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Got our perfect venue!!!
abi-em-mum83
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Well after starting to lose hope that we would never find our perfect venue for our budget and after seeing the most disgusting venue on Monday....last night we found our perfect venue!! Its an independent hotel, very cosy, slightly boutique feel to it and the prices are unbeleiveable!
After viewing a couple of big hotel chains we were stunned by their hidden costs! One had what seemed like a great package for £2012 but when delving deeper you HAD to have 50 adults,kids were £14 a head and anything over the 50 were £40 a head, the menu choices were poor and there was no evening buffet included!
Yet at our venue we can put together a menu where the guests can choose between 2 starters,3 mains and 2 desserts, for £24 a head! the drinks package is £11 a head and includes a drink of choice at reception, wine with meal and drink of choice for toasts,rather than just bucks fizz.
Best of all is they have a complimentary changing room for us on the day, and free use of their gorgeous table centres,mirrors and tealights, and chari covers for £1.50 a chair! The other hotel wanted £30 a table to use their centres and £5 a chair! And because I have family coming from England and Spain they've offered us 3 nights at the hotel for the price of 2!!
Me and h2b were like kids in a candy shop, absolutely hyper with excitement!! I cant believe for £2000 we will get EVERYTHING we want from a venue, and still have some left over for things like canapes with the drinks while we are having pictures!
I am getting all emotional now because its real, we have a venue and a date and we are getting married! OMG!!!!! rRoll on 25th May 2013!!!!!!!!!!
After viewing a couple of big hotel chains we were stunned by their hidden costs! One had what seemed like a great package for £2012 but when delving deeper you HAD to have 50 adults,kids were £14 a head and anything over the 50 were £40 a head, the menu choices were poor and there was no evening buffet included!
Yet at our venue we can put together a menu where the guests can choose between 2 starters,3 mains and 2 desserts, for £24 a head! the drinks package is £11 a head and includes a drink of choice at reception, wine with meal and drink of choice for toasts,rather than just bucks fizz.
Best of all is they have a complimentary changing room for us on the day, and free use of their gorgeous table centres,mirrors and tealights, and chari covers for £1.50 a chair! The other hotel wanted £30 a table to use their centres and £5 a chair! And because I have family coming from England and Spain they've offered us 3 nights at the hotel for the price of 2!!
Me and h2b were like kids in a candy shop, absolutely hyper with excitement!! I cant believe for £2000 we will get EVERYTHING we want from a venue, and still have some left over for things like canapes with the drinks while we are having pictures!
I am getting all emotional now because its real, we have a venue and a date and we are getting married! OMG!!!!! rRoll on 25th May 2013!!!!!!!!!!
Ideas,help and advice always welcome, judgements and assumptions are not!!
:happyhearMarrying my Mr Perfect 2013 
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Ohh that sounds lovely, its great getting your venue sorted, well done. Great price too xClixsense since 31.01.16 $122.13 Neo bux since 31.01.16 400 RR $1018.00
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Sounds fantastic, congratulations!0
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Sounds great, well done:jMarried the man of my dreams - 10th September 2012, St Paul's Bay Lindos :jIt was amazing.
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Wow, what a fantastic deal!! :beer:
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Congratulations.
It's great finding the perfect venue - especially when you get a good price!
I know I felt a great relief once we put our deposit down.
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Thanks all!
I have been on cloud 9 all day, think its not just because we've found this place, but getting a venue and choosing a date means its real, we are actually getting married!!!Ideas,help and advice always welcome, judgements and assumptions are not!!:happyhearMarrying my Mr Perfect 2013
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