How to Get the Best Price for a Wedding Venue

Whenever you are looking for a wedding venue, never actually tell the people at the venues you are checking out that it is for a wedding. Always say it is for a family reunion. The same venue will go up in price dramatically when the people who run it realize it is for a wedding. This is in part due to the fact that wedding venues are "expected" to be more expensive and also because people who are getting married are less likely to bicker about price. Family reunions are really much more about the people than venue and ambience, and people are just looking for the most economical space, which means the venue will offer its most competitive rate for such an event.

After you get a quote, say that you need a day or two to think about it. Then go back to them later and say, "You know, we decided to have the reunion elsewhere but we suddenly had this brainstorm that it would be awesome to have our wedding while everyone is in town anyway! We want to actually have the wedding at your venue. Don't worry, it will take the same amount of time and space, so the price remains the same, right?"

The venue managers will be hard-pressed to explain how the same patch of land for the same amount of time suddenly can go up thousands of dollars because of the nature of the event.