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Greek Wedding Planning
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has married in Greece recently and organised the civil ceremony themselves? I want to get married in Rethymnon next August in Crete and have contacted various Wedding Planners who are all lovely and helpful but are quite expensive! I have contacted the venue where I want to marry which is…
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invitation wording
Hi. We are getting married on the 6th June and are about to get our invites made and sent out. Our parents are contributing greatly for our day so the invite at the moment starts- Mr and Mrs bloggs and mr and Mrs bloggsy request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their children Followed by our first and middle…
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August wedding caterer wants date moved!
I am helping my daughter organise her August wedding. Her and her fiance bought a house together last year and in Jan this year decided to get married. She suffers from her nerves and was never going to take year to organise it as it would stress her out. So August 28th ( Friday before Bank Holiday) was chosen. Having…
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Wedding negotiations?
Hi I'm trying to plan a wedding for late 2015 (I don't have a date yet). I went to look at a venue on Saturday which I am quite interested in, with dates left in Sept, Oct, Nov this year. The lady kept mentioning that we could negotiate (I didn't mention anything to her about negotiation) and has emailed me today. The…
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Engagement / Wedding Rings
Good Afternoon, I am due to get married in August but as yet I don't have an engagement or wedding ring. I was hoping that people would share the sites where people got their rings from. I have looked at the national jewellery shops but the rings I like r too expensive. I have looked on etsy in this country but the…
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Should I get her a present/flowers for the day?
Hey all, 39 days until we're Mr and Mrs :) I can't WAIT! I want to get my wife to be a little something that she can either open before (we're not getting married until 2.30) or after we get married. There's loads of things I know I can get her, however given how things are going to be, I a) don't want to upset her before…
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Pure Silver 0.999? Where to buy it from? (not online shops)
Where can you buy 0.999 pure silver from? it has to be 0.999 (Don't want it in jewelry format, but as strips/wires or small pieces) (not from online purchases, but from shops you can walk into) which reputable places would sell it? and is it very pricey ?
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Making the most of Facebook as a wedding resource
Hi, I'm just starting to looking into planning my wedding (at a lesiurely pace as it won't be til 2017!) I just wanted to give my first impressions and ask other peoples opinions of using Facebook as a resource for finding suppliers, getting help etc. I have found a few interesting pages, particularly Peek-A-Boo Weddings…
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2015 Wedding
Me and my Fiancee have booked our wedding for BH in August 2015, has anyone else planned that far in front. We did this as we are having a big wedding with 80 day guests and 200 for the evening. So far we have; Booked Venue ( Civil Service ) - Includes Food, drink reception etc Enquired with Photographer Should i be…
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Sister in-law has asked us to give £300 for parent's 60th Anniversary
Hello It's my mother and father in-law's 60th Wedding Anniversary very soon and my sister in-law has asked that all siblings give £300 towards a holiday for their parents. Throughout the 30 years of our marriage my husband has always paid whatever she has requested, for their parent's birthdays etc. I'm interested in…
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Wedding Dress Factory Outlet
Just wanted to pass on my feedback about the Wedding Dress Factory Outlet in Leicestershire. I am getting married in October so don't have much time to find my perfect dress, plus we're on a bit of a budget so I thought I'd try the Wedding Dress Factory Outlet even thought it was a 200 mile round trip.…
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North West Wedding
I've just got engaged after nearly 7 years together. We are hoping to be married next year June 2016 but depending on cost may have to be 2017. We are having 65 day guest and 100 evening. The problem is most packages are for 50 day guest and your looking at £60 + per head for extra guest most places. So that mean's another…
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Budget Wedding- Preston Area
Hello all, new to the forum but not this website We are looking for a cheap wedding venue ideally all in the same location for under £2000. Our requirements are a wedding for close venue in the late afternoon for roughly 20 people. We dont really want a wedding breakfast as it doesn't suit us. Then photos etc... Then we…
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Smugglers Cove Dream wedding
Hi my partner and i have booked our dream wedding at the Smugglers Cove Resort in St Lucia for August 2015, two weeks including the wedding ceremony, fabulous a dream come true. However we have recently discovered on the internet that the Smugglers Cove is now being demolished in April 2015 so our dream is now a nightmare!…
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Wedding venue help needed - Breach of contract?
We have booked our wedding at a hotel in Derbyshire for July of this year, it has been booked since May 2014, contracts all signed, deposits paid etc. It is based on exclusive use of the venue, all the bedrooms etc, and choice of rooms we can use for the wedding breakfast. One of the big selling points to us was an outdoor…
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Ideas for cheap wedding transport
Hi, We are fortunate enough that a family member has a nice car we can use as one of our wedding cars, however its likely we will need one more car. Is it possible to hire executive looking taxi's without all the usual branding etc on? Would only need to pick up mother in law and bridesmaids, take them to church, then say…
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June 2015 Thread
Couldn't see one so wondered if any of you lovely lot have June as a date? We're June 20th (which is also our 7 year anniversary) and I just wondered how you're all getting on! It still seems very surreal to me at the moment :D
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Rings - What are Yours Made From and Why?
What are your rings made from and why? I visited the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham yesterday and among the many "currently fashionable" white gold, there was platinum and palladium. The Jewellers general consensus is that while white gold is all the rage, it's actually not that great a metal. Rhodium coated yellow gold,…
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Extreme wedding money-saving bride or groom wanted for the Guardian
I'm a freelance journalist for the Guardian's Money section. I have been given permission to post about articles I'm working on, on the MSE forums. I've been asked to write an article about an extreme money-saving wedding case study. So someone who went to extreme lengths to try to save money on his/her wedding, whether…
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Parents contributing to Wedding
Me & my fiance are getting married in July next year & have a very tight budget as we have planned to pay for everything ourselves. Last week, my Mum told me that her & Dad would "help out", when I said they didn't need to, she said that they would as they had done the same for my brother. She didn't however say how much…
