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Hi, Please help i am losing my mind trying to find a venue. Most of the places i like then have a minimum number of 30 guests. We want an unusual venue Gothic, beach, outdoors that kind of thing. This...

Hi guys! My first post We've checked it's okay with our venue and have decided to go for miniature bottles of alcohol as our weddings favours. Has anyone else done this who can give any advice? Where...

I have two quite broad questions relating to wedding suits as I am pretty clueless. What would people say is a reasonable amount to spend on a suit? I know this depends on the individual's budget, but...

For various reasons we want to get married without really having a wedding. We'd like to go away just the two of us and get married somewhere in the countryside, with a few photos and no other fuss....

I’m getting married at the beginning of August and have all my invites ready to go but not sure when to send them. A few of our guests are travelling down and it’ll be the summer holidays, is this...

Wedding License drama! Does anyone know if you are suppose to take this or any other paper work on the day of your wedding? Thanks in Advance, think I am just starting to panic now.. 4 days to go ?‍♀️...

Hey everyone, We get married in West Yorkshire in July, my bridesmaids have kindly offered to pay got a hair stylist. We already have a makeup artist sorted. One of my bridesmaids has natural Afro...

Hi, So my OH and I are in a long distance relationship and planning to get legally married (in 3 months) when I go over and then have a bigger ceremony with all our family together a year later. For...

Hi everyone! This is my first blog post - I got engaged last week and we're both already very excited and getting a bit carried away with the planning. We live in London but have decided to get...

Hi there wedding planners, The big day, for many, will be not only the most important but also the most expensive day of your life. I understand the difficulty of planning a wedding on a budget,...

Hi When my fiance and I got engaged it was a very simple thing - we want a marriage, lets go do it. We don't like fuss or attention, we decided we didn't want to have a whole big wedding and spend...

Hi all, Looking for some advice please. Myself and my partner booked our wedding venue late 2019. We liked the look the menu when booking but did ask if any of the options could be changed or adapted...

My first hair trial with my sister's sister-in-law went bad because my hair looked plain and NOTHING like the inspiration photo. The second trial she did better but it did not look neat or elegant. So...

I don’t know where to start with this but basically my mum wants to wear a white dress to our wedding. I’ve asked her not to wear a white dress and whilst I understand that there can be a bit of a...

So I am getting married next summer on one of the small Scottish islands. We had originally booked for a ceremony and reception on the mainland but have decided to have a small ceremony with family on...

One of my bridesmaids has been ignoring me for the past week. There was a bit of a disagreement last week about a very petty situation and she has over reacted and taken it out on me (bride). She has...

My h2b has said his niece should be a bridesmaid, she will be 13 when we get married. I don't think she should be and don't really want her to be. She is a lovely girl but he isn't close to her nor am...

For various reasons we want to get married without really having a wedding. We'd like to go away just the two of us and get married somewhere in the countryside, with a few photos and no other fuss....

Wedding License drama! Does anyone know if you are suppose to take this or any other paper work on the day of your wedding? Thanks in Advance, think I am just starting to panic now.. 4 days to go ?‍♀️...

Hi everyone I really could use some advice on budgeting and pricing of services. I would really like to use a makeup artist and hairdresser for me and my two grown up daughters for my wedding day in...

Hi everyone This is my first ever post and I am really hoping for some help and advice/ opinions please My other half proposed to me on Christmas Day, he used my Nana’s ring and then we went to either...

Hi, My fiance and I are getting married in under 10 weeks. My best friend from school has always been a bit emotionally unstable. Going from constantly messaging, multiple times a minute to cutting me...

Sorry for this rant vent, I am only angry at myself I NEED some motivation to lose weight I will sit here and endlessly tell myself I need to lose the weight but the next day all this info is thrown...

We have 9 months to get married before we move abroad. Originally chose Warwick castle for our venue but changed our minds after viewing without a tour and cancelled it. The chairs were all set up,...

Help! Me and my h2b are stuck on who should be coming to the day and who should be coming to the evening! my h2b has a large group of friends. Some we see very often and some we see maybe once or...

Hi, I need some advice / experience on average bar spends at a wedding? Has anyone paid for a free bar for example? Our venue is minimum spend of £11000 and I have at least £5000 of food and drink to...

I’ve been dress shopping for a while and decided to go on my own at the start as I had a lot of dresses to look through and didn’t want to bore anyone. I really didn’t know what I wanted and it...

Hi ladies, I'm in need of your inspiration please.. It's mine and my fiance's second weddings so we're having a simple ceremony in our local town hall and only having our son (7) and my stepdaughter...

Hey! I’m just doing a bit of market research - if you wouldn’t mind giving your opinion it would be greatly appreciated! How would you feel about buying your wedding dress online if it was from a U.K....

Hi Everyone, I got engaged quite recently and as I'm getting married while still at university budget is a constant worry. My parents have generously offered to contribute but won't say to what or...

Hi everyone, It’s my first time on these forums so please be gentle! A bit of background in case it helps... I’m getting married just before Christmas in a registry office in Hertfordshire. This is...