6 Things a Modern Wedding Venue Should Be
Whitney Abrahamson
From the moment you first visit Legacy Hill Farm to tour til the moment you wave good-bye as you jump into your getaway car at the end of your wedding day, you’re invited into an experience that only exists at Legacy Hill Farm.
Our family-owned, award-winning Minnesota wedding venue has been designed to host weddings and serve guests in a way that is both authentically Legacy Hill and exquisitely unforgettable.
Every moment at our elegant countryside wedding venue has been built as an invitation to visitors to relax, slow down, and savor what matters most in life - the people we love and celebrate.
At Legacy Hill Farm we’ve created a modern wedding venue experience that builds out undeniably incredible weddings.
Here are six unique things you’ll experience when you book a wedding at Legacy Hill Farm that we believe should be a part of every modern wedding venue:
01. Transparency
We believe you should have all the information you need for booking your wedding venue available for you online without requiring you to inquire for pricing and available dates.
We’ve decided to be transparent. Why? Because we are a hospitality company.
We are here to serve you, and part of serving you is equalizing negotiating power between us from the outset. Planning a wedding is a lot in and of itself. It shouldn’t have to be more difficult because you have to work to get the details and pricing from a venue to make a decision.
When you have to inquire for pricing it makes you work for information that could be easily available online that would allow you to make an informed decision when comparing your venue options.
When we designed Legacy Hill Farm we simply considered what we would want in a modern wedding venue booking experience.
This is what we would want:
100% Online Booking
Clear Pricing That Is Easy To Find
No Hidden Fees
A Real-Time Booking Calendar That Actually Shows All Available Dates
No Need To Inquire - Instantly Find What You Need To Book Your Wedding Venue Online - No password or emailing back and forth required.
So we built it.
That’s why everything about Legacy Hill Farm and booking a wedding at our Minnesota wedding venue is available online.
We have nothing to hide. Everything you need to book your wedding at Legacy Hill Farm is readily available online for you right now.
02. 100% Online Booking
Here’s why booking your wedding venue online is in your favor.
When you are unable to book your wedding venue online by yourself, it leaves room for:
inconsistent pricing treatment,
inaccurate information around date availability/scarcity, and
you being “out-of-the-know” when you should be completely “in-the-know.”
By keeping you on the outside, the venue retains the power in the negotiation. They can tell you there is no availability, that they are booked out, or that they only have one date left and you should get it now before it’s sold… when in reality they might have a lot of availability, but are using scarcity against you.
They also might tell you there is a current sale of x%, but the discount may be applied to false rates to frame a “Good Deal.”
How do you know the price you are being told is the same price another couple is being told?
What is the actual availability of dates in real-time?
When you don’t have all of this information available to you in real-time, perceived scarcity can be used against you. When you don’t know if there are ample dates available, you may feel rushed to make a decision.
What if someone else squeezes ahead of you and gets your dream date just because their email or phone call was by chance answered first?
Requiring an inquiry for pricing does not mean that every venue is out to get you. It just means they are incentivized to keep their cards close.
We hate how normal lack of transparency has become in the wedding industry:
Hidden fees have become the norm, and they are abundant.
Clear pricing is nearly impossible to find.
Emailing back and forth over and over again ad nauseam is frustrating.
The entire process takes forever and can quickly become inconsistent.
For all of these reasons and more, at Legacy Hill Farm, we’ve decided to put everything online and simply be transparent.
We understand that this stance is not normal - and honestly that just makes us love the way we do things even more.
We believe there can be a better way and so we built it.
We created a website and booking process that make it possible for you to book your wedding date 100% online without having to tour or talk to us first.
Couples frequently book their wedding date at Legacy Hill Farm at midnight!
Of course, You are warmly invited to visit Legacy Hill Farm for a tour and to talk to the Legacy Hill team to get any personal questions answered. However, everything you need to book your wedding at Legacy Hill Farm is available on our website. No password is needed.
You can browse all of our available dates in real-time, find clear pricing, select a payment plan that works for you, and save the wedding date you want the moment you want it online here.
At Legacy Hill Farm we want you to have full control to get the wedding date you want booked.
We can’t wait to see what wedding date is yours.
03. Ongoing Venue Access
As a booked couple at Legacy Hill Farm you are invited to come back to Legacy Hill Farm over and over again as you continue to plan your wedding.
Simply RSVP to our monthly Open House and we’ll be ready to welcome you back to Legacy Hill Farm and provide personal Q&A assistance.
Booked couples visit our venue during Open Houses to continue to plan their weddings, get personal questions answered from the Legacy team, and to show their close family and friends their wedding venue!
Many of our booked couples treat our Open Houses like “date night” and use this opportunity to wedding plan and enjoy the engagement chapter of their lives together.
04. Hospitality Prior To Your Wedding Day
At Legacy Hill Farm, our team is easy to find and easy to talk to - before and after you book.
Having the Legacy Hill team to rely on provides a considerable boost to overall happiness in the wedding planning process.
Knowing that someone else has your back and has been there before as wedding planning questions arise is a major stress reliever.
In addition to easy ongoing access to the venue, Legacy Hill Farm also provides additional support to our booked couples:
A Kickoff Call to jump-start your wedding planning.
Access to The Legacy Club portal which is packed with valuable wedding planning resources.
A private 1:1 online workspace and communication portal for you to easily communicate with Legacy Hill Farm as you plan.
Plus, a final 1:1 walk-through experience with a Legacy Hill Venue Manager.
At Legacy Hill Farm you are provided with support every step of the way.
05. Hospitality On Your Wedding Day
From before the sun rises til long after the sun goes down, the Legacy Hill Farm team is hard at work providing unwavering service for each wedding day.
It is our pleasure to discover ways to wow you and your guests.
On your wedding day, you’ll find good old hospitality that will leave you captivated by a one-of-a-kind midwest wedding venue destination experience that is distinctly Legacy Hill.
06. Hospitality After Your Wedding Day
We believe the world needs more strong marriages.
Anniversary visits are a meaningful way couples who were married at Legacy Hill Farm can come back to the property, be reminded of their unforgettable wedding day, and honor the new chapters of their love story together as a married couple.
We warmly invite couples who have been married at Legacy Hill Farm to reach out to us to schedule an anniversary visit, if desired.
A modern wedding venue should provide couples with an experience that is elevated, clear, and high-touch from start to finish, which includes and goes beyond the grounds and property itself. That is what you will find at Legacy Hill Farm.
With You, For You.
Legacy Hill Farm
