Perfect Wedding Venues For Your Special Wedding Celebration - South African Wedding Venues

Gone are the days where you only had your community church as the wedding venue. Nowadays you can choose to get married wherever you want. In fact outdoor weddings are the in "wedding venues" these days ... as they can accommodate all your wedding guests easily and allow more room for the wedding steps and other special activities.

You can find good dYou can find good deals in areas surrounding most of the major cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. My favourite wedding venues are

• Amadwala lodge in Honeydew      
• Glenburn Lodge near Swartkops   
• Casa Toscana Lodge in Pretoria    
• Isiphiwo in Pretoria                        
• Toadbury Hall

These places are suitable for as a decent wedding reception and please feel free to contact me for a full list of wedding venues in South Africa. I can email them to you or you can download them here. Even if you are working under a tight budget you can find a suitable venue for you that is affordable and classy as well. Always be ready to ask questions when you call the venue consultants and don't be afraid to ask when you do not understand.

Normally the wedding venue constitutes about 30 to 35% of your total wedding budget. You find that the expensive wedding venues are priced so high because they also take care of your banqueting needs. The majority of wedding receptions are costly due to the decorations and hall rentals.

Wedding-tips.co.za is going to give you two different examples of common wedding receptions and will show you ways to cut costs on food and beverages as well as give you the best tips for throwing your wedding venue reception even on a tight budget. Read the interesting article on How to save money at your wedding reception

Renting a hall as a wedding venueant to rent a hall or auditorium for your reception, you must think about many issues before making this final decision. You will have to consider the prices for the wedding venue and costs of renting the hall rental, the cost of using their services (most halls include services in price and they are not negotiable), and the cost of decorations, flowers, meals and drinks.

When you want to rent a hall for your reception there are certain things that the hall will include in your rental that you cant avoid paying for such as: servers, decorations, and beverages. The smaller halls do not force you take up these things if you do not need them. They will give you the option to pick the extras that you want.

Depending on the type of venue that you select, the costs will defer greatly. For example, if you rent a big hall you will need to pay more than you would have paid for a much smaller or legion hall.

I recommend that if you are working with a small budget then it would be ideal to rent a hall that is small for your wedding venue and money, or it may leave you with less options.

Here are some tips to help you look for a wedding venue

• You should only consider a hall if you have invited 50 or more people to your reception and for more people for an outdoor venue.
• When choosing a venue, you have to decide if you are opting for a cash bar or an open bar. A good compromise is to purchase a few cases of beer on your own and host a cash bar for those who want mixed drinks if you are trying to keep costs down.
• Host your wedding at a venue that you can decorate yourself

• If you must have servers, rent a hall that includes servers in the price of the rental or go with a hall that lets you bring your own.

• Choose a venue that will cater to whatever your needs or budget is.

• When it comes to the food, you should go with a venue that will allow you to bring your own food if you would prefer to not pay extra for catering.

• Serving vegetable and fruit trays, as well as finger foods like finger sandwiches will be of great value in accommodating vegetarians.

• Opting for a casual reception will allow you to serve your food buffet style which will be predominantly cheaper.

• Opting to tell people to forego giving you a wedding gift and serve a completely cash bar is a great way to accommodate guests and recover some of the money for the hall.

• Opt for non-weekend dates because these are not peak hours for the venue and the prices may be cheaper

• You should choose to host your event during the winter for the best rates.

• Negotiate a special discount by paying cash instead of credit card. Most reception venues will do this.

• Choose to go with a non-dinner reception offering instead snack foods and munchables.

There are many wedding venues that are suitable for hosting a wedding around Pretoria, JHB, contact the the Gauteng directory listing

Hosting a wedding reception at any venue does not have to cost through the nose if you know how to get around the basics which we have just mentioned.

Most people would like to host their wedding reception at an indoor venue because they feel that it is more elegant than hosting it outdoors, however, this is not always the case. Sometimes, hosting your wedding outdoors is more fun and it is also much cheaper.

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