Top Tip for Choosing your Wedding Venue

Posted by chris on January 15th, 2019

Exclusive use wedding venue in Somerset – Brympton House. Photo credit Modern Vintage Weddings

So, you’ve got engaged, celebrated the news with your friends and family and now your thoughts are turning towards choosing your wedding venue. But where do you begin?

The most important thing you must decide on before you book an appointment to go and look at any of the wedding venues out there is whether you want a venue which will be exclusively yours on your big day or whether you don’t mind sharing the venue with other couples and guests.

Most couples would agree that exclusive use is best – but you must be prepared to pay more than you would at a shared use venue.

What does Exclusive Use mean?

It means that the venue will be exclusively yours for your wedding day with exclusive use normally stretching to a full 24 hours. You won’t bump into another wedding party on the day and the venue will be exclusively open only to you and your guests.

Some exclusive use venues will hire you the venue on a bare hire basis only – which means that you will have to provide all the wedding day supplies including food, drink, table, chairs, crockery, cutlery and flowers. Other exclusive use venues such as Brympton House in Somerset operate a ‘must have’ or preferred supplier list – so they will have preselected the best of the best in terms of supplies for you.

What are the benefits of Exclusive Use Wedding Venue Hire?

•    You can often stay the night before or get ready at the venue on the morning of the wedding at most exclusive use venues
•    Exclusive use venues which operate a ‘must have’ or preferred suppliers list will often allow these suppliers access to the venue before your contracted time – so when you arrive all of your flowers and decorations will be set up and ready to go!
•    You will know exactly what your wedding day is going to cost at the very beginning of your wedding day journey as most exclusive use venues will know how much the suppliers they use are likely to charge you – so they can give you a very firm idea of the costs involved
•    You can enjoy your day without the worry of bumping into a stranger!
•    The bonus of having accommodation onsite means that your guests won't have very far to travel at the end of a very exciting day!