Wedding Venue & Garden Website

Two ways. We publish an open calendar with booked days marked, so couples see the free Saturdays and pointless enquiries stop. Or we keep the calendar private and use a date-picker enquiry form, so requests come to you and you answer them. Either way you close dates yourself from the panel.

Your competitors already know your prices; the couple is the only party who doesn't. We recommend publishing a per-head band, your minimum guest count and whether venue hire is included. You don't have to commit to an exact figure — 'per head starts from this band, varies by season and day' is enough, and it filters out the enquiries that were never going to book.

Not required, but it pays off. Someone searching for an outdoor wedding venue wants the rain plan, the shade and the evening light; someone searching for a banquet hall wants air conditioning, the stage and covered parking. Separate pages let couples find what they came for and let Google show you for both searches.

Yes. A venue tour is one of the highest-performing pieces of content in this sector, especially for couples marrying from another city. We embed the tour and the drone footage, compressed so it never slows down the first screen.

They do different jobs. A marketplace brings ready traffic, but it costs a package fee, lists your competitors beside you and you don't control the page. Your own site catches couples coming from Google and Maps with no commission, talks only about you, and sends the date enquiry straight to you. Keep the marketplace — just give the couples it sends you a real address to land on.

Yes, there are no advertising restrictions in this sector. Two practical points: the photographer usually owns the copyright, and the couple appears in the frame. Get a short written permission from both — photographers are usually happy to agree in exchange for a credit. We then place the approved photos in a permanent gallery tagged by concept and season.