How to Manage Wedding Venue Bookings: A Complete Guide for Venue Teams

There are over 7,600 licensed wedding venues in the UK. With couples now shortlisting online before they ever make contact, the way you manage your bookings can matter just as much as the venue itself. This guide covers what good wedding venue booking management actually looks like - from

What Is Venue Management Software? A Guide for Venues

Venue management software is a system built specifically to run the day-to-day operations of a venue that hosts weddings and private events: bookings, guest and seating management, catering and dietary tracking, supplier coordination, payments, and marketing, all in one place. It differs from general-purpose event platforms, which are built around

How Wooladon Estate Transformed the Wedding Experience with Sonas

The journey of a growing wedding venue brings unique challenges, particularly when it comes to maintaining a personal touch while scaling operations. For Beth at Wooladon Estate, the search for a streamlined CRM led them to Sonas. Since the transition, the estate has seen a significant boost in bookings and

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How to Start a Wedding Venue Business in the UK

Around 265,000 couples get married in the UK every year. The average wedding now costs £21,990, with roughly a third of that going to the venue. The demand is there. But so is the competition - there are currently 7,655 licensed wedding venues across the UK. Starting

The UK Wedding Industry: Statistics & Overview

The UK wedding industry is one of the country's most resilient and creative sectors. It spans thousands of small businesses - venues, caterers, photographers, florists, music, dress designers…and it touches one of the most significant days in people's lives. That makes it unlike almost any

Wedding Venue Insurance - All You Need To Know

Yes, we know you plan your weddings carefully but with so many things potentially going wrong with large events, wedding venue insurance is essential. Knowing what insurance cover is required is part of managing a wedding venue business. If you run a wedding venue business, then you’ll hope that

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Wedding Venue Marketing: How to Get More Enquiries

In today's competitive wedding industry, having a beautiful venue simply isn't enough. With couples planning their weddings primarily online and making decisions based on search engines and social media, effective wedding venue marketing is what separates fully booked calendars from partially booked calendars. Strategic venue marketing

How Waipuna Estate Streamlined Operations and Eliminated Double Bookings with Sonas

Discover how Sarah Smith from Waipuna Estate transformed their wedding venue management by switching from multiple disconnected systems to Sonas - the all-in-one event management platform designed specifically for wedding venues and event spaces. Sarah from Waipuna Estate - a premier wedding and events venue just outside of Christchurch, New

Mastering the Post-Christmas Engagement Rush for Wedding Venues

The UK wedding industry experiences a seismic shift every December. With over 100,000 proposals during the Christmas period alone, and 40% of all engagements happening between Christmas and Valentine's Day, wedding venues face an extraordinary challenge come January. Here's the pattern: Christmas Day proposals lead

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How Michigan's Barn 1888 Transformed Their Wedding Operations with Sonas

We sat down with Danielle Howarth from Barn 1888, a stunning wedding venue in Michigan USA, to discover how European cloud-based software Sonas helped her transition her venue operations from scattered processes into a state of organised efficiency.

How To Get More Bookings for Your Wedding Venue

With around 247,000 marriages taking place in England and Wales in 2022 according to the Office for National Statistics, competition among venues has never been fiercer. Whether you're managing a historic manor house, a converted barn, or a contemporary city space, the challenge remains the same: how

How to Build a Wedding Venue Website That Converts Visitors into Bookings

Most couples start their venue search online, so your website’s first impression is critical. In today’s digital age, your wedding venue’s website often provides the very first interaction between you and potential clients. In fact, most engaged couples begin their planning journey online, browsing multiple venues’ sites

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Seamless Wedding Planning with Sonas - The Orchard Spot

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Tanith, Wedding & Event Manager at The Orchard in Otham, Kent. She shared her transformative experience with Sonas.

Wedding Trends for 2025 & 2026: What Wedding Venues Need To Know Now

The wedding world is changing...again. But this time, it’s not just about what’s “on trend”. Couples planning weddings in 2025 and 2026 are looking for something deeper: Purpose, Personality, and Professionalism. If you're a venue manager or wedding supplier, now’s the time to align

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The RHS Selects Sonas as Their Venue Management Software

Sonas is excited to announce a new partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s leading gardening charity. The RHS is now using the Sonas wedding venue management software across its stunning gardens and London event halls.

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Sonas Announced as Headline Sponsor of the 2026 Kent Wedding Awards

Sonas, the leading CRM software for wedding venues, is proud to be the headline sponsor of the 2026 Kent Wedding Awards – an event dedicated to celebrating the very best of the local wedding industry. Designed specifically for wedding venue management, Sonas is a cloud-based CRM platform that streamlines the entire

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What is Wedding Venue Management? The Ultimate Guide for Venue Owners

Managing a wedding venue involves juggling a wide range of tasks, from securing bookings and marketing your space to coordinating the big day itself. In short, wedding venue management is the art of running a wedding venue smoothly and profitably. It means handling everything a venue owner needs to do

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Plan Perfect Weddings in Kent

Sonas is delighted to bring you the first in a series of articles about starting wedding venues around the UK & Ireland. We will focus on the legalities and everything you need to do to comply with local legislation and get up and running. First up, the garden of England,

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How Chapel House Estate Conquered the Wedding Industry with the Help of Sonas

Sam on behalf of Chapel House Estate explains how their newly opened luxury wedding venue has already managed to become a premier, multi-award-winning, five-star destination and how Sonas helped make it possible. In this interview, we meet Sam at Chapel House Estate and hear how this wedding venue, nestled in

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How The Tabor Group Enhanced Efficiency and Client Satisfaction with Sonas

The Tabor Group explains how Sonas Wedding Venue Software helped them increase sales, improve the customer experience, and streamline their event management across their three venues. We’re excited to share how The Tabor Group, a leading wedding venue company with three locations across the UK, has transformed their operations

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How Harper Weddings increased conversion rates using Sonas

Harper Weddings needed a solution like Sonas that could handle enquiries, events, accounting, sales and marketing, while providing valuable analytics so that they could increase their conversion rate and focus on their business growth.

Wedding Venue Trends For 2023

We will all remember 2022 as the year when the post-pandemic wedding boom began, but what does this mean for weddings in 2023? Following a period of stringent limitations a large number of weddings took place in such a short amount of time. Now, the conventional wedding in the UK

How To Manage Interfaith Weddings

Popular wedding venues have the ability to pick and choose the types of clientele they work with and standardise processes. This means you can run a successful business without ever having to step outside of your comfort zone. Expanding and customising the range of services you offer, however, can help

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Sonas announces partnership with cruise giant Carnival

Sonas is pleased to announce its new partnership with Carnival UK, the parent company for P&O Cruises & Cunard. This will allow weddings conducted on cruise ships to be managed more efficiently using the powerful features of Sonas’ software. Nautical weddings are on the rise with the most

How To Buy A Wedding Venue Business

We all know that weddings don't come cheap. The National Wedding Survey conducted by hitched.co.uk revealed that the overall cost of an average wedding in the United Kingdom in 2019 was £31,974. The cost of hiring a wedding venue, on average, accounts for £5,406