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Wedding receptions are the icing on the cake for your big day. Planning them can be easy and fun if you know how to go about it. Whether it's a castle wedding reception or a local hotel or pub, planning is the key to success.
When booking a venue, take a checklist of questions to ask so that you can plan and budget properly because reception sites can break their costs down differently. Request itemised prices to make sure you have covered everything. You will need an idea of what you want before you talk to the future so that the estimate is as accurate and as relevant as possible. You will need to know how many guests you are planning to have and what aspects you plan to do yourself and which with an outside company.
Items you will need on your list are venue rental fee, food costs, drinks costs, setting up and clearing up fee, staffing availability and fees, overtime fee and parking availability. Also, if you are planning on having your ceremony on site, what is the ceremony fee?
Some venues offer wedding packages which can be both cost-effective and convenient, as long as you take care to find out exactly what is and is not included in the package. You may be able to buy a whole package or just part of one.
Sometimes a venue will have a preferred list of vendors. This is useful as you then have the security of knowing that they have all worked well together before and that they know the venue.
You may find that you are tied to having to use a certain vendor for things such as catering. You need to check this. If you do bring in your own caterers, you will have to find out if you need to cost for or hire kitchen facilities.
Do not overlook practical things such as how many people will the cake serve and what will your table linen and chair covers look like. Also, there's plates, glasses and cutlery to think about which will be an additional cost if the venue is not providing them. The venue will also need to have enough space for parking.
With careful planning and a venue quote that has no hidden extras, your wedding reception should be a real success.
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Source by Rose R Harrison
