I want you to be 100% honest... Wedding venue.

[PrincessSloth]

NC as I've mentioned this to people IRL!

What would you think if you were invited to a wedding in a Holiday Inn?

To be fair, it's gorgeous inside, loads of fairy lights etc and reasonably priced but then I think.... But it's a Holiday Inn

So I want your honest opinions please!

I'd rather a Holiday Inn that paying ££££ to fly to fucking Inverness then more on top to stay in a (tbf perfectly nice) lodge next to a massive country pile, sharing with friends of friends (again perfectly nice but who I don't really know and don't particularly want to know) chosen by my friend and her fiance.

Imo a free bar and cheap accommodation are guests' top priorities.

I'd think ' great, i can afford to stay overnight '

I'd probably think "How sensible!"

I'd think "how lovely, we've been invited to a wedding of someone we like".

I would be thinking how sensible you are to not waste a crazy amount of money on one day.

If you like the venue and it works for you book it!

I would think “brilliant - an unpretentious and practical wedding venue choice”.
I had my wedding in a gorgeous but pretty expensive hotel (it was a special place for dh and me) but lots of my family couldn’t afford to stay over and had to drive home or stay in other hotels nearby which was a bit inconvenient (I didn’t hear anyone complain about it and everyone loved the wedding) but I’ve always felt a bit guilty about it and wondered if I should have had it somewhere cheaper or where people wouldn’t have needed to stay overnight.

No issue with it being a hotel, but I'm personally less keen on hotel weddings than other venues. I've been to too many work conferences in them!

I'd think that's nice and I'd probably book myself a room for the night.

It sounds like a good venue for a wedding and you'll get much better value for money than a more fancy place.

If the room looks nice, the ceremony is done well, the food is tasty and there is alcohol available, most guests will be more than happy.

We stay at a Holiday Inn a few times a year when visiting family and they often have weddings on Friday and Saturday nights. It's obviously popular and as PP have said, rooms are reasonable and it has a health club so you can go for a swim the following day (or on the day, if you wish).

The best weddings I have been to have been informal, village hall or back to people’s homes for a pot luck meal. I just want to chat, have a glass of Prosecco or two, something nice to eat, see the happy couple and go home.

I really don’t want to stand around for hours whilst photos are taken, have a formal sit down meal, listen to tedious speeches and worse .... dancing in the evening.

Just keep it simple .

Yes, I know I sound grumpy but I’ve got the stage in my life where I just politely turn down invitations.

I would think nice one. Holiday inns are all 4 star arent they? Perfectly decent, and not a barn in the middle of nowhere. Fabulous

Ooh I love a wedding. I’ll get my hat

I'd sing to myself "hotel, motel, holiday inn" when I read it on the invite,be happy to book a reasonably priced room and be grateful it isn't in one of those pretentious "exclusive wedding venue" places which charge guests 280 a night to stay over

I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

I went to a charity dinner at a local holiday inn. The food was lovely. A really lovely surprise.

Fab. Do it.

I wouldn’t think anything. Some of the comments above are completely bizarre to me - eg “Could you do a smaller wedding in a nicer venue?” What, so exclude some people you want to be there in order to have fancier table settings?? I find that perspective so weird.

It’s fine. It’s your wedding, your money, have whatever you want.

Elizzza, agree Completely

I’d think the wedding was more about the actual marriage than the “ big day” and would be thrilled.

I’d think the wedding was more about the actual marriage than the big day
What unmitigated poppycock

I wouldn't give a toss.

It'd mean I knew I could get a room on site if accomodation was needed and I wouldn't be paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege. Equally, I know I'd get my car parked okay.

Decent priced drinks.

Staff wouldn't be snobby.

You know the venue won't go bust before your big day.

It's just a nice day/night for everyone else except the immediate wedding party. Most won't give a shit.

Book it.

I think those pics look lovely! Not sure if it's the same one I was talking about though, ours was by the sea.

When someone invites me to a wedding i look at costs for me. Are they a ‘destination wanker’ who is having a cheaper for them wedding abroad and making guests foot the Bulk of the bill instead? Are they having a bloody barn thinking it is quirky and unique and taxis are then a huge cost, plus finding a little country and inconvenient hotel with the bathroom ‘down the hall’? Are they having it in a room of a well known hotel, done so badly the vegetarian wedding Breakfast meal contains a fruit salad, they had no vegetarian food at all at the evening buffet and the hotel had to then (slowly) find something on their kitchen a drunk guest who had eaten very little all day could eat, and the room costs £300? Have they included a poem...

Holiday inn will have rooms, parking and not be too expensive. You know what you're getting.

No wedding will suit everyone. Do what works for you.

I've been to weddings at Holiday Inns. I didn't think it was downmarket at all. In fact it's midrange for the weddings that I generally get invited to.