Does my choice of the venue matter? YES IT DOES

Building an events Website

My thoughts today:
Building an events website can be a challenge. Of course building any website can carry challenges as well, I am here relying on a guess, and not experience. However, an event website is something I am currently working on, and I must say, it is challenging.
Events, after days of design and preparation, after hours of set up and execution become personal; at least to me they do. Personal is bad. I become attached to every memory, every element of the event. Trying to place that event into a couple of lines and a few pictures automatically becomes impossible.
How can I capture back those moments and place them in the contest of a website and be fair to all the work and creativity placed into the creation process?
And the challenge begins.

Does my choice of the venue matter? YES IT DOES

2/29/2016

Venues matter, and so does the choice of the venue. If I were to rate the importance of choosing the right venue say on a scale of 1-10, I would give it an 11.
Of course every element of an event is important and adds to the holistic success of the event, but venue, from where I stand, is at the top.
Why? ... Well, there are several reasons, but here I will be taking about two of those:

Venues establish the mood: Even before adding any décor or lighting, even before choosing a theme (be it an original, traditional or color based etc.), the venue will still hold in its vey make up a mood. What your guests will feel entering a garden is very different from their feel entering a forest, a barn, a grand ballroom ... And that feeling will set the expectations of the guests accordingly.

Venues affect the budget: I can never ever stress this point more. Venues affect budget and the effect can be detrimental to all your other choices, be it music, décor, giveaways ... Here it might be important to note that the venue budget is sometimes linked to the menu provided (a case of which the venue offers the option of catering), in other times venue budget is the mere rental cost. I often try to explain that should you be on a budget - most of us are - then the venue rental charges should not go beyond 10% your total budget. In the case that the venue is playing the role of the caterer as well, then that budget should not be higher than 35% of the total budget. ... I can not even start counting the number of times were clients had to cut on many elements that were important for them just because they went to venues that sucked up their budgets.

Yet, I would never expect you to settle, you should find that place that makes your day special, that brings a joy to your heart, so how to do that? SEARCH ... SEARCH AND SEARCH some more! ... Yes, the more you search the bigger is your chance to finding that place. On the other hand, should you not have time or energy to search, then do hire a professional who will do just that for you.

All in all, remember, venues and their choices matter.

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