Venue Visits

Laurens2

My fiance and I couldn't narrow down our venue list. I want to go visit the places in order to make a final decision but with so many places to see I wanted to get it all in.

About how long did each visit take for you? As in, how many do you think we could get in in one day?

em01092

Ours took about 45 minutes to tour and discuss options (spent most time talking), but it was a medium sized country club. 

apierce12

It depends if you are just looking or sitting down and discussing price, etc.  Just looking will be under an hour but at our final venue (the one we booked) we sat there and talked a good while about details. We had alot to ask before paying for the venue.

HYDROPHILE

It kind of depends on the venue.  Some venues took less than an hour...some took a couple of hours.

mari0225

Yeah some took longer than others, some we knew we didn't want to do it there right off but there were a couple that we really liked and so it was a hard decision.

TheCranberry

It took around 1 to 1.5 hours for us per venue.  Some smaller venues or venues we knew right away wouldn't work were less.  I'd say 3 in a day is a good number.  I started to get burnt at that point.  Or if you get an early start, 2 in the morning, lunch, then 2 in the afternoon.

ritakelly

I agree with the cranberry you end up getting burnt out and I would not expect it to last less than an hour because sometimes they have a lot of stuff to "discuss" and other times it just here's our price any more questions. With drive times I would think 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon would be right. I think much more get overwhelming and then they all start to run together and you can't remember which you liked. Also, once you get the first 2-3 done its much easier to weed out places by just talking to people on the phone. I quickly figured out I wanted 1 ballroom with everything in it for the reception so I was able to quickly and easily rule out anything that didn't have that. I also went to some by myself due to convenience and those went pretty well. My FI didn't see the venue until after I booked and paid the deposit he just saw the pictures I took.

ymw6110

I went venue shopping with my fiance and his parents last weekend. We had brunch, saw 3 venues, have lunch, and saw two more.  I wouldn't plan for anymore then 5 in a day and I would reccomend breaking the day up with meals to discuss the options.  We spent ~45 min at each site.

chelseaandtom

I agree with previous posts. You'd have time to do 3 or 4 in a day (depending on location and time from each venue to the other), but I wouldn't necessarily suggest it. I think you'll get overwhelmed easily if you do too many in one day and you might get details of each one confused. I think 2 or 3 would be the most, that way you can see a couple, compare, but not get burned out. Definitely take notes and pictures so you can look back at them later! 

Buzzbabe

I did a couple of days worth of visiting venues.  The reception venues averaged out to about an hour at a time.  I went and saw churches too and those were only like fifteen minutes.  One day I went to 3 churches and 4 venues.  Another day I went to 1 church and 5 venues.  And let me tell you it was exhausting.  But I had to get it done in a certain amount of time because I needed to book early for a May wedding of next year.  Lots of places were filling up so fast so I wanted to make sure I got what I wanted.  I wouldn't recommend more than about 3 to 4 in a day as the information can get a bit overwhelming not to mention it is emotionally exhausting.  Take lots of pictures and make sure to ask the important questions so you can figure out what you like the best!