Looked at wedding venues this past weekend...

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My best friend is getting married in the upcoming fall, and as the dutiful maid of honor, I accompanied her to many different venues when we both had the day off, to try to determine where her reception would be. Little did I know or expect the chaos and frustration that would ensure! We visited a total of 6 places in about 6 hours - a variety of entertainment centers, bar/grills, VFWs. Each and every single place had something wrong with it. And this is not just my friend being a bridezilla, but literally we experienced the following problems: A) Too small of a room to host a band, a bar, and about 200 and some guests. B) Too dingy of a room - many of the older bars we visited had smoke colored walls or wallpaper crumbling from the side of things. Not very posh at all. C) Super restrictive - all of the event centers required police presence - not just security - but police, which costs about $50 an hour. D) The date my friend wanted was booked - which is not even until next November. It seems like everything is wrong. I didn't realize it would be so difficult to come up with a venue, but there was literally something to left to be desired with each venue we checked out in the area. Do you have any experience with this? As a bride or groom, what was the one thing you had to compromise on?