Small weddings

[carol1234568]

We have been engaged since last year but haven't planned or booked the wedding yet.

We want to buy a house soon so not keen on spending a fortune on the wedding, but we also don't want to wait years to tie the knot.

we are thinking about a registry office wedding with a few family members which would cost about £300 for the ceremony. In terms of the thing after, I'm thinking about a private dining lunch at a hotel or even afternoon tea. We would only have 10 people, max.

Has anyone else had a small wedding and did you regret it? What did you do for the reception?

We did exactly what you describe. Small wedding at town hall. Lunch for immediate family and close friends at lovely hotel. It was a lovely occasion and I wouldn't have changed it for the world. Congratulations xx

What you've described sounds perfect. Wish I'd stuck to my guns and had something like that rather than being drawn into a big thing that I wasn't comfortable with.

We had a registry office followed by a reception back at my PIL's house. My MIL and I did loads of cooking and we bought a stack of cava and beer. It cost about £600 in total including venue, registrant, certificates etc and my dress (which someone made for me). We had 30 guests and it was lovely and relaxed, stress-free and personal. I'd do the same again (marriage ended for unrelated reasons - not due to small wedding!!)

We had parents and siblings - 10 in total including us. We went and stayed in a hotel for a weekend, lovely location and time spent together with a quick ceremony on the 2nd afternoon! The thought of a big wedding held zero appeal to either of us, I hated the thought of saying vows in front of lots of people or having bridesmaids and the formal meal etc. We would of been fine just the 2 of us and although my parents never said anything I know they’d have been disappointed not to be there. We had a brilliant weekend and no regrets at all