I guess sports tournaments or other festivals/events/weddings.   

People coming into town to visit family, reunions, weddings or professionals on contracts.All that to say, don't count yourself out.

You need someone to sit down and evaluate the entity from that standpoint, not just as it relates to income from the property after you got married (and Congrats on the recent wedding!)

It takes a lot of time to build up a reputation in the wedding/event space.

Aiming to maximize cashflow to fund future investments, but as newly weds rent by the room doesn't feel practical right now. 

That being said if you are willing to start with a smaller property or have more cash reserves than we did as we were preparing for our wedding you can make the deals happen you just have to be creative with it. 

High bedroom counts to attract guests for weddings, families etc.

I’ve been dreaming the last few years of starting an event venue, something for weddings, gatherings, etc., preferably with a great outdoor space.

My conversion rate was higher because they kind of look like a wedding invite.In regard to lenders, join meetups and local facebook groups and ask for referrals.I’m doing larger commercial deals now and found I wasted a Ton of money on direct mail.

We loved parts of Quepos and Uvita the most.Congrats on your Wedding and I hope you have a wonder special DAY!