{"id":3388,"date":"2014-12-11T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/11\/furman-voted-no-1-venue-for-weddings\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:45:09","slug":"furman-voted-no-1-venue-for-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-voted-no-1-venue-for-weddings\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman voted no. 1 venue for weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15816\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/newsimg.furman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wedding.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15816\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15816 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/wedding-medium.jpg\" alt=\"Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Furman University\u2019s Younts Conference Center has been voted \u201cBest Place to Say \u2018I Do\u2019\u201d in a national event planning magazine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Unique Venues<\/em>, based in Edwards, Colo., made the announcement in its winter 2015 issue as part of its first \u201cBest of Awards\u201d edition. The digital and print magazine reaches more than 50,000 meeting and event planners.<\/p>\n<p>Event planners that use <em>Unique Venues<\/em> for site selection chose Younts Conference Center as the best wedding venue. The Younts facility was cited for its versatility and transparent pricing structure.<\/p>\n<p>Says Younts Conference Center Director Tony McGuirt, \u201cWe offer wedding parties a lot of versatility, including the use of the outdoor Heller Terrace and DeSantis Pavilion, Daniel Chapel, numerous scenic locations for photo opportunities, free parking and an inclusive rental fee that offers everything for one flat rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGuirt, whose team coordinates more than 40 ceremonies and receptions annually, says receptions are entirely private at Younts. \u201cNo other events are taking place at the same time, which makes the couple\u2019s celebration even more special and intimate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For more about <em>Unique Venues<\/em> \u201cBest of Awards,\u201d visit the digital magazine at this <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tigeroakmag.com\/unique-venues\/win15\/\">link<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Younts Conference Center, contact Tony McGuirt at (864) 294-2391 or <a href=\"mailto:tony.mcguirt@furman.edu\">tony.mcguirt@furman.edu<\/a>, or visit the Younts Center website <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/younts\/\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University\u2019s Younts Conference Center has been voted \u201cBest Place to Say \u2018I Do\u2019\u201d in a national event planning magazine. Unique Venues, based in Edwards, Colo., made the announcement in its winter 2015 issue as part of its first \u201cBest of Awards\u201d edition. The digital and print magazine reaches more than 50,000 meeting and event planners. Younts was cited for its versatility and transparent pricing structure, which includes the use of the outdoor Heller Terrace and DeSantis Pavilion, Daniel Chapel, and numerous scenic locations for photo opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":14167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33248,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions\/33248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}