FROM THE CEO OF
HERE COMES THE GUIDE

FROM THE CEO OF HERE COMES THE GUIDE

Smart, usable advice for running your wedding venue.

Put your venue where couples are actively searching. Our wedding venue marketing platform connects you with targeted, qualified leads while providing expert guidance on optimizing your venue's presence in the digital space. Join thousands of venues across the U.S. on HereComesTheGuide.com.

WEDDING VENUE
MARKETING

Join us on a journey through this gripping business fable that proves ANY venue can be successfully marketed. Through the story of a historic barn with a dark past, you'll discover creative strategies to highlight your venue's unique features—no matter how challenging they may seem.

A MODERN BUSINESS FABLE

Our signature 15-module course gives you the exact tools and strategies you need to run a profitable wedding venue. Complete with podcast episodes, worksheets, tutorials, and proven templates, this FREE educational resource will help you transform your venue from surviving to thriving.


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NEW IN 2025

Summit Farm Weddings
Ellijay, GA Wedding Venue

I'm just now getting to listen to the Venue Business Boot Camp! It is very personable and helpful! I feel like I could pick up the phone and talk to you or Meredith if I had specific questions. So that's an amazing quality for Here Comes The Guide that I don't get from other providers. I feel like you all really care about us as a venue—and that means a lot to me!

Hartley Botanica
Somis, CA Wedding Venue

I have been working my way through your modules, and I want to say thanks so much! I started booking weddings at our venue about a year or so after Here Comes The Guide started, so I was skeptical I could learn something new. Boy, was I wrong! I am in the process of re-doing our website, so your modules were so well timed. Hoping I will be a good example of all your expertise.

SYLVAN DALE GUEST RANCH
Loveland, CO Wedding Venue

I have devoured the Wedding Venue Boot Camp episodes. I have all the sheets printed out and I have started changing verbiage on everything. This is my biggest thank you area. I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts, listening to audible books, or watching sales videos. However, in just 5 episodes I have gotten more actionable items than I have in the last year of all of those things COMBINED. I cannot describe how blown away I am to have this information and have even found that it has lit the wedding fire inside me again.

Let us help whip your venue into the best shape of its life.

tools to help you execute on the ideas we discuss, including downloadable PDFs, worksheets, custom spreadsheets, swipe files, video tutorials & more

An in-depth podcast episode for each module, hosted by the CEO of Here Comes The Guide, Meredith Monday Schwartz

A TWO-PART COURSE CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 15 VENUE-SPECIFIC BUSINESS EDUCATION MODULES & A NEW 8-EPISODE BUSINESS FABLE

Our Venue Business Boot Camp includes:

Our newest (free!) venue education course that proves ANY venue can be successfully marketed.

NEW IN 2025

Hi, I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz. Since joining Here Comes The Guide in 1997 (pre-website, possibly during the dinosaur era!), I've evolved from venue specialist to CEO, gaining deep insights into what makes wedding venues successful.

Today, Here Comes The Guide has grown into a comprehensive resource for both couples and venues. Our marketing platform connects thousands of U.S. wedding venues with qualified couples, while our educational arm, the Venue Business Boot Camp, provides venues with practical tools for success.

The Boot Camp launched in 2020 with 10 modules to help venues navigate the pandemic, expanding in 2023 with 5 additional modules. Now in 2025, we're launching our latest offering, Marketing the Murder Barn—a creative course that demonstrates how to market any venue, no matter its challenges.

Our team is passionate about helping your venue thrive. Whether you're looking to attract more qualified leads, streamline your operations, or transform challenging features into memorable selling points, we've got your back.

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