As a venue consultant with extensive experience in the wedding industry, I know that missing out on a wedding booking can be disappointing and, at times, frustrating. However, I want to share some insights on how to turn these lost opportunities into valuable lessons and future wins for your venue.

Today on the blog, I am delighted to have the wonderful Tamara Holland, super marketing strategist from Dot & Stripe talk to us today about creating a winning marketing plan for our venues! Thanks so much Tamara - a piece full of so many golden nuggets.

Today I am thrilled to have the wonderful Glen Mitchell from Thrive Through Life join us on the blog. Glen is The Wedding Venue Members’ Club health and wellness guru and always has so much useful information to share about how to look after yourselves when serving your clients. Thank you kindly Glen for your time - some actionable tips to get you all firing on all cylinders when the engagement season starts.

It’s a well known fact that the busiest time for venue enquiries is from Christmas Eve through to Valentine’s Day. That’s 52 days to be precise! All these romantic proposals are happening thick and fast, with the two top dates being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

According to the Bridebook UK Wedding Report 2022, one third of couples who got engaged in 2021, had popped the question between December and February. So with that in mind, it’s only a few weeks away. It’s time to get ready for the 2022 Engagement Season!

Today on the blog, I’m delighted to welcome the wonderful Vaishali Shah of Ananya Cards who is also diversity and inclusion guru within The Wedding Venue Members’ Club. Vaishali talks us through how we should be representing our venues in a diverse and inclusive way.

You’ve probably conducted hundreds of client show-rounds already this year, but do you regularly take time to review your wedding venue showround and perfect the client experience?

Setting your venue apart from the rest is a huge step towards making the sale and if you’ve been using the same sales patter, the same journey through your venue, the same language since forever, then is it time to switch things up a bit?

It all starts before your couple has even set foot in the door.

It’s a well known fact that the busiest time for venue enquiries is from Christmas Eve through to Valentine’s Day. That’s 52 days to be precise! All these romantic proposals are happening thick and fast, with the two top dates being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

According to the Bridebook UK Wedding Report 2022, one third of couples who got engaged in 2021, had popped the question between December and February. So with that in mind, it’s only a few weeks away. It’s time to get ready for the 2022 Engagement Season!