Choosing your wedding venue is one of the most important decisions you will make during the wedding planning process, so in this article we give you are best advice on how to choose a wedding venue.
Your choice of venue will both impact the composition of your wedding photography as well as determine the date on which you’ll actually get married. Here are some of the factors you may want to keep in mind while making your decision.
Where do you want to get married? You probably have some ideas. Whether it’s round the corner from your house or in another country, you’re doing to need to find a venue in that area.
Sure, you could use Google. But Wedding SuperMarket’s search engine was designed specifically to help you find wedding venues. As such, we provide a lot of information that Google doesn’t. Simply type the name of the location in our search engine and we’ll only show you wedding venues in that area. You can search the entire UK.
For many, cost is likely to be one of the primary considerations. This needs little discussion. You need to choose somewhere that you can afford.
With Wedding SuperMarket, choosing a wedding venue in your budget is very simple and straightforward. Simple use the budget slider when searching for a wedding venue and we’ll only show you results that fit your budget.
You may also find yourself having to make choices you perhaps don’t want to make based on the policies of certain venues. For example, some wedding venues insist you use their in-house catering. This may give you limited choices when it comes to deciding what you want to serve at your wedding breakfast.
For example, if you’re having a mixed-heritage or Asian wedding, and serving Indian food is important because it’s what many of your guests will expect, you may have to decide against a particular venue if they will not satisfying your catering needs.
Another important practical question to ask is whether the venue can accommodate your guest list. If you’re having a small wedding, this is unlikely to be a problem but if you’re inviting hundreds of people, you’ll need to be sure that your venue has the capacity. Equally, if you have a particular venue or aesthetic in mind, you’re going to need to find a venue which meets both criteria. This can be a source of frustration because you cannot send out invitations until after you’ve booked the venue.
You can simply set your required capacity when running a wedding venue search and we’ll only show you venues that are big enough to accommodate your guest list.
There are all kinds of wedding venues. There are large country houses surrounded as far as the eye can see by rolling hills and countryside, and there are modern, inner city, glass and metal hotels and skyscrapers. There are also castles, palaces or foreign destinations you may want to consider.
The aesthetic of your venue will influence the kind of wedding you have. Choose an aesthetic you like. It will also be what appears in the background of all of your wedding photos.
Choosing your wedding venue is a personal decision. And if compromises need to be made, you and your spouse will need to be clear about what is important to you.
Wedding SuperMarket’s venue search allows you to filter your search to help you quickly find a venue that will cater to your needs. We hope it helps you. That’s why we built it.
If you have any further questions about how to choose a wedding venue, drop us a comment below.
