All Forum Posts by: Denisse Lara

I would not have thought of Las Vegas as a place to go for a barn wedding!  I would think of that area as a place to go for the bright lights and flashy wedding.

Is that a popular or desirable type of wedding in that area?

Originally posted by @Denisse Lara:

I’d be a sucker too 😂

 Oh for the sake of the monkey gods.

Drool

@Denisse Lara

Good idea! We have many of these in WI. They are making money. Don t forget you can use this for other things besides weddings; corporate parties, vendor parties at conventions, school functions, sports alumni gatherings.  Many companies And trade groups hold national conventions in Vegas. Make it big enough to hold two 500 gatherings or a 1,000 person event.

I started looking into wedding venues when my sister was touring farms that charged $4k for 10 hours to rent a tent on a piece of their land.  $7k+ if you have a barn. Oh, and they're booked every weekend for the next year. I thought to myself this is the greatest real estate investment ever!

To the naysayers: no, this is not running a wedding business. The wedding couple hires people to do everything else, you just rent the land and/or barn. 

I was surprised by the lack of support and information on BP about this. You're right to look into the zoning because from my research that's the biggest hurdle. Every county has their own rules. Someone near me was converting an old barn into a wedding venue and the county wanted them to put in a $200k sprinkler system with water holding tank and backup generator! This shouldn't stop you, but definitely do your homework ahead of time.

This is the best (and pretty much only) book I found on the subject and I thought it gave a good intro to the business:

https://www.amazon.com/Rural-P...

Good luck! Keep me posted on your success because I may be trying the same thing on the east coast.