Bridal Suite

A bridal suite isn't a necessity.

It's not a necessity, but do carefully consider all the uses you might have for it before turning it down: you wouldn't have to get ready before driving to the venue, it would be a place to store anything you might want last minute or things you don't want to hold onto in the ceremony (like backup shoes, phones, the bridesmaids' bags...), and it's an extra photo location. I personally wouldn't go for it but it might be worth the money if it'd save on time and stress, and make for good memories!

It's not a necessity. Especially at 500 bucks! We are staying at the hotel where our reception is at the night before the wedding. We booked their biggest suite, which is large enough to get ready in for the girls! Can you check into something like that? Or maybe a family member would be willing to have you get ready there?

For that price, I'd probably skip the bridal suite!

If you have the extra money for it then I’d say go for it. The bridal suite is included for free with our venue, even though I don’t think we’ll be doing hair and makeup in it. We will probably all get dressed there.

We paid the same for renting out our bridal suites for us at the venue. I’m so glad we did! We don’t have to worry about anyone being late, beautiful photo ops, and let’s be real we will be using more than each bridal suite, and to top it off they have two rooms! Both of us brides can get ready and not see one another until our first look. I love the idea of having the venue for longer, paying as much money as we are we should have it for the weekend! Lol

That’s odd...none of the venues that I toured charged an extra fee for the bridal suite. Maybe get ready at home or a hotel?

I don’t think it’s necesary, especially if they want to charge you extra. But, if you’re having your photographer do getting ready shots what will those look like.
Its a silly thing to worry about but you’re paying a lot for these pictures. Is there a place to get a shot of your dress on its hanger, where will you put on your dress what would be in the background of those photos? Like I said, silly but something to think about.
I opted to get ready at our reception venue and then drive to the church instead of getting ready there because the bridal suite at the church was a very plain industrial looking room and I wanted pretty pictures.

I don’t think it is a necessity, but I personally would pay the $500 for it. It’s a spot to relax for a minute, keep your bags and other personal items. If yours is also like all the venues I toured, and it has a personal bathroom, I find that a plus so that when I need to go, my sisters can come help with the dress and not have to worry about a tiny stall that may not be the cleanest.

It's not necessary by any means! Depends how you feel about it. I wanted to be on location because I want to check over everything that the decor is set up correctly and my house is only 15 mins or less from my venue whereas getting ready at my mom's house is the opposite direction and the thought of traveling the day of after getting ready gives me anxiety already. I feel I would be much more calm just being at the venue already.

For me, it was. When we looked at venues, we really focused on bridal and groom's suite. We wanted large & comfy ones. It just depends on the bride. There is nothing wrong with driving!

This was one of the huge benefits of the venue we ended up choosing. The bride/groom suites were spacious and absolutely gorgeous. I really wanted to be able to have everyone getting ready/hanging out together at the venue pre-ceremony, so having everything in one place was a huge plus for me. Plus consider the lighting for getting ready photos (if you care about this). Granted, this was included in our venue fee, but I probably would have paid the extra $ for the convenience. But it's not a necessity!

If you have a cheaper alternative where it works for your bridal party then I’d say no. I found it odd when I was looking that some places charge extra to use a bridal/groom suite. My venue has both included in the price so I’ll be having both, but for $500 I’d say skip it.

While it wasn't on our wishlist, our venue had one for us to use. We were anticipating using our home or a hotel room. A venue we toured offered a "bridal suite" and it was just the ladies restroom that anyone could walk in and out of haha.