Elevated Venue Management Talk venue to venue

Your venue doesn’t need more ideas.
It needs the right fix.

We’re Nick and Diane Giulioni. We operate The Wilds and Laural Mill in Indiana. Now we help established Midwest venue owners find the leaks, make the hard calls, and build a business that holds up.

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Nick and Diane Giulioni laughing together inside The Wilds.
Nick + Diane Giulioni
Venue operators, Indiana

50+Laural Mill bookings
2026

85+The Wilds weddings
average year

★ 5.0 · 750+The Wilds
Google reviews

Field note

We bought Laural Mill at 17 weddings a year.

One year later, it booked 50.

And as the calendar filled, we raised prices. The bookings held.

That wasn’t one clever campaign. It was hundreds of operating decisions: the inquiry handoff, the tour, the follow-up, the offer, the calendar, the guest experience, and the standards behind all of it.

The book should come from a site and a follow-up system you own—not a rented list from Wedding Pro.

When you’re inside a venue every day, it can be hard to see which part is costing you bookings—or what to change first. We can help you see it plainly.

If the fit is unusually strong, deeper or done-for-you work may make sense. The first step is still a conversation.

The operator’s read

We don’t start with marketing.
We start with the leak.

A paid engagement, when it makes sense, is practical work on the part of the booking or operating system that is actually underperforming.

Inquiries + tours
Where qualified couples stall, disappear, or never reach the room.
Offer + pricing
What the market understands, what it values, and where the offer loses its nerve.
Follow-up + sales
The handoffs, timing, and standards that turn interest into a signed date.
Operations + experience
Whether the promise made in the sale can hold up on the wedding day.

Public Google review excerpts

The standards show up in the day itself.

We didn’t need any family members to arrive early to set up because The Wilds handled everything, making the day completely stress-free.

Google reviewerThe Wilds

Laural Mill is a hidden gem. The LM team set up our farmhouse tables exactly the way we wanted them to. Most of our décor was borrowed from the LM team…

Google reviewerLaural Mill

Excerpts via The Wilds listing and Laural Mill listing.

The fit call

Twenty useful minutes.
No pitch deck.

  1. Bringthe part of the business that feels stuck.
  2. Leave withour honest read on what deserves attention first.
  3. Thenwe decide whether paid consulting is worth a second conversation.

Put twenty minutes on the books.

Choose a time that works. Google Calendar will show availability in your time zone and send the details when you book.

Nick and Diane standing at The Wilds ceremony site.
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