Sarah Storer
Sarah Storer 26 Sep 2017

Hi guys Can I ask you all what kind of deposit everyone paid when booking...

Hi guys Can I ask you all what kind of deposit everyone paid when booking your venue? Thanks????

85 Comments
Lisa Reynolds
Lisa Reynolds 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £500, 2 months later 20% (less the deposit), 40% 8 months before the wedding and the final 40% 3 months before.

E Wilson
E Wilson 26 Sep 2017

I think it is individual to the venues. But generally 10%

Lily Bermingham
Lily Bermingham 26 Sep 2017

ours was 10% rest a month before the wedding x

Kirsty Kerrigan
Kirsty Kerrigan 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £100 and got till a week b4 to pay it all off

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£2500

Janet Venables
Janet Venables 26 Sep 2017

Total venue cost 3,000. 500 deposit 50% @ 6 mths full payment 1 month before

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

My venue is 999 and deposit 300 rest to be paid 4 weeks b4 wedding x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours will be 1500

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £250, the rest due 12 weeks before

Jennifer McCaul
Jennifer McCaul 26 Sep 2017

£500 on booking, £1000 6 months before and then the remaining balance 1 month before x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

500 deposit remaining due 1 month before

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£500 x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£750

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£750

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£1500 we paid.
Cost was £10,000 for package zx

Sharon Poole
Sharon Poole 26 Sep 2017

£500 deposit then £500 12 weeks after then remainder 6 weeks before the wedding x

Aleisha Bristow
Aleisha Bristow 26 Sep 2017

I paid £250 deposit n the rest has to be paid 2-4 weeks before the wedding x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Mine is £2000 up front. Then every other month in installments

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

I paid 500. Total is 3995

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

500 deposit, 50% of the remaining balance 4 month before, final payment 4 weeks before xx

Laura-Jane Thurlow
Laura-Jane Thurlow 26 Sep 2017

whole venue package was £3k we paid £1750 in deposit.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

We paid 20% on booking x

Bethan Roberts
Bethan Roberts 26 Sep 2017

£850 xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£500 x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£2000 payable over 8 months and the balance paid before the day of the wedding. (Which is only a further £250! We've been soooooo lucky!) ️️

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours will be 1k upfront

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £500 ceremony booking fee and £500 reception booking fee full payment due 3 days before the event

Gabrielle Baker
Gabrielle Baker 26 Sep 2017

Set price £750 deposit. This was approx 50% of my total venue cost.
Only having 30 guests and an afternoon tea.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Deposit was £200 to secure the date then 6 weeks later £500 then 6 months before the wedding £1000 then 6 weeks before rest of payment

Colette Smith
Colette Smith 26 Sep 2017

£500 at booking then £1000 a year before then £1000 6 months before then final balance 3 months before xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

We didn't pay a deposit we just paid on the day for everything x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Total cost £5250, deposit £1000 x

Lucy Lewis
Lucy Lewis 26 Sep 2017

Hi £200 TOTAL COST £1000

Lesley Smith
Lesley Smith 26 Sep 2017

£50 with rest to pay 4 weeks brfore or earlier if we wanted

Anna Smith
Anna Smith 26 Sep 2017

25% deposit remainder 2 weeks before

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

10% on booking. Another 10% 3 months after and the rest 6 weeks before wedding day. There would've been another 20% to pay 12 months prior but we booked with less than a year to go.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £1000 deposit, at least 50% then had to be paid 6 months before and then the remainder 14 days before

Shakira Badwal
Shakira Badwal 26 Sep 2017

We paid in full. Less stressful that way x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

They asked us for £750 deposit but we gave £1000 . Then £750 6 months before then 80% of remaining balance 3 months before then the remaining balance 1 month before xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£1000 deposit on the venue, from the end of December (6 months before the wedding) we have to pay a certain amount off every so often

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£250

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£500 deposit

Sarah Pollard
Sarah Pollard 26 Sep 2017

They didn't ask for one !! ...... Xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£1,000 then 25% 9 months before another 50% 3 months before and the rest 14 days. Venue is costing us just shy of £6,000 but it's stunning

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Deposit is £500 remaining balance due six weeks before £1500 x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

10%

Angelica Fernando
Angelica Fernando 26 Sep 2017

We had a package deal which included the venue, rooms, food and drink for £5000 and paid £1000 deposit and the rest will be paid 6 months before the wedding and a month before

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£500 xx

Chloe Bowden-Brown
Chloe Bowden-Brown 26 Sep 2017

Mine was £50 deposit. Half the full amount t needs paying within 6 months of wedding and rest needs paying a week before x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

500 to secure then remainder 4 weeks prior costing us around 5 and half 6 thousand in total

Emily Barnett
Emily Barnett 26 Sep 2017

£600 deposit from £3500 total rest is due six months before the wedding

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

50% that was £1500 xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours is 25% or £500 x

Amber Neat
Amber Neat 26 Sep 2017

25% when reserving

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours is going to cost us £10 a head for day do deposit. Good job we are only having 60 xx

Martina Winton
Martina Winton 26 Sep 2017

1500 if I remember rightly x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

50% when we booked and 50% two weeks before wedding

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£295 then 9 months before the wedding £800 then 5 months before the wedding £500 then final balance 2 months before

Shelley Goodman
Shelley Goodman 26 Sep 2017

1500 with rest to pay 4weeks before x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

£1000 with the final balance to be settled 4 weeks before the wedding day X

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

1,000 and 50% in January (I get married august) and remainder 12 week before x

Adrienne Merrick
Adrienne Merrick 26 Sep 2017

£500 when booking. 30% A year before and the rest 3 weeks before wedding.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Ours was £500 upon booking, then the balance of £1500 was paid 6 weeks before.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

We got 995 deal for sit down meal 100 people then got our own decorator dj honeymoon suite and ceremony and registrar. Paid 500 deposit rest to paid relatively soon as we only have 6 months. And dj decor need paid 2 weeks prior to ceremony and deposit for both was 70. So all in 570

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

Think it was 500 x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

800 then final balance 3 weeks before

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 26 Sep 2017

250.
I've been paying bits by bits

Lucy Mumberson
Lucy Mumberson 26 Sep 2017

Our was 1000 deposit, 50% 3 months before than the remaining 50% 2 weeks

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

Our total is 16,000. We had to put 5000 to secure the venue then the rest has to be paid one month before the wedding

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

We paid £1,250 deposit. The rest we paid a couple of weeks before.

Emma Gibson
Emma Gibson 27 Sep 2017

We booked when we went to the wedding fayre and it was £500 deposit (usually £1000), we got a free overnight stay, 4x4 experience, spa afternoon with couples massage which we are using for my birthday in a few weeks x

Ashley Power
Ashley Power 27 Sep 2017

We paid £250 deposit and to pay £2470 6 weeks before wedding...

Samantha Cooper
Samantha Cooper 27 Sep 2017

500

Kim Lennon
Kim Lennon 27 Sep 2017

Hey Sarah, £1000 to secure it. Happy planning ;-) xxx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

£500 x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

10%

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

Our deposit for our venue in Somerset is £500.
50% of remaining invoice to be paid 6 months before and final balance 1 months before wedding date x

Sophia Stonehill-Brooks
Sophia Stonehill-Brooks 27 Sep 2017

Mine is £850 then another £850 2 months later then £1400 4 months later and the outstanding balance 2 weeks before the wedding ☺ x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Sep 2017

Ours was 50% of the hire fee x

Naomi Chappel
Naomi Chappel 27 Sep 2017

£500 x

Emma Raisborough
Emma Raisborough 28 Sep 2017

Ours was £1000.00. 50% of estimated cost needed 3 months prior and then the rest a month prior

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 14 Oct 2017

Our deposit is £350 and then the rest (which is around £1200) can be paid anytime up until a month before the wedding

Sophie Hinnells
Sophie Hinnells 14 Oct 2017

Ours was £750 no matter what size package we picked. Full amount due 4 months before x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 14 Oct 2017

It depends on your venue and the price of it overall. Our deposit is 1000

Claire Louise Inns
Claire Louise Parker 14 Oct 2017

£1,031.25 X

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