by Delmont St Xavier » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:07 pm
My first question would be; Are you having a civil wedding or religious ceremony?
Civil weddings ususally require the premises to be licensed for 'marriage'. You may identify somewhere and then find that the 'registrar' is not able to conduct the ceremony there. It is not a problem with a religious celebrant, ie. Priest or Minister. (Often they are a whole lot cheaper than the registrar and some can be very relaxed about your ceremony).
You would need to think about parking and access if that's an issue to be considered. I always think the best thing to do is to eliminate places that you wouldn't get married in. You've already indentified the Tall Ship as being one. Would you get married in 'Orange Halls, a pub, Masonic Halls, or a hotel?"
I would suggest that you define what you are looking for, create a top ten list and go through them. I normally help folks with situations like this as it happens more than you can imagine - so have a think through and then make your decision.
"Listen, it's too big a world to be in competition with everyone. The only person who I have to be better than is myself. And in your case, that's enough."