hi there ive been looking thru all these forum post for guidance on price and budgeting

is is possible to have a nice wedding with the following

venuse meal and buffet disco/band photos video dresses kilts ect

for around the 7000 pound mark help please

thanks june xx

I should hope so! I'm planning on spending no more £5k

omg yes!!!! our budget is 5k too and thats inc the venue which comes in at just over 3k. i am gonna have to budget my bum off and look for the bargains but i plan on having a beautiful wedding and a bloomin good time after!!! lol so if we can do it on 5k you most def can do it on 7k!!!!!! just hunt around for the bargains, dont buy the first thing you see as more likely than not the bay of e will have it cheap as chips!! xx

Yeah you certainly can, we are doing ours for hopefully less then that, but we are not having a video. DIY as much as you can and really shop around for good deals x

thats great everyone that taken some of the pressure of i can now relax about about cost and start thinking on just planning the wedding now

thanks again everyone much appreciated

june xx

yes and one tip is don't have two meals have one and invite everyone
ours is going to be lovely and its costing between 5and 6

Depends on the venue. We had to pay an initial deposit of £250 (half of the actual venue price) and then in September this year we have to pay 50% of the overall cost (food/drinks reception) then 2 months before we get married (June 2012) we have to pay the rest .

yeah of course ours is costing around 3k i think you just need to shop around which can be time consuming just priorotise (sorry about spelling lol) what things are more important to you both and allocate more money to that and less money to things that arent quite so importan good luck xxx

spider05 thats great if you dont mind me askn how much is your mealndrinks costing we are tryn to budget for between 2 to 2.5 grand for 80 sit down then buffet in the evening for around a houndread xx

Some hotels do packages in which you can do it all for £999! 7k is a massive budget and you can certainly get everything for that. Just make sure that you shop about and don't blow everything on one thing. Before you book anything or spend a penny sit and work out just what you want for the day and how many people you want there. Then ring suppliers to get rough quotes and total everything up. If it comes within budget then great. If not look for someone cheaper or knock something less important off. I've given you some of the prices we paid to give you an idea of what we paid but you can add things or take things off them.

registar fees £318.50
wedding cert £3.50
notice £67.00
venue £4,130.50
church £305.00
dress £855.00
cars £325.00
suits £260.00
Insurance £30.00
flowers £109.00
cake £60.00
gifts £100.00
bridesmaid dresses £220.00
hair and make up £70.00
harpist £140.00
Honeymoon £1,198.00
entertainment £400.00
Dress alterations £140.00
hotel rooms £330.00
photographer £995.00
wedding rings £200.00

thanks spider05 thats great i think we should be fine with the cost side of things for now then was panicing 7000 wasnt going to be enough to work with

thanks again june xx

thanks xjox thats a great breakdown for me to work with lloks like your all organised well done


thanks june xx

defo!!! i'm getting 40 day guests 5 course meal and 100 evening with buffet, dj, red carpet reception, drinks package for every1 in the day, our suite for the night. having the ceremony there, linen/napkins £2000

4 bridesmaid dresses £83
photographer starts at £290
registrar fees £298
wedding certificate £3.50
notice fees £67.00
rings £50.00
flowers artificial my shower, 4 posies, 10 centre piece flowers £80
flowers fresh 25 button holes £1.10 each
fish bowls for centre pieces 10 £17
stones for centre pieces £5
confetti/names places/favours £15

cant think of anything else off the top of my head but you get the idea :0) xxx

Oh and the evening entertainment is a live swing singer. You can get DJ's cheaper.

Why don't you get a list of venues from the local registry office? They will tell you all of the places you can get married at and then you can work through the list. Either that or go for a registry office or church wedding so it opens up the choices to you for the evening venues.

ye thats a good plan mite do that when i head up there next week we were thinkn mite be easier to have the ceromony and the venue in the same place to keep costs down is there much of a difference in price for a church wedding or a venue ceromony

xx

We are getting married 'out of season' so we are getting a 30% discount on our wedding package. We are paying just over £3000 for the room for the wedding breakfast, 3 course meal, drinks, seat covers and much more (for 67 guests). It is an exerlent deal. We had to give a £750 deposit.

Would it be cheaper to come south of the boarder and find a venue?

Our whole wedding will be under £6,500, We;'ve done a lot of bargain hunting but its been great fun and really really worth :) xx

we are looking for in or around inverness area as all our familly is in and around there.

ye we have looked at ramada jarvis we aint to keen ryan used to work for them and there not a great company.


thanks everyone for the comments

june xxxx

Well we have £5500 to use ont he wedding. So you making your wedding come in at £7000 i think you have plenty

have you looked at the waterside?? they do VERY reasonable weddings, and their full menu and price list is available to download so you can chose all the options you would want and get a prettye exact price. And they have an ace lighting system that can turn the whole room pink, or look like a twinkly star filled night sky. Worth a look!

or Kincraig up near Tain. beautiful!! (I found this one after we had booked ours). Costed out at £3800 for dinner for 50 and reception for 100!!

just dug out my old venue calculator. We had priced the Waterside at £4700 for meal for 80 and evening reception for 120

Definitely can do it with 7000 were doing ours for 5000 inc honeymoon :) xx

I am getting married in Durham (Redworth Hall Hotel).