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How many venues did you view...

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Bubblemonkey · 17/02/2020 10:39

Before deciding on the one? The fiancé is saying 2 isn’t enough 👀

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MeanMrMustardSeed · 23/02/2020 03:41

None. I’d been to a wedding there and it was available at the right time. Job done. Can’t get overly invested in venues.

MuscatelGrapes · 23/02/2020 04:28

Pretty much @Babdoc’s experience.

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 23/02/2020 04:51

About 6 in quite a short space of time. The winner for me was stunning but also came with a wedding coordinator and j instantly felt in safe hands. I got married 5hrs away from my home and it was important to me to have the support down there. She was fantastic and helped the day run smoothly

Mammyloveswine · 23/02/2020 04:53

3, almost booked one but my heart was set on where we had our reception in the end.

We travelled every month for church too as we no longer lived and attended anymore so it was a lovely build up!

phivephatphish · 23/02/2020 05:34
  1. We were on a tight schedule.
Hippopotas · 23/02/2020 05:46

One. I walked in and said to DH I want to get married here.

user1497787065 · 23/02/2020 07:43

My daughter is now thinking weddings and I feel so reluctant to look at so called 'venues'.

I have been to three or so quite high end weddings at venues and I can see how people are taken in by beautiful flowers, candles, decor etc but the food, when it eventually arrives was dire. We have also had to kill
So much time whilst ceremony
Room is the n rearranged as room for wedding breakfast to take place.

SheWoreBlueVelvet · 26/02/2020 23:22

None!
We knew the village in France we wanted to get married in. The castle we had assumed we would use, was just too much faff.
I picked a large AirBnB villa of the internet and a bit of google street map.Month before wedding DH flew over to have a look and to store some wedding wine purchased from the local Carrefour there. Luckily he said it was amazing.
I never saw it until I arrived with the guests the day before we married! It was so much better than I could have imagined. Fabulous place.

Notsurewhyimdoingthis · 29/02/2020 00:01

Two but me and my husband are both go with your gut people. We saw the second venue, we both loved it, it was in our price range and we booked it that day

Bridetobe920 · 14/03/2020 14:45
  1. We booked the first we saw, along with everything else we’ve done for our wedding.
Sushiroller · 22/03/2020 17:32

All 4 were nice but...
one was nice but not that cheap and very inflexible (4pm earliest start Confused)
one was run by the council and it was pure amateur hour being shown around, we knew the whole wedding would be stressful

One was perfectly nice and is our plan B

MrsMoastyToasty · 22/03/2020 17:39
  1. We married a couple of years before the laws changed relating to where couples could marry. We knew we didn't want to marry at our local registry office so our only alternative was our parish church.
Momniscient · 23/03/2020 15:23

We saw something like 15! Decided on no.13

heresince2020 · 05/04/2020 10:06

I viewed 3. I would have viewed more after if none of them were right for us though.

dyscalculicgal96 · 14/04/2020 23:24

We opted for a local church hall. We booked the fourth one we saw. I visited a few in the area and then we picked one. I did not want a barn wedding or a cramped old dusty room over a pub.

elliejjtiny · 14/04/2020 23:27

2

nowaitaminute · 14/04/2020 23:31

5 venues - but I'm really fussy especially when it comes to hotel function rooms and carpets- if they had a red, green or blue carpet with yellow diamonds on it etc then it was a big NO 🤮 and if the room had those white or wooden effect room dividers then it was also a big NO! 🙈 but that was obviously just me being fussy/picky.

Fuchsake · 14/04/2020 23:32

Loads. We knew before we even started looking that “loving” somewhere wouldn’t be an option for us, because those places were too expensive. We picked cheap places to view but they were all awful. We went with the first one that wasn’t totally atrocious. If we’d been able to afford more expensive venues then perhaps we’d have had the option to choose somewhere we loved.

SlightyJaded · 15/04/2020 00:45

6 or 7 but I had a fenickity list at the time.

I didn't want a hotel unless we could have the whole place (wanted to know that where ever we were, we had the whole venue and I wouldn't be bumping into randoms), and the kind of hotel I liked was never going to be within our budget to 'buy out' - so hotels were out.

I also wanted somewhere with pretty outside space - summer wedding.

I wanted a church wedding - so had to be close to a church as I didn't want a big faff to get to the reception.

Wanted at least two ballroom sized spaces so that one could be set for wedding breakfast and one could be set for dancing the night before and we wouldn't all have to shuffle out and be herded about.

Wanted a period building with big windows and polished floors not pelmets and carpets.

Wanted to be able to set up a bar with free drinks all night (supplied by us) without paying stupid corkage

want want want. I was a really easy bride but I was venue-zilla

Walked into the 6th place that was BEAUTIFUL and had a Norman Chapel in the grounds that would just fit our 130 guests and it was job done.

ErrolTheDragon · 15/04/2020 00:53

None, I was living at the other end of the country so DM chose the venue. My parents were paying ... I didn't have to do much more than turn up with my dress and choose the colour of the flowers. I'm not sure DH was consulted about anything at all, bar his side of the guest list.

happymummy12345 · 15/04/2020 11:03

None as we knew we were getting married in the local registry office. We had a 3 month engagement and planned the wedding within 2 months. The registry office is beautiful though, the room was stunning and they put red carpet outside, there's big steps and gorgeous gardens as a backdrop for photos. It didn't look or feel like a registry office, I loved it.

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