From the course: Event Planning Foundations
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Location, location, location
From the course: Event Planning Foundations
Location, location, location
- Choosing a venue is my favorite part of event planning, because it's when you can really start to see your vision come to life. In Hollywood, they call it a set or a location. In event planning, we call it a venue. In either case, it's what creates the stage and sets the tone for the event. The first step in choosing a venue is to narrow down your location. By the time you're ready to start looking for venues, you'll have already met with the client to discuss the overall theme and purpose of the event, so you should probably have a pretty good sense of what sort of environment is best suited to it. For example, are you looking for a vineyard in the countryside or a boardroom in the heart of the city? Once you've narrowed down a location, the next step is to start researching venues. Are you planning a retreat for a group of big-budget, high-powered executives who are celebrating the success of an important deal that just closed? Then you might want to look for a venue that feels…
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