Tacky or Genuis - Sponsorship of wedding

I think it's tacky, particularly as they'll, no doubt, be expecting their guests to travel, get dolled up, maybe pay for a hotel and buy them a gift, when they're not even putting their hands in their pockets to buy them a welcome drink!

I'd put money on them still having a wedding list or a money poem though ? I think t's pretty vulgar to make your nuptials a business venture, but there you go!

Personally I think it's a bit tacky - but good luck to them for being that cheeky!

There's nothing wrong with a bit of bargaining and dealing - we have 2 free photographers in return for them using our images in their websites and promo stuff, and a link in our website. But they are friends of ours rather than sponsorship deals.

I cant think of anything worse than having a load of banners up at my wedding.

Tack. Pure Tack.

Awful. Just awful.

If one of my friends did that I'd be really quite bitter about spending my hard-earned money to attend their wedding when they've spent none of their own money, even though they say they could afford to if they wanted to. Well, what if all their guests turn round and say 'Well, yes. I can afford to come to your wedding, but it's more than I wanted to spend that weekend so I'm going to give it a miss'? Serve them right.

I think wedding guests don't mind spending money on hotels, drinks etc for weddings as normally they know how hard the couple have worked to save and how much effort has gone into making their day special for the guests. There's none of that here - they're just taking whatever freebies they can get. Apart from the horrific tackiness, there won't be one ounce of their personalities at that wedding. And personally, that's my favourite part.

It is tacky but shes got the wedding she wants out of it so her perogotive. If the sponsers are mentioned in the speech though, can you imagine how boring thats gonna be?

I think this is pretty horrible - a wedding is about the couple and the family, it's not about advertising opportunities. I would be embarrassed to invite people to this wedding.

I'd much rather have a small, elegant wedding than have all that sponsorship if I couldn't afford a bigger wedding.

I think it is rather tacky myself. I hate the fact that I am constantly surrounded by advertising- there are even adverts on the floor these days!

If I were to attend a wedding where the bride and groom kept on plugging various businesses I would not feel comfortable. Also, I am wondering who they are advertising to? I mean, the bride's gown is on loan in return for advertising- who is she advertising to exactly? How many local brides to be will be at her wedding?

All i can think is she may get the wedding she wants but when she looks back at her pictures it will be full of all these tacky banners!!! So really she isnt getting the elegant do she was after.

Don't buy the Scum.

My first thought is actually "good on her" for getting her wedding for next to nothing, that's the side of me that's worrying about saving enough for our wedding and wondering if the amount I've budgeted is actually enough... >_<

The not completely obsessed with money at the moment side of me would hate to have companies logos/names all over my wedding, definitely not something that I'd do..hmm...or at least not to that extent, out comes the money obsessive again!

Tacky - there are plenty other ways they could have saved in order to have the wedding they wanted!!

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Tacky!! Why can't she save up like the rest of us or even better go abroad! If I couldn't afford a wedding here in the UK I'd have either waited another 3 or 4 years or gone abroad. Some people have such a cheek! x

3 words;

Anthea Turner Snowflake.

3 words;

Anthea Turner Snowflake.

Hmm the worst part about this for me, the Bride said that when she had costed everything up for the wedding it was going to cost £20,000... err no it doen't have to cost that much, what you do is downscale and stop being so bloody extravagant. Most of that stuff they won't need anyway. How awful, it seems some people forget its actually about 2 people getting married! ?

OMG.. Anthea Turner's wedding to Grant Bovey... haha yes I remember the photo well.... cringetastic

Fleur10 - I completely agree!!

Does she really need everything on that list? Teeth whitening - since when did that become an essential part of getting married. Seems to me she is getting a lot of thing for herself instead of budgeting for the actual wedding.

I have had to search for suppliers we can afford and work at things and SAVE! No one actually needs to spend that much on getting married. She has forgotten what the day is actually about.

Love the fact it states that its the wedding she wanted! What about the Groom.

I personally wouldnt spend my money to attend that wedding. Are they asking for wedding presents becasue I know where I would tell them to stick that idea!

For our wedding we have both had to compromise a bit, nothing major just a bit of give and take so that we both have what we both want for our wedding