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Dani
Q1) Did you know we gift £3,000 to one lucky couple every month?! 💸
Dani, 16 October, 2024 at 14:36

Hey couples! Have you heard about our monthly Hitched Rewards competition? If you haven’t entered yet, what are you waiting for... Join our survey: Q1) Vote and comment below! 👇 Q2) Haven’t entered?...

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Dani
Q2) You haven’t entered our monthly £3,000 draw! Why not? 🤔
Dani, 16 October, 2024 at 14:37

Hey couples, We want to find out why you’re missing your chance to WIN £3,000?!... Join our survey: Q1) Did you know we gift £3,000 to one lucky couple every month? 💸 Answer here! Q2) Vote and...

Haven't started planning

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Betting/Gambling Wedding Favour Ideas
LuxuriousRedHair663, 5 February, 2018 at 19:47

My fiancé and I love betting - football coupons, betting at the races etc! Looking to do a few different things! Iv heard of football coupons, single bets on horses...! Just wanting something bit more...

Crony, 4 hours ago 13 1,988
Sarah
Covid Postponement + Mental Health: Have You Been Affected?
Sarah, 30 November, 2020 at 10:58

Hi there We are looking to speak to brides and grooms whose mental health has been impacted by postponing their wedding and Covid. If you feel your mental health has been affected and you would like...

Peyton, 4 hours ago 1 178 1
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Evening food
Fern, 10 January, 2025 at 12:56

Does anyone have any good budget ideas for evening food? Easy and fulfilling! But at not a crazy price! Any ideas is appreciated 😊

Ali, yesterday at 11:45 2 19
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Wedding Cake on a Budget
Eileen, 25 November, 2024 at 08:56

Hi all,I could have sworn I posted about this last night already but I can't find the post. Alas,here we go again: For budget reasons we are considering to get a cake from Waitrose or M&S or maybe...

David, yesterday at 10:36 1 23 1
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Christmas wedding in November - too early?
Pea, 12 January, 2025 at 16:30

Hey! We had our hearts set on a Christmas wedding this year but missed all December dates at our dream venue. They have confirmed they as standard put their Christmas decorations up on the 22nd...

Shay, thursday 16-Jan-25 3 32
Dani
Did you know you can get married here? 👀
Dani, 16 January, 2025 at 16:27

*Fancy your wedding venue (+ whole wedding) on us? Here’s your chance 👇

Dani, thursday 16-Jan-25 16
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No contact from supplier
Clare, 15 January, 2025 at 10:58

Hi all. Just a query about a supplier. We discussed and agreed prices back in September and I paid the deposit as requested via bank transfer. I have had no acknowledgement of receipt of deposit and...

Ali, thursday 16-Jan-25 5 103 1
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Exhibiting at a weding fayre
louiset0802, 15 May, 2013 at 14:29

Hi, i have just started up my business and I am wanting to exhibit at a wedding fayre. The only ones I can see that will allow me to sign up to are very expensive and I wondered if anyone knew how to...

Ronald, thursday 16-Jan-25 5 765
Darren @ Hitched
hitched.co.uk forum announcement
Darren @ Hitched, 4 August, 2011 at 10:32

Hitched.co.uk is the UK's biggest and longest running wedding website. We have been around since 1997 and the site/company has grown from a hobby to a very influencial UK wedding business. We are...

Pauline, thursday 16-Jan-25 11 5,728
KarenJane
Welcome Drinks and drinks reception
KarenJane, 27 May, 2013 at 16:59

Me again! I'm on a roll today! Just ordered our wine for the wedding breakfast (had a great saturday afternoon and evening testing lots!) and now i'm on to the drinks reception. We wewre thinking...

Kingkind, thursday 16-Jan-25 10 3,163
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1 Year to go. Monthly gifts for my bride to be - ideas needed
Andy1984, 6 July, 2015 at 05:00

Hi all, This is my first post here so hello everyone. We are getting married next year, and I wish to buy my lovely bride to be a gift each month as we count down the final year before the big day. I...

Hiba, thursday 16-Jan-25 21 8,825
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Do i really need Evening food?!?!
Nikita, 9 January, 2025 at 08:24

I’m a South African getting married in Scotland to my Scottish fiancé and I can’t get my head around evening food?!? We have canapés going out at 2:30pm. Our reception dinner meal and dessert for our...

Laura, thursday 16-Jan-25 7 240
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How are you timing your morning?
FutureMrsBrown, 9 May, 2011 at 12:57

Hey all I'm getting myself in a right tiz at the minute so thought I'd ask a bit of advice. I realise this is a tiny thing and I still have 13 weeks till the wedding but I'm wanting to book my salon...

Ali, wednesday 15-Jan-25 14 2,788
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Unresponsive Stationary Vendor
Marie-Claire, 15 January, 2025 at 10:40

Hi, I put a deposit down for someone to design our wedding invitations in April 2024. I saw they also started selling temporary tattoos in November so emailed them mid-November to ask about...

Lucas, wednesday 15-Jan-25 1 19
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Barcelona Hen Party - Places to Stay
MoorWedding, 14 November, 2014 at 13:10

Hello I am planning my hen party for the end of July (2015) in Barcelona. There will be 15 of us, and I was wondering if anybody has any recommendations for places to stay. Looking for somewhere close...

Dawn, wednesday 15-Jan-25 48 4,181 1
*Mini*
What don't you like at weddings?
*Mini*, 30 March, 2013 at 17:56

Its been ages since we did one of these and we have lots of lovely new shiny Hitchers to join in! So the question is what don't you like at weddings? Chair Covers? Horse Drawn Carriages? Men in top...

Waleed, wednesday 15-Jan-25 551 57,122 3
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Free Videographer
Couldnotthinkofaname, 17 January, 2019 at 10:49

Hi Guys, No catch - i'm genuinely offering free wedding videography. I've been doing videography (not weddings) as a hobby over the last few years. I'm hoping to venture into weddings over the next...

Joshua, wednesday 15-Jan-25 14 1,833
Kat
Village halls?
Kat, 28 January, 2023 at 17:03

Hi! I just was wondering about people's experiences with village halls? Me and my partner have been together 10 years so far and are finally tieing the knot! 💍We've looked at one venue and we feel in...

Yong, wednesday 15-Jan-25 12 416 1
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Wedding rings!
, 25 March, 2014 at 01:03

Hi I'm new to this... we are getting married in October. I am wondering what everyone is choosing for their wedding rings? We are just starting to look now but it seems a bit confusing for something...

James, wednesday 15-Jan-25 33 5,066
Dani
WIN A £25,000 WEDDING! ✨🍾 Enter now...
Dani, 2 January, 2025 at 09:15

Hey engaged couples, You heard that right!! Hitched are giving away another £25,000 this year to one lucky couple* So... Are you ready to make your dream wedding a reality?! Silly question, of course...

Tana, tuesday 14-Jan-25 5 406 1
Dani
HITCHED REWARDS: WIN £3,000!!! 💰
Dani, 5 August, 2024 at 10:34

Hey everyone, We have some very exciting news to share with you!! Say hello to Hitched Rewards - where you plan your dream wedding on Hitched while submitting entries to WIN £3,000! Cha-ching💸 ***...

Emma, tuesday 14-Jan-25 116 3,933 43
lilbeth
Kilts, honest opinions needed!
lilbeth, 3 March, 2015 at 19:00

I would like your brutally honest opinions, please, because I know you are good at sharing them! This might be a bit of a rant so I apologise. I am English, lovely OH is Scottish. All his family are...

ericrobert, tuesday 14-Jan-25 20 6,880
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Grow Old With Me - Tom Odell, does anyone have the clean version of this song?
Emily, 12 June, 2024 at 15:15

We are really wanting this song for the registration of the marriage however I can't find a clean version anywhere that doesn't have the lyrics "make me come" in the song! If anyone has an edited...

Алексей, tuesday 14-Jan-25 1 97
Dani
🚨 Newsflash: The Hitched Podcast second series is live!
Dani, 14 January, 2025 at 12:49

Hey couples, New for 2025! Tune in to The Hitched Podcast for wedding planning tips on the go 🎧 Get ready for some amazing wedding experts (including a celeb wedding planner 👀) dropping knowledge,...

Dani, tuesday 14-Jan-25 19
Stupidgirl45
Wedding Readings That You Love - for civil ceremony
Stupidgirl45, 3 September, 2008 at 18:58

Hey Chicks, Am all excited, got all my stuff through from the registrars in Cardiff today - woohoo! Anyway, I like the readings - they made me all teary - but I am looking for something hopefully a...

Waleed, tuesday 14-Jan-25 21 263,497 1
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Bridesmaid dresses recommendations
Katty1234, 23 June, 2013 at 15:10

Hi ladies just wondering if anyone can help suggest some good bridesmaid brands that are reasonably price (around £150 ish) ive been in a few shops and looked but a lot were over £200 and some more...

Waleed, tuesday 14-Jan-25 10 1,414
Gabbance
Mother of the Bride outfit help
Gabbance, 7 November, 2011 at 15:48

Can anyone recommend where their lovely Mum got her outfit? My Mum is having a bit of a nightmare, having tried on basically the whole of John Lewis, and ordering anything else that wasn't in the...

Waleed, tuesday 14-Jan-25 12 3,774
loopy_lisa 91
New bride- low budget- feeling sad :(
loopy_lisa 91, 17 March, 2014 at 10:36

Hi all! I'm a new(ish) bride and we're starting to plan our wedding. I should be excited but to be honest I'm not and the reason why is budget. For reasons I won't go in to, we're having to keep our...

Waleed, tuesday 14-Jan-25 51 6,818
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Advice Needed.. Where do I Start?!?!!
stephanie2111, 5 January, 2012 at 12:55

My Fiance & I have recently got started trying to work out a budget and plan for our wedding. I'm wanting to hear peoples experiences/ Ideas on the following - Venues. We are from Sheffield so are...

Waleed, tuesday 14-Jan-25 14 2,772
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Is anyone NOT having a disco or band?
annie2000, 28 November, 2011 at 18:04

We are thinking that a disco or band with just 30 guests will be a bit much, trying to find ideas of alternative evening entertainment alongside background music. Has anyone else not had disco or...

IrvinBurger, monday 13-Jan-25 5 1,250

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