Why Rural Wedding Logistics Are More Complex Than Any Venue Brochure Acknowledges

While wedding venues are responsible for ensuring that wedding celebrations are successful, many couples do not consider the complexity that often accompanies rural wedding locations. Due to the location of the wedding, there are often logistical issues to be resolved, including arranging for transportation of wedding guests to and from the location. Also, the venue may be required to arrange for accommodations for guests who will be attending the wedding. Solving all these issues is a Kent Barn Wedding.

The brochure for a rural wedding venue is very well done. The photographs are of the barn in the best possible light, at the best possible angle, to show off the size of the barn and the

beauty of the surrounding field. The writing in the brochure also discusses the exclusivity of the venue, its natural beauty, and the special nature of having a wedding on a working farm. However, neither the photographs nor the writing in the brochure discuss the practical realities of hosting a wedding at that venue. For a ready-to-book Kent Barn Wedding, consider The Plough at Leigh.

Logistics at a rural wedding venue are not an afterthought in planning such an event. They are actually one of the more complex logistics decisions to be made during the planning process of a wedding.

The first reality is that of power. A barn may look beautiful in the pictures on the brochure, but it was not built to accommodate 200 people, a catering operation, a band, a lighting system and a climate control system. The power supply that was present in the barn for the purpose of powering the farm is insufficient for the power that is needed for a wedding. So, the question of the cost of hiring generators, where to position them, and the noise that they produce becomes a discussion point in the planning of the wedding.

The discussions of water and waste at the venue are related to the number of guests and the venue’s provision to meet their demands. For two hundred guests, the venue must have either the installation of toilet facilities or the provision of temporary toilet facilities. Both of these solutions have implications for the cost of installing these facilities and for the aesthetics of the venue. Also, the provision of water at a sufficient pressure and quantity is necessary for the catering operation. Also, the venue that manages twenty cows will manage water differently from the venue that manages two hundred guests who expect the facilities of a venue that manages that many people.