@vowtogrow: Replying to @Eliah in Florida someone said venues book 100 weddings per year, but I’ve spoken with hundreds of venue owners and can count on one hand how many achieve 100 bookings a year. The perception is out of control. 20-35 per year is the “norm.” Most venue owners had careers where they saved for a lifetime then leveraged their retirement or family land to start a venue and have never paid themselves a dime. Like literally working for free for years. Tours, meetings, maintenance, marketing, on call answering questions 24-7… oh and then actually hosting the events. Yes, there are corporate venues with in-house F&B, but thousands of couples are out here having realistic weddings without breaking the bank. They’re just not “fancy” enough to make the TikTok feed.