For some brides and grooms, coordinating your wedding and reception comes with an extra challenge -- being thousands of kilometres away! Whether it's for work or personal reasons, here are some tips on making the long distance wedding planning work for you.
First contact
Let the function venue, such as Norwood House Motel, and other suppliers know that you will be making many decisions by email and Skype in your initial email inquiry to them.
If you run a motel in a historic area you might notice many of your competitors attracting patrons by advertising the historic events that have occurred on their premises or the interesting figures that have stayed with them. If you cannot boast of similar events, you can look to the other end of history and advertise yourself as a haunted motel.
If you have a verifiable death or haunting that occurred on site
There are over 1,925 motels in Australia with at least 90% of the motels rated as 3-star or 4-star accommodations, so you have a lot of options to choose from. Motels tend to have fewer luxurious amenities when compared to hotels but are able to offer the accommodations needed at extremely low and competitive rates. If you book a room at a motel, you are responsible for checking in and checking out at the allotted times.
If you want to set up a pub in parts of Melbourne, you may fall foul of a legal restriction that has applied since the 1900s. Some suburbs of Melbourne continue to run as dry areas, and the affected local authorities cannot issue a new alcohol licence without gaining support from residents in the area. If you're keen to apply for an alcohol licence in one of these areas, learn more about the steps you must follow and how this legislation will affect your application.
Traditionally Australia didn't observe the American and European celebration of Halloween since it signals the end of summer and beginning of harvest time. The original pagan holiday of Samhain is actually a Celtic observance honouring the dead and the start of the new year. In recent years, since Australia has embraced the holiday and it occurs at the start of the summer season, it actually provides a great reason to travel.
