"Verified" should mean someone actually went.
A badge that means nothing.
On most venue platforms, "verified" means a venue confirmed a phone number or claimed its listing. Nothing about the room, the parking, the kitchen, or the power backup was ever checked. The badge is decoration.
We took the opposite position: the word only appears when a person from our team has stood inside the venue and written down what they found. If we haven’t checked something, we show "Not verified yet" — we never guess to fill a gap.
What we record on-site.
Capacity, three ways
We record seating (theatre), floating (cocktail) and dining (sit-down) capacity separately — because a hall that floats 500 may only seat 250 for a meal.
Logistical scores (1–5)
Seven field-scored signals: parking confidence, traffic convenience, elderly-guest access, kitchen-to-dining flow, bathroom upkeep at scale, acoustics, and decoration flexibility.
Granular policies
Liquor (allowed / licence-required / dry), decoration (in-house / outside / restricted), outside-food (with fee / no fee / not allowed), and rental slot (full-day / half-day / slot-based).
Infrastructure facts
AC tonnage, power-backup coverage (none / partial / full), bridal suite, rain/weather backup — the things that decide whether a 300-guest summer evening goes smoothly.
Access & location
Nearest metro station and walking distance, because guest logistics in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai are won or lost on the commute.
Provenance
Every verified record carries the date it was checked and the name of the concierge who checked it. Verification is not permanent — stale records are re-checked.
How a venue gets verified.
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Shortlist from real inventory
We start from venues that exist and operate — no scraped phantom listings, no duplicate entries.
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On-site field visit
A concierge physically visits, walks the space, and records the 30-point checklist against what is actually there — not what a brochure claims.
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Score, date, attribute
Logistical scores are assigned on a 1–5 scale, the record is stamped with the visit date and the verifier’s name, and unverified fields are left explicitly blank — shown as "Not verified yet" rather than guessed.
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Publish only what is checked
Verified facts appear on the venue page and in its structured data. Anything we have not confirmed is never invented to fill a gap.
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Re-verify over time
Management changes, pricing drifts, a new kitchen goes in. Records age out and are re-checked so "verified" keeps meaning verified.
Questions we get asked.
What does "verified" mean on BanquetHub?
It means a member of our concierge team physically visited the venue and recorded a 30-point field check — capacity, logistics, policies, infrastructure and access — with the date and verifier’s name attached. It is not a self-serve badge a venue can switch on.
How is this different from "verified" on other venue sites?
Most directories let a venue mark itself "verified" by confirming a phone number or claiming a listing. Nothing about the physical space is checked. Our standard is the opposite: the badge only exists because someone stood inside the venue and wrote down what they saw.
Do you check every venue before listing it?
No — and we say so plainly. Field verification is ongoing across thousands of venues. Fields we have not confirmed are shown as "Not verified yet" rather than filled with guesses. A venue page tells you exactly what has and hasn’t been checked.
Can a venue pay to be marked verified or to rank higher?
No. Verification cannot be bought, and we do not sell ranking. Pay-to-rank corrupts the one thing this platform exists to protect — trust.
How often is a venue re-verified?
Verification carries a date. As records age or a venue changes hands, renovates, or revises pricing, they are re-checked. The visible date tells you how current the information is.
Why publish the methodology at all?
Because "verified" is worthless if no one can see what it required. Publishing the standard makes the claim falsifiable — you can hold us to it.
One enquiry. One concierge. Zero spam.
Tell us what you’re planning. We talk to the venues — verified facts in hand — so you don’t field fifteen sales calls.