When you are organizing an event, you have many decisions that needs to be made. Starting from the date, the food, the guests/ invitees to much more. All of these things work under one main decision, and that is the event venue. It may sound like a lot of pressure, but not to worry. We have some tips to help you out. For more information, please click here.
- Make sure you start venue hunting early. But before that, you need to make sure that you have the budget, the estimated amount of invitees/ guests and the space. One that is decided on, have a place booked at least 4 months prior to the event, so that you can work on everything without panicking.
There are some several things you need to consider when you are looking for that venue to hold up your function, - Location; first make sure the place is centralized to all your guests and the distance that they have to travel is reasonable. Make note to consider not just the distance, but traffic, public transportation and of course parking space. To begin with, have a list of function rooms that you are interested in around the same area, so you have a limit.
- Does it have parking? Make sure that the corporate event venues Melbourne you have considered so far has parking lots if not a parking area that attendees may use on that day. If not, you might as well cut them out of your list. If that seems impossible or if you are running out of venues, then try reserving a parking lot for the day and have your attendees pay for the parking ticket as they enter or leave.
- Size & amount; make sure the size/ space of your venue / function room matches the number of guests. The last thing you need is having a compact room filled with annoyed guests. Also, check if there is a fire exit in your venue according to the standard rules and regulation.
- What about food? Check if the venue you chose provide food and beverages and if you order more food than the amount they expect, you might be able to pull off a good deal with them as well.
- The services provided; does your venue have a kitchen? if so, they might only give you the price for the function room and the venue, but if they do not have their own kitchen they may be having a partnership with a restaurant that will be providing the necessary food and beverages to the event. Which mean, if the venue does not have a kitchen, your bill could be relatively higher than that of a venue that has a kitchen. Also make sure that they have enough waiters supplied for the event so you will not have any trouble with impatient guests. Well, hope your function turns out to be fantastic. Good luck!