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If you are looking to hire a function room for a special occasion or family celebration, there are many things you need to consider before booking your party venue.

To make sure that you make the right decision, myfunctionroom.co.uk – a UK online directory for function rooms and party venues – has come up with a list of helpful tips to planning and preparing for your special occasion.

• Location – Carefully consider the location of your venue and how easily it is for your guests to get to. Look for function rooms which are relatively local for most of your guests, so they don’t feel too put out about the travel as well as extra expenses of taxis or booking a hotel room. The closer it is to your guests, the more people will turn up.
• Capacity – Pretty self explanatory but many people get this totally wrong, with the results leading a party to look completely empty or like a can of sardines. If you are expecting around 100 guests, make sure that the function room you choose holds this amount or more as well as with seating and tables. Many function rooms will say they can cater for 100 but with tables and chairs in the room, they can only fit about 80.
• Cost – Most function rooms offer free room hire as they make most of their money back from the bar. However, many require a fully refundable deposit so check this before you book.
• Disabled and Parking Facilities – If you know that many of your guests will be driving you need to check whether the function room has parking facilities and whether people can leave their cars overnight. Some function rooms allow their guests to leave their cars and pick them up the next morning but double check this and notify your guests so they can make arrangements about how to get to and from your do.

If you have guests who need disabled access in and out of the function room, make sure that you check the venue has these facilities. Many of them usually do, along with a disabled toilet, but check beforehand to save you and your guests the embarrassment on the night.

• Catering – One of the major features of a party is the catering and many fuss and worry about what food to have, how many to cater for and what to do if there isn’t enough. Some function rooms allow you to provide your own catering while others will only allow you to use theirs. Make sure you check with the venue before booking. Some venues also have kitchens which you can use to store the food before the party.
• DJ hire – Some have in-house DJ’s so be aware of this before you book your room. Some venues do not allow all the DJ equipment into the venue so check with your DJ to see what equipment he has and whether it will fit or be allowed into the room.
• Children allowed – Not a common problem, but there are some venues that won’t allow younger children inside. If you are expecting younger children at the do, make sure you find out whether they can attend so your guests can arrange a child minder.
• 18-21^st birthday’s – There are some venues that don’t allow 18^th or 21^st birthday parties, due to liability as well as the worry of underage drinkers. Double check this before you book.

If you need a helping hand when booking your function room then why not head online to myfunctionroom.co.uk. The online UK directory has listings of function rooms available for hire in your area. From function rooms Wigan based, to function rooms Liverpool based, there really is a function room out there to host your party or do.

The website lists all the venues information including, capacity, catering, parking, disabled and bar facilities, pictures as well as a detailed map and contact details, everything you need to help plan your event.

For more information, visit, www.myfunctionroom.co.uk.

Did you know that you can buy almost anything online these days? Not many people realise how big internet shopping and the retail world has actual grown too. Most of us realise that we can use internet auction sites, buy our clothes online and even do our weekly shop however we don’t really think about everything else that it is for sale online.
 
Say for example you are planning a party or a family get together, did you know that you can get pretty much everything you need to for the party online. No more having to run around from shop to shop with too many shopping bags to manage and getting stressed because the shops are busy. Why not sit on your sofa and arrange everything hassle free with no stress from the comfort of your own home?
 
In fact did you know that you can even buy wine online? I know it seems crazy that you can get bottles and even cases of wine delivered to your house, but it is true. In fact arranging a wine delivery could not be easier.
 
Much the same as you normally would when you shop online you just browse through the different products available until you find the one(s) that suit you. Most wine websites have everything separated into categories to make shopping even easier.
 
You can usually buy either by the bottle or the case, with discounts given if you buy in bulk. Often the discounts are quite significant and it is well worth looking to see if what offers are on to save yourself some money.
 
Of course once you have arranged this wine delivery it gets delivered direct to your home and you don’t have to worry about the hassle of shopping on the high street. Of course wine isn’t the only party stuff you can buy online so if you have a special occasion coming up it is well worth seeing what you can get online.