tried to be brief, but think that was too brief! never been to a wedding that didnt start in a church and only been to one of those, so not sure how it works getting married in a different venue?
CommentAuthorMrs Daltry
mines in a registry office,and we had to call them to book to go and give notice and book our date
CommentAuthornewmrshartley
want mine at the venue the reception is going to be at - it does have a licence to do so which is good :) but i know nothing more than that and what it says on the council's website about registering and paying for the dude to come to the ceremony :)
CommentAuthorMrs Daltry
contact the venue to check days and then contact the registra to find out costs
Marriages can only take place in authorised premises where the marriage can be legally solemnised. Venues include register offices, premises that have been approved by the local authority (for example, stately homes, castles and hotels), churches or chapels of the Church of England and Church in Wales, and other churches that have been registered by the registrar general for marriage including naval, air force and military chapels. The marriage of house-bound and detained persons can also be arranged by obtaining a special licence from the registrar general. All marriage ceremonies must take place in the presence of a superintendent registrar or an authorised person (for example, an authorised vicar or priest) and be witnessed by at least two competent people, who will be required to sign the marriage register. With the exception of Jewish and Quaker ceremonies and ceremonies authorised by a registrar general's licence, the marriage must take place between 8am and 6pm. If you wish to marry by civil ceremony in a register office or other building approved for civil marriage, you should first contact the superintendent registrar of the district where you wish to marry and discuss any arrangements that need to be made. You can get married at any register office or approved venue of your choice in England and Wales without having to set up residence in that district. The term used for the commencement of civil marriage proceedings is called 'giving notice'.
Both of you must have lived in a registration district in England or Wales for at least seven days immediately before giving notice at the register office. If you both live in the same district, you should both attend your local register office together to give your notices of marriage. If you live in different registration districts then each of you will need to give notice separately in your respective district. After giving notice you must wait a further sixteen days before the marriage can take place, On the day of the wedding you will need to bring with you at least two other people who are prepared to witness the marriage and sign the marriage register. While a marriage ceremony in the presence of a superintendent registrar cannot, by law, contain any religious aspects, it may be possible, with agreement, to include non-religious music and/or readings and for the wedding to be videoed.
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CommentAuthorCupCake
We are getting married at our venue. We have to go to our local registry office within the year we are getting married and give notice of our marriage ( this is £30 each ) because we are getting married in another local authority area we then have to send some paperwork to them, book an appointment and go and chat about the service etc ... I have already phoned them to pencil in our date for next year. It then costs around £300 / £450 for the registrar to come and marry you at the venue. If you get in touch with the wedding co-ordinator at your venue they will help you with all this ... sorry it sounds confusing hun but hope it helps? xx
Became Mrs Lyons 30th July 2011 x
CommentAuthornewmrshartley
yeah, get all that - but how does it work AT the venue? in a church you have the priest man and the aisle to walk down, i could still have the aisle set up at the venue, but how does it go?
CommentAuthorloolabelle
getting married in the venue is just like the church but without the religios bits. \im getting msrried at my venue, i'm walking down the aisle, there can be a reading (non religious) and you still say your vows, hope this helps x
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CommentAuthorDrunchPunk
NMH - yeah, there'll still be an 'aisle', in that your friends and family will be sat either side and you walk through them. The venue will be able to tell you how they normally set stuff up!
CommentAuthornewmrshartley
:) yeah, should probably go and see my venue! ha ha booked to go to the wedding fayre there next week so yay! guess once i do that all will be revealed.
CommentAuthorCeCe
I am getting married in our chosen Hotel..the rest of the celebrations will be there too!
CommentAuthorPuddleduck87
We are getting married at our venue too.
Basically there are 3 things you need to do.
1, your notices 2, pay the venue to hold your ceremony 3, Pay the registrar to come out and do the ceremony
Basically call your venue and make sure they are available for your date and get it pencilled in. then call the registrar and ask to secure your wedding for that date. He/She will give you a time too. They may ask for a deposit but mine didn't. Then book your venue and then give your notices.
xxx
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
we're getting married at the venue, think everyone above has covered how to go about it! xx
CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
we're getting married at reg office then having a humanist ceremony at arboretum and picnic then hired a hall for evening can be done very cheaply, you can set date in reg office from a year before the date and at ours we have to give notice 3 months before date of wedding at the latest!
Enjoying being a wifey!!
Currently baking a small person at last, took a while :)
we were getting married in a church but we are thinking about getting married at our reception venue instead now.. still undecided tho... :)
CommentAuthorsqw
If you're getting married at a hotel or similar venue, then they will set things up so you've got an "aisle" and the like - but please talk to them about that that means.
As a photographer here are the things that I've noticed about non-church services:
1) They can be VERY quick - I strongly recommend you get guests to do a couple fo readings to add the the "ceremony" of the event, otherwise it's a bit "blink and its all over"
2) Some hotels/venues are better than others at setting out a formal setting for the service. Talk to them in detail about what they are doing. Check the background behind where you will be standing to make sure it looks nice.
3) Photographically, try and get things centred and symetrical in the room - many layouts are slightly off-centre and don;t look so good.
4) Make sure that stuff like fire exits, estinguishers, lamps, wall pictures and stuff are not going to intrude into your main service backdrop.
Simon Walden, Photographer, FilmPhoto
CommentAuthorNuttytart
A beach in Mexico, its not a complicated as you think, but there lots of paperwork.
