Tips For A Long Island Wedding Venue For Fall
Wedding planning can be stressful, but that doesn’t mean the perfect wedding can’t be achieved. Along with setting the date and deciding who to invite, one of the most important things to be decided upon is the venue. When planning a wedding in Long Island, there are many options available. With there being many options available, there needs to be a way to narrow down the selection so you can finally pick a venue that you love.
When planning an event in the fall or at any time of year, you may need to know how you want to run your event before you can commit to a venue.. For example, where and what time dinner will be held, where dancing will take place or if you would like to have an indoor wedding or an outdoor wedding. People may assume that picking a venue only involves finding a location that they think is beautiful or has enough space, but there is more to consider other than the venue’s appearance and size.
The following are tips for a Long Island wedding venue for fall:
Indoor/Outdoor Option
When planning your wedding, you will want to check out a venue that has both an indoor and outdoor set up. The reasoning for this is because fall is the perfect time to host a wedding. During the summer, the weather can often be too hot and humid for guests to tolerate spending time outside. The fall is a great time to plan a wedding because the air is a bit more fresh and bearable, so guests will are able to truly enjoy themselves if your wedding will take place outside.
If you do not want to host your wedding outdoors, you can always stay indoors. If need be, you can host a wedding that is held both indoors and outdoors. Guest can enjoy an outdoor cocktail hour and dancing, while dinner is held inside the venue. This way, you are able to enjoy the nice weather and have the comfort of being inside as well.
Various Room Options
The venue you choose should have more than one room option available. There are some venues that host events in one large area no matter the size of the event. You want your venue to offer various rooms because not every event is the same size and that is something that should be taken into consideration. The room you choose shouldn’t be too big or too small, but just right.
Cocktail Hour
With weddings, more often than not, people host a cocktail hour at some point in the evening. Cocktail hours are a great way for guests to mix and mingle and catch up prior to dinner and the reception. Ideally, for this to happen, the venue you choose will need to have a separate area away from where the rest of the wedding will take place.
If your venue has an outdoor option, it would be a good idea to host the cocktail hour outside. If the cocktail hour is outdoors, guests will get to enjoy the fresh air before they head back inside to enjoy their meal. This is also a plus if there is not a separate area available indoors for you to host your cocktail hour.
Dinner
Following the cocktail hour, guests can migrate to a separate area for dinner. Again, the venue you choose will need to accommodate this plan and offer a separate area for dinner to take place. You will also want to pick a venue that allows you complete control over the seating chart so you can strategically plan where all of your guests will be seated. This will allow for more mingling to occur.
Dessert
It is not necessary for dessert to be served in a different area than dinner, but it is a great way to get guests moving again following dinner. Once dinner has been wrapped up, guests can head back outside to once again enjoy the weather, but also indulge in a sweet treat. With guests already being outside, this would be a good place to host dancing following dinner and dessert. At this point, the air may have cooled down a bit, so there is also the chance that you may want to move things back inside once everyone has eaten their dessert.
When planning a wedding there is a lot of thought that should go into the process. You want to enjoy yourself on your big day, but you also want guests to have a good time as well. In order for this to occur, there are certain features and characteristics that your venue must possess. Taking these tips into consideration when choosing a venue for your special day will allow you to achieve the perfect wedding with which you and all your guests will be 100 percent satisfied. The planning process may be stressful and picking a venue may not be the easiest thing, but once it is all said and done, you will hopefully find that you have planned a wedding that has exceeded your expectations.