we looked at a place today and it was really quite small...only just big enough for the ceremony, big enough for the wedding breakfast but too small for the dance floor

so i was thinking, cost, convenience and size wise, would 3 seperate venues make more sense!?!

town hall/registry office for ceremony
hire a nice restaurant for the wedding breakfast
hire a hall for the evening and get an outside caterer in!?!

or just get one place for it all?

anyone done a seperate ceremony and reception venue? how did it work out??

not that i have experience of this but i'm wanting everything in one venue to save money on transport and so the grandparents don't have to travel about. are the venues close together or are you going to put on transport for the guests?

Hiya Hun,

We did two venues, we got married in a church and then had the wedding breakfast and evening do in the same place.

If you don't want to get married in a church I would go with a venue that will do it all for you as it will probably be a lot less hassle than three venues

Hope this helps xxx

I don't have any experience yet but your situation is a lot like mine in that the vast majority of people will be traveling a long way to attend our weddings and having to stay over somewhere etc. Whilst I think you should go for the 3 venues so you can have exactly what you want part of me says it will be a lot more hassel for people if they have to get taxis between or get directions and parking etc for each place. Especially around xmas/newyear time when taxis can be hard to find in some places and tend to hike prices. It's a difficult one hun because I don't think you should compromise on anything you don't absolutely have to on your wedding day - you will only do it once so it has to be right for you. Do you have your heart set on this one venue or are you still lookling round? Gosh I'm no help at all am I? xx

we're still looking around at the moment...we only have a couple of months argh!!!

we were going to make it easy on guests without a car and hire a coach to take them between venues if necessary so im not sure what to do! lol