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Rima
Hitched Panel & £50 Voucher for You! 💜
Rima, Today at 09:23

We’re looking for couples currently planning their wedding to take part in a short, friendly online panel taking place this week 💜 We’d love to hear about your experience planning your wedding, how...

Rima, 3 hours ago 5
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Same sex wedding planner book?
LuxuriousGreenFlowers337, 5 March, 2015 at 21:45

Hoping someone can help me... My sister has just engaged to her girlfriend and I am looking for a wedding planning book that is suitable for same sex couples. Trouble is ive only really seen them...

Adam, 17 minutes ago 16 5,520
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Don’t love my engagement ring - help!
HappyGoldConfetti18016, 17 November, 2019 at 20:42

Ok so as I write this I know some of you will already think I am ungrateful. I can assure you I’m not and I love my fiancé very much. We got engaged in Italy 3 months ago and it was the most beautiful...

KiIlass, 22 minutes ago 20 5,020
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Order of service and registry office wedding?
, 7 October, 2014 at 22:22

I know you aren't meant to call it that for a registry office wedding! Anyway, are you meant to have one? I wasn't going to bother but my mums just asked me if I'm having one and said it'll be chaos...

Grace, 32 minutes ago 7 9,124
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Wedding hair Cheltenham 25th July 2026
Kate, 14 April, 2026 at 14:13

Any hairdressers with availability for bride, 2 adult BMs and MOB?

Olivergrant, 35 minutes ago 1 10
Natalie
What to do the night before the wedding?
Natalie, 7 May, 2025 at 19:55

Hello! Getting married in a little over a year. The venue does not have any accommodation apart from a honeymoon suite the night of the wedding. However we can use their bridal suite from 8:15 to get...

Fantasy, 48 minutes ago 98 1,332
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Three day wedding venues
Jaycee, 30 April, 2026 at 09:16

We would really like to find a venue that offers guest accommodation the night before and the night of the wedding to make it a whole weekend event. I have been to a wedding before where 40 or so...

Chloe, an hour ago 2 15
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Relaxed outdoor venue
Hannah, 26 September, 2025 at 14:22

Me & my partner are looking for a really relaxed venue , ideally mostly outside but with indoor place for the evening. We don’t want it to be formal , just a really relaxed chilled venue. We would...

Dr Shan, an hour ago 37 279
Ben
I'm looking for simple and fun games
Ben, 25 October, 2025 at 18:26

I'm looking for simple and fun games to pass the evening and cheer myself up.

HafilatBalanceCheck, an hour ago 176 2,038 7
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Not too riske hen party game ideas
Sparkly, 25 February, 2010 at 20:46

Hi all! Not a regular hitcher here - am usually found on Babytalk. It's my sister's hen party this weekend and as chief BM I guess I am responsible for the event. I was looking for some not too riske...

Theo, an hour ago 65 33,750
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Wedding venue with tipis and accessible accommodation
Ben, 28 June, 2024 at 14:51

Hi all, Bit of a longshot. We're looking for a wedding venue that supplies tipis with wedding packages and ideally has some on-site accommodation that is suitable for wheelchair users. We live in...

Tannu, an hour ago 3 32
Kirsty
Aug 2026 what now?
Kirsty, 30 September, 2023 at 13:53

Recently engaged and we have just booked our wedding for August 2026.. The venue we have chosen has given us prices for 2024 and we have paid just a £50 deposit to secure the date, in approx 18 months...

Barbara, 2 hours ago 7 651
Matt
dj recommendations
Matt, 23 February, 2026 at 08:57

Hi all and wishing you the very best for the future, I'm looking for a wedding DJ to play in Wolverhampton who uses light up dance floor, dry ice and indoor pyro's. Any recommendations please. Thank...

Herry, 3 hours ago 4 24
Francesca
App/ website design that can customise invites?
Francesca, 5 March, 2024 at 08:59

Hi everyone! Hope planning is going well (wish I’d discovered this forum sooner!) We are getting married May next year & starting to think about invitation designs etc. I am thinking quite a...

James, 3 hours ago 46 554
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Games for family get together!
PenelopeP, 25 September, 2008 at 11:22

We're having a family get together the day before our wedding. Most of our families have never met because mine live abroad. We're getting together in the afternoon for afternoon tea and I was...

James, 3 hours ago 88 10,327
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Sun and Snow weddings
Sophie, 6 September, 2025 at 16:20

Hi. Has anyone please used Sun and Snow weddings for planning a wedding in Crete. Would you recommend? Thank you

Carrie, 3 hours ago 14 126
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Dress deposit?
KJHLee, 30 June, 2015 at 21:18

Hey, I'm about to start looking around and shopping for a dress. I have a very good idea of what I want, and provided it looks good on me, have my heart set on a dress that costs £1295. How much would...

Dubai, 3 hours ago 35 2,299
Erin
Getting married then having a party at a later date
Erin, 21 June, 2025 at 20:27

Hi 👋 We are currently looking at venues and ideas for the weddings and whilst speaking to a friend they suggested of getting married at a registry office and a meal with immediate family then having a...

Andero, 5 hours ago 35 1,396 3
Olivia
Can Anyone tell me the name of best wedding venue planner
Olivia, 20 August, 2025 at 07:00

Hey there can anyone tell me the name of best wedding venue planner , I want my best best best wedding

Евген, 5 hours ago 11 92
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Unusual Wedding Food
OneHartOrTwo, 12 May, 2016 at 11:24

Hi all, I was wondering if I could pick some brains about less traditional wedding foods. MOB and H2B are both very fussy and only really eat traditional English foods but I wonder if guest would...

Jamie, 5 hours ago 26 5,982
Bronwyn
2026 Bride, no idea when/where to start with planning
Bronwyn, 24 September, 2023 at 17:01

Hi Ladies, I'm getting married in May 2026 in Spain. My FH if Spanish so we want to merge both my English culture and his Spanish culture. I have already told the family and friends that I want to...

Michael, 6 hours ago 11 1,059
pinkandteal
No Smoking???
pinkandteal, 17 February, 2014 at 11:48

Hi all, bit controversial I fear, but is there a way I can say 'don't smoke here' without being mean or coming off as too judgemental??? The issue is our venue includes a conservatory and outdoor...

Stephen, 6 hours ago 14 2,024
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Kilts !!
, 16 October, 2012 at 14:55

So the OH family are scots ...some are more scots than others but the OH father is very much a "im a scot" guy. The OH was born in England but moved to Scotland when he was 8 or so, but doesnt think...

Skills, 7 hours ago 72 6,514
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Table plan and VW camper ideas
excited bride2015, 17 March, 2015 at 13:20

Hi I am having a wedding with a slight VW camper van theme running through the reception. Not too much but am using it for table names, favours , cake and would like the table plan to have it too....

Rajvi, 7 hours ago 22 1,945
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Wedding Marylebone Town Hall
Marie, 5 February, 2025 at 01:24

My wedding is taking place at Marylebone Town Hall in May. Has anyone else married there before or have attended a wedding there. Not sure on timings arrival, think service is 20 mins. Have elderly...

Robert, yesterday at 22:45 32 566
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Hen party games - help!!
Almost~Mrs~W, 20 January, 2015 at 10:39

Hi was hoping for a little help planning my hen party with my sister (yes I'm a control freak) we we are having an afternoon tea at my house in our bar in the garden then going to a pub in Birmingham...

Factoring, yesterday at 20:09 53 2,962
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Flower markets?
Chucklebun, 9 April, 2012 at 07:44

Anyone else had this problem? I keep reading about brides who did their own flowers, and just popped to the local flower market a couple of days before the wedding. Started looking into it and I'm now...

Hasnain, yesterday at 17:52 115 11,390
Amanda
Evening wedding Schedule
Amanda, 14 September, 2025 at 11:21

So we are having a small ceremony of only 20 people and I am thinking of then doing speeches at the evening ceremony with all the guest, but then what time would we start the ceremony in the evening?...

Wordle, yesterday at 17:47 27 162
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Seating chart in this app
Yura, 24 December, 2024 at 21:45

Hi everyone! Does anybody happen to know how to see the seating chart in this app? I mean, yes I assigned each guest to a table (which was annoying in itself), but now I need to see the overall plan -...

Black, yesterday at 17:04 12 148 1
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Live music or dj ?
Lucy, 6 March, 2026 at 10:06

Pros and cons/experiences. We just can not decided what to do. Xx

TYLER, yesterday at 16:27 27 439 1
mooshy
Shortest aisle ever - music
mooshy, 28 February, 2014 at 21:38

I was dreading walking up the aisle, to me it's the stuff nightmares are made of, so I asked my venue if I could have the ceremony around the fireplace in the hall rather than the usual set up of a...

Amber, yesterday at 16:22 12 3,444
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order of service font
narie, 4 September, 2011 at 18:19

Hi - am now drafting the order of service to show the reverend on Tuesday... what would you say is the best font to use for the words for the hymns in the order of service? Need to be big and clear...

Phill, yesterday at 15:49 2 11,585

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