5 Things To Think About When Looking For The Perfect Wedding Venue

It’s a great day! Your other half has finally popped the question you longed to hear…. “Will you marry me”. Wedding bells go off in your head then comes the tricky tasks of picking the perfect wedding venue!

The advice that we would give you at this stage is not to rush into booking just any wedding venue. It’s best that you keep your options open and look around. The wedding venue is the part of the wedding that brings everyone together so it’s vital that you get it right and pick the perfect wedding venue for both you, your partner and your wedding guests. There are so many perfect wedding venues to choose from both here and broad but please keep these top 5 things to think about when looking for the perfect wedding venue.

Our Top 5 Perfect Wedding Venue Tips

1. Research, research and research some more – you can never research a venue enough! To save time, before you go to a venue you’re interested in we advise you to gather all the information you can get your hands on and compile a gang of questions that you can ask when you get to the venue. Being prepared and doing your research will save you time and having to go back to the venue or make long calls to the hotel and have to wait for answers.
2. Don’t Forget to Book Your Visit – When you are finished your research of the perfect wedding venue you should be sure to book your visit to the possible wedding venue and get on first name basis with the wedding coordinator of that venue. Buy a little notepad and pen to have so you can jot down all the important information and questions that you have.
3. What’s the Budget? – Let’s be realistic here and don’t go looking at places that you frankly can’t afford. This is where you need to ask yourself how much am I willing to spend on the perfect wedding venue? The venue is where all the other elements come together so it is important so we want it to be a beautiful venue. There is nothing worse that going to view a wedding venue for your big day then finding out that it’s sooooooo out of your price range. You can avoid this by asking for a price list prior to viewing the venue, they will give you a breakdown of packages per person and a price list of any packages with extras that they have. Wedding venues are very accommodating and can chop and change packages to suit you, which is great!
4. How Many Guests will you have? – Just how big will this wedding be? The size of the wedding guest list can stop you from booking certain wedding venues as you may have too many guests or just not enough to fill the room. The good thing is that most wedding venues have numerous rooms to choose from such as an intimate room for 50 guests or a large banquet room to suit larger weddings of 200 and above. WINNING!
5. Think of the time of year – Think about the time of year that you’re booking the wedding for? Is it during winter or summer or let’s face it, it’s Ireland it’s all a gamble!  So if it’s raining which is very possible here in Ireland, for this reason you need to check if the wedding venue has a place for indoor wedding pictures?

So there you have it, that’s the top 5 things to think about when looking for the perfect wedding venue. If you have chosen to go abroad most of the things above won’t be available to you like going to view every venue so the advice we give here is really do your research and go by recommendations. Word of mouth and real life testimonials are key here as these people have experienced weddings in the venue first hand. So find the perfect abroad wedding venue, do your research, look for real life reviews then take a few days with your partner and make the trip abroad to check it out! It’s a great excuse for a few days away with your loved one.  If booking a wedding venue abroad click here for tips on how to pick the ideal wedding venue abroad.