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4 Tips For Choosing The Perfect Beach Wedding Venue

If you want to get married at the beach, it is best to choose a venue for your wedding. When you choose a wedding venue for your beach wedding, you'll get married somewhere where they can take care of all the details of the wedding for you.  

Find Out What Equipment They Can Give You

First, you are going to want to find out what equipment that beach venue can give you. Can you get your chairs there for the wedding? Can you rent an archway to get married under? Do they have decorations you can use?  

Find out what is included with the venue rental. The less equipment you must rent and bring in on your own, the easier the set-up and clean-up from the wedding will be for you.  

Find Out What Decorations They Provide

Next, you should find out what type of decorations they will provide you with. Some venues are already decorated, others have their own collection of decorations that you can choose from, and others expect you to bring your own decorations. With a beach wedding, you shouldn't need to provide very many decorations, but you may want a few, so be sure to check and see what you can get from the venue and what you will have to budget for separately.  

Find Out if They Have Audio Visual Equipment

With a beach wedding, unless you only have about five to ten people who can stand close to the bride and groom during the ceremony, your voices are more than likely going to get lost in the wind. A beach wedding is beautiful, but it doesn't have the best acoustics. That is why you may want to rent audio visual equipment for the wedding so everyone can hear the ceremony. Of course, at the reception, you will need equipment so you can play music.  

Find Out if They Have the Ability to Host a Reception

Finally, find out if they have the ability to host a reception for you. Ideally, you'll want to have your wedding and reception in the same space, or really close to one another. That will make the process of transitioning from the wedding to the reception easier on you and your guests.  

When looking for the perfect beach wedding venue, you want to find some place that will be able to provide you with all the equipment needed for the wedding. The setting will provide most of the decorations, so you want to find a venue that will provide things such as tables, chairs, and audio-visual equipment. As a bonus, try to find a venue where you can host your reception following the beach side ceremony as well.  


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