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Choosing Your Wedding Venue? Here Are 7 Things You Should Consider
There is no doubt that each and every wedding-related decision you make plays a vital role in ensuring your big day goes up to speed.
However, there are some decisions and aspects of your wedding that have a bigger significance than the others insomuch that planning a wedding without it will be a challenge, if not, impossible. One of these big and significant decisions is the wedding venue. Sure, with an overwhelming abundance of wedding venues in the Philippines, selecting one out of the many should be a walk in the park. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
If you are a couple who has everything planned out before you and your partner even got engaged, looking for a wedding venue will be easy and straightforward. If not, choosing the appropriate party place for your event can prove to be one of the most challenging tasks in your wedding planning. This is because a lot of complex factors goes into choosing a venue.
Ensuring that each and every minute factor is present in your chosen site is imperative as it will be pivotal in the success of your wedding event. However, before you go and look for potential wedding venues, know and determine what you want first.
From there, you can start shopping for venues. To help you choose an appropriate venue (and narrow down the list of prospective places), here are seven factors you ought to consider:
1.) The venue’s availability
The venue’s availability on your wedding date should be your primary concern. After all, there is no point in falling in love with a venue only to end up disappointed with its unavailability. Ideally, you should book your venue at least six months prior to your event. However, big and popular venues might get booked even sooner as these places tend to get fully-booked even a year prior.
To save yourself from the disappointment of falling for a venue you cannot have, call up the venue before you schedule a visit and ask its availability. There is no point in wasting time and effort in checking out venues that are occupied on your wedding dates.
2.) The venue’s size and seating capacity
Before choosing prospective wedding venues, you and your partner should ideally have an estimate of how big or small you want your wedding to be. In this regard, you should already have a rough approximation of how many wedding guests will be attending your event. With that in mind, you should pick a venue that is just the right size for your event. Pay extra attention to a venue’s capacity as you need to make space allowances as well. Just because a venue can seat 300 guests does not mean you should go as far as to invite 300 guests as well.
Take note: You need room for your wedding decors and the dance floor as well. Thunderbird Resorts in Rizal is a sizable venue enough to accommodate a whole party of wedding guests. More importantly, you can play with your wedding theme and decorate the venue accordingly.
3.) The venue’s price tag
With so many wedding venues in the Philippines, it would almost be quite impossible not to find one for your wedding event. In your search, falling in love with more than one venue is an inevitability. However, while these venues might look appealing, not all of them will be within your budget. Remember, the wedding venue might be the most important wedding aspect to consider, but it is not the only wedding aspect you will be paying for.
Determine what you can afford, come up with a budget, and stick to it before you start the search. Doing this will prevent you the unnecessary disappointment and frustration of finding the perfect venue only to end up disappointed with its exorbitant price tag.
4.) The service packages
Event’s venues usually come in two kinds: Full service or venue only. The former typically offers everything you will ever need for your big day, which leaves you a little more time to spend planning your wedding. Full-service venues usually provide the venue, the styling as well as the catering leaving you little else to book. However, if you have the time and desire, you can opt for a venue-only option which simply offers you the space and leave you to do the rest. Both options have their respective pros and cons. Full-service venues offer you convenience whereas venue only options offer you limitless customization. Determine what you want and whether or not you have the time and desire.
If you wish to have better leverage of how your venue will look, go for the venue-only option. Otherwise, choose the full-service option. Thunderbird Resorts in Rizal has a myriad of wedding packages for prospective couples who wish to tie the knot. These wedding packages come in many forms and are flexible according to the needs and wants of the client. In this regard, couples who wish to tie the knot at the resort can have the wedding of their dreams without compromising their budget.
5.) The venue’s location
Be a little meticulous in choosing a wedding venue as this is one of the important aspects that can affect guest attendance. Ideally, your wedding venue should be accessible as well as convenient to reach to ensure a maximum attendance from your guests. If your ceremony and reception are to be held in two different areas, be sure that the two are just within proximity of each other. Choosing two sites that are hours apart can put your guests off from attending both.
Located just an hour and a half away from Metro Manila, Thunderbird Resorts in Rizal is one of the premier options for a destination wedding that is not too far-off and already has everything that you might possibly need for your dream wedding.
6.) The venue’s parking space
While the venue might be big enough to hold your guests, you need to factor in the parking space as well. Is there sufficient space for parking? If parking is lacking, you need to find a nearby parking lot available for your wedding date where you can organize a shuttle service going to your venue. Otherwise, choose a venue with more than enough parking for your guests. Thunderbird Resort in Rizal ensures that there is enough parking space for your wedding guests so that they need not worry about their cars.
7.) The venue’s corkage policy
Unless you opt for a venue-only option, full-service venues typically provide the food and drinks. In this regard, serving anything else such as alcoholic beverages will come at an extra charge or with a corkage coffee. Before finalizing your booking, ask the venue coordinator about their corkage policies first. As Thunderbird Resorts in Rizal already has an inclusive wedding package, couples need not worry about contacting their own suppliers. Thunderbird Resorts in Rizal’s wedding packages already come with a feast to serve to your guests, a personalized menu, a three-layer fondant cake, floral arrangements, place cards and many more. In this regard, couples need not look for other suppliers. However, should couples outsource suppliers, the venue charges a minimal corkage fee.
Selecting your wedding venue is ideally the first decision you will ever make as an engaged couple. Not only is it the biggest wedding aspect you have to consider, but it tends to dictate how the rest of your wedding will look. It will influence your budget, decor, suppliers, and at times, even your attire. So sit down, do not rush and take ample time to review your options with your partner. Remember, for every couple and wedding theme they have; there is always a corresponding garden, beach area, and banquet hall that will address the wedding of their dreams. They just need to have the perfect wedding reception area.