Tips for Visits
How to make the most out of your visit!
We thought of some TIPS AND STRATEGIES for having a successful open house or scheduled tour visit with us.
Have your “vision” in mind.
Now, you might not have everything figured out about your special day by the time you visit with us. Honestly, you might only know that you’re ready to get married – and that’s a HUGE thing to know. Congratulations! But we recommend you doing a little pre-thinking with your partner about what you want the day to be like – Here are some great questions to have considered before your tour:
What’s our budget? And how much of our budget are we willing to spend on the venue?
What’s our date? When do we want the special day to take place? (Will it be all indoors, outdoors, a bit of both?)
What is our vibe? Do we want something extravagant and spectacular? Do we want something low-key and chill?
What’s our guest count? Approximately how many people do we want to invite?
What are some special/personal needs for your big day? (i.e. “We fell in love over games. Can we set up board games during the cocktail hour for our guests?” – “My grandmother, who’s in a wheelchair, needs to get down the aisle with me and my dress is huge. How wide can the aisle get?”)
Make an appointment.
This might seem obvious to some wedding couples, but we recommend it anyway. Having an appointment with us makes it likely that our team can be prepared to really show you around! We have a very responsive team of eager-to-please folks; however, planning makes things much smoother. If you’d like to set up an appointment to tour The Chapel at New Richmond, you can do so through our website or by emailing us at info@thechapelatnewrichmond.com.
Bring anyone essential to the planning of the day.
Bring your partner. Bring your wedding planner. Bring your parents, your sibling, your maid of honour. Bring them all! We want to make sure that all perspectives are included before you make the big decision. If you plan to bring anyone, though, remember to plan ahead.
Take notes and write things down.
When talking to one of our team members, we recognize that it’s hard to talk through everything during the tour. Stuff gets missed. Things are forgotten. Stuff doesn’t click until later. If you come with a notebook or a note taking app on your phone, use it! Also –
Take pictures.
While looking around, we encourage our guests to take pictures. This might also help you come up with other details for your big day when you can review what you saw later. We highly recommend this especially if you’re touring multiple venues. It’s hard to keep it all straight sometimes! Taking pictures and organizing your photos by venue-specific albums could really help you out in the long run.
Feel free to get emotional.
We make space for you to be you – and that means feeling while you’re here. Planning a wedding can be super emotional; there’s joy and love and excitement and wonder, but there can be other big emotions as well. Please don’t hesitate to feel, really feel. We operate, first and foremost, with respect and compassion in mind. If you love it at The Chapel, feel it. Speaking of which –
Bring your money.
If you really love it – you just know – you can put down a deposit during your tour. This will save your spot and take one task off your to-do list.