Wedding Planning

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Permalink Reply by Soulful Engagements on March 8, 2010 at 11:27am

Congratulations! There are so many options when it comes to picking a venue. I suggest thinking about the feel and style you want for your wedding and pick a venue that best suits your vision.

Below are links to two posts about finding a ceremony and reception venue that may be helpful. It also provides a link to a list of questions to ask the ceremony and reception site manager during your visit to the site.

Reception Venue Post

Ceremony Site Post

Stephanie
Soulful Engagements

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Permalink Reply by Glen Shevlin on March 8, 2010 at 3:22pm

Excellent, congratulations on the wedding, the venue needs to fufill some basic requiren=ments
1) Suit the tone and or theme of the wedding'
2) have the facilities that you require, do you need on site catering or is the food coming in, do you need dancing space, is there access for the diasabled if you need it , is there parking?
3) is it in the budget?
There are other things that are going to be specific to your individual needs .

Once you have decided what you need make a list and go inspecting, say a big thank you to GOOGLE, otherwise you would be doing this on foot.

Narrow it down to a usable number of venues.

Visit them talk to teh managment , inspect everything, kitchens,bathrooms, parking the hall itself. Get references, lots and lots of references . Did I mention references?

Once you ahve them check them. Keep in mind they won't give you the names of the people who were not happy, so check with the BBB and chamber of commerce.

Once you are happy with a hall, now the negotiations begin.

The above list is part of what a planner does , and you get to multiply this by however many trades you have.

Take a long look at the process and determine if you can deal with it, if so great bash on, if not check out the planners on the board thay can help.

Now that I have made an attempt to scare the hell out of you, remember, this is a fun process, as is your wedding just control the process don't let it control you.

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Permalink Reply by Janet P. Frye CFD on March 8, 2010 at 3:26pm

Congratulations! We have some great venues here in the Asheville area and May 19th is such a beautiful time up here with all the blooming flowers & trees. Your choices can range from a rustic barn on a mountaintop as Claxton Farm to a stately mansion such as Biltmore Estate with everything in between.
Lots of brides use their wedding to give guests a get-a-way experience to remember....so what type of experience would your guests (and you & your fiance') enjoy? Would a "down-home" venue complete with mountain tops, bon-fire and fishing pond excite them or would you & them be more excited being treated as royalty in a grand estate.
In our area there are many venues between these....Crest Pavilion with beautiful views & rockwork yet retaining an "outdoor" feel, Homewood a smaller less grand private home with polished wood and a secret glen and Castle Ladyhawke private "home" built like a miniature castle complete with turret on a mountaintop. There are a multitued of others as well. Asheville has become one of the destination wedding meccas.

Think of your wedding venue as a vacation spot for you and all your guests.....what type of vay-k would you like to have & give?
If I can be of further help feel free to email me at enchantedflorist@bellsouth.net.
Have fun planning!
Janet

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Permalink Reply by Caren Jeanty on March 10, 2010 at 3:11pm

Congratulations! I can offer you some great suggestions but I need to know your City and State.

But if you are interested in a Destination Wedding, here are my suggestions:
Paradisus in Costa Rica
Coconut Bay Resort in St. Lucia
Sandals in Antigua
Gansevoort Turks & Caicos

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