I am very happy to tell you all that we've finally found our venue for the wedding and we now have a date for September next year!
I believe the most stressful thing about planning a wedding is getting started and to get started you need first of all the venue. Without a venue you can't book a registrar, focus on decorations, food and even your dress.
In our case, we wanted something very rustic like a barn or a big cottage in the middle of a field and since we got engaged in June we've looked everywhere! We even took the car one day and drove for hours trying to find the perfect place with no luck.
There are a few things you need to consider before booking
your venue:
- 1.
Do you want to have the ceremony and the
reception in the same place?
- 2.
How many guests are you inviting for the
breakfast and for the evening party?
- 3.
What’s your wedding style?
- 4.
Do they cater for you, and if not, is there a
kitchen your caterer can work?
- 5.
Your budget for the venue & caterer.
- 6.
Are they willing to make one of the most
important days of your live perfect and to your taste?
The venue has to be right. We did not want to just settle for something if it wasn't 100% what we wanted so we took our time, researched a lot, visited hundreds of places and we didn't rush it at all. We both knew we'd know straight away whenever we found it. And that’s exactly what happened.
Last Monday we went to visit Priston Mill in Bath with Jac’s
dad and we fell in love as soon as we jumped out the car.
Priston Mill is divided in two sites: the barn and the
watermill. The wedding organiser showed us around both venues and I must say I
was very very very torn. I absolutely loved both and both of them had something
very special in a different way.
The barn was exactly what I’ve always wanted. It’s big,
stone build, big garden, etc. The bad thing about the barn was that we weren’t
allowed to get married outside, which has always been the way I’ve pictured my
wedding since I was a little girl.
The watermill was completely different. I’ve personally
never seen anything like it. Right on top of the river you can see it going
through underneath the venue letting the water mill do its job. This venue is
on two different floors which is great for people that might want to chat
instead of dancing, etc.
The best thing about the water mill is the option to get married outside. The
gardens are beautiful and a lot bigger than the barn ones.
So Jac knew what place he liked the most straight away but
he would not tell me until I said which one was my favourite. It took me a few
hours to decide, I had to choose what it was more important to me; getting
married outside or having the reception inside a barn. I finally decided to go
for the watermill, hoping really hard that it will be nice weather on the day!
The inside of the watermill is beautiful too and very unique!
Luckily enough, it was Jac’s and Jac’s dad favourite too.
The same night we rang the venue and booked it for September next
year.
What do you think of our venue? Which one would have you
chosen? Did you have to make sacrifices to get your perfect venue? All comments
welcome! <3
