Practical wedding planning advice from an Auckland wedding photographer — timelines, budgets, venue checklists and choosing your vendors.
Choose in this order: the guest number you cannot cut, what your family’s traditions require, what the venue’s catering and alcohol rules allow — and only then the look of the place. Why that order saves money and arguments.
92 questions to ask on a venue tour, grouped in the order you will need them, free and with no email required. The starred ones are the questions that cause the most regret when nobody thinks to ask them.
Auckland venue fees run roughly $700 to $3,100 depending on season and day, and catering with drinks $120 to $330 a head all-inclusive — or $25 to $140 if you bring your own caterer. Where the money actually goes.
