My sister had the best( and cheapest ) wedding.
Registery office in the afternoon then everyone up to the mountains to a hunting lodge. They exchanged vows beside a huge bonfire in the garden and everyone drank elderflower champagne(made by her best friend).
Meal for 80 cooked by me (pumpkin soup served from the pumpkin shells, braised lamb shanks, braised red cabbage and colcannon (traditional Irish halloween (it was halloween) potato dish), apples stuffed with mincemeat and almond paste for dessert). Dancing followed with music courtesy of brother who used to be a dj. Bride looked stunning in an amazing blue/grey satin fitted dress coat over a blue dress designed by my other sister (who is a designer). The people who owned the lodge were really lovely and very happy to have the bar and all the rooms full so only charged them a couple of hundred quid for the whole thing.
It was a concerted family effort to get our hippy-ish laid back, pennyless sister married to the man she loved. It was a fabulous day and just goes to show that you can have a fun and stylish and cheap wedding as long as you think outside the box!