Finding the right venue is one of the most important decisions that you will need to make in wedding planning.
We are here to help you handpick the most suitable venues for your wedding, help you understand the real costs for your entire wedding and show you photos, videos, menus and other portfolios before you pay a deposit.
The service is Free, Obligation-Free and Pressure Free.
You don't need to book the venue through us.
It's not dishonesty, but when it comes to major purchases - whether it's a house, a car, or even a long holiday: the listed price is rarely the final price that you end up paying. For a wedding, individual unaccounted-for costs can exceed thousands.
In some cases there are exclusive selected suppliers for certain services. Whether it's AV charges, parking, service fees and other restrictions, our Venues Service can help you identify potential other costs and help couples estimate side budgets for incidentals.
More importantly, we can provide budgets for an entire wedding, not just for the venue hire, food and drinks.
Venue mismatch can come in several forms including:
Guest numbers: Overestimating your numbers can mean committing to a minimum spend that becomes difficult to meet. Underestimating can mean discovering later that the venue is too small, costs substantially more for the additional guests, or forces difficult decisions about who you can invite. In many cases, couples view venues that are unsuitable but can technically fit their guest numbers. Our Venues Service will help you consider the impact of guest numbers for the specific venue and provide strategic guest-number estimates for venue proposals to avoid future problems.
Quality Mismatch: Overestimating service costs can mean that you choose a cheaper venue when you can actually afford a better one. Underestimating service costs can mean that you choose a venue that exceeds your budget, which means a lot more pain later. Knowing how much everything else will cost helps you choose the right venue. Our Venues Service can tell you how much we would budget for an entire wedding at these venues.
Logistics Considerations: Often couples can focus too much on a headline price, such as the difference between $150 and $180 seem like a lot. However, there may be other considerations. Whether its travel time, other inclusions a venue has, extra fees that a venue charges, a differential of several thousand is not unusual. It is important that these costs are considered.
Ultimately, salespeople are salespeople. It is their responsibility to sell you the venue, and it is your responsibility to ask the right questions before you sign.
Most couples have never booked a wedding venue before. You can ask about the obvious things — price, menus, minimum spend, availability and capacity — but the problems are often in the questions you didn't know you needed to ask.
Are there compulsory suppliers? What are the AV requirements? When can suppliers access the venue? What happens if it rains? Are there additional staffing, security or overtime charges? What happens if your guest numbers change? Are there restrictions that will affect entertainment, styling, photography or your wedding schedule?
Our Venues Service aims to give fair and independent suggestions. We don't have a financial motivation to sell you a particular venue; we are motivated to help you find the right venue.
The purpose is to help you understand your options, ask the right questions and find the venue that makes the most sense for the wedding you are actually planning.
Our complimentary Venues Chat is designed to help you find the most suitable wedding venue before you make a major financial commitment.
1. UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEEDS
First, we ask about your plans for the day, estimated guest numbers, budget, preferred locations, venue style, catering preferences, dates and other requirements.
2. PROVIDING A LIST OF RECOMMENDED VENUES
We then show you venues that we think may be suitable based on your requirements and our experience from previous events. We can show you photos, videos, floor plans, portfolios, menus and other venue information and explain which boxes each venue ticks based on what you have told us. We can also provide a rough idea of how much to budget for the venue and an estimation of how much the entire wedding may cost based on the venue you select.
3. OPTIONAL VENUE VISIT
Where suitable, your wedding planner may invite you for an optional visit to selected venues on the recommended list. We may organise a venue visit for you or introduce you to the appropriate venue representative.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Once you find the right venue, you can book the venue yourself or, where appropriate, we can assist with the process. There is no requirement for you to book the venue through us.
During your Venues Chat we can help you:
✓ Understand your requirements, style and budget
✓ Receive a shortlist of suitable Sydney wedding venues
✓ See photos, videos, menus, floor plans and other venue information
✓ Understand important venue conditions, restrictions and potential additional costs
✓ Estimate the realistic cost of your entire wedding — not just the venue, food and drinks
✓ Compare how different venues affect your overall wedding budget
✓ Ask questions and receive practical advice based on our experience from more than 1,000 weddings
The aim is for you to leave with a much clearer understanding of which venues are suitable, what they are really likely to cost and what you should do next.
The venues chat is for any couple who hasn't found a venue yet.
Full disclosure: There really isn't one.
Our Venues Service is complimentary simply because we hope that after helping you find the right venue, you might consider Event Weddings for your wedding planning and services.
Instead of having an initial consultation that is an interview process, why don't we show you what we know and give you something useful? For us it costs the same amount of time, but for you it generates invaluable knowledge.
We will help you compare suitable venues, understand the likely costs, identify questions you should be asking and estimate what your overall wedding could cost at each venue. If you find the right venue and decide to organise everything else yourself, that's completely fine.
We don't believe we need to pressure couples into becoming customers. We'd rather demonstrate how we think, how we plan and how we can help — and then let you decide whether you want to continue with us.
You get useful venue advice first. We earn the opportunity to show you what we can do.
Presentable, Reliable, Expertly managed.
Stress free, All-inclusive, fixed price wedding package experts since 2011.
A fun way to get you talking about wedding venues: Take the couples' venue quiz and find out what you agree on, what compromises might need to be made, and what venues may be suitable for you. Receive a free report manually analysed by an experienced wedding planner.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Event Weddings is a Full Wedding Service Production House specialising in All-In-One wedding packages. This page provides general information only and no guarantees are made about service availability. Prices may change without notice.
