Wedding Forum - Is anybody getting married at a registry...

hey,

just wondering if anybodys getting married at a registy office? me and h2b have been talking and he said he'd ratherr get married at a registry office as hes not really one for churches and we have a very tight budget

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Well there is no real need to get married in a church if you are not religious anyway really is there? I know my parents got married in a church for free because they were active members of the congregation....but other than that i think personally other venues are best.
We looked at our local registry office, but it was too small (though others are bigger it is worth enquiring) We are now getting married at the town hall in the next town, though we are having to pay £430 for the registrars to come to us so that is worth considering.
What do you want? Because i like the idea of a pretty church but purely for appearance, and the town hall is an old building that looks like it once could have been a church, really pretty.
It might be worth you looking online for licensed wedding venues in your area and seeing what is available to you and what is within your budget.

we're getting married in a registry office, about £42 altogether

thanks guys, ive looked at prices and its 30.00 deposit to reserve date/time, 33.50 each to give notice, and then 90 (on a friday) or 150 (on a saturday) so thats 187 (or 247). does this sound about right????

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We are getting married in the reg office. Cost £33.30 each to give notice. £40 for ceremony then £3 for certificate. We gave notice today in fact lol seems more real now. x

We are! So long as you check it out before hand as some are a bit bland, but others are prettier then churches!

Hey Goff, ur registry office is 2 mins from our house! Think we might have to visit the local shops to see u arrive on the day and catch a sneaky peak of u and ur fab dress! x

yeah im getting married at registry office---my council fee is sooo expensive. the hire of room is £184, £67 for giving notice and a massive fee of £350!! for the registrar. it does depend on the county/council tho xxx

we looked into a regisrty office cos its cheap but our local 1 is disgusting and you cant go out of area? not sure why. the walls are pale green, it is in a 1 way, single lane street, just not what i pictured. im not religious but i had my kids christened for h2b's sake so were going to get married in the same church- mainly cos its pretty lol xx

we got married at our local registry office,and it was beautiful,,clean,bright wonderful seating,i had my big entrance walked down the aisle with my dad and little boy,couldnt of asked for better.we picked a registry office because neither myself or my husband believe that god plays any part in our marriage,we didnt want a religious ceremony,but we wanted it to be relaxed and informal and about us,we picked our own vows and reading and it really was a wonderful service.feel free to look at my pictures theres plenty of pictures on there.our reqisty office cost us £164

yeh i agree that picking a church purely due to beauty rather than religious reasons is hypocritical x

Our registry office is in Eastbourne.Its the best looking one in our area for pics,and in the same town as Sovreign Harbour that is special to us,very pretty,and where were having our little reception.Were definately not religious,so that was the only thing for us on a tight budget.x

i am not getting married in a registry office, but i did get married in one 21 years ago, we found that it was impersonal and very rushed, but i think things are alot different now and the rooms are always nicely decorated x

iam thinkin about registar office but ive booked the church i dunno iam confused lol cant dicide now its the same piece of paper at the end of ur vows lol so id go 2 registar office the church we r getting married at is 650 mm a bit expencive

we are getting married in oundle registry office because h2b is quite anti religion and I 'm not religious at all, plus oundle registry office is beautiful. x

I would've got married in our registry office but it's too small, it only holds 48 and anyone else has to watch on a webcam! It's such a shame as the venue we are getting married in is only 50 metres away, yet were having to pay £403 instead of the £143 it would've cost in the registry office. I think if you are not a regular church goer it seems a bit daft to get married in church. x

Does anybody know how much it costs to have a registrar come to your venue? Or maybe where to find out? I can't face spending ages on a search engine if one of you ladies knows where to go!

We're getting married at the "registry" office. What i mean by this is that the Council put the rent up on the real registry office so they had to close, this meant that the registry office was then moved to inside the council offices. Very nice outside (NOT!!!!!) the room aint too bad though. for 20 mins, i can handle that. Cant believe the price difference though. We were told it would be £43.50 for morning wedding and £110 for afternoon wedding. So we've gone for that last morning slot, 12.30pm.

hey rainbow. We're getting married at the registar office. i dont like churches (feel hypocritical as im not at all religious) and neither does OH (he finds them boring). Just remember, it doesn't matter where you get married, as long as you are marrying the one you want to be with :D x

we got married in our registry office, it wasnt the perttiest building in the world but it was cheap and not too bad, and it got us married so we are happy lol xx

its just over £100 at ours so not bad at all really

we are getting married in reg office its not nice on the outside and its a small inside but its in our budget and i know it will be ok on the day

Hiya Xtina, i got married ina registry office, as it was my second time it was what we pref and money is very tight, i wore a big dress (its on my profile) and we was allowed 30 people into the room, i only had 23 tho as we kept it small & intimate, we then all popped across the road to a italian resturant for something to eat...i did book them in advance. We didnt want a reception so after meal we all went home, it was fab.
I didnt have invites, my dad drove me, my mum made the cake, i didnt bother with favours. All we really forked out for was photos but even then i got a registry office midweek deal, flowers, outfits and rings & hair & makeup.

Our wedding was cheap and cheerful and didnt cost alot at all,so good luck hun it can be done on a small budget. xx

Thank you Mrsd !!! You made me feel way better ! That's the kind of wedding I'm looking for and btw ... saw ur pics ...u were stunning !! xx