Hi all ,

Spent afternoon going through brochures of a number of places we have visited and each one has been nice and some if a mate was telling me about them I would think wow sounds like my kind of place ,however each one we have seen even though they are really nice it's like something quite isn't there .
I thought it was just me but H2B feels the same . We think it is due to some places being too wedding ish now before anyone says well duh it's wedding venues I mean as in even though we will make it our day they feel like one size fits all kinda place . Does that make sense ? It does to me but I am a bit loopy lol

So my question for you lovely people is how did you know your venue was the one ?

I agree we just had the feeling... Well I did hubby still kept an open mind but I knew that was where we would get married!!

I loved our venue just from the website so we saw this venue last. As soon as we walked in we both LOVED the venue and it just didn't have what the other venues had and this was just whilst we were sitting in the library waiting to meet the lady our viewing appointment was with. The lady (Vicki) was lovely and that also helped and was a big factor in us loving the venue. The price was a MASSIVE factor too. It was also just such good value for money and included things that other venues didn't or were willing to do that other venues weren't such as telling us they would move the chairs so we only needed to get 1 set of chair covers whereas other venues told us to get 2 sets.

I also felt gutted when the venue didn't have any of our original dates available. But loved the venue so much that the date (within reason) was then not so important as the venue.

We have basic idea of colours so used like a basic ideas like to you mentioned Lana of this here that there .

Mrs T 2 be glad you found somewhere you love so much :)

We looked at a few- some stunning ones that were out of our price range. When we came across the hotel we've picked it was the wedding planner herself that sold me. She's so lovely and calming that I just thought she'd be an amazing person to have help plan our day. The hotel was set up for a wedding the day we went and it looked beautiful. Also, it was one of the few venues that was withon our price range and also had some grounds and nearby lakes for photos. Ultimately it was a balance between what's affordable, what feels comfortable and the people that will be involved x

We looked at a fair few and fell in love with one and I felt that there was no other competition however we then went to see one last one (I nearly cancelled the appointment) and it was such a close second to my favourite one but was half the price! Once we found that out we just knew! They are so accommodating, the wedding planner is lovely and responds to my endless emails do quickly! We are do glad we kept that appointment! x

yeah i agree you just know! i visited about 30 venues and there was some stunning venues but i just didnt feel them and that place we chose isnt the the most amazing place but we both just said 'this is the one' xx

As others have said, you just know! I was worried we were too hasty so we didn't book and went to see loads more venues, then went back a month later taking my parents, I was a nervous wreck the whole way there thinking I will have bigged it up too much in my head and wouldn't like it as much, but I did! We just both knew it was the one and booked then xx

We both wanted to get married and have our reception in the same place so were limited. I had fallen in love with our venue looking at pics. When we actually went there, we both walked away and hubby said, well we are not looking anywhere else. We both just fell in love,

We looked at our venue the first time we were planning in 2010 and forgot about it cause the brochure was scary expensive.. But in February this year we were told it had changed hands and was a beautiful, inexpensive venue now.. It's literally 1 minute drive from our house and funnily enough had a wedding fair a week later ! We went and checked it out and as soon as I saw the reception room I fell in love, I then found out we were allowed real candles and fell in love all over again :-) and theeeen went home and looked through the brochure and it was absolutely perfect prices and for what we get its a steal !!! Also as I was oh so excited at the venue our song, the song that will be our first dance, came on the speakers :-) Fate fate fate :-)

We won a luxury night there from a draw we entered that night, we walked around the grounds the night we stayed and I could imagine floated round them in my dress with H2B :-) xxx

We chose our reception venue for convenience. H2B's sister is severely disabled, and when she visits him in Cardiff she always stays in one particular hotel, as the hotel can help her to hire the equipment she needs and they provide everything she needs. We decided to have the reception at this particular hotel, as it reduces the need for taxis (the church is walking distance, even for someone pushing a wheelchair), and if she needs to be taken up to her room by her carers to be freshened up she won't need to miss much of the reception. We did have some specific things that we wanted, but they were fairly standard and the venue ticked all the boxes. Plus the wedding co-ordinator wasn't phased when we said that we have a guest who is gluten intolerant and one who has a real phobia of trying new food, so has a very restricted diet. She said that it would be fine to provide something different for her.

As for the church, there were two choices, my church or his. There was never any question of looking at other churches. It came down to the fact that his church can seat more people, is all on the level whereas my church would have the ceremony upstairs (and you can guarantee that would be the day that the lift would break down), and is a traditional stone anglican church so looks much better.

i think my dad and H2B's auntie mentioned our place but said that its really expensive but nice. so i booked an appointment anyway as we would be in the area the same day as viewing my dream castle venue. so we went to the castle in the morning - it was lovely but soooo expensive - i left feeling really downhearted and H2B said that he would find someway to get it if i really wanted it but at £8000 just for venue for a monday/tuesday wedding it was just a bit ridiculous.

so afternoon appointment came and i still felt a bit down after dream venue being so expensive and we turned up at our venue and even though the person was 20 mins late we sat in the bar and enjoyed the free drinks. after being shown around we fell in love with this room with gold spiral staircases and it was really lovely. then the best bit was the price! £3999 for 60 day guests and 120 evening guests including food drinks and things like that. out of all the venues we looked at it was the cheapest and the best one we looked at - it was even better than the so called 'dream' venue (which had dance floor and bar in a separate room). we just sat there and looked at each other and said this is our venue and booked a date. we kind of just knew and havent seen any other venues that compare.

sorry if this doesnt help you but for us it was an easy decision. you have some time so maybe go for a second viewing or have a look at some other places? perhaps a little further away? our venue is 30 mins away from church but it gives us a lovely drive on our own on the day so we get some time to ourselves xx

I chose my venue as it was free. Once we got quotes for the marquee it was no longer free. Or even cheaper. Bum.

good luck on venue hunting!

we chose ours 1. because its in our home town. 2.because its cheap drinks for everyone. 3. because we could afford it without lending/asking for money.

The venue we are actually having. My H2B said no to when we were going through the brochures but the events coordinator kept on emailing me so I thought lets give it a go just to see. I absolutely fell in love with it, so did my mum and my MOH. Took the OH back the next week and he agreed! Its not what I thought I would have gone for but I just loved it! Everytime I talk about it I get so excited! You will know when you walk in! xx