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Booking The Perfect Wedding Venue
You have said "Yes!" and now the fun starts. It's a very
exciting time, planning your wedding. Some grooms-to-be want
to be involved in just about every aspect of the planning, but others
like to be involved in some areas and not in others. Choosing your
wedding venue should involve both you and your future groom along with
your parents.
Once you decide what time of the year your wedding will be, then it is
down to the month. I say the month as you may have your heart
set on a particular venue, you set your date and your special venue is
not available. So in the beginning you need to be a little
flexible.
Firstly make a list of the venues you feel would be right for your
wedding reception, then make appointments to see the event co-ordinator
at each venue.
Start by making a list of what you would like to be available for you
and your guests. Things like the reception area for when your guests
first arrive, the size of the room, dance floor, area for the music,
room for a band or DJ, the bar area.
The menu choices that each venue can offer. Get prices for full a la
carte menu, set menu, choice of two or three options for each course,
buffet with service or completely a self serve buffet. Canapes served
with drinks when guests first arrive at the wedding
reception. If you have any special type menus that you would
like, special foods etc then add these to your list and ask if they
could be made available.
The food served at your wedding reception is very important so make
sure you have all your questions ready. You will need to
ascertain what extra costs there are, like table settings, cloths,
napkins, centerpieces, special chair covers. How many waiting
staff a venue will allow for the number of guests you expect and how
the cost if you require extra.
Are you able to provide your own music, live band, DJ ? Do they have
background music? Can you choose or provide your own tapes?
A very important question you should ask is, the time the venue will be
available to you. It would be really bad for your guests to get
indigestion through hurrying up because the venue has another booking
after you. This can happen if you have a morning or early
afternoon wedding and remember it is traditional for the bride to be
late, up to a half an hour to the ceremony but this can have a
snow-ball effect, so always allow for this where timing is concerned.
Don't forget to check out the special venues. There are wedding
reception venues that will provide everything for you.
Starting with accommodation for the wedding party, a special chapel for
the ceremony, wonderful areas for the photo shoot. They also
can provide make-up, hair stylists and beauty therapists.
Although with the make-up and hair stylists, make sure you have trial
runs beforehand. You will find some of them also have
connection with wedding specialty florists who
will take care of
everything in the floral department for you.
Specialty venues like these can often be good value, not only do you
get all of the above but also the wedding feast, drinks and they will
even organize your cake. If you are short of time
or don't fancy going from place to place to book all the different
venues then start by checking out these specialty venues.
With events like weddings and corporate functions and people being so
busy, there are more of these specialty venues popping up.
Get your planning underway, start a notebook and jot down all your
questions, make your wishlist, if there is a bridal expo in or near
your area, make sure you get along to it, as the wedding reception
venues and caterers will be there for you to check out. Then make a
list of the venues you are interested in knowing more about, make your
appointments with the co-ordinators and go have fun planning your
wedding. Good wedding planning will take the stress out of
your special day.
Carmel Baird is a freelance writer and publisher of wedding information and resources at Creative-Wedding-Planning.com
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