How important is a bridal suite?

It wasn't at the top of my list. We are going to get ready at a hotel then head to our first look which is within walking distance of the ceremony. We booked our hotel rooms through a third party site and ended up with a pretty sweet deal.

View Quoted Comment I hadn't thought about doing a first look before getting to the venue! That's a good idea too. Thanks.

We personally got ready at a hotel beforehand. We stayed there the night before since we both had out bridal party stay in our respective suites. It worked out well for us cause there wasn't any place for us to get ready at our venue.

My venue has a bridal suite, but the venue manager told me it's small and has poor lighting for makeup, so we're getting ready at the hotel I booked for two nights and heading over to put on our dresses once the hair and makeup is done!

I like the idea of doing a first look before heading to the venue. See if you can find something that'll work with that!

My venue has a small bridal suite which has poor lighting and apparently gets really HOT. So, my bridesmaid joined together to get a huge house from AirBnB and we will be getting ready there. It's 9 miles from our venue.

It was really important to me, I have 9 bridesmaids and 3 moms that all need hair & makeup. So we are getting ready at the venue & having lunch there, but if you get ready somewhere else as long as they have a room to put your dress on and get those cute pictures I wouldn't worry!

It wasn't important for me. My future in-laws live very close to the venue, so my FH is getting ready in a motorhome at the venue and I'm getting ready at his parent's house. I won't be riding in a car in my dress for very long, so it'll be okay.

My venue does not have a bridal suite or anywhere to get ready on site. This is not a big deal to me as my MOH literally lives 5 minutes down the street. So I will be getting ready there and will then drive myself down to the venue.

No bridal suit at my venue.. were getting a hotel room close by for the day before and night of, so well be getting ready there

Since I'm getting married then having the reception at a different location we don't need one. We only live 5 minuets from the church and 15 from both pur potential reception venues. I know 1 of the 2 offer a bridal suite so if we pick that venue myself and the girls will get ready there for better pictures.

Giving me great questions to ask

It was not that important to me originally. But it was important to y FH that I had one. He wanted me to have somewhere to relax and unwind prior to the wedding. Somewhere that would make my ladies feel comfy and where they could secure any belongings during ceremony/ reception. Somewhere I can get dressed without any hassle... heck he sold me on it when I didn’t care. After I saw all of he benefits, we had to have a place that had a bridal suite. 3places we looked at had us getting dressed in the bathroom , and one place even had us behind a curtain where the actual ceremony was going to be held...

View Quoted Comment A curtain? Holy Toledo, no! Unfortunately no one lives less than 30 mins away from any of the venues we are looking at.