I'm starting to get very frustrated. I want to have my wedding next April, but here I am, two full months after getting engaged and I don't have a venue or a date locked down. I've looked at probably 100 places online, seen a handful in person, and so far nothing. There is one place that I really like but they aren't getting back to me at all. I've contacted two more places this weekend and hopefully between these three we'll find it.
The challenge is that I was something different and affordable with a lot of conditions. I'm working within the parameters of being close to Burbank, CA for my fiance's family while also meeting my mom's requirements- no dirt, no long walks for guests, no windy road to get there, etc. And meeting my own desires to have an outdoor ceremony and indoor reception preferably at a venue that allows for outside food and beverage. On top of it all, my fiance was no help to me when I first started looking and now he feels like I've seen too much to be help as everywhere he suggests I've already vetted. My mom hasn't been any help either even though she's the one saying no to all the places I like. And every day that ticks by more venues are getting snatched up by other brides, cutting my available locations down further.
It's days like this that I wish I didn't care what the wedding looked like and just book it at a country club or hotel and be done with it. I sometimes wonder how much it really matters where we get married. But I can't help but care. I'm too passionate about design and standing apart to do something easy, and it's starting to wear me out.