Cactus Moon Lodge

One-time fee of $60 for 3-months all access.

Nope! Wedding planning is hard enough, we aren’t going to add canceling a subscription to your to-do list. 

Your one-time fee gives you access to your membership dashboard for 3 months. It’s up to you if you want to renew, but we believe you will find your perfect match in less than 90 days!

Your membership automatically expires after 90 days. 

Please note that there aren’t refunds for partially unused membership periods.

If you have more questions, contact us. We’re happy to help!

Our team of local wedding experts travel Central Texas touring venues and reporting back with virtual tours and detailed information on the “real cost” of each venue. 

Then we work with local planners to create custom layouts based on a variety of wedding sizes and get planner’s “real talk” advice based on their experience at that venue.

Members enjoy access to all of the tools needed to pick the best venue for their vision and budget from the comfort of home. We share real costs now so you can avoid big mistakes later.

Our members have a 3-month all-access pass to every tool: 

• Venue Match Quiz narrows your search to venues that fit your vision and budget through a series of questions developed by local wedding planners. 
• Virtual Tours led by a local planner means you can tour any venue from home. Each virtual tour  covers the same Scout chapters: Service, Capacity, Outdoors, Utilities, and Travel. 
• Venue Calculator provides the real costs of each venue, allowing you to customize the number based on your guests count and preferences. 
• Budget Base Camp video series teaches you how to shop wedding venues like a pro wedding planner and ask all the right questions and negotiate effectively before you settle on your final decision. 
• “Real Talk” shares advice and tips from local wedding planners familiar with the venue so you start your planning process like a pro. 
• Recommended Venue Layouts allow you to visualize your guest count in that space. Every layout is created by a wedding planner so you can make sure the venue is a good fit for your vision.

We have launched in Central Texas, with the goal of expanding to other cities in 2025. Right now we cover 50 venues in Central Texas, but are adding new venues every week!

Hi! This is Ren Newey. I’ve been planning weddings in Central Texas for nearly fifteen years. I can chat with an engaged couple for 5 minutes and immediately list the handful of venues they should consider, often singling out a specific venue as their best fit. 

My goal with the Venue Match Quiz is to capture this process by asking the critical questions that will focus your vision on the right venue.

Other sites have filters that feed couples results based on how much the venues are paying to be represented. Not here! Our members pay a membership fee, and therefore we advocate for the couples, not the venues. 

I can personally guarantee the list of venues you are matched with on WeddingScout is based on member-driven data and wedding planning experience, not corporate advertising spend.

The wedding venue that you select is going to impact over 50% of your entire budget. The venue determines if you can bring in alcohol, if you need to bus your guests, which caterers you can have, where you can rent furniture, etc. It’s the most important decision you are going to make in regards to your budget. 

Our calculator takes all of this into account. Any cost that’s impacted by venue choice is covered. 

You’re also able to customize the budget based on your preferences. Do you want a high-end bar, or economical? Saturday wedding or Friday wedding? Adjust your budget in real time with accurate numbers.

With WeddingScout, you can learn and tour wedding venues anywhere, including your smartphone, personal computer, and streaming media players. 

We recently had a WeddingScout member brag about streaming the tour on her living room TV to show her parents and grandmother the venue she picked!

Hey! Ren Newey here! Our virtual tours cover everything you need to know in 5 minutes, organized neatly into 5 chapters. 

It’s nearly impossible to compare apples-to-apples when shopping venues because they have different offerings and different revenue models! 

While experimenting with the idea for WeddingScout, I had an epiphany in the middle of the night and ran to my desk to write out all the variables that impact a wedding budget. I literally scribbled out every idea I could think of and then organized them into a mnemonic device: “SCOUT”. 

Chapter 1, Service: Covers catering, alcohol, and anything a server would be handling such as linens, napkins, glassware, and china. We also cover how the venue is servicing your wedding party the morning of the wedding. Is there a get-ready room, or should you plan for a hotel to get glam? 

Chapter 2, Capacity: We present realistic capacities for every area of the venue. Members also have access to custom layouts built by local wedding planners. Your capacity varies by many factors, including if you have a band, and if you do a buffet. These things take up space and are important to consider. 

Chapter 3, Outdoors: Rain plan is the most important part of this chapter, as we discuss tenting options. However, it’s also important to know if there are areas nearby for outdoor photos and if there is ample outdoor lighting for your guests. 

Chapter 4, Utilities: This isn’t the most exciting chapter, but it’s important! Should you plan to bring in extra power for a band? Are there enough restrooms for the maximum guest count? Which areas of the venue have heating and cooling? 

Chapter 5, Travel: The final chapter covers location and ease of transportation. How do guests typically arrive, and where do out of town guests stay? Are there fun things to do in the area? 

Every virtual tour covers these 5 chapters so you can compare venues like a pro!

The wedding venues currently on WeddingScout are considered among the most popular wedding venues in Central Texas, but we are growing every day. 

If there is a venue you want to know more about, let us know here. 

If you are a venue interested in participating in WeddingScout, let us know here.