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HELP! ceremony venue advice - what to do?

kyhmcb, 17 September, 2010 at 10:54 Posted on Planning 0 1

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hey ladies,

just wanted some advice. am having a bit of a mare with my wedding venue situation. the place where we were going to have our ceremony has let us down, saying that they don't want to risk not being able to hold another wedding later in the day if they only take us for our ceremony ?, so now i'm stuck. we could have the ceremony at the local registry office, but that only holds 70 people and we're having 120 people at the reception - how do i decide who comes and who doesn't? will people be offended if they're not invited to the actual ceremony?

the other option is to hold a renewal of vows at the village hall where we're having our reception, but i'm not sure about the space ie. where this would be... i guess in the grounds, but what if it rains? we will have to hire a small marquee anyway to hold the drinks reception, will it be naff to have the ceremony in there, with a few people seated and most standing? it's going to be a short but sweet ceremony anyway. my OH isn't keen on the idea at all, but if we're stuck with no other options, he might have to come round (he has no choice).

we're really limited on what we want to do as everything will be DIY and since we're both paying for it ourselves, we don't have a massive budget. does anyone have any suggestions? this is all so frustrating!

thanks!

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Latest activity by kyhmcb, 17 September, 2010 at 16:49

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judeclarke · 17 September, 2010 at 12:47
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I'm not sure I'd want to get married ata venue if they have that attitude! How rude of them. I'd not be asking for advice here, I'd be onto trading standards if I were in your position! Have you paid a deposit and got a booking confirmation?

If you're dead set on the venue is there any room to change the time? If you have your wedding at midday they could still get another booked in for 2 or 3pm, or if there are separate rooms you could have your ceremony later.
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kyhmcb · 17 September, 2010 at 16:49
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I know, I was gutted when they "changed their minds". Unfortunately, we hadn't paid /booked anything with them. it was a case of saying, "are you free on this date? will you hold just the ceremony and how much will that cost?". They quoted a price and said they could only do a 12pm ceremony, which we came to terms with. We spent a bit of time finding another village hall to have our reception in and once that was decided, we were ready to make the booking and that's when they told us that they couldn't do it. So all the time/research/petrol we'd spent adapting our plans were a complete waste, I wished they'd told us that in the first place, then we wouldn't have bothered and we'd got our hopes up too. Am really annoyed, but what can you do, but move on? I'm going to email them with some harsh words though because they are messing with people's lives here!

You're right though, I wouldn't go back to them now anyway, out of principal!
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