I am not sure about others but I reckon I did pretty extensive research for my Phuket wedding venue.... and so I would love to share it with brides to be who are planning to have their wedding in Phuket and have no idea where to start. If I had this list before planning, I would have felt absolutely grateful and would be my life saver!
Before even looking, you must have the following information:
1) Party size? : I am Chinese so my so called small wedding is actually a huge wedding in Phuket. I am planning 120 guests which is really the bare minimum.
2) Dates?: Mines will be in December PEAK SEASON!! but dry season at least... if budget is an huge issue, please take note not to run into peak seasons. Wet season is a pretty bad time to have a wedding in Phuket although cheap! You will need to think about back up plans if you have an outdoor wedding. Planning a destination is also very time consuming... so consider that too!
2) Wedding Ceremony - Beach or Grass? - take note that beach ceremony venues doenst really fit a big crowd. So pretty much a grass lawn was a must for me
3) Dinner reception - Indoors or outdoors? : Prince L is an indoor guy, he sweats like a pig after 5 minutes in room temp and also Hong Kong is a very air conditioned place... my family dislikes the heat so we decided that dinner reception must be an air conditioned venue (this pretty much narrows down the venue option to probably 5-10 out of 30 venues) Take note: if a wedding size like mines with air conditioned dinner venue.... a wedding ballroom is a must!! I really didnt want a ballroom but after checking and checking, it seemed like the only best option I have.
4) Accomodation budget? - before falling absolutely in love with a venue, please check accomodation prices of the venue (exactly my mistake). One venue which I absolutely loved and thought was perfect in every single way had sky high uncalculable room prices so for me to have my wedding there, I would need to arrange nearby accomodation for the guests. For easy going relatives and friends, its totally fine... but not for my family. Just thinking about arranging transportation and accomodation at a nearby hotel already drove me crazy... therefore I had to let go of this stunning venue even if it was perfect in every single effing way!
5) Facilities? Work out with your partner what facilities the venue must have, you will be shocked what your fiance might expect and it could cut out a lot of options
6) Budget? - You will be shocked at the wedding costs, at the start, when I received the quotations, I was like WOW the prices are really reasonable and was getting really excited about doing so many things for the wedding until when the details gets in and you realise that you have blown the budget completely. Work out the details of the budget before choosing your venue. In my next post, I will talk about setting the budget
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