Wedding Advice
Unexpected Costs of a Wedding
Creating and sticking to your wedding budget can be incredibly hard, how can you possibly anticipate the costs associated with a wedding? Creating a budget from the outset is so important as this helps you when you commence your wedding planning. After all you can’t book a venue without knowing you have the funds to…
Read MoreWeddings in a heatwave, how to cope with the heat
I’m sure our colleagues in Australia and the Caribbean will laugh at this article. But let me tell you, us Brits are just not designed to cope with the heat. So how do we manage with weddings in a heatwave? Many wedding venues will not even have air conditioning so just what can we do…
Read MoreWhat if weddings are paused autumn and winter 2021?
Earlier this week when hosting our monthly coffee morning a discussed came up around how couples are feeling right now with the uncertainty. After a summer of weddings couples are worried about their autumn or winter weddings. Will we go back in lockdown? What if the wedding needs to be postponed? Can they travel to…
Read MoreUK Weddings Update June 2021
Message from our founder Following Boris Johnson speech on the 14th June we now have some updates for weddings post 21st June. The roadmap has been paused for 4 weeks but special allowances have been given the wedding industry. Lets be honest, considering restaurants and pubs are open, football events are hosting thousands of spectators…
Read MoreHow to Entertain Guests with No Dancing Allowed
As of 21st June, dancing is still sadly not permitted at wedding receptions. But that doesn’t mean weddings can’t still be fun. In fact perhaps this is the chance to think up alternative solutions to entertain your guests. Here are 9 ideas to get you started. 1. Lets start laughing again What about having a…
Read MoreWedding Trends 2021
With COVID putting a stop to weddings as we know it, couples used the time to reflect on what they truly want from their wedding. From discussing this with our wedding planners and wedding suppliers, it would appear couples are concentrating on the “marriage” itself and celebrating with guests to show they care for them.…
Read More10 Wedding Planning Tasks you can do in Lockdown
So here we are in lockdown 3, in 2020 you spent the time baking banana loaf and doing online yoga. But this time it’s a little different, why? Because you got engaged over Christmas and you’re determined to use this time efficiently planning your wedding. In fact you want to leave lockdown with a smug…
Read MoreWhy consider a micro wedding , and how to make it beautiful
Never in my 18 years of being in the wedding industry could I have predicted a year with so few weddings due to the coronavirus pandemic. After a few months of complete lockdown we are beginning to slowly see weddings commence again. Namely the micro wedding of up to *30 guests to fit in with…
Read MorePostponing your wedding due to coronavirus
If you were due to get married this summer, I suspect you have been patiently waiting to see whether this is likely. Although we still don’t have a clear answer from the government I would say it is a fair assumption that weddings will not happen prior to July the earliest. And you now need…
Read MoreWedding Entertainment & Music Trends for 2020
If there is one thing guests always remember from a wedding it’s the entertainment. Did they laugh? Did they dance so much their feet were sore? Did they wake up the next morning with a croaky voice from singing so much? We understand it can be hard thinking about what music and entertainment to have…
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