Which did you book first: your ceremony or reception venue?

My venue will actually hold both ceremony and reception. The only thing we have to pick is which ceremony area we want out of 3 (mostly based on weather)

They were one in the same haha.

Reception first for us! We started LOOKING at both at the same time (since we don't belong to a church) and said as soon as we fell in love with one, we would book it and then book the other. We lucked out that both of our top choices for both reception and ceremony were available on the same date - so we JUMPED!

We chose one that had both. I knew it'd be difficult to find a church to marry two different people of different religions without the long converting process, lol.

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Hi Melissa! So exciting! Congrats on your venue finds

Your wedding day will be here so soon, just 35 days until you say "I do!" We are so happy for you!

Any last items on your wedding planning to-do list in this final month?

They were the same place, so at the same time.

Both are being held in the same place, it's just SO much easier that way, and the venue is gorgeous so I cannot wait to see how it all turns out! Our venue offered us an incredible package deal that includes a ton of things like 4-5 star catering, fresh floral arrangements, open bar, champagne toast, DOC, and more. Cannot wait!!

What booked the reception venue first and decided to have the ceremony at the same location to make it easier for everyone. It's a few minutes walk between the two.

We booked the ceremony first so we knew what date and time we had, then we were able to book our restaurant venue knowing the date and time we needed that for as well.

We are doing them at the same site. I was looking for that option since everyone is already traveling no reason to travel more.

Ceremony, without the ceremony it is just a party!

Ceremony. Wanted to make sure the church was available before we booked anything else. I have nieces and nephews who are in college so I had a pretty narrow window of dates where they would all be available. So between semesters seemed like a good time to get married and the church was available so that's what date we picked.

Both as it is on the same place.

Same place for both ceremony and reception. We picked it because it's a beautiful venue with views of the mountain and lake.

We booked our reception venue first! That was the bigger availability concern - they were already booking up for our wedding month over 15 months ahead of time!

Our ceremony venue had a ton of availability and I could have waited way longer to officially book them, but once we booked the reception venue and locked down our date I just wanted to get both places nailed down ASAP!!

We are steal planing. We just set the date this week

We are having our ceremony and reception at the same place. The biggest deciding factor will be where to hold the ceremony as there are 3 different options at our venue. Most likely will choose the outdoor area but it's always good to have the indoor options as well just in case weather doesn't cooperate on the day of.

I'm doing the wedding / ceremony all in one

Trying to save money where I can.

My venue is for both.