Contacting a venue

I received e-mails from every single vendor I contacted, so in my opinion I would not go forward with any venue who did not respond to you within a reasonable amount of time. You will be paying these people huge sums of money, so this reflects how they will do business with you.

Venues depend on how long they get back to you based on their timing of availability. It will never be easy to get a response back by email. Its best to make calls to speak to them directly getting answers. This is normal to happen.

Ya that makes sense, Thanks!

I started with emails also, and only a couple got back right away so a follow up phone call was needed.

I did everything else through email to have a paper trail after it was booked

No that is unacceptable. any vendor who didnt care to email me back within a reasonable time was cut. what happens after you book with them? theyll ignore you more? what if you have requests when your wedding is close? i would find other halls

Best results are by phone call but I do recommend sending emails first because some send a pricing list right away and you can either add them to the maybe list or take them out of the running right off the bat!

Plus, when you call - if they mention the email you can tell them that you actually did send them one a while ago and then they look like the fools!!! lol

Ditto to what Kelsie said. I was the same way at first too, just emailing and hoping for the best, however I got the best results when I called. Just have any questions ready when you call (like date you want, how much do they charge, etc.).