At one of my seminars at the recent Grand Wedding Show in Auckland, a couple revealed one of the main reasons they didn’t book a specific Auckland wedding venue.
A venue they’d looked at thought they had more control over the music than the couple themselves. Allegedly, if the venue didn’t like their song choices, the songs wouldn’t get played. The venue provides their own DJ, and so I guess that’s how they can have so much control.
The venue says that the songs might make guests think poorly of the place. So what if the song the venue didn’t approve of happened to be the couple’s favourite? Maybe it’s their first dance? Who knows – maybe even the bride’s parents first dance from 30 years ago…?
I know nothing about serving or preparing food, I can’t cook, and if a wedding couple needed me to participate in that area a well as my core role of entertainment, I’d simply turn that wedding down. If something about a wedding couple’s plans don’t match your business or your style, you don’t book the wedding.
The couple ended up booking another venue, and they were put off by the music thing. If I told them they couldn’t have specific types of food because I didn’t like it, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t get that job either.
Why do venues think they’re more important than any other cog in the wedding wheel?
