How To Pick The Right Venue For Your Wedding Reception
Many couples choose to not hire a wedding DJ until they have found a reception hall. However, it might be better to do it the other way around – put the ceremony music at the top of the checklist. But why? Who would know best about the different reception halls in the area? The experienced Disk Jockey who do a lot of weddings and often go to the same place. Sometimes it might happen that they become regulars to a certain place due to the high demand that it has for receptions.
Since wedding DJs can be of great assistance by giving you suggestions for different reception halls that might have not come to your mind, it might be a good idea that you hire a wedding DJ St Louis before finding a venue. Here you can read some tips that you would learn from experienced St Louis DJ.
1. The Size of the Venue
One of the most important thing about a wedding is the size of the hall where you are going to hold it. Consider
- How many people can comfortably seat?
- How big is the dance floor?
- Will there be enough space for the cake table?
- Is there enough room for the StLouisDJ to set up?
2. Climate
If you go for an indoor reception hall, make sure that it has the proper climate control. After all, you don’t want your guests to be too hot or too cold during the ceremony. Ask about the heating/air condition before reserving the place.
On the other hand, if you plan on holding the wedding outdoors, make sure that you keep an eye out for the weather and that you have a backup plan in case Mother Nature decides something else. After all, your wedding DJ St Louis wouldn’t want to set up their expensive equipment if it seems like it’s going to rain.
3. Distance from the hall to the actual wedding ceremony
This is something that a couple should consider when looking for the ideal place to get married. Many couples decide to save up some money by having the ceremony in the same place as the reception. This is also more convenient for the guests who will drive to a single location.
If you find a reception hall that has a beautiful landscape, you might want to consider holding the ceremony there. However, if you want to have your wedding in a church and you can’t hold the reception there, you should consider the distance between the two.
4. The time between the ceremony and the reception
When you manage to find the perfect place for the reception and another one for the ceremony, consider the time between the end of the one and the start of the other. You should consider the time that your wedding DJ would require to set up their equipment and be ready so that when the guests arrive everything is going to be set and ready to begin.
You want your guests to not lose their mood even for a single second during the whole wedding because you want them to have as much good memories of the whole event as you will.
5. Smoking or non-smoking
Nowadays this is not such a big deal as it once was. Most of the public facilities and reception halls nowadays are non-smoking. You probably won’t have any problems with this, however you should still consider talking with the venue coordinator beforehand. The last thing that you would want at your own wedding is for someone to light up a smoke and catch something on fire.
Most of the people are considerate of their own smoking habits, especially when there are many non-smokers gathered in the same place as them. When you have your wedding reception outdoors, you should consider having a couple of smoking areas where the non-smokers won’t be disturbed.
Wrap Up!
If you happen to have hired a wedding planner to help you out with all of the preparations for your wedding day, it won’t be a bad idea to have your abelldjcompany to coordinate with the planner and go over some suggestions. Together they might be able to find an even better venue than the one that you had in mind.
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It really can help to take the article’s advice and always check the climate of the venue where you have your reception. After all, you’ll be wearing a lot of layers of clothing with wedding dresses and tuxes which means it’s going to get pretty hot. You want to make sure that you’ll have full control of the temperature in the venue at the time of the reception so you don’t end up roasting while you’re dancing with your spouse.
A friend of mine is getting ready to plan her wedding, and they were curious about how you would find the right reception venue. It makes sense that you would want to make sure that it has the right climate for the season. It would be nice to know that you are going to get a cool area in the summer.
I think the size of the venue is the thing I’m most worried about for my reception! We’re having a lot of guests, and I want to make sure everyone can fit in the hall comfortably. Thanks for mentioning the cake table because I hadn’t factored that into the space we will need!
I appreciate the information on how to pick the right venue for your wedding reception. I agree that a huge aspect of the venue, but often forgotten, is that climate control and the ability to ensure it doesn’t get too hot in the venue. My cousin is planning her wedding and is searching for a venue, I will be sure to share this information with her.
Thanks Simon! You make some good points too.
I really like that you bring up climate control as something to look for when choosing a wedding venue because it is not something that many people think about when planning their wedding. However, depending on how big you want your wedding to be, you could easily end up with about a hundred or so people crammed into one room. You definitely want to make sure you have full control over the air conditioning at that point or you could end up with some sweaty, smelly guests on your wedding day.
Thank you for this information about how to choose the right wedding reception venue. It is good to know that one should consider climate when selecting the venue. It would not be ideal to have an outdoor celebration in the rain. Something else to consider would be to select a location that is convenient for friends and family to find.
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