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Venue with several wedding parties?

Carrie, on June 13, 2020 at 9:10 PM Posted in Parties and Events 0 6

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Hello all!

I am starting to regret the venue we choose and it seems like it’s too late to do anything about it. At the forefront of my mind this wasn’t something I factored in when looking for a venue. At this point in the planning process I felt tremendous pressure in finding a place. We do like how our reception room looks and our ceremony will take place outside with a gazebo. My worry lies with knowing that on our wedding day we will potentially share the venue with other parties since it is a restaurant with 4 or 5 event rooms. I am wondering if other brides have had a wedding under these circumstances or have been to a wedding such as this? Or are any of you in the same boat? What’s worse is that we only have a ONE hour set up time to decorate for ceremony and while our ceremony happens they will start setting up for the reception. Ultimately we choose this place because we did like how it looked and it was all-inclusive, but this makes me feel a bit uncomfortable

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Latest activity by MOB So Cal, on June 14, 2020 at 12:41 PM

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Melle · on June 13, 2020 at 9:22 PM
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I had this! Well sorta. My reception was at a restaurant who doesn’t rent the whole restaurant out unless you had that many people so you just had to deal with getting only a portion of the restaurant sectioned off. Which means they still operated the remaining part of the program as a regular restaurant. It is kind of annoying aha because you rather have the whole place to yourself but it is what it is and hopefully with enough signage your guests won’t be lost.
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Kristen · on June 13, 2020 at 9:31 PM
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May I ask what worries you about it exactly? I do not think you should as you will still have your day and your guests will only focus on your special day.
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Sexypoodle · on June 13, 2020 at 9:51 PM
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This happens all the time at venues that have multiple event spaces, especially at hotels. It’s usually not a problem since the ceremony area and reception room will be specifically for you... and another couple will occupy their own separate space.
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Veronica · on June 13, 2020 at 10:35 PM
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This is the extra reason my husband and I told our venue we wanted to use the entire ballroom otherwise they could have used whatever we didn't for other events which would have meant that strangers would have been walking through where we had cocktail hour. Since you've already made it this far, I would talk to your venue and express your concerns. Hopefully they will be able to address those concerns.
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Carrie · on June 14, 2020 at 1:35 AM
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For me it's just the potential awkwardness of seeing other brides/parties on the same day. It's more of wanting the whole place to yourself. I wouldn't want to also hear other people being too loud if we were to be exchanging our vows for example.
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MOB So Cal · on June 14, 2020 at 12:41 PM
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I agree with the advice to talk with your venue coordinator about your concerns and how they ensure that each wedding has privacy/lack of disruption from other events. If it's a large venue with multiple spaces, they undoubtedly have a plan for keeping interactions between groups to a minimum as they deal with it all the time. I've been married 30+ years, but our venue was huge and had a large restaurant open to the public and at least 3-4 different private event spaces. We got married on a Saturday night in June, so I am certain there were multiple weddings the night of ours. Our space was on a lower level of the venue with its own private patio space as well as the ballroom. Honestly, I don't remember ever crossing paths with anyone who was not one of our guests all night. Good luck!
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