[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":176},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-lokal-en":3},{"article":4,"related":160},{"metaTitle":5,"metaDescription":6,"h1":5,"updated":7,"byLine":8,"intro":9,"sections":10,"faqHeading":141,"faq":142,"lyselaHeading":155,"lyselaParagraph":156,"tryCta":157,"pricingCta":158,"relatedHeading":159},"How to choose a wedding venue in Sweden","How to choose a wedding venue in Sweden: when to book, questions to ask the venue, the main types with pros and cons, and what decides the price.","Updated {date}","Written by","Start with three things: roughly how many guests you will have, which month you want and what the venue can cost. With those you can rule out most venues online and contact three or four. Book about a year ahead, earlier for a Saturday in June or August. Here are the steps for finding a venue, the questions to ask it, the usual types with pros and cons and what to look at when you visit.",[11,33,72,104,110,125],{"heading":12,"items":13,"examples":29},"How to choose a wedding venue: the steps",[14,17,20,23,26],{"title":15,"body":16},"Set the limits first","Number of guests, rough month and an amount for venue and food. The figures belong with the rest of your [wedding budget](budget), so look at them together.",{"title":18,"body":19},"Pick an area","Start from where most guests live, or from a place that means something to you. Think about how guests from further away will get there and home again.",{"title":21,"body":22},"Search widely, contact few","Collect about ten venues and email three or four. Ask about your date and a second Saturday, and you will see at once what is still available.",{"title":24,"body":25},"Visit and compare","Ask every venue the same questions so the answers can be compared. The questions are in the next section.",{"title":27,"body":28},"Book in writing","Ask about cancellation rules and the deadline for confirming guest numbers before you sign. The venue is often the first thing booked in your [wedding planning](planera).",[30],{"label":31,"text":32},"The first email to a venue","Hello, we are planning our wedding on [date] with about [number] guests, dinner and a party until around [time]. Is the date available, and what is included in the hire? We would love to come and see it.\n[name and phone number]",{"heading":34,"paragraphs":35,"table":37},"Questions to ask a wedding venue",[36],"Copy the table into a document and fill in the answers for each venue, so you do not have to remember who said what.",{"headers":38,"rows":41},[39,40],"Question","Why you ask",[42,45,48,51,54,57,60,63,66,69],[43,44],"How many guests fit, seated and for dancing?","The number for dinner and for the party can differ. Ask how many fit if it rains.",[46,47],"Can we bring our own drinks, and what is the corkage fee?","Bringing your own drinks can save money, but many venues charge per bottle or per guest. Ask what applies to alcohol at the venue.",[49,50],"When does the party have to end, and when can we arrive?","The end time decides how long you dance. Ask how early you get access to decorate and how quickly you must leave.",[52,53],"Is there a limit on music and noise?","Neighbours and local rules may mean the music stops at a set time. Ask about a DJ, a band and equipment.",[55,56],"Do we have to use the venue's catering?","Some venues have their own food, others let you choose. Ask what applies to special diets.",[58,59],"What do we do if it rains?","A ceremony, drinks and photos outdoors need a plan B under a roof.",[61,62],"Is there accommodation, or a hotel nearby?","Guests who travel far want to sleep close. Ask whether rooms are included or can be booked.",[64,65],"How do guests get there and home?","Look at parking, buses and taxis. In the countryside all three may be missing late at night.",[67,68],"Is the venue accessible?","Ask about stairs, a lift, toilets and room for wheelchairs and pushchairs.",[70,71],"What is included in the price?","Tables, chairs, tableware, cleaning, staff and technical equipment. Anything not included you arrange and pay for yourselves.",{"heading":73,"table":74},"Types of wedding venue: pros and cons",{"headers":75,"rows":79},[76,77,78],"Type","Pros","Worth knowing",[80,84,88,92,96,100],[81,82,83],"Manor house or castle","Often dinner, party and rooms in one place. Beautiful surroundings.","Can be expensive, food and drink choices are often limited, and the times are fixed.",[85,86,87],"Barn or farm","Much freer. You often decide more yourselves and it feels personal.","You often arrange more: food, furniture, toilets and heating, and sometimes cleaning.",[89,90,91],"Restaurant","Food, drink and staff are already there, and you avoid a lot of planning.","Less room for dancing, and the place is rarely only yours.",[93,94,95],"Hotel or conference centre","Rooms, food and spaces in one place, and guests who sleep nearby.","Less personal, and you often share the building with other guests.",[97,98,99],"Your own garden or family land","Low rent and full freedom, in a place that means something.","You take on tents, toilets, power, rain and cleaning. More in the [guide to a garden wedding](tradgard).",[101,102,103],"Parish hall or village hall","Often low rent, and a simple room you can make your own.","Usually an empty room, so food, drink and decoration are up to you.",{"heading":105,"paragraphs":106},"Wedding venue prices: what decides the cost?",[107,108,109],"The price of a venue depends on several things, which is why two quotes rarely compare directly. The date counts for a lot: a Saturday in June often costs more than a Friday in May. The number of guests, whether food and drink are included, the hours you hire and whether rooms are included matter too. Work out the cost of the whole evening, not only the hire.","Always ask what is included and what comes on top: cleaning, staff after midnight, technical equipment and corkage. Then put it in your [budget](budget) and see what the venue leaves for everything else.","Date, style and budget are linked. If the date is fixed you often give way on style, and if the style matters most, the date may have to move. A weekday or a Sunday can open up a venue that would otherwise be out of reach.",{"heading":111,"items":112},"Visiting the wedding venue",[113,116,119,122],{"title":114,"body":115},"Visit at the same time of day","Look at the light and the sound when the party will be on. A bright room at lunch can be dark in the evening.",{"title":117,"body":118},"Walk the way your guests will","Parking, entrance, toilets and the way to the ceremony. Time it.",{"title":120,"body":121},"Ask where everything will go","Dinner tables, dance floor, bar, guest book and gift table. Ask for a floor plan so you can plan your [seating chart](bordsplacering) later.",{"title":123,"body":124},"Bring someone who is not in love with the place","A friend or a parent sees practical things you miss. Take photos, and write down the answers the same day.",{"heading":126,"paragraphs":127,"examples":129,"image":136},"The venue and the times on your wedding website",[128],"Once the venue is booked, guests want to know where, when and how to get there. Put the address, time and a short note for each place on your wedding website, and write practical things such as parking, stairs and the rain plan under Good to know. Then you will not answer the same question thirty times by text. What else belongs on the site is in the [wedding website guide](guide).",[130,133],{"label":131,"text":132},"Note for a venue","The ceremony starts at [time]. There is parking at [place], and the last bus back leaves at [time].",{"label":134,"text":135},"Under Good to know","If it rains we move drinks and photos into [room]. The venue has [a lift or a ramp] and an accessible toilet.",{"src":137,"alt":138,"width":139,"height":140},"\u002Fguide-bilder\u002Flokal.en.webp","Places on Tove + Kasper's wedding website: Masthugget church and Röda Sten Konsthall with address, a line on getting there and directions.",520,1067,"Frequently asked questions",[143,146,149,152],{"question":144,"answer":145},"When should you book a wedding venue?","Ideally a year before the wedding, and earlier for a Saturday in summer. Popular venues are booked far ahead, but a weekday or a Sunday can often be had at shorter notice.",{"question":147,"answer":148},"Can you bring your own drinks to a wedding venue?","It depends on the venue. Some allow it, often for a corkage fee per bottle or per guest, and others require you to buy drinks from them. Ask before you book.",{"question":150,"answer":151},"How much does a wedding venue cost?","It varies a lot, depending on the date, the number of guests and what the price includes. Ask for a quote with everything itemised, so it can be compared with the others.",{"question":153,"answer":154},"How many venues should you look at?","Three or four is usually enough. More makes it harder to choose, and good venues get booked.","The venues on your wedding website","With Lysela you add up to ten places to your wedding website, such as the ceremony, dinner and party. Each place has a name, an address, a time and a short note, with a link to directions. If you do not paste your own map link, the link searches for the address in Google Maps. Practical things such as parking and the rain plan go under Good to know, along with places to stay and buses. You switch on the parts you want and fill them in yourselves.","Try it yourself, no account needed","See all prices","More to read",[161,164,167,170,173],{"href":162,"label":163},"\u002Fen\u002Fwedding-website","What should a wedding website include? 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