A couple got engaged three weeks ago. They have a shared spreadsheet, a budget they are already nervous about, and a browser full of tabs. They will visit three venues, maybe four. Everything after that is a shortlist they never built, and the cut happened on a phone in an evening, from a map and a set of photos.
What is galling is that they would have loved your place. The barn, the light in the late afternoon, the fact that you let them bring their own caterer. None of that made it into the decision, because the decision was made from a listing with photos from two seasons ago and no activity since.
And the review from the wedding where the weather turned and the marquee plan went sideways is still sitting near the top with no reply. A stranger reading that does not see a venue that handled a hard day. They see a venue that did not respond.
Then the diary for the year after next opens up with gaps in it, and by the time you can see them clearly, the couples who would have filled them have already signed somewhere else.