Midland Bride on a Budget...venue ideas needed!

It is possible to do as we are on abudget. Initially I wanted to aim for £5k but it is now at 6k but my parents are funding £3k for us and oh's parents have given me £500.

Friends of ours had found a youth hostel in the peak district where you can get maried a sthey had considered it.

Our venue is costing us £3k and for this we are getting the following:

Sit down 3 course meal for 60. 1/2 bottle of wine person, a glass of bubbly for the toast, room hire for the whole day, an evening buffet, a dj, a room for us to stay the night and 4 complemetary rooms for us to give to guests. Included in this we also get a taster evening, white linen, a cake stand and cake knife

Luckily oh's dad is a photographer so that is saving us a fortune. As wedding and reception is in one place no car is needed. I am making own invitations and cake. MIL2B is doing the table flowers.

We are getting married in Leicestershire.

Bands can be quite expensive but it maybe that you may find a band through local colleges or uni's.

You could look for a second hand dress if that would keep the costs down and search for people selling things cheap from their weddings.

I absolutely love https://avoncroft.org.uk. Some prices are on the website so maybe you can work it out from there. It is a stunning place to photograph too.

I'm afraid I don't know any local venues to you, but you can definitely do it all in for under £5k! You might have to compromise a bit, and it's worth sussing out what's important to you both now.

We're doing our wedding for under £6,500, and it could have been cheaper if we have shopped around a bit more.

Some thoughts for you to consider though:

• Have your wedding on an off peak day
• Look for a dress in sample sales/on preloved/on ebay. I got mine for £120 (was £800) from a woman's closing down sale. I'll need to have it altered but the seamstress won't be as expensive as the original dress.
• Veil - pinkmargaret on ebay makes to order, and at a very reasonable price
• Shoes - get shoes from somewhere like New Look, Debenhams etc in the sales. Mine are blue (my something blue) as I didn't like any 'bridal' ones, but they don't have to be bridal if you don't want them to.
• Bridesmaids dresses - sales shopping or ebay. I'm toying with ebay at the moment, or possibly making my own for my sister.
• Flowers - Interflora do a £250 package, and I'm sure other florists would be able to do something similar
• Wine - look at corkage costs, and if they're reasonable, then look to use Tesco/Nectar points towards buying things like that. Also, take advantage of the offers throughout the year.
• If you will need transport - can you blag transport from a friend/relative with a nice car? We're looking at hiring a normal executive car for it from somewhere like Enterprise/Europcar etc.
• Photographer - this was important for us, but we found an excellent TOG for what we wanted. They're a disk package and we can by albums later if we want. Our TOG also does a budget package of ceremony only, but this wasn't for us.
• Suits - hire/buy in the sales or wear one that he currently owns
• Hair and make up - lots of the girls on here have had great results by going to the Benefit or MAC counters and getting a free trial, make up tips and buying the make up that way.
• Vistaprint for invitations, save the dates etc - leave your items in your cart for a couple of days and you'll start getting discount emails through - it pays to wait.

I can't think of any more right now!

Wow I love the look of this venue...I have added it to the list!

Thank you so much for all your ideas and suggestions. I think I shall be doing some more research....

It's gorgeous isn't it. Good luck in your search x

My friend has her wedding reception, just 2 years ago now! It was beautiful!!! Stunning place with lovely feel to it! We did consider it for our wedding too but we felt it a little too big for our day guest numbers.

This is my venue!

I'm lucky to see some amazing venues and suppliers. This place is beautiful!

Indiefluff, eeeek that is fab! What plans have you got?

We're going with quite an informal day, lots of flowers and probably some lawn games (croquet, french bowls) out in the grounds. I love it!

OP if you want to know more just ask me, I highly recommend the place!

Sounds fabulous!