wedding insurance?

shellsuit

Sammy, some places charge around £5 on top of the price of each suit, and that insures it.

Check some places out who do suit hire and ask them x

Kildare

We've also bought our insurance with Ecclesiastical - they cost a little extra but had good online reviews!

minerva_windsong

In my experience insurance is one of those things where if you don't have it something will go horribly awry and if you do it won't. I would get it for the peace of mind if nothing else.

sammy_wheeler

thanks for all your replies
i am defintely going to get insurance- would rather get it and nothing happened, then kick myself if something did!
have gone through some on websites, and printed their policies off to read through next week- week off work

thanks again!

chatnoir

Get it! Our venue pulled out a few months ago and would of lost £2k if we did not have insurance! may seem a small amount but we couldnt afford to lose it

sarah_elton

Definitely worth getting for peace of mind. The worst case scenario is your venue going bust right before the wedding when you've already paid them quite a bit. You won't get money back from them, and you'd lose deposits with your other suppliers for short notice cancellations. You then have to pay to re-arrange the wedding. Insurance would cover all of this.

My mum has worked in insurance for 30 years and she recommended Ecclesiastical after reading all the policy documents from the different companies for me. They had the most comprehensive cover, and you can do a pick and mix policy to suit you (e.g. we didn't have wedding cars so didn't cover those).

As it turns out, we didn't need to claim (thank god!), but with the amount weddings cost it's worth having insurance rather than running the risk of paying for the whole thing twice.

sammy_wheeler

ohh good advice about taking things off- im not having a wedding car either so won't need this on there. will ring Ecclesiastical when i can x

sarah_elton

I just did mine online.

http://www.ecclesiastical.com/ourproducts/insurance/weddinginsurance/index.aspx

acrleyton

Horace wrote: »

One of the best wedding insurers is Ecclesiastical as they pay out and were about the only company to pay out when Wrapit went bust and brides were left without gifts.

With wedding insurance you pay a one off fee - you don't pay in instalments.

https://www.ecclesiastical.co.uk

That's very interesting to hear that Ecclesiastical were about the only company to pay out when Wrapit went bust. They were also, I believe, the only company to also honour policies during the recent volcanic ash situation.

sammy_wheeler

just brought it from Ecclesiastical- was £52- did the mix and match one.
thanks for all your advice x