I have booked my wedding and i am having as follows:

(if your wondering why im telling you all this please read what i am having and then look how much it cost me!)

1:30pm upto church for the ceremony, with 3 bridesmaids, 2 flower girls,1 paige boy, 3ushers, a best man, all of which i paid for the outfits

then off to the hilton in sheffield, for 1.5 hours of phtos and a meal for 24 people plus 4 children including 6 bottles wine and champagne


followed by an evening reception for 100 people with buffet decorations and favors

i have also bought my htb suit my sons suit my dads suit and my brothers suit plus i have a very large bridal dress

as extras i have personal favors in the day and candle favors for night guests.

i will also have 24 cala lily buttonholes, 3 hand tied cala lily, 1 larger hand tied cala lily and 2 corsage.

i got all this from a lot of serious haggling and shopping around my total so far for all the above stands at £4300!!

thats it!amazing, the big flash wedding for next to nothing.

Wd you, I opted out of the Meal as I didn't feel it nessecary, but I managed mine on £3k

We should go into business together hunni, advising for budget weddings!!!! lol

I think if you shop sensibly and if you dont buy the very first thing you see,then you can do well and shop on a budget. Plus its your day not anyone elses so you should have it how you want for what you can afford. Good Luck anyway :)

Well done that's really good value!
I might have to pick your brains... first I need to make a list of the things still left to sort out though... :?

Bargain,
I shopped around also saved a fortune on my Hollywood dreams dress as I got it from a closing down dress shop also veil and tiara, my shoes were £30 from Next,rings 18ct pair made in Turkey a few years ago £150, mom' s freind doing cake,suits groom and 2 teens including acces £500 from skopes outlet in Castleford, stationary from studio cards, favors etc Tesco sale, Car freinds dad own's the company so free,
Venue day 40 people incl drinks 3 course meal, plus evening buffet for 120 people and dj £2000.Wedding reg office. £100,
Indigo chair covers £120, still got to buy matrons dress, bouquet red roses ,7 buttonholes,4 corsages,matrons corsage, table flowers arch garland and 3 thankyou bouquets £360 Flowers for laura,
Honeymoon /holiday Tenerife for a fortnight 2 adults 2 teens 5* halfboard £2500 comes in under £7000

I am thinking of haggling with the venue any tips Lawson?

I'm having a registry office wedding, with 2 adult bridesmaids and 4 child ones (i paid for the outfits) 2 adult ushers and 3 child ones, followed by a reception in a newly decorated function room in a city centre restaurant comprising of welcome drinks, a 2 course meal, wedding cake, magic entertainment, and a disco. I'm having a full day of wedding photography as well. So far its less than £1500. I've still got the cars and honeymoon to book though, as well as a few little bits but I'm proud of what I've achieved so far!

I'm having a registry office wedding, with 2 adult bridesmaids and 4 child ones (i paid for the outfits) 2 adult ushers and 3 child ones, followed by a reception in a newly decorated function room in a city centre restaurant comprising of welcome drinks, a 2 course meal, wedding cake, magic entertainment, and a disco. I'm having a full day of wedding photography as well. So far its less than £1500. I've still got the cars and honeymoon to book though, as well as a few little bits but I'm proud of what I've achieved so far!That is amazing, I have yet to phone the magician guy and I am not having a photographer my dad is doing it sounds strange but he is brill and he has just spent a fortune on a fab camera:hihi: and a freind is doing some.My function room is free the meal is a good price but the buffet is about £8 /£10 ph:o

You can get a descent buffet for a lot less than that!

Does your function room allow for outside caterers?

I got a fantastic deal on my photographer, Alan Woodson PM me for details!

You can get a descent buffet for a lot less than that!

Does your function room allow for outside caterers?

a good peice of advice I was once given for a buffet is to say 'I have this much set aside, can you do me a buffet for that'. Not everything gets eaten if you do it ph so its far better to just get what you can for a set amount. I guess it depends on how much you trust the people doing the food though. The only time I've booked a buffet I did trust them, and they bought lots of food wholesale for a fab price and there was loads, but I guess you could always get a rip off person who'd get a few sausage rolls and sandwiches and claim thats all they could afford

I am having my wedding at a country pub so they are doing the wedding breakfast and evening buffet.It is in Oct so I don't want outside besides the outside is not very big.

I am having my wedding at a country pub so they are doing the wedding breakfast and evening buffet.It is in Oct so I don't want outside besides the outside is not very big.

No waddy by Outside Caterers I mean will they allow you to bring you own caterers in (ie pay soneone OTHER than the venue to provide your food!)

A few people have said the buffets there are great and they put on loads.Our lot eat and eat :hihi:I have been fretting about how much food there will be.I am providing my own cakes as my mom can get us massive ones at a really good price .I will have to haggle the price down.

No waddy by Outside Caterers I mean will they allow you to bring you own caterers in (ie pay soneone OTHER than the venue to provide your food!)No they won't. sorry dumb moment:hihi:

A few people have said the buffets there are great and they put on loads.Our lot eat and eat :hihi:I have been fretting about how much food there will be.I am providing my own cakes as my mom can get us massive ones at a really good price .I will have to haggle the price down.

I'd give it a try, I'm sure they'd drop the price a fair bit as they will be earning a fair amount from you - and your guests with the bar!
I'm afraid I didnt make my friends wedding at the same place yours is - ill kids :rolleyes: so I don't know what its like but I heard they were happy with it!

I will try,I asked if I could provide my own cakes and she said yes that is fine as they don't do a huge selection . As I said the room is free so that is a saving one place we looked at was £300 just for the room hire even though they were doing all the catering.:o

You don't really need to provide for EVERYONE either, if ppl are going to be having a meal they won't necessarily need buffet & you'll find that for the evening do, most ppl will have eaten before they arrive.

say if you've got 100 ppl coming, you will only need to cater for about 75 thets 25 ppl saved for!

Not only that even if you didn't have the meal you still don't need to cater for everyone because on the day, some people don't turn up for whatever reason and there is always food left so don't order for all your guest

I will try,I asked if I could provide my own cakes and she said yes that is fine as they don't do a huge selection . As I said the room is free so that is a saving one place we looked at was £300 just for the room hire even though they were doing all the catering.:o

I found that too!! And a lot of rooms werent anything special, so would have needed MORE money spending on decorations! :o:o

Knowing us we would say cater for 70 of the 100 and 150 would turn up:hihi:Joking apart that is good advice I will cater for about 70- 80 thanx:thumbsup: