{"id":1651,"date":"2016-07-04T11:48:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:50:33","slug":"dont-let-your-venue-ruin-a-great-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/dont-let-your-venue-ruin-a-great-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let your venue ruin a great party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve already found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\">great party entertainment<\/a>. But finding the right entertainment venue is one of the more traditionally tricky aspects of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\">event party planning<\/a>. In the interests of making that process a little less fraught, here are a few tips to help you make the best decision.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the season. You may have the absolute perfect venue in mind, but if it\u2019s most charming features can only be enjoyed in warmer weather, and you\u2019ve got a February event, keep looking<\/p>\n<p>Planning a special event is exciting- and more than a little rough on the nerves. For the love of God, you never want your event to be remembered for the \u2018AWFUL venue, entertainment, food, atmosphere etc.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Can the venue accommodate the kind of entertainment you have in mind? Do they have in-house tech people to set up the stage, or will the performers need to bring all their own equipment and tech people?<\/p>\n<p>Is the venue relatively convenient for the majority of the guests? Of course, for special occasions most people don\u2019t mind going a bit out of their way, but you don\u2019t want your guests to become mired in complex travel arrangements- unless you\u2019re prepared to organise and pay for it all, of course!<\/p>\n<p>Is the venue actually available at the time you have in mind? Many first time party planners mistakenly believe that a couple of months-notice is more than enough. Very popular venues, however, can be booked out in peak months well over a year in advance. Before you get too carried away with the planning, ensure your venue of choice is actually available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve already found great party entertainment. But finding the right entertainment venue is one of the more traditionally tricky aspects of event party planning. In the interests of making that process a little less fraught, here are a few tips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/dont-let-your-venue-ruin-a-great-party\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[459,547,1],"tags":[13,274,32,57,704],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}