Get married in a castle for £2450

schofield8883

Hi just saw this on likebees
http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/surre...tent=aff_1&nlp

it is a package worth £7000 to get married in lympne castle

Highlights

• Includes hire of the Medieval Castle
• Two glasses of bubbly, bucks fizz, Pimms or sangria at the reception
• Three course wedding breakfast in the 13th century Great Hall
• Views over Romney Marsh, the south coast and The Channel

Small print says has to be used by 30th april 2012 excluding 25th and 26th dec 2011

castles in kent down south.

hope it helps someone was going to go for it myself but my sisters getting married in march and would feel i was stealing her thunder so ill wait for 2013!

only 16hrs left at 8am

gazwood

Wow, each guest is additional £56, could be pricey.

schofield8883

not if you have under 60 guests lol

standupifyou

Ideal for a horny couple

claire21

as per that news story a while ago about the wicked stepmum to me & her email that went viral:

you shouldn't get married in a castle unless you own it.

daska

TBH this seems a reasonable rather than brilliant price for 60 guests in a nice location.

The thing you have to watch out for when you book a single venue is that they usually tie you up with enormous amounts of red tape which make it impossible to get any money back if you cancel. And this package "excludes suppliers (photographer, florist...), registrar and planning" - venues such as this often dictate which suppliers you are allowed to use which can bump up the price considerably.

If you really want to get a very individual wedding on a budget price it pays to investigate separate venues and to avoid the 'wedding' industry. I'm just going by what I paid 5 years ago for a fairytale Castle (cost us £250 plus the registrars fees but I know it's £550/£650 now) and reception at a first class restaurant which we booked out for the event which I think was about £1,500. The whole lot including a bespoke cake from choccywoccydoodah, wedding dress, medieval costumes, harpist, accommodation etc came in at well under £5K and we really didn't stint (I think hubby's boots were £315!) but I did shop around and I didn't use 'wedding suppliers'.

toptotty123

Fantastic offer for anyone wanting to get married in a castle. I stayed in a castle on my honeymoon, it was the most amazing place, such a great experience. I felt like a proper princess

NKLK

standupifyou wrote: »

Ideal for a horny couple

Took me a while, but I got there eventually :-D

DominicH

Holy cow.

daska

toptotty123 wrote: »

Fantastic offer for anyone wanting to get married in a castle. I stayed in a castle on my honeymoon, it was the most amazing place, such a great experience. I felt like a proper princess

This deal doesn't include overnight, that's anther £250+ a night and it's only in a cottage!

ashe

daska wrote: »

TBH this seems a reasonable rather than brilliant price for 60 guests in a nice location.

The thing you have to watch out for when you book a single venue is that they usually tie you up with enormous amounts of red tape which make it impossible to get any money back if you cancel. And this package "excludes suppliers (photographer, florist...), registrar and planning" - venues such as this often dictate which suppliers you are allowed to use which can bump up the price considerably.

If you really want to get a very individual wedding on a budget price it pays to investigate separate venues and to avoid the 'wedding' industry. I'm just going by what I paid 5 years ago for a fairytale Castle (cost us £250 plus the registrars fees but I know it's £550/£650 now) and reception at a first class restaurant which we booked out for the event which I think was about £1,500. The whole lot including a bespoke cake from choccywoccydoodah, wedding dress, medieval costumes, harpist, accommodation etc came in at well under £5K and we really didn't stint (I think hubby's boots were £315!) but I did shop around and I didn't use 'wedding suppliers'.

As a wedding photographer I have a pretty good grasp of the wedding supplier chain and just over 2 grand for a castle venue down south is absolute steal. even for somewhere up north it would be a lot more than that (excluding all of the exclusions as well). There are places round here that charge over £10,000 for the same.