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What is Venues & Vows?
Venues & Vows is an online wedding venue marketplace offering picturesque venues in highly desired areas.
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How?
We use the sharing economy (think Uber and AirBnB) to identify venues that we pre-screen and validate. We have also partnered with farm/ranch owners to uncover spaces that are efficiently priced and gorgeously appointed.
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Why Did You Start Venues & Vows?
In 2014 I had six friends who got engaged and were looking for wedding venues. They had crazy spreadsheets and Pinterest boards and spent hours (DAYS) looking for a venue. Every time I talked to them there were two pain points they kept reiterating:
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1. I don’t want to have my wedding at a “traditional” venue because that’s what everyone does; I want it to be special and reflect the style of my fiancée and I.
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2. The prices are bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
This didn’t add up for me. I started doing research and found out that they were not only correct in that venues are difficult to find but this whole wedding industry is a RACKET punishingly expensive. I say “punishingly” because it actually seems like you’re being penalized for getting married. The price of traditional venues skyrockets as soon as you utter the word “wedding”.
I researched many websites and alternatives. I came up with a few test ideas first. Then, while riding in an Uber, I had an epiphany…why not use the sharing economy to find wedding venues. In fact, why not partner with farms and ranches to create those picturesque venues that people are longing for? Venues & Vows was born.
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WhAT ARE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER WEDDING VENUE SITES?
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We have personally visited each and every venue on this site. We only list spaces that we know will actually work for a couple.
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Transparent pricing. You know when you look at other venue listings on wedding sites and they show you something like “$$$” to indicate the price of a venue? We don’t do that. We show you actual numbers so you know exactly how much a venue costs and what is included with the venue.
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These properties are not dark ballrooms – we provide a venue that reflects your style - whether that is boho-chic or glitz and glam!
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Ability to book online.
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In more than 90% of our venues, you can stay at the property…you won’t need to wrinkle your gown or tux in a car before walking down the aisle! You also won’t be gathering your decorations at 11:30 pm still wearing 4-inch heels (or flip flops) – gather them in the morning!
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If you book a venue on Venues & Vows, we provide you with a curated list for everything from the closest grocery store to cake makers and caterers.
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Do you provide any other venue types?
We realized there are many celebrations that happen from the proposal through to the honeymoon! As a couple, you may need a few separate venues/spaces for your different celebrations:
Proposals
Engagement Parties
Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties
Rehearsal Dinners
Overnight Accommodations
Elopement
Wedding Ceremony & Reception
Honeymoon
Vow Renewal
Love is Love.
Always.
Venues & Vows has screened all of our properties to ensure that all venues are allies to the LGBT community and friendly to all celebrations of love.