Holiday Cottage Rental for Reception

Following this as I'm planning the same thing!

I have mentioned this before, if you're going for just a select few you can probably go on cottages.com and rent a house for a few days, but you will probably need to ask the owner if they're okay with you having a party there. These cottages will be relatively small though.

Also after a quick Google search, there is such a thing as "party house hire" -i can't recommend any as I haven't done it before, but at least you have the relevant search term now to do some research. Because wording can really make a difference!

Another way to achieve something similar would be to "take over" a B&B or small guest house, ask them about exclusive use and functions etc. They shouldn't mind if you basically make them fully booked.

If the venue you choose isn't licensed, you will need to be legally married elsewhere beforehand, but you can always have a celebrant on the day if you want to have the feel of a wedding.

Hopefully this helps you both, and bonus of the above suggestions is that there's at least some accomodation included!

HappyBrownConfetti849 - thank you for responding these are great suggestion! Think I was typing the complete wrong thing in to search engine as didn’t seem to be as much available as I thought there would be. I hadn’t considered the B&B take over idea either but thinking about it, if we’re all paying guests and they’re up for that could work really well. Also going to check out some village halls as they would be dry hire venues that would tick that box.

If you’re looking for something in the same area geographically I did stumble upon this since I wrote the original post: www.hoathhouse.com looks amazing but undecided if it’s quite right to what I had in mind but may be just right for you ?

Hi,

I am also hoping to do this and so far have found a couple that are licensed for the ceremony too but don't think they are in the right locations for you:

Butley Priory and The Copse Wedding weekends

Would love to hear of any others that people have found

Following- this sounds ideal!

I live in coastal Devon and renting a cottage for the reception was my first plan. There a lots of holiday cottages down here and every one I enquired about would not allow for a reception/party and it was specifically written into the contracts. It may be different in other areas but just to warn you to check x