Venue with 2 weddings

What are the times of the events?

We considered the history museum in town and they have 7 areas for weddings and we almost booked there but someone told me there is a lot of cross mingling of guest and guest confusion when they first arrive.

You might have better luck being in the off season and they may not book the second wedding

Well for my MOH's wedding there were two halls. We didn't really notice the other reception going on except for when the reception first began. There weren't clear signs telling guest which room was reserved for who, but aside from that and sharing a bathroom there was no mingling.

My venue is actually capable of holding a double wedding. I don't know if there's one booked but the ceremony and reception sites are completely different. My ceremony site is on the lake a half hour after the other ceremony takes place up near the lodge. We there be some visual encounters? Probably. Will it make a difference? I doubt it. Their reception space is upstairs in a ballroom where mine is outside the lodge. It wasn't really a deciding factor for me.

If it's the right venue with the right event manager, you should have no problem. They will have the DJ's to a set controlled volume. But I have been at a wedding where it became a logistical issue with different vendors going to the wrong side

My venue has 4 weddings the day of my wedding. There are 2 rooms ( 2 wedding in each). A wedding starts at 4:30 and will go to 9:00. Our rental in another room is 6:15-10:45. The rooms are far enough away that I don't anticipate a problem.

Our venue had a class reunion in the ballroom next to the ballroom where our reception was. Aside from the restrooms and seeing a few people in the common area (aka the hallway, foyer and smoking area), you wouldn't know that there was another event at the venue.

I was at anime convention once where a couple had reserved one of the side rooms for their wedding reception. It was a bit awkward at first while we were trying to figure why all these people were hanging around the common areas in suites and long dresses until finally someone asked the hotel staff and were told a wedding had happened on the outside terrace. That news spread like wildfire and we left them alone until the bride & groom showed up. There was a lot of cheering and then they were pretty much left alone. I still wonder what was going through their minds when they showed up to find a ton of people in costume hanging around outside their reception. You might want to check what other events they might use the space for besides weddings and what might also be going on around your date.

Our venue can do 2 per night, we had zero issues with that.

Personally I would not like that, and that was a factor I considered when looking at venues. I wanted venues where our wedding would be the only even there that day. I especially wouldn't want 2 weddings at the same time!

I was MOH in my good friend's wedding and she got married at a large hotel and there were THREE other weddings happening at the SAME TIME as hers! They were in different ballrooms but you saw the other brides and other guests moving around the hotel, another bride actually passed by as we were taking bridal party photos. It was awkward and weird, definitely not something I would have liked!

Our venue has space for multiple and has another one the same night as us (which I know because when we went for our tour the lady told us she'd just had a couple tour right before us for the same date! But in a different space). Our venue has such good reviews and the staff has been so impressive that we aren't worried. They'll give us an easel, so we can just make a big sign to put by our reception so people see our names and know which area to go to.

Our venue states (and we have a signed contract) that our wedding will be the only wedding/meeting/anything/everything taking place that day. No large parties, no corporate meetings, zip. It's all us.

My venue does two weddings at the same time with staggered start times. So one wedding begins 5:30, the other won't start until 7pm. Each wedding has their own facilities. I don't foresee it being a problem.

Talk to venue manager re security. If you have an open bar, and the other does not, I guarantee, it will be a problem. If other just doing wine and beer, a problem. If you have better appetizers, problem. Ask venue manager, how will they prevent THEIR guests from getting into your area, after using rest room? Even if you are paying one fee for open bar, you don't want YOUR guests waiting on line at bar, when their people are there. You don't want people wearing wrist bracelets, but how do they plan on handling this. Then just listen. The venue manage may say each area has its own rest rooms. Ask if all handicapped accessible. Some places may have entirely separate, only access through kitchen.

My venue does 2 at a time. They tier the events so there is no overlapping. If your venue is professional and has a good reputation then I wouldn't worry.

So we looked at a venue and I kid you not this is the conversation that ensued with the venue coordinator.

So this venue had two spaces a larger ballroom (which we were interested in) and a smaller sun room that would hold 30-40 people. And then there was this beautiful entrance foyer with a grand piano and a lovely bar.

I asked what they would do during our cocktail hour that would take place in the foyer, if there was another reception in sun room because basically the foyer is the entrance to the venue.

And she said that usually both wedding guests would just intermingle as there's no way to distinguish whose guests were whose. But she said, the beautiful thing about weddings is that most people don't know one another so our guests wouldn't really know they were chatting with someone else's aunt?!

Already turned off from the venue. I asked what about the alcohol.. caterer obviously charges us person adult for our open bar.. so what happens if these other guests start drinking our alcohol. She said don't worry about that! Our preferred caterers already take that into account in your pricing!

Excuse me?! They already account for 40 guests of someone else's wedding to drink my alcohol in their pricing?! No thanks.

Insane!!

Two of the venues where we are in house clergy does two weddings at a time. They are fastidious about the timing of each one so that no one runs into each other and the events are on separate ends of the building. They are both very high end venues. I have another venue that keeps their parties so far apart that I didn't even know they HAD a second wedding at the time I was there....and I've been there probably 20 times.

I think it really depends on how the building is set up and how dedicated they are to keeping the feeling of one wedding at a time.

I have other venues that are really kind of nightmarish when it comes to that; music leaks from one place to another, bridal parties run into each other

I would have a conversation with the venue managers and voice your concerns.

The first venue I looked at can hold 2 weddings. Two ceremony spaces. 2 reception spaces. 2 bathrooms. 2 bridal suites. One wedding would happen on one side of the building and another wedding on the other side of the building. The venue also provided two separate signs so as guests would arrive, they would know which side to go on. I didn't choose that place but as long as there is some sort of separation, I don't think there would be an issue

We chose a venue that has two weddings. Staggered times, separate bathrooms, one reception upstairs one downstairs. I dont anticipate it being an issue. Just have a conversation with them about how they manage it and read reviews online for any flags.

Our venue had a smaller ballroom, which we booked/paid for for our ceremony space, and thus blocked-it from being used by another group that night. The larger ballroom (our reception space) was directly underneath it, and I didn't want to have to listen to the boom-boom, of the bass in the band above us, or people dancing over our heads. And yes, we would have shared the bathrooms and to get to that ballroom and bathrooms there was a shared foyer, where we had our escort cards, guest book, etc. The fee to rent that smaller ballroom was lower than the fee to have the ceremony at a church across the street, so it was a no brainer, for us.

One of the very high end country clubs near me tells people both areas are entirely separate, own restrooms, own parking etc. The problem is one is not handicapped accessible. So what happens is that anyone who cannot walk stairs coming to a reception in the smaller area (with its own rest rooms) has to walk through the bar and the main reception room of the larger area. So guess what happens? they see the huge bar and appetizers of other party.