Who Should You Bring To Your Wedding Venue Tours?
- Celebrations Event Center
- Apr 21
- 4 min read
Planning a wedding can be filled with lots of excitement and decisions. One of the first choices you will be making while wedding planning is where to have your wedding at? Where do you envision starting your life together? Touring wedding venues is the best way to get a better feel for the aesthetic and accommodations that a venue offers. Sometimes bringing along close family and friends can help make the decision making process easier. They often bring a different perspective and ask questions you may not have thought of. So that leaves the question.... Who should accompany you on your venue tours?
Your Fiance
Your partner should be your first consideration when planning venue tours. Your wedding marks the start of your life together, and their opinions are important in the decision making process.
Exploring venues together enables you to envision your special day! You get to discuss the features you like or don't like. You can start planning for your reception layout or decide between an outdoor garden or indoor chapel for your ceremony. Visiting venues together is the perfect ice breaker to start having all of those wedding planning conversations!
Family Members
Having family members come with you to your tours can be helpful. Family insights especially from parents or siblings, can offer perspectives you might overlook, such as parking possibilities or comfort considerations for elderly guests who will be attending. They have also witnessed how previous family weddings have gone and are typically invested in helping make your wedding day go as smoothly as possible. Often times family members are also contributing to the wedding day budget and if they contributing by paying for your venue then they should be included in the decision making process.
Close Friends or Bridal Party
Your closest friends can bring fresh views to the venue selections. If they have experience with wedding planning, their insights can be particularly helpful. For example, they might suggest creative ways to decorate a specific area or highlight spaces in the venue that enhance your theme.
A Wedding Planner
If you have hired a wedding planner before booking your venue including them in the tours can be beneficial. They bring expertise from working with various venues, enabling them to share insights on planning and logistics.
You can also include them in a planning appointment later on to help develop your timeline, how you will handle transitions between events, floor layouts and decor planning.
A Photographer
While it may seem unconventional, bringing your wedding photographer on your venue tours or planning appointments can be insightful. They often have an eye for the best lighting and picturesque backdrops that can elevate your wedding photos. Giving your photographer a sneak peek at the venue can make a huge difference in the final outcome of your wedding photos.
At Celebrations Event Center we include time on site for an engagement photo session with your photographer in our wedding packages. This is the perfect opportunity for your photographer to become familiar with the venue, lighting and even to help plan out those must have shots for your big day.
Your Path to the Perfect Venue
Deciding who to accompany you on your wedding venue tours can significantly influence your planning experience. Whether your entourage includes your fiance, family, friends, or a wedding planner, the right support can make all the difference.
We suggest keeping your group small, ideally between 3-5 people. This is the typical size we see when couples bring friends and family for tours. A group of this size ensures the tour can be completed within the scheduled appointment time.
Select your group thoughtfully. Everyone that you bring along on your tours should be supportive of your wedding day vision and budget. Trust your instincts and remember to enjoy the search for your ideal venue together!
Happy venue hunting!
Ready to start scheduling your venue tours. We would love to show you around Celebrations Event Center and answer all of your wedding planning questions.
At Celebrations Event Center we value community over competition. We want to use our blog as a way to help support other locally owned wedding venues across the country. By choosing a locally owned venue over a corporate owned venue you will get a personalized service you won't find elsewhere. As you plan your wedding we hope you will consider a locally owned wedding venue like ours. You can find locally owned wedding venues on this wedding venue map.
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