Weddings - Venues, Receptions and Costs!

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One of the best weddings I've ever been to was a registry office ceremony followed by a ceilidh at a country pub. It was a small, laid-back affair and everyone had a blast - no fancy venue or amazing backdrops for photos, but suited the couple completely.

You really need to talk it through with your fiancee, figure out what's important to you, go over all the pros and cons, work out what you could afford and what you want to spend (these could be quite different sums!). My husband and I brought the cost of our wedding down by choosing a date that was in the 'low season' (although a lot of venues don't have low and high seasons for weddings). If we'd got married at the same venue a week earlier, it would have cost about £5000 more for exactly the same wedding, crazy!

Stephb1986_2

The venue we have booked is also a hotel and restaurant we have two rooms to ourselves for the whole day and evening we also have use of the lounge area but it will have other guests there too and the restaurant will also have people in there.

I don't really mind to be honest they aren't going to be noseying they will be too busy trying to keep out of the way.

I'd go with the golf club sounds like a lovely place

Steph xx

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zepsgal wrote: »

I got married at Huntingtower castle in Perth. Beautiful venue, lovely lovely place to be married. We spent a fortune on our photographer to capture the day, which he did wonderfully.

A friend of mine got married there a few years ago - beautiful venue!

Peater wrote: »

The last few weddings i have attended have cost between £18k-£30k.

Utterly disgusting waste of money if you ask me. It's an industry kept alive by filling kid's head's with ideals of 'a perfect/fairytale wedding'. Ludicrous.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this doesn't seem to be very constructive and hasn't really addressed the OP's questions. As long as people can afford it and aren't going into crazy amounts of debt then it is up to the individual couple what they want to spend. 'Disgusting' and 'Ludicrous' is a bit harsh for something that may be really important to some people and they may have saved very hard for the day that they want. Although I did not spend as much as the amounts you mentioned, I would expect the memories of my wedding day to last the rest of my life - I constantly think about the day and look at my photos all the time and the happiness that me and my husband feel when we talk about our wedding day, you simply couldn't put a price on. For something that will bring a smile to my face for the rest of my life - I consider it an investment! I'll probably get a roasting for this post, but I just don't see why people post on a thread just to vent an opinion rather than offering any constructive help to the OP...

Lifeforms

You also have to remember that unless its a sold as a ready to go wedding do venue, what you see now isn't necessarily going to be what it is like on the night. In a plain room you can make so many differences to it that can change it into a magical place. The money you might save could be used towards tarting it up decoration wise. Think beyond a few signs an balloons up, and perhaps if you know close friends/family who are artistic you could approach them for help with getting the room ready and looking like it cost a heck of a lot more. This could be instead of them buying a wedding present. (assuming the owner would be fine with decorations like that)

It needs to be a personal decision between you two both as to whether you would mind public flitting in and out in the evening period. I wouldn't imagine there would be loads of people joining in, but if a few wandered in to say hello, or see what was going on would it bother you or your fianc!e? If so, then you need to go for exclusivity and whatever cost that comes at.

loulou123

Might be worth looking into unpopular times of year and week days, we got married on a Thursday in Dec and it saved us £2000 on the venue hire alone - the DJ, photographer and registrar also gave us discounts for a weekday wedding. I know the majority of people want a Saturday wedding, but it was only way we could afford the venue we wanted.

Our venue had fantastic grounds, but we didn't get to see them as it poured with rain all day, but I've got friends who got married in august and the weather was even worse!