Instagram is the platform couples use most to plan their wedding: 51% in Easy Weddings' 2025 insights, ahead of Facebook at 19% and Pinterest at 17%. For a venue, Meta is rarely the place a couple first decides to enquire. It's where a couple who looked at your website in March still sees your ceremony lawn in August.
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Search catches a couple when they're actively looking. Meta keeps your venue in front of them for the rest of a long engagement. Most couples won't book from one ad. They'll book the venue they have seen again and again, in real weddings that look like the one they want.
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From Easy Weddings' 2025 insights, read 9 November 2026.
51% of couples use Instagram to plan, 19% Facebook and 17% Pinterest. TikTok sits at 7%, and Easy Weddings expects it to grow as more Gen Z couples marry. For most venues, Instagram placements come first.
The average engagement is now 24 months, up from the usual 21 to 22. There's a long gap between a couple first seeing your venue and paying the deposit, and that gap is where remarketing does its work.
Weddings with 11 to 30 guests rose 12% in a year, and the average guest list is 88. If your ads only show a full ballroom, a couple planning for 30 may assume you're not for them.
Sticking to the budget is couples' biggest concern, at 25%. Ads that show a clear "from" price or what's included tend to filter enquiries better than ads that only show a beautiful room.
Each part is aimed at keeping your venue on the shortlist.
Ads for people who have visited your website or engaged with your Instagram, refreshed as they come back. Meta's audiences only look back a set number of days, far less than 24 months, so they need regular care.
Past enquirers and open day sign-ups uploaded as a custom audience, only where your privacy policy and their consent cover it.
Reels of a ceremony being set up, the room at golden hour, and the speeches. All from your own weddings, with the couple's and photographer's permission.
Events and tour bookings promoted to people near you and to past visitors. "Wedding open day" gets 110 searches a month on Google, and Meta can fill the rest of the room.
Friday, Sunday and winter packages, shown with a clear price. If an ad says only a few dates are left, it has to be true. Under Australian Consumer Law, fake urgency is misleading.
Meta has removed many detailed targeting options over the years. We check what's available when we build your campaigns, rather than promising an "engaged couples" audience that may not exist.
Your Meta pixel, Instagram account, past ads and the photos you have permission to use.
Tours, brochure downloads and enquiries set up as separate events, so the account learns from the steps that matter.
Short clips and photos from real weddings, sorted by season, guest count and style.
The couples who already know you are the cheapest to reach. New audiences come once the remarketing is working.
Each month: spend, reach, enquiries and tours booked, with notes on which weddings and formats worked.
Keyword and ranking figures: Semrush Australian database, checked 9 November 2026. Volumes, difficulty scores and click prices are Semrush estimates, and click prices are shown in US dollars. Rankings are a national snapshot, so local results will differ. Couple research figures: Easy Weddings 2025 industry insights. Advertising and review rules: ACCC, managing online reviews.
It depends on your sales process. Lead forms collect more enquiries with less effort, so they tend to include more casual ones. Sending couples to a tour booking page usually means fewer, more serious enquiries. We often test both and compare on tours booked.
We don't promise it. Meta has removed many detailed targeting options over the years, and what's available changes. We check in your account when we build it. Remarketing to people who have already visited your site or Instagram is the more dependable route.
They do different jobs. Google catches couples who are searching right now, as covered on our Google Ads for wedding venues page. Meta keeps you in view while they plan. Most venues do best with search first and Meta remarketing alongside it.
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