venue has right availability but isn't perfect

kaciekat

My fiance and I have been together for about 7 years and recently got engaged. We don't want to wait until 2015 to get married so we have been looking at venues with 2014 availability. We found a summer camp that is close to what we wanted with a great date, but it isn't perfect. I feel like we should jump on it, but something just doesn't feel right. My parents, however, are in love with it.  There isn't much out there available for the dates we want at this point , but i'm not sure how much i should be willing to compromise. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

JoanE2012

What's more important, the specific dates or a a venue?  Personally, I'd rather have a wedding off season in a venue I loved than a date I loved in a venue I was so-so about.

I always dreamed of a Sept or Oct wedding.  When we started looking at venues, we realized we could get a cheaper rate if we went with November.  Our wedding was postponed to December thanks to Sandy.  Never in a million years did I think I'd get married in December.  Yet in the end, it worked out perfectly.  The weather was good, the venue was decorated for the holidays, the fireplaces were going, etc.  It was a truly magical time.  

Be open about your dates and don't settle on a venue. 

lizandmark2014

I would keep looking.

CLI242009

Keep looking. If your heart is not into it, how are you going to feel years after when looking at your photos? Are you going to focus on how happy you were, or are you going to have regrets for "settling". 

I always dreamed of having my dream wedding with water and mountains as the backdrop. Found out that it's super cheaper in Feb (with snow) so we decided to go that way instead. Yes my mountains and water are going to be covered in snow and frozen but it's still a beautiful backdrop. I just had to change my expectations a little bit. I'm happy that I did!  

thejucheidea

For us, the date was way more important than the venue, so I'd say to go for the date rather than the venue. What are you going to remember in twenty years? The specific venue, or the meaningful date? I can't remember most of the things about our venue and we got married this past weekend.

dharmabunny

kaciekat said:

We found a summer camp that is close to what we wanted with a great date, but it isn't perfect.!

Thisonetimeatbandcamp....

Well you need to think about two things....

1) What's more significant, the date or the location?

2) Is "not perfect" either

"not up to my impossibly high standards of which I do not have the money for it, but I refuse to accept reality"...or is it,

"a lot of people might like it, but I REALLY don't like it."

kaciekat

Thanks Everyone for advice! It really has helped a lot. We did some more investigating and found another place that really does seem perfect so hopefully it'll work out!