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Rima
Hitched Panel & £50 Voucher for You! 💜
Rima, 5 May, 2026 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...

I Passing, friday 3-Jul-26 25 601 5
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Wedding photo app, for guests to upload their pictures too.
Tanya, 4 October, 2024 at 15:20

Hey everyone! I was thinking about using a photo app for my wedding so that guests can upload pictures taken at the event. I'd prefer to keep the photos private among those who attended. If anyone is...

Shahid, an hour ago 138 1,287
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Wedding cars for bridesmaids!
MrsGtobe2017, 20 September, 2015 at 19:30

Hi, I'm really confused about wedding cars! I was shocked by the prices of hiring cars for a wedding and thought that because our church is literally a 5 min journey from my parents I would only get 1...

Charles, 3 hours ago 16 5,721
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Getting ready morning food?
Senel, 23 January, 2024 at 20:01

Hello everyone, I have quite a large bridal party and I’d like to have food for us whilst we are getting ready the morning of. Our caterers aren’t able to accommodate but they said we could use their...

Ryan, 5 hours ago 113 1,567
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Reception but no ceremony.. Help!!
Caitlin, 5 October, 2024 at 16:29

Hello everyone! I got engaged yesterday AHH!! My partner and I are planning to get married but he can’t do big days all about him because of his anxiety.We still want to have a big reception to...

Ankit, 7 hours ago 3 91
Caz
Where do i start!
Caz, 29 April, 2026 at 11:54

My fiancé and I are in very early stages of planning. We are hoping to get married in 2 years time, on our 5yr anniversary. Am I getting ahead of myself starting to plan and possibly look and view...

Wild Fern Weddings, 7 hours ago 4 79 1
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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...

Ryan, 7 hours ago 10 11,628
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...

Alexa, 8 hours ago 67 675
Ceryn
📖 Would love your thoughts – I'm creating a journal for brides (inspired by my own mental health struggles during wedding planning)
Ceryn, 29 July, 2025 at 20:24

Hey everyone 💍 I hope this is okay to post. I’m working on a personal project that was born out of my own experience planning my wedding. While I was excited and grateful, I also found the process...

Mr Jhon, 9 hours ago 35 370
xkimx007
Wedshoots
xkimx007, 14 March, 2022 at 11:59

Hi all, Anyone planning on using (or already has) the Wedshoots app and adding the page to their Hitched website? I created an album in the app and added a photo to test. I can see the photo has been...

Yacine, 11 hours ago 109 1,813 2
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Wedding away from home
Elizabeth1990, 10 March, 2025 at 13:19

Hi everyone, just started wedding planning and would love some advice if poss! We live in Northampton but are potentially thinking of a venue in the Lake District which is where we stayed when we got...

National, 11 hours ago 21 157
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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...

Ryan, 14 hours ago 46 707
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reply slips/wedding food choices wording help wanted!
beckyakabetty, 13 September, 2008 at 14:48

I have a menu for the reception and need to tell guests the choices of food available also want to incorporate music requests, reply slip (eg if they are coming or not). Has anyone got any examples...

Project, 15 hours ago 13 3,500
Cora
What would be the ideal start time for a ceremony within a venue?
Cora, 25 September, 2025 at 12:27

We are having our ceremony in the venue and was curious when you should have the start time? and if anyone else has done this previously would you advise staying at the location the night before?

Jonny, yesterday at 20:41 45 233
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Wedding car hire
LauraLtobe, 25 August, 2015 at 12:24

We booked our date and venue yesterday! So it's now onto the next issue... How much have your wedding cars cost? There will be 8 people in my bridal party, including my parents so may have to hire two...

Shehbaz, yesterday at 18:33 12 4,052
charlie_rabbit01
Short or long Bridesmaid dresses if my wedding dress is tea-length?
charlie_rabbit01, 19 February, 2015 at 11:32

Hi all I'm planning to wear a tea-length gown for my wedding in white, my bridesmaids will be in cobalt blue but i'm un-decided on whether they should also have short or long dresses. I know I want...

Phill, yesterday at 16:50 14 10,599
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Evening Buffet Food
Apey, 25 January, 2015 at 16:07

Hi everyone We are meeting with our caterer in February to discuss menu planning (very exciting!) I'm looking for inspiration for evening buffet food! At the moment we are set on having a cheese board...

David, yesterday at 16:43 18 2,577
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...

Gary, yesterday at 15:26 44 1,654 3
porkchop
Changing name on driving licence
porkchop, 4 October, 2012 at 14:44

Now I'm an old married I'm trying to sort out all the changing of name stuff! Have tried a search but all questions seems to be about certificates, rather than what I need to know! I'm probably just...

Lucila, yesterday at 15:10 46 52,278
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Extending the mortgage to fund the wedding
Loz85, 4 September, 2013 at 16:55

We have been trying to save towards the cost of our wedding and to be honest at this rate, we will be lucky if we can afford Gretna Green! With this in mind we have been thinking that it would be...

Tech, yesterday at 15:06 71 5,275
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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...

Clibrestock, yesterday at 14:28 100 34,015
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Confetti cone alternative
Purplecake, 24 March, 2015 at 11:47

I would like to provide confetti for the guests, and was considering making 70 odd cones, but basically can't be bothered what with other bits to do. So i thought, what about getting pretty muffin...

Mohsin, yesterday at 13:33 9 3,442
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Cooling Castle Barn Brides - Evening guest arrival time
LallyHay, 20 September, 2010 at 22:00

Hi to all CCB brides, Just getting the wording ready for our invites - what time should evening guests arrive? all i can find is that the DJ starts at 7:30 - so should they arrive then or earlier like...

Mohsin, yesterday at 12:47 12 1,094
Daniella
Confetti
Daniella, 27 October, 2024 at 13:57

Hiya, We've been told by our venue that we can have dried lavender flowers for confetti if we are having our ceremony outside. We do hope to have our ceremony outside (weather permitting) but I'm not...

Mohsin, yesterday at 12:22 87 878
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Berketex Bridal
pooksgirl, 23 July, 2017 at 18:03

Hey folks, I'm starting to look for my dress, and as much as I love some of the ones I've seen online I cannot for the life of me bring myself to pay ££££ for a dress I will wear once (and maybe a few...

Mohsin, yesterday at 11:49 35 2,457
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Postpone?
Rosie, 5 December, 2024 at 09:13

Hello How many times will suppliers let you postpone? We were due to get married in June this year but due to a variety of reasons including family issues and losing jobs we postponed to next year...

Afsa, yesterday at 11:45 18 114
Jessica
Looking for photo app with qr code!
Jessica, 14 September, 2024 at 20:44

Evening everyone! Completing hopefully what is to be final bits before our wedding next month! It’s come around so very quickly. I really want to use one of them photo apps, so guests can scan the QR...

Tameo, yesterday at 11:15 93 2,199
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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...

Mohsin, yesterday at 10:30 40 2,355
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Pay bar
Daffodil2017, 20 November, 2015 at 11:15

What are people's thoughts on a pay bar at a wedding? Would you begrudge it as a guest? We are on a small budget and planning an informal, intimate DIY wedding but I keep having wobbles about how...

Mohsin, yesterday at 10:09 46 4,854
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Mp3 player for pa system suggestions
Claire, 8 August, 2024 at 11:32

Hi all, as we're only having a small wedding we haven't hired a DJ and are using a PA Sytem instead (PANIC) rather than having to take my laptop to the venue, does anyone have any suggestions for an...

Dronem, yesterday at 08:51 16 263 2
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Non-Alcoholic Toast Drinks
Mrs-Riley, 2 July, 2015 at 09:47

So we've finally booked our venue for after out church ceremony! So excited! Having a gorgeous two course meal, and serving our cake as dessert. We also have a beautiful veranda, that overlooks...

John, yesterday at 08:27 36 6,362
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Oakley Court Experiences - for better or worse ?
Jessica, 11 January, 2024 at 00:28

Hi hitched We are looking at Oakley Court for our wedding venue either midsummer or later in September. Has anyone had any experience in dealing with them ? We imagine the numbers are going to climb -...

Ethan, yesterday at 08:16 9 284

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