Three things you must know when choosing a venue

To achieve your perfect wedding, the starting point of success or failure is here! Not to be alarmist, if the venue is not well maintained, your dream wedding may very well come to nothing. Let’s carefully consider these big and small things that should be paid attention to when choosing a venue, so as to make it perfect, and make up for it if you haven’t done it!

The most efficient way to do things is to customize a regular schedule, and the same is true for finding and finalizing a wedding venue. Don’t spend three days fishing and two days drying up the net without a clue, missing the golden wedding day and your beloved venue!

Although today's weddings no longer pay attention to the matchmaker's words, parents' opinions still play a decisive role in finalizing the wedding date. Currently, popular wedding venues in Shanghai generally require a reservation period of one to one and a half years. It seems that the top priority of choosing a venue should be determined as early as possible through a tripartite meeting between the couple and their parents. Choose a good day and start the competition!

When the wedding date is set, action is about to begin. In a big city like Shanghai, when looking for a wedding venue, you must have rich sources of information - magazines, newspapers, websites, but be careful to choose a well-named wedding venue. Noisy head and good reputation. In addition, you should visit more wedding exhibitions, which are new things in the wedding market in recent years. For large wedding exhibitions, you can learn about the situation of multiple venues at one time, while for small ones, you can go to get familiar with the style of a single venue and the specific wedding process. You can try them all.

After about a month of comprehensively collecting information, you can carry out concentrated on-site visits. You can choose about four hotels that you are most interested in, and make an appointment with their sales staff to conduct a For a comprehensive PK battle, it is best to formulate a detailed table of the inspection content, communicate in a targeted manner, and facilitate you to make a comprehensive comparison.

After deciding on the final wedding venue, before signing the contract, you must carefully study the details: date, time, banquet hall, general dishes, drinks, free hardware facilities including some restrictions The regulations for dealing with foreign parties need to be written clearly in the contract. If the other party is too vague, they must not agree. There are indeed many cases of failure due to missing clauses.

About half a month before the wedding, remember to confirm with the venue: the final number of tables (number of people), menu, drinks, details of the day's layout, monitoring of on-site hardware, security, etc. If there is any discrepancy with the previous negotiation, timely communication and replacement are required. The wedding will not be repeated, so the details are worth confirming again and again.

The type of venue is inextricably linked to the type of wedding, so couples must have a comprehensive understanding, especially couples whose ideal wedding format is unique. Some weddings really only have exclusive venues. Oh, don’t ignore it! Star-rated hotels: If you pay attention to service and decency, star-rated hotels, especially four-star and five-star hotels, should be given priority. Moreover, the hotel's banquet hall has a variety of options and can be flexibly changed in size, which is more practical. Specialty restaurant: If a restaurant is outstanding enough, it must have its own characteristics. The style of dishes or the style of the environment must be one of them. This quality just meets the demands of two types of couples: one is for affordable and delicious dishes; the other is for a unique wedding style. feature. Suburban villas: Some villas in the suburbs of Shanghai are also recommended for couples' employment, where weddings can be held in a beautiful and private setting. However, outsourcing catering services and picking up and dropping off guests still require the couple to think carefully. Special types of venues: Special types of wedding venues such as yachts, bars, and beaches. Although the proportion of couples choosing them is not high due to seasonality and operability, we recommend that you choose these venues to hold the "second meeting" after the wedding. One-stop wedding venue: a wedding venue that recommends wedding photography, wedding ceremony, wedding banquet and other services to couples in a package or menu selection. It is the most unique wedding venue among all types. The current shortcomings are that there are few choices and high prices. .

Once the venue is confirmed, the style of your wedding will be roughly clear. It is difficult to force a wedding planner to help you design a Chinese-style wedding in a pure white Western-style space, and it is also difficult to design a Chinese-style wedding in a pure white Western-style space. Create a beautiful and pure wedding impression in the venue. General venue styles include: pure Chinese classical style, Western retro style, exotic style, modern simple style, etc. The first three are suitable for a relatively single wedding style, while the last one can be flexibly changed.

The shape of the venue has the most impact on the placement of tables and the control of the atmosphere of the wedding scene. Rectangular venue: The most common shape of hotel banquet halls. The tables are placed at any height and the priority of guests is not obvious. Long venue: It is easy to ignore the guests in the back half and cause dissatisfaction. The solution is to add a large screen in the middle. Circular venue: It has a more luxurious and retro feel, but the seating arrangement space is not practical. Irregular venue: It can be carefully classified according to the type of guests to create an intimate atmosphere between them.

If a venue has a ceremony hall, a lush garden, and a beautiful fountain, there are many more possible options for a bar wedding, which makes it easier for the couple to make temporary changes to their plans, and also allows them to have more fun during the wedding. gimmicks, so you should consider these venues with additional potential, they are likely to bring fresh fun to the wedding.

In addition to information search and on-site inspections, you also have other preparations that need to be confirmed to ensure they are complete.

The cost, wedding format, and number of guests all have an important impact on the selection and booking of the venue, so check it carefully!

Add the wedding preparation costs for the two people, plus the parents’ autonomy and possible gifts, which is generally the price that your wedding banquet may bear. You can leave 10% floating space up and down. It is estimated that By counting the number of tables for the banquet, you can get the possible unit price for each table. Visiting suitable venues based on this price is the first step to control the entire wedding cost. Don't be greedy for cheap and book a venue that cannot meet your needs, and don't save face and overspend on this budget, which will make other preparations behind.

Chinese style or Western style wedding, garden marriage proposal or auditorium ceremony, round table banquet or buffet banquet? Even if you cannot think clearly when booking the venue, please outline the general outline first to avoid changes in the future. Improper, leading to more waste of energy. This will not only help you to be more targeted when choosing a venue, but also help you save time and money for preparations for other projects.

Nowadays, the average number of wedding banquet seats is around 20-30 tables. If you are not sure about the number of people at the wedding banquet, you can use this number as a reference first, but it is still best to determine as soon as possible which relatives, friends, classmates, colleagues, etc. will be invited. As a human being, I would like to remind you to communicate with your parents early. Sometimes the guests they invite to the banquet will be far beyond your imagination. But after all, a wedding is a happy event for everyone. It is not good to have many extra guests at the moment and no place to arrange them.

Nowadays, couples often hire wedding companies to plan and decorate wedding venues for themselves. Therefore, when communicating with the venue, you must understand which venues are free and which ones are compact and practical. Yes, when arranging, you should pay attention to the regulations to avoid unpleasantness in terms of money and rights and responsibilities.

A professional wedding venue will help the couple formulate some alternative plans. For example, if the garden ceremony is canceled due to rain, it can provide the couple with a spare hall or tent; high-priced wedding rooms can be converted into standard rooms for out-of-town guests to rest. Wait; there are not enough parking spaces to help the couple rent one nearby, etc. Learn more about this information, take preventive measures, and relax your wedding mood.

Be as detailed as possible in every detail of the contract you sign with the hotel, including whether to set off cold fireworks, parking spaces in the parking lot, guidance and restrictions on layout and safety, etc. After it is officially confirmed, once new situations or plans arise, you should communicate with the hotel in a timely manner. If necessary, you can add it as an attachment to the original contract, so don't be afraid of trouble.

In this section, we have specially selected 15 details that you should pay attention to when choosing a venue. If the venue meets all standards, congratulations, this must be the place where you can achieve your ideal wedding. !

Unless you invite few guests or the wedding format is special, a venue with regular shape and wide view must be your first choice. Taking into account the interaction between the couple and guests during the wedding, thick pillars and screens that block the view must be avoided. , It is best not to have curtains. If it is unavoidable, you can consider asking the venue to add more audio-visual equipment that can play the wedding process to make up for the shortcomings.

Although the wedding is not a show, since guests are invited to witness a series of sacred links, they must be decent and generous. The cramped stage is not only unsightly, but also insufficient to show the splendor of the wedding. The 30-square-meter elevated The stage is a basic requirement. If it cannot be met, the effect of the wedding program will inevitably be affected. Especially for weddings with a large number of guests, the stage must be large.

In modern weddings, more and more photoelectric media that can bring wonderful sensory effects have attracted people's attention. Equipment such as sound, projection, and spotlights are necessary for weddings, so it is even more important for you to make a comprehensive confirmation when choosing a venue. Otherwise, your carefully selected wedding music and expensive investment in the short film may be in vain.

A ceiling that is too low will give people a depressing feeling, while a ceiling that is too high will give people a luxurious and deserted feeling. Unless your wedding is very grand, a ceiling that is too high can only be used as a wedding decoration. Match it with a super luxurious setting, otherwise your wedding will look shabby. Generally, a moderate venue height is the best choice.

In the past, newlyweds would rely on past experience, word of mouth among relatives and friends, or introductions from the media to understand the taste of dishes. However, now more and more venues are holding regular small wedding exhibitions, including Including a dish tasting session, this also provides a good opportunity for newcomers to understand the taste of the specific dishes at the venue.

If you hold a wedding at a venue with inconvenient transportation, there will definitely be guests complaining afterwards, so you must consider it carefully when choosing a venue: the venue in the city center must be accessible by multiple bus transportation facilities. In slightly more remote areas, you should consider the area where most of the guests live. Do not rely on your own transportation convenience as the only starting point. You are the only one with a wedding car to pick you up.

In our readers’ interviews, there were many examples of dissatisfaction with the service conditions of the venue on the day, and most of them were concentrated during the golden holidays when weddings are busy. Couples may wish to consider the venue’s brand reputation, complaint rate, wedding exhibition standardization, etc. To measure from a different perspective, if possible, determine the number of waiters that the venue must provide on that day and write it into the contract.

Some venues do not take wedding requirements into consideration when designing, so the area available for welcoming guests is relatively small or not at all. Therefore, couples must confirm with the venue in advance which area can be used for welcoming guests. , what kind of decorations can be done, and what kind of assistance can be provided at the venue? Don’t be embarrassed by being too crowded and shabby.

Some guests come from out of town, some guests arrive at the venue that has not been properly decorated, and some elderly guests need a comfortable location. If there is not a large enough guest rest area, these guests will definitely be neglected. Asking the venue to arrange a rest area that guests can use freely, or asking someone to lead them to other rest areas are feasible options.

The guest’s coat is hanging on the back of the chair? Not only is it unsightly, it will also damage the unique chair back arrangement. It is also rude for guests from out of town to leave their luggage at their feet. Therefore, it is very important for the venue to provide professional storage services. Sometimes the high-end and meticulousness of a wedding can be reflected in these small details.

The dressing room is not just a wedding room. It has many special requirements. The space must be large, because the couple has many sets of outfits to display; the lighting must be good. It is difficult for a makeup artist to paint in dark light. Wear beautiful makeup; be close to the banquet hall, otherwise the newlyweds will "travel long distances" which will be time-consuming and laborious. Some venues will open a small hall next to the banquet hall for the newlyweds to use as a dressing room. This is a very considerate approach.

Relatively speaking, the hygiene of the venue and banquet halls can be guaranteed in most cases, but the hygiene of the aisles, toilets, and stairs must also be guaranteed. When choosing a venue, couples may wish to turn their attention to these easily overlooked aspects. Check the hygiene of the venue in detail, especially the social restaurant. There is still room for improvement in these aspects.

How many parking spaces are available at the venue for guests to park their cars on that day is also something that needs to be negotiated with the venue. If the venue itself has limited parking spaces, you must make preparations in advance and ask the venue or yourself to make reservations for guests nearby. For some other parking spaces, it would be most careful if they can be booked in advance and stated directly in the invitation.

The temperature of the venue may not matter to the couple because they always wear wedding dresses, but it may not be easy for the guests to adapt quickly. They will be frozen in the dog days of summer and their heads will be covered with heat in the cold weather. Sweating profusely is a scene that the editor has seen before. It is important to discuss with the venue. The best solution is actually very simple. Please indicate on the invitation: Wear formal attire to attend.

A yacht wedding requires a special car to take guests to the pier, a villa wedding requires a special car to take guests to the venue, and beach weddings are mostly held during the day, and guests need to get up early to catch the car, so the venue can provide convenient services to pick up and drop off guests. It is important, otherwise, if you spend a lot of money to hire a team and make contacts, it seems that the gain outweighs the loss.