Thirteen months ago an outdoor wedding wasn't even on the cards. We'd seen several friends' weddings and engagement parties washed out by rain and we weren't taking the risk. Come December 12 though, and there we were getting married in a garden. But we wouldn't have done it without a rock solid, easy, indoor option at the same venue. That way, if it rained there'd be little or no impact on anyone but the venue. And even then, it'd be minimal. There'd be no extra cost, no disruption or confusion for our guests, and most importantly, it meant we didn't have to worry. Whatever the weather. But as we'd quickly found out when we were making our plans, the fact a venue has a 'wet option' doesn't mean you would want to, or could, get married in it. Most venues we saw with an indoor and outdoor option had either or both of two problems:

1) The indoor option was much smaller than the outdoor setting and wouldn't accommodate all our guests.

2) Or they were just plain ugly (compared to their outdoor counterpart).

As it happens we found a venue with two big, beautiful options. And with a bleak outlook the morning of, we were glad we'd been a little more picky and realistic about the chances of rain. We could relax and know that, no matter what the weather that afternoon, we'd still be married in a beautiful setting. Cheers, Nigel