Edinburgh Castle

No you're not a bridezilla I felt the same about Lapland. It was what I wanted end of.

Edinburgh Castle sounds wonderful mad at least Edinburgh isn't in the back of beyond somewhere and would be easy for most people to get to. I don't know where your based but assume most people would be able to drive or get the train or even book a coach for everyone. They could make a weekend of it especially if you source various price ranges of places to stay. Edinburgh is a beautiful city.

what rules are there?

Oops typo. Not wonderfully mad. Wonderful AND lol

We looked at Edinburgh Castle but I wasn't keen on the rules and timings. It is beautiful though and would definitely have the WOW factor.

Have you looked at any other venues? There are some lovely ones around the Edinburgh area.

We also considered Edinburgh castle, more for the pictures then I thought, hey its about whole day, not the pics. We chose Norton house instead which has beautiful grounds

Norton House was nice but we couldn't see the reception rooms when we were there. Houstoun House is also nice. We went with Balbirnie House (hence our wedding being in January!)

If you do Edinburgh, and want recommended accommodation, I can highly recommend the Premier Inn @ Lauriston Place. Budget friendly, and very well placed for the castle.

Rog.

Thanks all! The venue is lovely but I'm just so unsure. There's just a couple of daft things - we have too many people to allow for a band in the evening venue and I really want live music. They're also a bit more restricted on music during the ceremony.

We have just started looking. Ruled the Norton out - we went there to view it for my friend and the service was appalling. I'm sure it would be fine but I'm one of those people that when I've had a bad experience that kind of finishes it.

We are looking at Houston House as well. Balbarnie is gorgeous but we are Central Scotland and I've got older relatives scattered about and most of OH's family don't drive so I'm not convinced it's in the best location.

I'm getting really overwhelmed by the number of venue's we could pick though which is why I'm adamant we don't rush in to anything. It's such a big part of the day and I'm super fussy! Will keep the Castle on the "maybe" list and keep hunting!

There are so many places to choose from... I would have a think about what is most important to you for your venue.

We went from one extreme to the other. We went over to Loch Lomond and had a look at some venues there. But we decided that if the venues didn't have the Loch view, would we like them... and the answer for us was no. So we ended up sacrificing the proper Scottish view for the style of venue itself. If we could have had Balbirnie House on a Loch, it would have been absolutely perfect (and three times the price i'm sure!).

The main thing for us was accommodation - we have probably 60-70 people travelling from England and even Spain and California.

Good luck whatever you decide.

I love Loch Lomond! I really want to do it at Cameron House but my OH has put the foot down - defo too much travelling involved!

I'm enjoying having a nosy round hotels so Im quite happy to drag the venue choosing out a bit anyway haha!