Tips in finding your perfect wedding prep venue

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1. dapat may magandang view for pictorials. entourage at family shots are done first sa prep venue. 

2. dapat malaki ang glass window. para maganda ang lighting sa room.

3. dapat malaki ang bridal room. para kasya lahat ang suppliers plus family na sisilip sayo (syempre they're excited para sayo, may pupunta talaga sa room mo to congratulate you) aside din sa personal things mo dun din idedeliver ang entourage flowers and sponsor giveaways mo. 

4. dapat allowed ka magdala ng food or packed lunch para sa mga suppliers mo.

5. dapat magkaiba kayo ng floor kung same hotel kayo ng fiancee mo. ayaw mo naman siguro na bigla kayong magkikita sa hallway. though, kung may wedding coordinator ka pwede nilang i-arrange mabuti ang timeline of events para hindi kayo magkita before going to church.

6. dapat malapit lang sa church. ayaw mo naman siguro ma-late due to traffic di ba.

7. dapat maganda ang customer service. Hindi ka naman demanding just the right amount of good customer service, hindi lang sayo pati sa lahat ng guests mo sa hotel.

Finding the perfect wedding prep venue was one of the most stressful parts of the wedding list, in my opinion, but it takes true leg work to nail down your perfect prep venue for your wedding date. 

Tell me your thoughts or let me know if I've left out any important questions and write it in the comments section below!

Until next time,

We booked our Tagaytay Wedding Church

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Mary Magdalene Church, Amadeo, Cavite ||

We finally booked our wedding church!

I wrote on my previous blog post that I will go to each of the churches in tagaytay to find the right church for us. But that did not happen, why?

because one day, my fiancee and I visited his cousin who recently had a surgery and resides at gen. trias cavite. We were talking about our wedding plans, na intimate wedding lang then sa tagaytay ang reception venue. sabi ng cousin niya that's a good thing daw kasi malapit sila sa shortcut going to tagaytay. That's when we decided to go to tagaytay and do some ocular of the churches there. First church na nadaanan namin sa shortcut road is, the mary magdalene church. Pagkakita ko palang nain-love na ako.

First, ang ganda ang church itself, parang victorian style siya, it was not too small just enough for my guests. According to wiki, the church was established in 1889 by fr. Agapito Ichogoyen, It used to be a Japanese garrison during the World War II. It was enlarged by Fr. Eugenio Marcelo and consecrated on April 19, 1959 by Archbishop Rufino D. Santos. The town-folks are proud to say that this church was built because of coffee. Coffee is their primary crop in town. And I must say that it was one of the best coffee I've ever tasted. 

Second, There is an ample space for parking. My guests can conveniently parked their cars because it's gated.

Third, good for aerial shots, I imagined it in my head already. hehe. The inside of the church naman is high-ceiling, it has a good ventilation and we really wouldn't need an aircon dahil ang lamig na, amadeo is only 5mins away from tagaytay. and takes about 10 mins going to our venue.

Fourth, there are no bystanders or street vendors, isang factor siguro kaya nasa labas ang mga vendors kasi gated yung church. 

Lastly, ang ganda ng  big wooden double doors ng church. i took a picture of it talaga. So that I can instruct my florist where to put the flower accents. 

We went to the parish office and they're very accomodating. we are asked to fill up the application form, give our down payment to block out our chosen date, and we're done. I just need to comeback again for the requirements. There is an ongoing mass and we were lucky enough to attend it. kaya hindi na kami nagpunta sa ibang church. See below pictures during our church visit.

'till my next post!

xoxo,

We booked our Tagaytay Wedding Venue

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Tips in finding a church in Tagaytay

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• Do they allow throwing petals and confettis in and outside of the church premises.
• Parking fee (for some church that has no ample parking space)
• Will they provide the choirs and lecturers?
• Do they allow misalettes?
• Is the church Air-conditioned or not?
• Do they allow the use of garden style décor, arches or candlelights.

Wedding preparation,theme, color palette and budget

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Final theme: Shabby chic

Final color palette: tiffany blue, pastel pink, white, soft pink, ecru, light grey

     
· Draft initial number of guests.
              We wanted our wedding intimate with few closest friends and relatives only. That is why we chose a destination wedding.

· Browse for wedding inspirations.
              I love the wedding of Kristine and Oyo boy sotto, it was lively and at the same time romantic. And of course the garden weddings abroad (thanks to pinterest) I love that other nationalities are having venues at their own backyard or barn. It’s so simple, unique but fun.

· Search for a good church venue.
              I was looking for a church that is not too far from my wedding venue. And an ample parking space too. I wanted my guests not to worry about where to park their cars. I’m not particular with how long the aisle would be. But I’d like a big wooden church door.
See my post in choosing my church venue, here.

So, that’s all for now. Will post more of our wedding preparations soon.

Xoxo,

photo credits: ukpinterest.com