Through our research into Houston weddings and conversations with planners across the metropolitan area, we've learned that choosing from the wide variety of wedding venues in Houston means understanding the trade-offs between elegant hotel ballrooms, sprawling ranch properties outside the city, and modern urban spaces in neighborhoods like Midtown and the Heights. Houston offers everything from traditional country club settings to converted industrial spaces to outdoor garden venues - but each comes with specific considerations around weather backup plans, guest travel logistics in a spread-out city, and the reality that Houston's heat and humidity affect outdoor wedding timing most of the year. Robert Chen, a planner who's coordinated over 300 Houston weddings, told us that couples often fall in love with outdoor venues during comfortable spring touring season without fully thinking through what August heat means for guest comfort or how summer thunderstorms require solid contingency plans.