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Expert Dan Gill, founder of high-end hospitality and event management company Dine, offers his advice. 

With yet another couple’s wedding day almost ruined this week by their venue going bust just 48 hours before their big day, venues closing down leaving couples high and dry have been much in the news again.

Adam Sanders and Amanda Mularczyk planned well ahead and booked their venue for 200 guests more than two years ago but this didn’t protect them from being jilted at the last minute by their Swindon venue.

So how do you protect yourself against not only this financial loss, but the stress incurred?

'Nowadays, almost anywhere can be considered a potential wedding venue for your magical day - from seafronts to tree houses, castles to aquariums, farmyard barns to school halls.

However, before you lay down the deposit and start sending out your invitations, you may wish to bear in mind some key factors before making your final decision on the wedding venue.'

Almost anywhere can be considered a potential wedding venue for the magical day - from tree houses to seafronts, castles and hotels to farmyard barns and school halls, and everything in between. However, before you make your final decision, here are some key factors to consider before putting down the deposit on your wedding venue.

Hallmark Hotels is a 28 strong and growing portfolio of hotel wedding venues situated across the UK from city centre locations to rolling countryside settings and manor house style venues.

Planning a wedding can naturally get fraught at times. After all it’s the one of the biggest days of your life and you want everything to be perfect. As the big day edges closer, it’s natural for the bride to get a little anxious, especially if everything isn’t in place. Though if a little healthy apprehension turns into the soon-to-be-bride being intolerably demanding, an irrational bridezilla could be rearing its head and it’s time to step back and asses your behaviour.