FAO Sam or anyone else in the know about Weddings....

[Reg Smeeton]

:? My missis has been looking at places to get married. Bit overpriced, I'm having second thoughts.  

 Its the sort of thing whereby you're got by the short and curlies....its meant to be a one off and what does it say about you if you don't splash the cash.

  My do was in some up-market Elizabethan manor house converted to hotel in darkest Hertfordshire....cost a fucking fortune.....long time ago now though , so I've no idea of how much I paid.
 
  4 poster bed was    mind.

[janaage]

4 posters are quality!!!

[Mexicano Rojo]

i would try spain, my sis got married in mijas near malaga it was cheap as and loads of people got a holiday and your guranteed good weather.

[RobertT]

I used Marsh Farm Hotel, and it was pretty damned good, but can't vouch for how it may or may not have changed since 2000!

Went to a wedding at Stanton and it's not worth that type of money.

Chiseldon House would be about right for the number you have and they give the whole place over I believe as it's not that big.

My brothers was in Cricklade Country Club, which was nice but they get a bit twitchy about kids I think.

[pumbaa]

I totally take your point on the exclusive use thing Jan

My friend got married at Grittleton House last summer and it was lovely and the food was delicious - but there was three other wedding parties going on in different rooms - some people were even going into different parties as they heard the bar queues were smaller.

Im not sure I would want to feel like I was in a wedding farm

I got married at Grittleton House, and got lucky as we were the only 'do' on that day and had the run of the whole house. Food is fantastic, good vfm, and they didn't charge for the hire of the place - just x per head for the number of guests. If you can get the place to yourself, I'd highly recommend it.

[BANGKOK RED]

My marriage consisted of the misses and I giving each-other v signs before siging documents in a registry office. When we left we looked at each other and said "Are we married now then?"

That may sound bad but it was by choice. My wife is an Orphan now (Her mum died about 1 year before we got married, and her dad many years before that). And of course I have no family here myself. I have also been to  a few weddings of friends of mine where 99% of the guests did not even know the name of the Groom, there was one occassion when I was mistaken for the groom by some guests just because I was suited and booted.

For that very reason the better half and I decided that we would in no way we married for anybody else's benefit (I.E. A wedding party, free piss up), rather we would just get married because we wanted to. After all it's our marriage and nobody elses.

4 years later and we are still happily married.

I am probably not the best person to ask on the matter of big wedding do's.

[axs]

what were the v signs for?

[flammableBen]

If it was a star trek wedding then I'd love you for ever.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Vulcan_Salute.jpg

Live long and prosper my Thai friend.

[BANGKOK RED]

Not sure really, it was definately an affectionate gesture though.

[Sippo]

Stanton house was ok. Bit small in my opinion especially as it costs hell of a lot. The evening reception room was tiny.

Gonna have to shop around...

[janaage]

That's what I thought Sippo, don't bother with Lydiard House either, too corporate looking.

I wanted to go to Friday Island nr Ciren, that looks a blast!!!

[Sippo]

Think grittleton is too far out to be honest. Think we're gonna look at cricklade country club. Ideally needs to be a hotel or a hotel nearby.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

what about the Wiltshire? supposed to be nice?

[Power to people]

I got married a few years ago at the Hilton Hotel (M4 J16) the only downside to it was they had no nice grounds for the photo's so we went to Lydiard Park for our photo's and then done family etc inside the hotel got some good photo's.

They was extremely helpful though and fall over themselves to cater to your needs and you get the exclusive use of all the function rooms.

We found that if you book all the bits and peices you require in advance it ends up slightly cheeper as you get it at today's price instead of next years prices for example, there is always shortcuts you can take to make your wedding that bit cheaper, like for example not using a company for you photo's but using someone that does it as a part time job, little things like that help with costs.

We did look at the Cricklade Country Club at the time but found it very expensive and not as accomodating as the Hilton.

[Gazza's Fat Mate]

Every other day a brouchurce for some country house or other comes from my door addressed to my g/f. WE'RE NOT EVEN ENGAGED! think she is trying to tell me something?