Ask which clock ends the event: music, the room, or the building

A venue can name three different ends: when music stops, when the room is empty, and when the building must be quiet. The contract is comparable only after it says which clock you are on. The operator confirms the date. Published spaces are whatever is listed. The photograph on this page is a concept photo, not a venue.

Write the three clocks before you plan the last hour

Write three lines before you plan the last hour. Each line is a different ending. A time on one line does not fill the other two. Leave a line blank until the operator states a time for it.

Ask the operator which line is the contracted end, and write the time they give on that line. Keep the other two times blank until the operator states them. A single time with no clock named is the end of whichever line they name. It does not empty the room, and it does not make the building quiet, unless they say those lines too.

Put the three lines beside the date you asked about. The venue comparison worksheet is a place to keep those lines beside the space.

The day is counted back from the clock they named. A Washington, DC wedding-day timeline is the day built backward from the clear time. Ask which clock that clear time is before you count the day back from it.

A holiday party still has a last clock. Holiday party venues in the DMV is a written end and a way home. Ask which of the three clocks that written end is before you plan the last hour of the party.

A rooftop still has a last clock. Rooftop event venues in Washington, DC is a contract with that building. Ask that operator which clock ends the event before you plan the last hour.

Hypothetical: music at 10:00, room at 10:30, building at 11:00

These figures are one hypothetical. They must be replaced with the operator's times. They count only after the operator writes them on the three lines.

In the hypothetical, music stops at 10:00, the room must be empty at 10:30, and the building must be quiet at 11:00. From 10:00 to 10:30 is 30 minutes. From 10:30 to 11:00 is 30 minutes. From 10:00 to 11:00 is 60 minutes. 30 + 30 = 60.

Dancing until 11:00 runs 60 minutes past a music clock of 10:00. If the operator named only music at 10:00, do not plan dancing past 10:00. The 30 minutes from 10:00 to 10:30 exist only if the operator writes 10:30 on the room line. The 30 minutes from 10:30 to 11:00 exist only if the operator writes 11:00 on the building line.

If the operator wrote 10:00 and did not say which clock it is, ask which clock that 10:00 is. A 10:00 that stops the music is not a 10:00 that empties the room unless they say both. Replace 10:00, 10:30, and 11:00 when the operator states different times.

Start from the spaces that are listed

Published spaces are whatever is listed. Browse published spaces and ask that operator which clock ends the event. The operator confirms the date. Write the time they give on the line they name, and keep the other two times blank until they state them.

DMV venue guides and the venue guide are where the search stays while a line is still open. Plan the gathering after the operator has confirmed the date and named the clock.

Read the three lines before you plan the last hour. One line has the contracted end and the time they gave. The other two stay blank until the operator states them. The times on this page are an example until the operator writes them.