Hi everyone, I'm not a frequent starter of posts. Tonight I am baby sitting and using this time to think of potential venues for our wedding of the century. Our budget is limited but is probably better than we expect somewhere between 2 and 10k. Ok I know that sounds like a big range but theoretically we can afford the 10k but we would prefer to save that money to put towards our future than spend it all on one day.
I want to put together a list for h2b and me to go through of local venues to us and contact numbers etc. Is there anyone else who has done a spreadsheet of specifications/availabilities of venues in order to eliminate a few before you started going visiting. If yes or if you can imagine what I am trying to achieve....What would you include in your venue listings???
So far I have "Venue name. Contact name and number. Capacity. Miles from home." Can you think of anymore????
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CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Price!
CommentAuthormitch2509
yeah defo price and how many people it holds !
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I did the same when we were looking and then started highlighting favorites and then ranking them too.
CommentAuthormitch2509
i tried doing this but i just knew when i saw my venue i wanted it!! lol... we looked at other places but they just wernt as nice
We have so many to choose from, and silly me thought I'd found a cheap room that was perfect, a square room with a licence and a kitchen that family/friends could prepare some sarnies and stew in all for under £400, h2b was ok with it but not keen, and then mum went ape saying it was such a cheap bla bla bla and our wedding was to have more class than that! So I am back to the drawing bord!
I'm now a married woman
I have a gorgeous husband
Whats to do now
Theres no more wedding planning to do
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
You can get nice rooms and venues without breaking the bank and also classy. Are you getting married at the venue or in church or a reg office? You will have more scope if you do one of the later two options.
CommentAuthorRags
At the moment I have fallen out with the local CoE church. I don't like my local registry office, but apparently they have moved. It's all so up in the air! And I feel like we need to be making these decisions sooner rather than later. I don't particularly like hotels for a venue but my choices are limited for licensed buildings. I really am back at stage 1!
I'm now a married woman
I have a gorgeous husband
Whats to do now
Theres no more wedding planning to do
CommentAuthormcewan07
I did this, i got the scottish venue mag, put in a list all those i liked the look of from the pictures ( as i wanted something with character and not a new build) then went down the list , any over the top prices i crossed off, if they couldn't fit in my guests i crossed them of, and i ended up being left with about 5. We went to our first venue and my other half fell in love with it, and so we have booked it and went no where else. Im sure you will find something that suits your needs.
CommentAuthorRags
Thanks Jennebel, I had thought of that too, but the way my mum kicked off (from the otherside of the world) was just too much. So I decided to go back to the drawing board. I still may end up with that venue but I may aswell have a few nice days out looking at venues with h2b.
I'm now a married woman
I have a gorgeous husband
Whats to do now
Theres no more wedding planning to do
CommentAuthormitch2509
yeah get your self to some wedding fairs and look round venues !
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
the first thing i did was do a search for wedding venues in the local area on the pc .... then i email them with the sort of thing ,numbers etc we aere looking at and asked them to email me back or send me their brochure with price list
