When organizing an event, you’re confronted with many decisions, but choosing the right venue and location is the one decision that will have the largest impact on your event. If you are planning for an event or some meeting such as multi-day conference, cocktail reception, business meeting or industry gathering there are lots of things to consider when exploring venues. Everything from the date of the event, catering options, and attendees experience depend on the event venue and location you select. Oftentimes, this can either make your event a great success or lead to a disastrous failure. In order to have an amazing event, here are a few things to things to consider when choosing your event venue.
Location
The location of the venue should which you have opted should be easy to get to for your guest. Whether you are having your event local or out of town, it is very important to pick the right place for your guests exclusively if you have guest travelling from out of town, choose your venue near the airport, metro or railway station so that it is appropriate and cost effective. If you want to reduce the chance for your attendees to be late, provide them with a mobile event app, which is essentially a standard these days. If the venue is within a large campus or institute, utilizing maps with pinned locations can help a lot.
Cost
One of the most important key elements of event planning is determining the budget for the event. Everything comes with a cost, and when it comes to booking a venue, costs can be very high. Remaining within the budget is always a massive alarm for any event planner, hence making it a vital factor to take into an attention when choosing a venue. An effective method to lower the price of a venue is to book your event at least two months prior. Details like food, beverages, cutlery, chairs, microphones should all be decided according to the budget you set.
Layout
The layout is also an important factor to consider when choosing an event venue. If you have the possibility to do so, we recommend you visit your favourite venues at least once. When deciding on the venue’s layout, you should also pay close attention to how the people attending your event will flow through the event space. The venue should be spacious enough to accommodate your guest. Obviously, the more guests you have, the bigger the venue you will need. You don’t want to cram too many people in a small space.
Parking
It is most likely that the majority of your guests will be coming to your event by car, so parking is important to take into consideration. When looking for a venue, the best is to pick one that has a parking lot. The parking space should be big enough to accommodate all your attendees’ vehicles. Ask the venue owner/manager about the number of cars parked in the parking space. The venue should Offer valet parking for the event, even if the venue doesn’t. Providing a valet parking may be essential if the event is an upscale event.
As you have probably noticed by now, there are a lot of things to consider when choosing an event venue. This is not a decision to be taken lightly and it can take time before finding the right one, but don’t let the process overwhelm you.
