Making the most of a Wedding Showcase

Wedding planning can be daunting, let alone walking into your potential wedding venue for the first time. The spot you and your partner with pronounce your everlasting love for one another. So in honour of our upcoming Wedding Showcase on the 10th September, our Weddings Team have put together their top 5 tips and tricks for making the most of a wedding showcase.

1. Come prepared with questions

Visiting a Wedding Showcase is the perfect opportunity to get a feel for a wedding venue and the team who will help bring your wedding day to life. That’s why it’s so important to come prepared with as many questions as possible. Our team are incredibly experienced and have heard a huge variety of questions, so no question is ever to silly or complicated for our team to answer. These may be;

How many guests does the venue hold?
Do you work with recommended suppliers?
What style interiors would you recommend for the space?

2. Do your research

There are a heap of wedding venues in the New Forest, all offering a unique environment, atmosphere, package and price point. Before you begin visiting venues, it is a good idea to get a strong understanding of what you and your partner want from your day. Whether it’s a more intimate, outdoor ceremony or a big ol’ fashioned knees up party. With four beautifully unique venues we can offer a variety of wedding spaces, but it is always a good idea to paint a strong picture in your own head first. Pinterest and Instagram are your best friends here. Go ‘pinning’ crazy! This is your best tool is defining what are your must haves and your absolutely nots for your wedding day.

3. Have our brochure to hand

Downloading our Wedding brochure is just a simple click away for Bartley Lodge, Beaulieu Inn, Burley Manor and Forest Lodge. It is useful to have a copy on your phone, or feel free to print it out. Either way our brochure is the gateway to your New Forest Wedding and contains all the need-to-know information about our venues, such as packages, menus and pricing. Referring back to the brochure throughout the showcase is incredibly useful and a must for any wedding venue visit.

4. What do YOU want?

Being engaged is an incredibly exciting time and one wrapped in so much love. Wedding planning with your family can be a magical experience, but it is incredibly important to understand what you and your partner want from your day. We encourage couples to visit our venues by themselves for the first time, leaving additional opinions for later on in your wedding planning journey. Choosing the right venue for you, as a couple, is an intimate experience and one best suited to only two opinions- those who matter the most.

5. Take plenty of pictures and videos

During a Wedding Showcase our venues are dressed to impress, so make sure you snap pictures, pictures and more pictures! These will become your reference point and point of comparison when upon a wedding venue and how to dress your space. You can never have too many and with the venues beautifully styled by our Recommended Suppliers, some colour schemes and details may even inspire your own special day.

Making note of our top tips and tricks will ensure you make the most of any Wedding Showcase. If you have any further questions about our showcase or would like to get in touch about private showround please get in touch with a member of our dedicated Wedding Team by emailing events@newforesthotels.co.uk