Please help me

Lordhightiggythe3rd

hiya me and my fiance are planning on getting married next year or at least we were till i started looking into it i am so stuck we do have a very looow budget ideally £1000 for bout 80 guests (may have to be lowered) but i am really struggling with venues that dont cost the earth
Is there anyone out there that has done simmilar that could offer me so advice on how to achive this please
any tips or venues ideas would be soooo helpful

Browntoa

80 guests £999 at some holiday inns

Rahven

Old English Inns do a wedding for a grand offer too.

Alternatively, it may be best to hire a village hall or similar as they tend to be really cheap then you can get everything in yourself - more hassle but also more choice, and can be tailored to your exact budget.

Whereabouts do you live?

Lordhightiggythe3rd

i live in northampton pretty7 much in town centre

Rahven

This place does a wedding for £999 - http://www.oldenglishinns.co.uk/towcester/

As mentioned also, Holiday Inns usually have an offer on. Try giving these a call http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/gb/en/northampton/ormuk/hoteldetail

Also - halls for hire in Northampton - http://www.yell.com/s/function+rooms+and+banqueting-northampton.html

DiamondsnPearls

I have managed to find a country pub that has a premier inn hotel attatched to it and conference facilities, including a late bar and private courtyard.
It has cost is £205 to hire then we have to order food on top, which was sit down 3 course or buffet. We chose the buffet which is £10.25 per person, although they do have 2 cheaper options starting at £7.75. Oh and we are getting married in the registry office, which comes to a total o £110.50.

We have about 80 guests, including up to 20 kids! and the lady who organises it all said to order buffet for 75% of the guests, we are counting the children as half a person each, so all together it is 70 people which means about £520 for food for 75% of the guests, assuming they all come! Then we are going to chuck a couple of hunderd quid behind the bar and give everyone a rafle ticket or a free drink.

Then obviously we have to decorate the hall and do the cake, which OH and I are doing ourselves.
Ebay is fantastic for scourcing everything from dresses, to decorations, ballons, people even sell sugarcrafted stuff on there to decorate the cake with! I bought my dress off there, BNWT for £46 inc delivery. OH is scottish so he and our boys are going to HAVE to wear kilts, which is pretty expensive, about £200+ just for hire.

I reckon with literally everything our day will come in at about £1.5k

DiamondsnPearls

And I forgot to say, I'm only having a boquet, and havng that made from silk flowers as I want to keep it!