Finding a Wedding Venue

Finding the right wedding venue in New ZealandSome places offer help with arranging flowers and
for you and your partner can feel a little bitdecorations, or let you be more in complete
overwhelming. After all, it's your big day and it cancontrol. It's important to find out if there are any
feel like you have to get it all completely perfect,restrictions to colour ways, or designs and room
controlling everything you can.layout if you are to retain the full control of the
If you need some help working out what sort ofroom's appearance.
things you should look for when selecting the right4. Do you want to be indoors or outdoors?
place here are some helpful tips:It's a good idea to ask if your guests can be
1. Think about the ceremony first.housed outdoors, possibly in a marquee or if it's
While many people have the ceremony in onegoing to be an inside wedding, that there is
place and the reception in another, you can alsoenough room for everyone to be comfortably
select one place that does it all. What suits yourseated.
personality best? If you have a particular place5. Can they cater?
planned for your marriage, you may want toThe key to a stress free wedding is to have as
consider how far away the reception will be fromfew people micro managing as possible. If you are
that point. You'll also need to consider the timeselecting a wedding venue in New Zealand, go for
you'll need for photos between the two events.one that also supplies catering. It is important
2. How big doe the venue need to be?however to go over the menu to ensure you
If you are planning the event of the year, andhave food you enjoy. If you want to arrange the
half the city is invited you'll need a different venuecatering yourself there may still be a per person
than you would for a small intimate affair. Keep incharge for this, remember to ask the wedding
mind when selecting a wedding venue in Newvenue owners about any extra costs.
Zealand that there is nothing worse than feelingThe key to finding the right place is to select a
dwarfed by the size of the room, or trying tovenue that captures your vision for your perfect
cram everyone in, as it will only make yourday, with people in charge whom allow you to
guests feel hot and uncomfortable.relax and focus on the more important things
3. Will the people in charge of the venue help withsuch as your dress, ceremony or even your
the planning?honeymoon.