Hello everyone just looking for some advice the place we have fallen in love with want deposits which I understand but seems very steep amount I'm just wondering what percentage other couples have paid for deposits... as I thought they were around 20% but our place want 50% for venue and 50% for food which we haven't even choose not yet and not getting married until next November.... any advice would be great!!
Every venue will have different procedures... we paid a £1000 deposit which ended up beingabout 15-20% of the final cost. Just think the more you pay now the less you have to pay going forward, and just make sure you get a contract with details of all costings if you are worried about it. Also ensure you have wedding insurance! xx
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CommentAuthorKatieW528
Thank you... well they want £2000 for venue and £2000 for food £400 for registrar and then we have to decorate the whole thing including back drops curtains dance floors etc I just think it's way too much to expect in one months and especially over a year away
The deposit is to secure your booking and gives both parties peace of mind that the contract is sealed. Ours was £1500 deposit.
Why are you paying a deposit for the registrar to the venue. Surely you should be arranging that with the local registry office?
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CommentAuthorKatieW528
Sorry yeah we are going through the registry office for registrar but the venue want it done in the first 10 days of booking but still it just seems very steep we know we have to pay deposits but 50% of venue and food that we haven't even choose not yet just seemed a bit much... but thank you for all ur help
We have paid £500 deposit which is about 20% of the overall fee there will be another 3 instalments ahead of our wedding in May 2018 and a £100 deposit for the registrar with balance due 8 weeks before.
CommentAuthorFlossie
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It's normal for the venue to want you to secure a registrar before they will confirm your booking... ours was the same. I doubt you will have to pay the registrar cost in full upfront though, you should just have to pay them a deposit to confirm your date - ours was £35. That is something you should be doing as early as possible regardless though.
Re the food, I presume they will know a rough cost of the food based on your guest numbers and what kind of food you want.. i.e. the whole sit down 3 course wedding breakfast. You can still choose your exact courses at a later date, you would have just paid for a big percentage of it already which will be a relief nearer the time I'm sure!
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CommentAuthorMrs T Hurley!
We paid 50%. I look at it that at least we've paid half of it already!
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CommentAuthorNicoleW665
ours had a set deposit of £750.00 my package which i got for a discount price at 5065
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CommentAuthorShellbell
We paid £500 deposit and the rest 6 weeks before the wedding. xx
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
We had to pay £500'deposit at time of booking. Six months before the wedding date we have to pay £1000 and the remaining balance 10 days before the wedding.
CommentAuthorMrsC2Be
we paid £1000 deposit and the venue total price incl food is £3000 (we got a great deal as its a brand new venue so its got good deals on for the first people that booked)
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CommentAuthorLoz K
We paid the full ceremony cost of £1300 as a deposit, and then we need to pay for the remainder near the time. We also had to secure the registrar before the venue would confirm the booking and we had to pay the registrar fee upfront, which was £552 (not sure where the £2 comes from!). It may seem like a lot upfront but as the ladies say it gives you security that everything is booked for you, and it means less outlay later on. I have to keep reminding myself that a chunk of my budget has already been paid for and doesn't need accounting for again!
CommentAuthorMichelleC961
We have just paid £2000 deposit- we are getting married 2018, are you sure they want 4K and not just 2? Read their website
You could always say can we pay 2k and then next month pay the other 2k
Are you paying all the wedding yourself or are family helping?
We knew venues woukd want at least 2k so before we started looking me made sure we had enough money to pay initial deposits on venues and photographers and the big things
CommentAuthorCamilaL
I haven't booked it yet, but the deposit is £500, about 20-25% of the total due. It's basically the room hire fee. I will only have to pay for the food and decor now :)
CommentAuthorLeanneR0186
We paid £2000 deposit which is about 15% of what the final cost is. We then had to pay another £2000 last month at the 6 month mark. 50% deposit does seem a bit steep. Xx
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CommentAuthorMaxineP89
We paid £1750, and have 3 more instalments to make, but we are planning on paying bits off as and when we can, so the next instalments will be lower.
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CommentAuthorVelcro
we paid 25%, they normally ask for 50% but that is for business customers (It was a museum) but that included everthing together, which was two rooms, (ceremony and reception) and the food, rather than billing us separate for each one, that just seems abit odd to me tbh. i know each venue has different guidlines, but I would have thought it would have all been bundled into one payment
Think we also paid about £1700 for the deposit.
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CommentAuthorStephH96
Seems steep to me but then some of the other ladies seem to have a paid a lot too, some not so much. It really must just depend. Our deposit was $300 for the Chapel. Obviously the flights needed paying in full at time of booking. Nothing else required a deposit.