The average wedding size has dipped in the past few years. For some, it’s budget. The cost of living isn’t anyone’s favorite thing right now. More heads = more food/bar = more cost = choosing small. Others are choosing intimate. They prefer less production and more shared experience with their closest people. One of our favorite wedding trends over the past few years is breaking the “norm” — whatever…
I’m cutting straight to the chase on this one. One of the things we’re most proud of at our venues is that we’ve always included full coordination with our weddings. We’ve never charged for it. And we never will. We’re bucking the trend of offering coordination as an add-on precisely because we couldn’t imagine not doing it! It’s what we love and why we do what we do.
I just saw a post in a Facebook wedding forum that asked for referrals to “Event Venues. Not Wedding Venues.” And it sent my mind on a trip. Is there a stigma about wedding venues that some people want to avoid? Is there a difference? Or is this just marketing the same four walls differently? Doing the google SEO dance? As owners of four “wedding venues”, we’re going to…
I was “today years old” when I learned that some wedding venues close their bridal suites before the reception starts. Technically, it was “this past year” years old, but when we’ve been in the wedding industry for 20 years, it feels like today. My hunch is they do this to prevent people from sneaking drinks behind closed doors? My wife and I are parents of three adult kids. Trust…
We just launched an all-inclusive option, but then it hit me … we didn’t include the officiant. Was that false advertising? Is truly all-inclusive really a thing? Would you want it to be? My hunch is that all-inclusive is appealing for the stuff that feels like work, but choice matters where it feels personal. Where that line is drawn makes all the difference. We’re pretty much team “all-inclusive” when…