The 5 things you need for your wedding ceremony venue

My advice to couples is to think very carefully about the location of the wedding ceremony. Outdoor locations offer dramatic backdrops but they also are totally uncontrollable. Noise, rain, wind, heat and other people can cause unexpected interruption to your perfect event.

Indoor venues, if chosen well, can make it feel like the outdoors are part of the event but without the hazards and unpredictability. You might feel disconnected from your environment, however, and if you're looking for something non-traditional there is nothing better than the outdoors.

Instead, I suggest you think about the qualities you want to be present in your ceremony.

The five top things to look for in your wedding ceremony venue are:

~ privacy (are great crowds of tourists going to be traipsing past?)
~ intimacy (will there be lots of other brides competing for your space?)
~ mood (does the venue reflect the tone you would like to establish for your wedding)
~weather protection (think about shade/ wind etc)
~ time of day (think about the time of day you plan to get married and visit your chosen site at that time when making your plans)