Your ideal location for your wedding reception should continue with the theme and style that you have chosen for your wedding. If you are lucky, and can have the reception at the same place where you get married, you will have a head start on creating a day where one part of the day flows seamlessly into the next. If you are getting married at a church, however, this may not be an option. For those of you who have family and friends living all over the nation, you might find that it makes more sense for everyone to have your wedding reception at an easily accessible location which is well connected by highways, railroads, and airports. You will know if this idea fits your particular situation once you are aware who will come to your wedding, so that you will be capable of choosing most appropriately where to host your wedding reception. In this way, you will be able to make certain that all of your guests are able to reach your wedding without too much trouble and cost. Should you end up choosing a local place for the reception, think about the guests whom you plan to invite, and how they will be able to get there and even at what place they will be able to stay. It could be appropriate to offer transportation, travel, directions, and area hotels on your wedding invitations. No one should plan a stunning wedding reception in a castle, on a cliff, or a sandy beach if they dwell in the city and are working on a smaller budget. You have to settle on a wedding reception place for which you are able to afford the cost; be real. You have to come to grips with making wedding dreams which work together with your budget, with what you realistically can afford to spend. In such a way, you will avoid a great number of arguments while putting the wedding itself together, as well as a great mountain of debts once you have been married! This is not to say that you are not able to have a dream wedding. Wonderful locations for wedding receptions are available to fit every particular taste, as well as every budget. If only one of the parties is making the decision, finding a location for the reception is a little easier. However, if both parties participate in the decision making during the wedding planning phase, finding a venue becomes a little tougher. If joint decisions are being made but the parties do not agree on budget, colors, style, theme, etc., compromise is your best ally. Each party should make a list that includes what features a venue must have for the ideal wedding reception. Another list should be made by each party listing what features they do not want in a potential venue. Numbering the list in order of importance will help the parties see what is important to the other party, which makes a compromise easier to achieve. Remember that some wedding venues are often reserved as much as a year in advance so start looking early for the best possibilities. Ideally you should begin your search for your reception location when you start looking for a place to have the wedding ceremony. Some locations will allow you to make a temporary booking on their facility as long as you give them a final yes or no answer within 48 hours. That will give you time to look around a little more while it prevents you from the disappointment of having a venue fall through!