Feel free to take and post pictures before, or after the ceremony and throughout the reception. Our only request is that guests would refrain from taking pictures during the ceremony. A fabulous photographer has been hired to cover the ceremony and personal picture taking can get in the way of the professional photos. We can share those pictures with you once we receive them. If you want to share pictures online, use our hashtag, #meanttoBE2022.
To ensure that everyone who joins us for this occasion is taken care of, we ask that you only bring a plus one if it was designated on your RSVP card and invitation.
You have a few options. The first option is to RSVP directly through the website. If you have difficulties with this method, you can call/text Bryan at 804-384-7004 or Erin at 678-908-7564. Please let us know by January 31, 2022 (for those outside of the US) or March 18, 2022 (for those that live in the States). We appreciate it and will be glad to have you.
Yes! We have a hotel block with the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, which is also the venue. You will have a reduced rate of $99 (rooms with Queen beds or a King bed) or $119 (rooms with a kitchenette) for the nights of May 20 and 21st. Please call and tell them that you are with the Lutumba/Smith Wedding. If you choose to stay later or come earlier, you will be subject to higher hotel rates. If you would like to stay at another hotel, we have a few listed on the “Travel” page of the website.
We appreciate everyone’s commitment to helping us celebrate our big day. Unless we have established weekend accommodation plans with you, we are unfortunately unable to cover your travel and housing expenses.
The dress code is semi-formal. For the reception, we are inviting everyone, if you wish, to wear African clothes to fit our theme, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith Coming to America.”
We are welcoming all children as invited guests, both in the wedding ceremony, and those who are not. However, we have not hired a babysitter and there is not a place for the kids to go during the ceremony and reception.
Both of them will be held at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The wedding and reception will be held indoors in adjacent ballrooms.
We wish you could join us! Please use one of the RSVP options to notify us that you won't be able to make it by January 31, 2022 (if you live outside of the US) or March 18, 2022 (if you live in the US).