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Beginner January 2001

Does this sound like a reasonable venue price?

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Lucifer, 25 of September of 2011 at 13:52

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Hiya, I'm new to the site and wedding planning in general, got engaged a month ago and have been lurking around the forum but having picked up my engagement ring yesterday I feel like I can actually start planning! Anyhoo, we went to see a venue today and I love it, it's an original Tudor B&B...

Anyhoo, we went to see a venue today and I love it, it's an original Tudor B&B and I was sold when the pond in their garden had a duck lol. This is the first venue I've seen, but we are on a tight budget (probably about 5K total) and I'm just looking for some opinions on the price we were quoted:

£3750 includes:

- exclusive venue hire for the day and reception

- registrar fee

- bridal suite room

- wedding breakfast and wine for 24

- welcome glass of cava for 24

- toast glass of cava for 24

- evening buffet for 45

Any kind of input would be great,

Cheers,

Lucy x

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Beginner September 2012
HayleyMay · 27 of September of 2011 at 13:37
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Do you have to have exclusive use of the venue?? Could you save money by not doing that?
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Beginner January 2001
Lucifer · 27 of September of 2011 at 13:44
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We would yeah, that venue from the quote is small though so they would only have one wedding at a time with no extra guests anyway. I don't mind not being exclusive but don't like the idea of randoms walking into the reception, I suppose it depends on the venue how good they are with managing that kind of thing. It's not a rush, although we were hoping for next November the following March is also an option, I think I need to see more places locally to get a proper comparison.
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Charlie-Lou · 28 of September of 2011 at 21:09
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Just checking if Soulmates is ok, haven't heard anything?
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Soulmates · 30 of September of 2011 at 22:45
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Thanks Charlie-Lou, update from me here https://www.hitched.co.uk/chat/forums/p/261541/2499610.aspx#2499610
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3d jewellery · 1 of October of 2011 at 07:59
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If you love it and can afford it then it's ok. However like buying any expensive item get some others to compare it to. A lot of venues around here do packages like £2011 for £2011 or £999 but I don't know what they include, so venues must be having to offer deals, you could try bargaining.
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mrsjw2be · 2 of October of 2011 at 20:05
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That does sound quite pricey

we r paying £3k for 50 wed bf with drinks, 90 eve guests includes room hire, linen, disco, room for us for nite, cake stand and couple other bits

hope u find something a bit more reasonable
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mrsjw2be · 3 of October of 2011 at 21:59
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Our hotel is at the derbyshire hotel, which are part of the principal hayley hotel chain, perhaps it is worth seeing if they have one more local to you??
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Beginner January 2001
Lucifer · 3 of October of 2011 at 22:17
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Just a quick update...

Thanks for all the suggestions, I did visit and get a few more quotes from local places and a couple further towards Shropshire & Cheshire and they actually came out at the same price but more faffing [eg no onsite accommodation/further away] or more expensive because of minimum number supplements

But the original venue did us a costings spreadsheet so I had a play with that and after a bit of tweaking and negotiating they agreed to £2.8K so we have booked for next November ?

Everyone's replies were really helpful in terms of value comparisons and I think it helped me to be a bit more cheeky when asking for discounts!
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