Questions to Ask Your Venue

Looking for a venue can be intimidating and everything revolves around your location. When you're looking for your venue, keep in mind your vision and what comes with it. Do you want it indoors or outdoors? Do you want it to be rustic or classic? Once you have narrowed down your choices, here are a few key questions to ask your venue:

 

One of the biggest questions to be asking your venue is, “How many people can they host?” This is make or break depending on how many people you are expecting at your wedding. You don’t want your guests to be crammed into a back room or so spread out they can't all be together.  You want to have space for all of  your vendors to properly do their job while giving you room to walk around and interact with your friends and family (plus you don’t want that dress getting caught on a chair!).

Everyone always wants to know the price up front. Think value first! Ask what is included with their rental.  Are there options?  Make sure you ask for their rental rates before you fall in love with the venue. Know your overall budget because you don’t want to fall head over heels and have your vision crushed because it is too far out of your budget. No worries, you WILL find your perfect venue- don't give up!

Whether you're having a wedding during the day or in the evening, you are most likely going to have food for your guests. It's important to know whether your venue has their own caterer or do they allow for outside catering? Another biggie is if they have a license to have alcohol on their property. Also be clear on alcohol policies and procedures.  You don't want to be having problems with the venue or the law on your big day!

These are just a FEW of the critical question that you want to ask your venue. When you hire us, we’ll make sure to help you find your perfect venue and help you ask all the right questions.

New Spring Intern 2015

Hey everyone! My name is Sarah Manns and I am so excited about interning for Jenn! I am currently a senior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro majoring in Community and Therapeutic Recreation and in my last semester. I usually say I am from Charlotte, but in reality, asking where I am from is one of the hardest questions I am asked. You see, I was born in Turkey and lived in Brazil, England, Singapore, and then the United States. Do you see my dilemma now?? It was because of all the traveling I did with my family that made me fall in love with different cultures, people, and traditions. So, what better profession to get into than event planning in order to experience all three? The answer is: there isn't a better option (for me at least)!

Not many people know that you can study to become an event planner, so how did I get there? Since both of my parents are foreign, they decided that they knew exactly how college in America worked; everyone chooses their major before they get to college. Right? Far from it. Yet, that is what I did. I researched majors and narrowed down what I wanted to do and from there I chose the college I wanted to go to based upon if they had my major or not. I only had about five options, but Greensboro was the one place that I could picture myself. Spoiler alert: I was accepted and have loved it ever since.

As for my internship, Jenn was my professor a couple of semesters ago, so when I found out that she didn't have an intern for this Spring, I knew I had to accept her offer. I just started last Monday and I can already tell that it is going to be completely different from my last. My last internship was at a country club and I only saw the forefront of event planning, meaning I never saw the planning part- just the actual event. From my first week interning with Jenn, I've already accumulated so much information and I can finally see behind the scenes of what it takes to create an event and network. Even though I know what I've wanted to do since my senior year of high school, this past week alone has confirmed that I've made the right choice.

I'll be posting more on the blog during the time I am here, so make sure to check back in!