Also plan, if applicable transportation to and from the location of the ceremony. If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed, remember that there are professional party planners who will completely orchestrate an at-home event. Having a wedding at a favorite Restaurant is something like planning your wedding at a friend's house. This is a location with which you are not only familiar, but have enjoyed the food and ambiance in the past. Even a restaurant you don't know well can be a good wedding location choice.
Many restaurants offer bridal packages, some even offer bridal consulting services.
What you do in terms of floral decorations, table decorations, and even your choice of music will greatly add to the ambiance. There are an ever-expanding variety of other venues for weddings. Couples are becoming more and more creative with regard to the locations of weddings. Brides and grooms may, for example, select an historic site. This can be a restored or preserved historic setting or a site decorated in vintage style such as Victorian or roaring twenties.