Your wedding will almost certainly be
one of the most important days of your life. This is why it’s of paramount
importance that you find the right venue for your impending nuptials. Wedding
venues are a very personal choice and should reflect your unique tastes,
personalities and (of course) budgetary restraints. Of the many factors to take
into consideration when selecting your wedding venue you should visit each
potential venue with a list of exactly what it is you’re looking for.
The Venue
Of primary concern when selecting wedding
venues should be the accessibility of the venue for your guests and how much it
will cost to hire. You should also factor in the size of the venue (making sure
it can comfortably hold all of your guests), it’s time restrictions and it’s
aesthetic qualities. Of course the venue can be as humble as a local hotel or
as grand as an Olympic stadium but either way it needs to “Feel” right, “Look”
right and contain all of the facilities that you’d expect of a wedding venue.
We've all (unfortunately) seen “Don't Tell The Bride,” so we know that the
venue doesn't necessarily have to be a conventional church or town hall, but
take into account that more unconventional venues probably won't be equipped to
handle a wedding without some help. On the other hand, if your other half is
particularly quirky, the very idea of staging the most important day of their lives
might make them shudder. A good middle ground would be a grand hotel on the
outskirts of a major city, with decent transport links for guests. Chester Hotels are particularly
gorgeous, affordable, and desirable, as the city is located just south of
Liverpool and close to the Welsh border.
Of course when it comes to wedding venues
the world really is your oyster (many may opt for a less conventional scenario
for their wedding), but it is advisable to use a location that comes with
recommendations specifically for holding weddings. Planning a wedding is
amongst the most stressful things you will ever have to do, with every minor
detail needing to be not only absolutely perfect of it’s own accord, but
perfectly in sync with all the other elements of the wedding. Wedding venues
that have been built with these ceremonies in mind will also be far more
practical and will be more likely to be able to accommodate all guests and will
most likely offer a selection of reception rooms fit for weddings of all sizes.
The All Inclusive Option
You will of course also need to consider if
you want the entire wedding to take place in the same location or if you will
be booking the wedding venue just for the reception (with the ceremony itself
taking place in a church or registry office perhaps). Certain wedding venues
might offer packages that will give couples discounted rates when they use the
venue for both the ceremony and reception. The venue might also involve the
capacity to accommodate guests overnight, which will be incredibly handy for
couples that have guests travelling from abroad. Larger hotels are a perfect
fit, because not only will they give the bride, groom and family somewhere to
stay after the ceremony and reception are over, but they might also have extra
features such as a spa or golf course that your guests can enjoy. You're more
likely to find these kind of facilities in an area of the UK such as Chester,
and the area surrounding it. Indeed, if you're particularly keen on a decent
health Spa Cheshire is
world-renowned for them!
The only down side of the all-inclusive
option, is that your wedding could feel a little “Cookie-cutter,” especially if
you happen to have been to a few other similar weddings in recent years. Still,
the convenience and affordability of the option is not to be scoffed at, and
having all of the location work sorted in one in one move will leave you with a
lot less work and a fewer stress headaches!
21st Century Marriage
Of course searching for suitable wedding
venues is even more of a headache if you’re a same-sex couple looking for a
civil partnership. Since April 1995, it has been legal for same-sex couples to
hold civil wedding ceremonies in venues other than registry offices (provided
the registrar conducting the ceremony has been licensed no less than 15 days
before the ceremony) and this means the options have really opened up with
wedding venues from hotels to castles and country homes to even football
stadiums now licensed to wed loving partners regardless of sexual preference.
