, Courtyard by Marriott offers a modern downtown base where the celebration and the stay can sit close together. The hotel is near the waterfront transportation links and directly across from the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, making it especially convenient for guests travelling in for the day.

The hotel provides wedding services and has two event rooms with 98 square metres of total event space. Its largest room, the Saysutshun Room, accommodates up to 50 people, making this a natural fit for a smaller celebration, rehearsal gathering or intimate reception rather than an enormous ballroom wedding. The bright, contemporary spaces can be arranged with tables and seating, while the hotel team can assist with event planning and decor needs.

Catering is available for receptions and dinners, and couples reserving blocks of guest rooms can keep travelling friends and family under the same roof. That changes the rhythm of a wedding in a lovely way. There is no rush for everyone to scatter at the end of the night, and the celebration can continue in the small moments afterward, from an elevator ride full of flowers to stories retold over breakfast the next morning.

The romance here is less about escaping into the wilderness and more about making togetherness simple. For a couple planning something intimate in Nanaimo, that can be its own kind of luxury: the people you love close by, a room ready for the occasion and nowhere important anyone needs to be except with you, leaving the kind of warm, romantic memory that feels almost storybook long after the last dance.

• Rooms for guests on site
• In-house catering and menus
• Wedding packages
• Sound system and audio-visual
• A patio or terrace