We're thinking of having a destination wedding with a ceremony at our vacation rental and our reception at a nearby restaurant. A few of them have private rooms. My question is, how did you work the logistics of making it more of a reception venue and less of a restaurant? When did you get in there to set-up decorations? Did you have live music or other music and how did you work that with the restaurant? Any other advice?
Check to see if they have a food and drink minimum. One restaurant we checked into had a minimum of $16,000 for food and drink, even though we are having no more than 75 people! They took an average of how much money they brought in on that day for that part of the restaurant at that time of year and then made that the minimum. They were not up front about this at first so double check!
We're thinking of having a destination wedding with a ceremony at our vacation rental and our reception at a nearby restaurant. A few of them have private rooms. My question is, how did you work the logistics of making it more of a reception venue and less of a restaurant? When did you get in there to set-up decorations? Did you have live music or other music and how did you work that with the restaurant? Any other advice?
posted by MsSeaGlass 15 posts 2 months agoCheck to see if they have a food and drink minimum. One restaurant we checked into had a minimum of $16,000 for food and drink, even though we are having no more than 75 people! They took an average of how much money they brought in on that day for that part of the restaurant at that time of year and then made that the minimum. They were not up front about this at first so double check!
posted by LittleBear 80 posts 2 months ago