If you have been involved in planning your cousin’s wedding, you must have realized that planning a wedding starts with finding a perfect venue. When selecting a wedding venue, there are countless questions to ask to ensure that you are choosing the finest venue and the type of wedding that you’d like to host. Here, we have put together an exhaustive checklist to guide you, when searching for your wedding venue.
Convenience in reaching the venue
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How convenient is the venue for your family & visitors?
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Is there ample parking for visitors?
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Do they provide a valet parking for visitors?
Catering
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Is vegetarian & non-vegetarian food permitted by them?
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Check if they have in-house catering?
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If they have in-house catering check if the menu is flexible or fixed.
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If they do not have in-house catering, then check if they can suggest a caterer or can you arrange your own?
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Check the choices available in for food menu?
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It is important that you enquire about associated costs when dealing with hotel vendors.
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Check whether they make arrangements for alcohol?
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If they do not make arrangements for alcohol, enquire whether can you bring your own alcohol, if so will you be required to pay a corkage fee?
Licenses
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Check with the venue if they have the appropriate licenses as liquor, DJ/ live performance, etc. require permits.
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Discuss the fine points of your wedding with the venue manager to ensure you do not omit any likely license query.
Decoration
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Check what all is comprised in the venue cost.
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Do they allow external decoration vendors, if there is a requirement of additional decor requirements?
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If external decorators are not allowed, then take contact details of their decorators.
Seating Arrangement
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What sort of chairs & tables will the venue provide you?
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What sort of seating arrangements are feasible?
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Ask about the maximum seating that can be provided in your favored style?
Closing of ceremony
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What is the deadline for the event to conclude?
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Enquire about the possibility to stretch the deadline?
Financials
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What is the cancellation policy?
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Ask if the final amount includes all relevant taxes.
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It is essential that you ask for a detailed cost breakdown.
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Check if a deposit is needed?
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When will the final amount be due?
We hope you find it useful. Please feel free to let us know if we can include any other detail here, which may be of help to others also.