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Wedding budget/ statement of accounts
Hi everyone, I think a lot of the wedding planning posts have been closed and am the first few pages on this board are all covid cancellation discussions 😕 I got married 10 days ago after 2 years planning, one cancellation and one last minute change of venue. One thing we found helpful in the early planning stages was…
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Cash gifts
Hi! I'm due to get married this year. In usual circumstances when it comes to gift choices we would have invited our guests to gift money into a Honeymoon account with a travel agent. However with International travel still restricted, and the worry that more travel agents may fold I have kissed that idea goodbye. Instead,…
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Wedding Public Liability Insurance
We are about to book our wedding (fairly cheap and small) and the wedding venue are asking for £2 mil public liability insurance. From research this looks like it’s quite common, although I’m pretty sure they will have their own insurance. Due to the pandemic it looks like a lot of companies are no longer offering it, and…
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No Appts available for "Giving Notice".
Hi Everyone. Daughter had to rebook wedding from Oct 31st 2020 because of covid and she rearranged it to October 29th this year. She was advised today to book the "Giving Notice" appt in her area, so she has gone online but there isn't an appt at all before Oct 1st this year. She will phone them in the morning, but has…
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Advise needed regarding no contact with supplier please
Hello. To cut a very long story down, our daughter had to postpone her wedding from last year due to Covid to this August and so we then decided to book them an ice cream tricycle. Booked them and paid a £100 deposit via BACs. Had great reviews on their web and fb page, ( the fb page has since been deleted) Moving forward…
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Is marriage certificate void ?
My friends daughter has recently got married and she had her ‘stepdad’ on marriage cerificate, but he actually isn’t married my friend, they have been living together for 30years, and he has raised the daughter. Friend is now panicking thinking marriage may not be legal. Can anyone she’d some light n this ? Many Thanks
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Wedding insurance
Hi all I am planning to get married on 16th April 2022 its an Easter Saturday. So I have the venue (which includes catering and dj) and the photographers. I have paid the deposits via credit card which where 100 quid and over. We have the registrar booked but it's a low deposit so partner paid on his card. So I've been…
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paid for our wedding and the venue has closed
was hoping someone may have some advice We were due to get married May 2020, our wedding was paid in full to the hotel. Due to covid we have had to postpone 3 times, the Hotel has been closed since the second lockdown and has not reopened. The owners have been really bad with communication, not replying to emails and now…
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Diamond hallmark 'DIA'
Hello! Hopefully someone knows the answer to this! - I have a diamond engagement ring with 4 small diamonds and on the inner ring I can see that it's 18k white gold, but there is also a mark relating to the diamonds: ".13 DiA" Does anyone know, would this be the total for all 4 stones, or would it account for each one?…
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Non-refundable deposit
Last year (before lockdown) I paid a deposit for my makeup to be done for my graduation, on the understanding that the makeup artist said it is non-refundable. I have tried to book in MULTIPLE times since the restrictions have eased however this makeup artist is not responding to my messages but is reading them and…
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Marriage counselling !!
I wanted to know if a couple is having a tough time as mum is going through post natal depression & lock down made it worse. No matter what they discuss l, they end up arguing & she gets more depressed & crying all night out.Couple decided to seek help from professional marriage counsellor. Would a counsellor can involve…
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TERMS & CONDITIONS CHANGE
Hi, I’m just looking for some advice. When I booked my make up artist I signed her terms and conditions (contract). She has changed them without informing me (says she sent an email but must’ve been lost in the cloud!!). I have not accepted them nor do I want to. The original ones did not state that they were subject to…
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Wedding venue has hiked their fees
Help Daughter has gone into meltdown. Wedding venue booked for sept 21, at all times they knew she was going to have the actual ceremony in their newly built wedding ceremony venue and they promised it would be ready and licensed and she could go ahead and book the registrar. Deposit paid April 20, agreed price £6k. Less…
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Planning a wedding on a budget of £1,000 for September 2021
Hi all, Me and my partner have been together 8 years now, we've just bought a house together in 2018, had a baby together in 2018, we've been engaged for 4 years now and I'm sick and tired of my current surname, my married surname, which is Bull, (as in sh*t....lol). My 2 daughters are stuck with it until they get married,…
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40th wedding anniversary gift
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary in June. My husband is a red wine fan so can anybody recommend me a good, and I mean good, red wine. I know he likes chateau neuf de pap so any recommendations on this would be really helpful as I’m not really a drinker myself! Thanks
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Wedding Venue Not Contactable
I am looking for some advice. I am getting married in July 21 and suddenly our reception venue's website, phone line and emails have all gone down and we have no way to contact them. There has been articles in the local paper saying the venue is linked to other companies (all owned by same people) which are under…
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Problems due to covid
How do I make a section 75 credit card claim when I have balance transferred my card to a new card provider? Do I claim against my old card provider or the new one? I have paid in full for a wedding, which cannot go ahead due to lockdown. The venue for months have said they intend to keep the full amount even if the…
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Wedding venue refusing refund
We were due to get married July 2020, which obviously never went ahead. We tried to work with our wedding venue to postpone to summer 2021 but they are asking for us to pay an extra 50% on top of what we’ve already paid, or they said we can do it for free before 31st March 2021, which is not possible for us (plus we are in…
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Wedding Cancellation Fees - Covid-19
Me and my partner were due to get married in May, however due to the restrictions on the number of people allowed to be present, we've decided it's not the day we want. We've instead decided to postpone the wedding until 2023/24 when the wedding backlog is over and our guests have got confidence in the world so to speak,…
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help needed with cancelled wedding due to covid restrictions
Hiya - completely new to this but i really need some advice. To keep it short my original wedding date was 3rd October 2020 this was moved to April 30th 2021. The venue charged no extra extra to change date or new wedding cost.good news! Upon the new restrictions advised on the 22nd February 2021 weddings can only take…
