Discussions from Planning

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...

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

I've fallen in love with a wedding venue where we would be for the ceremony, wedding breakfast and reception. It's quite a grand venue and the overall cost comes to just over £10,000. We don't have a...

Hi everyone, I'm planning my wedding and want to give each guest a slice of cake in a beautiful personalised cake box. I'm looking for boxes that are sturdy, elegant, and can be customised with our...

So with one week to go I am feeling pretty organised and not stressing too much. But I was saying to a few people at work that I like the idea someone else on the forum mentioned about having a scent...

? I'd like to get some t-shirts printed for my friend's hen night which I'm organising. If you had them, which company did you use to print them? I've found some people on e-bay offering £8 a t-shirt,...

So as you might remember, we have moved our wedding up to the lake district which means its about 250 miles away from where people live. All the closest family and friends are coming up to stay for...

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...

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...

Hello!! We are getting married on 31st October 2026.We are doing a autumnal type wedding with aspects of Halloween horror Looking for something a bit alternative for our wedding, entertainment,...

Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice on designing your own invitation and then printing online (thinking of printed.com). Their templates are all in software I don't have eg adobe illustrator and I...

Hi all, We will have two newborns at our wedding (between 2 and 8 weeks old). Do we need to include them on the table plan? We've got toddlers coming who will be on the table plan as they require...

We have booked our venue for March, 2027 and I was wondering what the general practice is for the bride and groom when it comes to the wedding breakfast. Our venue is catering (so there's no separate...

We're planning to get lottery tickets for everyone's favours. We had these at one of our friend's weddings last year and liked the idea. we didn't win anything but it was fun none the less! Anyway,...

Hi Everyone, First of all, congratulations to all the brides to be and of course those already married who are reading this. Not sure where to put this question up but I guess here is as good as any....

A new show is being advertised on Sky called Battle of the Brides, the blurb for it is that it will be two brides, same dress (even though the ones shown evidently are wearing different dresses) same...

We went to the wedding fair in Sunday and saw casino tables we both thought it was a great idea and never been to a wedding with them before. We decided to opt for two tables, our hotel was at the...

Hello Ladies. I need your help if you have a spare minute. I haven't advertised for ages (apart from the Hitched suppliers directory of course!!) and don't know what is the best option. Did you book...

Hi All, it seems 99.9% of venues that have a banqueting style approach to the meal want guests to have the same starter, same main etc etc, which can make for difficult decisions when it comes to...

Hey couples! 🔥 We have a couple of burning questions 🔥 How did you come across the Hitched app? If you found us in the app store what did you search? 📱 It doesn't matter if you're team Android or team...

This is something that is causing me alot of stress and upset at the moment! Basically my initial senario was - I have a Dad, a step Dad and my grandad, and I made the initial decision of asking my...

Hi all, last week my boyfriend proposed to me me with the ring we chose together. It's a blue topaz with diamonds in a 9ct white gold band. I've only worn it a week and today I noticed the underside...

Hi Everyone, Im going on my first hen weekend tommorow (3 of my girls cant make my big one in the summer as they are away, so as they are all off for easter hols them being teachers we are doing a...

Hi, I am looking for ideas for an elegant centre piece, we are having a small vow renweal so want something I can use for the ceremony and the breakfast. Xx

This post is probably a little bit pointless but I really feel the need to vent my frustration! I placed an order with a lady for all of our artificial flowers for our Wedding. It was a large order,...

Hi, we are looking at having street food vans for our food at the reception. Does anyone have experience of this, like what works/doesn’t? Do I need more than one van? Do I need ‘inside’ food as well?...

Helllo as the tit;e says we are needing to keep the costs down for our wedding and especially on the cake....you know how in m&s asda and tesco you can buy plain fruit iced square and round cakes...

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...

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...

Hi there, looking for some advice re hiring chairs, tables, linens and crockery/cutlery etc for my wedding on 01/10/11. We're doing a DIY reception at a lovely village hall, and looking to be able to...

Something that was big on my list was having a nice menu for the wedding breakfast. I want my guests to be able to have a choice of what they eat. So I need to (at some point) go to my venue and do a...