Who to bring on a venue tour?

FH and I went alone. My mom was a little upset that we booked without her seeing it, but there was only one Saturday left in October and we needed to book ASAP.

The first time I went, I took my mom and SIL (one of the BM) because FH works 7am-7pm 6 days a week. The 3 of us ended up loving it. On FH's day off, I went with him and his mom to check it out one last time and book it. You can take whomever you want and look at the place as many times as you want. If you wanted to, you can go with you best man and take your mom for a second look. If you want to book it, make it known to your mom before you go look at it so she knows that this is 100% definitely the place you will have your reception at. Maybe it'll help her keep her comments to herself!

I think it's fine to bring FH, especially if he is excited about planning, but still is okay with you doing what you want. As for anyone else, choose wisely. On the first visit to my number one choice, FH, my parents, and his parents all came along. My parents loved it and his parents thought it was too small. On the second time, when I knew I'd be booking, just my parents came. FH would have come, but he was sick. There was no way though that I would have brought FH's parents that time; they didn't want us to book the venue since it couldn't fit the 300 person wedding they wanted us to have (max capacity is 140).

When we went FH came along with my Dad and FH's parents. FH has been at every vendor meeting

Thanks ladies!! These three are the only ones really involved in vendor choice b/c FH's family is all out of state. Mom loves the venue, only concern is its at the top end of our budget and she has so far been very vocal and kind of condescending about cost/my understanding of cost and this isn't really the best place to do that. I think I'll bring FH this time and then ask her to come for a second visit.

It's fun to bring FH along. You get to stand where you will get married and it's fun to imagine.