Supplying own alcohol for Wedding - Leeds area

Danni19

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of any venues for wedding receptions where you can supply your own alcohol?

I am looking for somewhere in the Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate sort of area - and I'm not having much luck!!

Thanks for your help!

lisyloo

We found in general it wasn't worth it.
The prices for "corkage" were so high that it's not really worth the bother.

They need to make a certain amount of money out of you to run their business, so you might be better off spending £10 a bottle and getting something reasonable from them rather than having a £2.50 bottle of wine plus corkage.

That's what we found anyway.

newlywed

Sorry I don't know about your area but near where I live there are lots of village halls that can take up to 150 people and you can provide your own alcohol (if you're selling it you need to apply to the council for a licence though).

Are there any village halls or community halls nearby you could hire?

newlywed

We did a trip to france for alcohol and got friends to do a "bar" area so didn't have to pay caterers to open it all or serve it.

inkie

I would echo what newlywed said - try a village hall - you could do it just as nice at a fraction of the cost!

Danni19

Umm,

I was already thinking along these lines - just not sure where there are any 'pretty' village halls near me.

I will have a search though - thanks for your help.

mrsmess

where abouts in leeds are you .You could always glam up the old ugly village hall with ballons ,flowers and lots of cheap tule. we had our reception at the local rugby club as we married abroad.we were able to do our own food put so much behind the bar then once thast was gone people had to pay their own way.a great relaxed time was had by all.

newlywed

Danni19 wrote:

just not sure where there are any 'pretty' village halls near me.

Ours wasn't overly pretty! In fact after we'd booked it, when we went to actually set it up the night before our wedding I thought it's so plain and boring, what have we done!! _pale_

By the time we'd set out the tables, table cloths, balloons, rose petals on the tables, glasses, napkins etc, it looked really great and everyone said how lovely it looked!

Don't look at what it is... look at what it could be with a bit of artistic work!!

hankc35

I've been to loads of weddings in Church halls and they always look like they were done on the cheap, dont get me wrong the people made an effort with by hanging up decorations, but at the end of the day, you cant shine a sh*t!

pozalina

I got married at easter in Nottingham (I'm from Leeds originally!) and Dh really wanted us to provide our own booze, cos it's cheaper, you can get better quality etc. and looked around community centres etc. as suggested by posters above. He was keen to have the reception at a polish centre - massive hall, but velvet decor, on a busy road in not-a-great area. I just couldn't have spent my wedding day there, not just so we could bring our own booze ! We ended up going somewhere we couldn't bring our own drink but they did let us provide our own caterers (west indian food).

At the end of the day it may well be a compromise between a nice venue and great quality cheap drink, unless you can find a village hall in an idyllic little village somewhere. There aren't any in the part of Leeds I'm from anyway, I don't think. You have to know what's more important to you. There are always other areas you can save money.

All the best to you and your future spouse, have a fab day and future together x

bylromarha

If village halls aren't your thing, why not ring a few "mobile bars" and see what venues they can suggest that they've worked in?

mobile bar phone numbers easy to find in yellow pages.