5 Questions to ask when choosing a corporate event venue
One of the best ways to have a successful corporate event is to choose a great venue. You want your event to be the site of memorable meetings – where new connections can be made and old connections validated.
Your choice of venue can make or break your event. Choosing the appropriate venue can help ensure the event runs smoothly and will have an impact on your budget.
When considering a corporate event venue, have the answers to the following questions firmly in hand:
1. How many guests/participants?
Sure, the venue has a nice, cozy patio with a great view of the water. It will serve as a lovely backdrop for cocktails, but will your guest fit?
Before you commit to a lovely venue, you need to ask the venue owners how many people it can accommodate. How many tables and chairs can be set up? How many rooms for overnight guests? How many parking slots? If the venue’s answers to these questions don’t match up with how many people your’re expecting, you’re going to need to find another venue.
2. What are the event’s technological needs?
Wide bay windows let in fresh air and soft natural light, but are there curtains to draw that can block out that light so a PowerPoint can be flashed and seen?
Determine ahead of time what you will need in terms of technology and see if the venue can accommodate those needs. Free Wi-Fi? Enough plugs or electrical outlets for the audio and visual equipment? Does the venue have a sound system or will you need to bring one? If your venue can’t help you provide your guests with what they need, you’ll need another venue.
3. What about food and drink?
A rustic B&B might have a fantastic breakfast setup, but will it provide strategic planning sessions with snacks and coffee?
During a corporate event, you want guests to stay in the area for a certain period of time, so they will be expecting and needing refreshments. Will your venue prepare coffee and tea during meetings? Does it have a dinning area? A lunch or dinner buffet? Is there a bar where the mixer event can take place? Can the the venue staff help you find a caterer or make dinner reservations for you in a nearby restaurant? If your venue can’t help you with refreshments, you might want to find another venue.
4. When are you having your event?
Before you plan a gala dinner in a private garden, ask what the best time is to be in that venue. If they tell you it gets cold in the evening but is shady and breezy in the morning, consider a brunch instead.
The “when” can be an important factor in keeping the budge down. Be aware of peak seasons in your possible venue to ensure that your event can be accommodated. Also, during off-seasons, many venues offer discounts or special rates. It’s worth looking into.
5. Will you need an event organizer?
An event organizer is a good investment, especially if their “native” to the venue area. They know the area and local suppliers and can help you find the best deals. They can also do a lot of the groundwork for you ensuring that – when you get to the venue – your event gets off to a smooth start.
We at Venice-etc. DMC have helped arrange many a great and unforgettable corporate event in Venice and the surrounding regions. We treat each event that we participate is uniquely an can send you a detailed and customized program to suit both your needs and your budget. Check us out here, and let us help you arrange the corporate event in Venice that you want.
Five reasons to have your luxury wedding in Venice
Much of Venice’s reputation for magic and romance lies in its unique atmosphere. With its network of arching bridges over winding canals leading to tiny narrow lanes that take you to charming squares, grand ancestral homes and quaint churches – turning a corner in Venice can lead you to places that you just won’t find in any other city in the world.
Venetians are proud of the refined modernity and carefully preserved cultural heritage of their city. The quiet dreamy atmosphere of Venice makes it a great place to have a truly unforgettable luxury wedding. Need more convincing? Well here are 5 reasons why Venice is a great luxury wedding venue
- Palazzo
The grand Venetian families of the 15th and 18th centuries were some of the most powerful, rich and stylish of that milieu and their palazzo was a status symbol.
Many of Venice’s palazzi have been lovingly maintained by their owners and are now open for you to rent for your luxury wedding in Venice. Stay in a palazzo that has been converted to hotel or try renting out your own personal palazzo as a wedding or reception venue.
Fun fact, the Ca’Farsetti is a 14th century palazzo that isn’t a home anymore but is the town hall. When George and Amal Clooney had their luxury wedding in Venice, they had their civil ceremony there.
- Travelling by water
Sometimes, it’s the journey not the destination, and in Venice, you can make the journey to the place where you’re going to profess your eternal love as magical and unforgettable as the event itself. Travelling by water taxi all throughout Venice – to you hotel to the wedding site to the reception venue – wherever you want to go during your luxury wedding in Venice, do it with Venetian style and travel by water.
Fun fact, many of the prominent Venetian families had private water entrances to their palazzi. If you choose to have your luxury wedding in Venice in palazzi or rent one to stay, you can arrive and depart from your own private entrance.
- The weather
Venice has a relatively temperate climate; temperatures rarely rise over 35 degrees Celsius during the day and rarely go below freezing.
Fun fact, if you always wanted to be a June bride, well June is one of the best months to be in Venice weather-wise. The daily maximum temperature ranges is about 25 Celsius in June and the days are bright and sunny.
- Murano glass and Burano lace and carnival masks
Venice has a wealth of crafts and products that you can choose from that can serve as unique and unforgettable mementos. By sourcing locally, you can save yourself the effort of buying and bringing things from home.
Fun fact, Murano and Burano are islands near Venice that are so famous for their artisans, that what they produce is named after the area – Murano glass and Burano lace. Try arranging a visit for you and your guests and you can see the artisans at work.
- Cap it off with a little magic
Venice is a magical and romantic city. There are nooks and crannies all over that is prefect for special moments to enjoy with your loved ones. Fun fact, some of these romantic places are magic. Why not pay them a visit cap off your luxury wedding in Venice
Take a gondola ride to the Bridge of Sighs. Legend has it lovers are granted eternal love if they kiss on a gondola at sunset.
Sotoportego dei Preti is a small passageway between two houses where you can see a small heart is carved just above the low-arc of the entry way. Lovers who touch the heart together will have eternal love.
Bonus fact, the Sotoportego dei Preti is great for your single guest as well. If they touch the heart, they will find love within one year.
There are a lot of reasons to have your luxury wedding in Venice, and we can help ensure that it won’t be hard at all. Contact us, let us work our magic, and you can have the wedding of your dreams.
A view of the water and a sense of history – picking a great wedding venue
When it comes to picking a wedding venue, a view of the water and the historical significance of a site are huge considerations for couples.
That’s the finding of The Wedding Report, a group of wedding market researchers who look at the latest trends and statistics regarding how couples are choosing to tie the knot.
According to their findings, waterview venues are in with today’s couples, with 33.2 percent of couples surveyed saying that they love waterview venues.
A view overlooking an ocean, bay, harbor or lake is considered a romantic and fanciful backdrop to a couples dream wedding.
The calm of the water, the soothing breezed, and the majesty of the sky – including the spectacular colors of the sunrise and sunset – over the horizon are all nice additions to the general atmosphere of a wedding.
Being near the water also provides wedding guests and the wedding party with alternative activities to make not just the day of the wedding but the days leading up to the wedding memorable. Instead of a rehearsal dinner in a restaurant, why not have it while cruising on a yacht? Or have the reception at the beach?
All in all, no matter what kind of water surrounds your venue, it provides a cool and relaxing atmosphere to start a new life. And a great background for some unforgettably gorgeous pictures.
Another trend noted by The Wedding Report was that couples love it when their venue has a fascinating history.
A gorgeous estate is always a good place to have a wedding, but a gorgeous estate frequented by notable historic figures? Even better.
Couples love historical venues. Of those surveyed, 34.4 percent said they loved the idea of a historical venue.
A good historical venue offers you a wealth of romantic and atmospheric touches that make it an unforgettable wedding spot.
One reason for the popularity of historical venues could be because these sorts of venues were built during a time when people paid great attention to details and design. A good historical venue has preserved much of its old-world, old-time character – maintaining its gorgeous building facade, stunning door and window designs, ornate romantic characteristics such as fireplaces and balconies, fanciful details such as tapestries and mosaic tiling, and sprawling landscaping.
A historical venue has gorgeous and unforgettable architecture and – couples respond positively to that. When the couple’s surveyed who answered that the loved historical venues were further asked WHY they loved them, the response was the loved the architecture.
The top three answers as to why they would want a historical venue for a wedding were: the architecture (33.9 percent), the story or history of the venue (12.5 percent), and the fact that it was unique (10.5 percent).
Here at Venice-etc., we’re well aware of the appeal of both a waterview venue and a historical venue and – we offer you a chance to have a wedding where you can experience both. The city of Venice with its sprawling, carefully preserved palazzi and the serene network of canals offers you both a sense of history and the calm, cool backdrop of water. Contact us today and we can help you arrange your perfect event in a historical, waterview venue.
Beginning the Journey: Luxurious Destination Wedding
Your wedding is the first stop on your journey as husband and wife, why not start the trip right away with a luxurious destination wedding? A destination wedding is a chance for you and your family and friends to have a great time in an exotic and memorable locale.
It’s not just a wedding, it’s a vacation – for you and your guests.
Traditionally, after the wedding is the the honeymoon, when the happy couple sets off to explore a new place. Well, by having a luxurious destination wedding – you cut right to the chase. The ceremony itself is already in an exotic local you’ve always wanted to visit.
Don’t just share the wedding and reception with family and friends; enjoy the locale on the days leading up to and after the wedding. Arrange group activities and tours so that you and your guests don’t just enjoy the wedding day, but the days leading up to it and after it.
Choose your destination carefully – that includes the dates!
For your luxurious destination wedding, choose a meaningful venue for a memorable experience. It could be someplace you’ve always wanted to visit or someplace you’ve already been but is special to you both. Make sure, however, the venue is wedding friendly.
First, check that you CAN be married there. Understand local marriage regulations and find out if it will be recognized in your home country.
Secondly, make sure your wedding party can be accommodated. You want your guests to enjoy the place so make sure local transportation and lodgings are enough to accommodate everyone.
Lastly, choose the date wisely. You and your guests will need time to prepare for the trip. You will also need to assess local conditions during your chosen date. You don’t want to have a beach wedding during monsoon season, nor do you want your bridesmaids to be freezing in their strapless gowns in winter.
Also, if you’re going during “peak” season, you may find yourself competing with hordes of tourists for the venues you want. Going on an off season could also save on costs as prices could be cheaper or discounted.
Though a destination wedding is luxurious, it can be cheaper to plan.
Aside from off-season discounts, you and your party could take advantage of group discounts. This mean’s you’re all enjoying the luxurious surroundings at a lower price than if you had taken a personal vacation.
Get a good local wedding planner to do the legwork and groundwork for you. A good wedding planner will also know the best (and most cost effective) local suppliers who can handle everything from hair and make-up to the food to photography and video services.
The exotic and wonderful locale also means that you don’t need to splurge on to many details – elaborate flower arrangements, gourmet meals, fancy venues – to make your destination wedding feel luxurious.
Here at Venice-etc., we specialize in helping you have the best, most luxurious destination wedding you could want in the beautiful and romantic city of Venice and it’s surroundings. From conceptualizing, planning and execution, we’ll be there for you – in Venice itself – to make sure your wedding is memorable for both you and your guests.