Venues with an extra room?

Wow, no idea whether that would be allowed but sounds awesome! Can I come?

I wanted karaoke at our wedding but OH won't let me, possibly because he knows what I sound like when I sing!

At our venue we have the main room and then a side room as standard, ours is a conference centre so has several rooms to choose. We are putting lounge furniture in our smaller room for the kids to get away from it all if they need to and then we'll have the buffet served in there.

Where are you based?

It's one of those things to ask the venue about. Most will have another room, but the cost could be prohibitive. we're paying for two rooms to allow those who want to dance to do so and those who want to chill to do so x

We've seen a few venues like this, mainly barn conversions where you have a small barn for smaller weddings and a large barn for larger ones, you can use the large one for the ceremony/reception and the smaller one for other activities.

Our venue has four separate spaces, so we're having the ceremony in one, the breakfast/reception in another and then an area for elderly relatives to relax and one for kids to have fun in (possibly also containing a games console or arcade machines like you)

We looked at a venue that had 2 spare rooms. If you keep looking you'll find a venue with the rooms you need. I guess if you have exclusive use of a venue there will be spare rooms you can utilise.

Thanks for responses everyone, given me a few tips

Based in Birmingham but hubby to be is from sandbach so prepared to go anywhere in between really. Although we have plenty of saving time we will be on a budget... I wonder if the barn conversion would work out cheapest?

We had a golf club where we had a side room we filled for toys for the children. We had discussed putting in some sort of adult games but we ran out of energy to arrange it. At our venue we were the only wedding there so we had access to that side of the building as standard, included in the cost.

You're quite near me so try the following fairly local barn venues:

• Mythe Barn, nr Atherstone
• Wethele Manor, nr Leamington
• Dodford Manor, nr Daventry

We've been to all and they were all great venues with lots of potential for additional rooms. I know they're a little in the wrong way for you but they may be what you're looking for?

No advice on potential venues but you may want to bear in mind that some venues will require anything you plug in to be PAT tested, so you may not just be able to bowl up with stuff from home without getting it stamped and certified first. Don't let this put you off: we've had several bits done by a local firm and if they don't have to come out to you it isn't expensive.