Discussions from Planning

So we have 18 days left to our wedding eeeeek? But we have been have issues with our best man. So we have two. My brother and my OH best friend. My brother had been fantastic. He's been doing...

Hi all Just looking for some help/advice/reassurement! We're recently engaged and have been round loads of venues now. I'd always envisioned a Spring wedding, but next May feels too soon to plan now,...

I am after lilac/purple dresses for my bridesmaids and we are thinking about getting them soon before the shops change their colour scheme to greens and oranges etc for Autumn. I have looked online at...

My partner's parents are divorced and it was a messy one. A lot of his family haven't seen or spoken to his Mum in a long time and even her side of the family has minimal contact and a few years ago,...

We are planning a drink and cake reception only. No sit down meal or buffet but wedding cake and maybe a cheese wedding cake too with bubbles, wine, beer and maybe tea and coffee too. We can't afford...

Help!! We have booked to have our ceremony at 11am! Now this wouldn't be my ideal time but it seems for our date the registrar is fully booked and the only choice was 3pm or 11am. We feel that 3pm...

Hey everyone. So my partner and so are getting married at The Grand Hotel, Brighton in August. There's currently scaffolding up that we knew about that would nearly be all down by the time of the...

Hi this is daft i know but I somehow miscalculated the number of guest's for our ceremony. The room is a maximum of 40 people and i have now counted 43. Would this matter? Thanks for your help.

So we have a provisional date booked in for an outdoor wedding at the end of May next year. It's taken us over a year to get to this point as I've been changing my mind so many times - probably just...

Hi everyone I'm getting married next May and have a young brother and sister. My sister will be a flower girl/bridesmaid, but I'd like a role for my brother as I really don't want him to feel left out...

Hi All I'm planning to go wedding dress browsing at the end of June, and my wedding is not until May next year. Everyone is telling me to start looking for dresses now but I've been putting it off,...

Hi, Anyone have any positive stories of bridesmaid dresses from eBay? They're alot of Chinese companies offering lovely dresses for great prices, is it too good to be true? xxx

Hello I am getting married in July and my mother has told me ever since the proposal that she will not be attending and its getting closer to the date and I was putting it off as I was kind of hoping...

Hi all, My partner and I are getting married next summer and are starting to look around for photographers. We've found one that we love, the style really seems to suit us, so he's definitely our...

Just wondering if we should be providing a meal for the photographer and the wedding planner who will be with us on the day to make sure everything runs smoothly? I would think yes but I don't...

Another post has led me to this question - who pays for the groomsmen outfits, us or them? Do we pay for all of it/some of it/ask for a contribution? If we pay for the suits do we still need to get...

Hi guys, Does anyone have experience of legally getting married a day of two before the wedding, and then having a ceremony with just a wedding celebrant? I'm not sure if it will take away from the...

We have invited my future Husbands Aunt to our wedding, and we knew there would be a couple of extra considerations for her as she has MS and is in a wheel chair. She has recently taken a slight turn...

We invited our best man and his long term partner with whom he has a child to our wedding, this morning my fiancé received a message from him saying that he would be bringing his new partner to our...

Hi ladies, I've started looking at dresses online to get an idea of styles I like. I've found some gorgeous dresses that I love (in pictures at least!) in the Essence of Australia/Stella York...

Is anyone getting married here? It's a relatively new venue so can't find many others who have got married there already.

Hi! I am currently planning for my winter wedding at Rowton Castle next year and there are a few wedding traditions that I want to adhere to on the day including this one. 'New' is simple and I have...

Hi ladies, it's my very first time posting here. We're getting married in 2018 in the UK. I'm Scandinavian and have lived in the UK for a decade. Whenever I speak to my mum about the wedding (she...

Hi all we are getting married in 3 months time i have recently found out i am pregnant which will make me around 4.5months pregnant on our wedding day. I dont know why but i feel different about the...

Hi there I'm getting married on a budget and looking for a reasonably priced wedding dress. I've found a couple on HER DRESS and DEVOTION and was wondering if any of you lovely ladies have purchased a...

Well Rockabird, it's finally here! Hope you have an awesome day filled with laughter! Don't forget to come back and do a report- I'm looking forward to seeing your day! Enjoy every minute xx

Has anyone used this company and what are your view??

Hi all, We booked our band and have paid a deposit but they've said they don't have contracts/paperwork. Is that normal? Should I be worried? I've received a receipt (via email) confirming deposit...

Hi! Looking for around 4 blossom trees for our table centrepieces, have looked around and had quotes from some companies that have come out at £150+ per tree which is way more than we want to spend!...

I'm getting married tomorrow!!!! Ahhh how has this day arrived so quickly! Wanted to just say a massive thank you to all of you who have played a part in helping with planning our big day, whether...

Hi all! im new to all this wedding planning! I had planned to have one friend, my fiances sister and my niece as bridesmaids. Only problem is that his sister will be 11 and my niece will be 8. Is this...

Hello, I am struggling with ideas for favours! We haven't really got a theme as such but as we got engaged in New York we are having our table names as places where we went in New York so wondered if...