Weddings services

Protect your wedding day with insurance

Your wedding day is one of the most important events of your life but despite all the planning, things can always go wrong.

Insurers are warning brides, grooms and their wedding planners to make sure they have taken out insurance to cover them should the worst happen on the Big Day.

As wedding season continues, Fair Investment are warning couples that they need to make sure they are covered for events from the venue cancelling to the cake toppling onto the floor....
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Shorter guest list is best way to cut wedding costs

Guests are the "biggest expense" on a wedding day, according to a nuptials planning expert, meaning that cutting back on numbers is the most effective way to save money.

Colette Harris, editor of You and Your Wedding Magazine, urges couples to "be ruthless with your guest list and only invite people you actually really want to be there".

The first step in arranging a wedding should be to "prioritise what's important to you," she said, in order to establish where compromises can be made....
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Blue Strawberry's new Organic Weddings Service

Wedding and party caterer Blue Strawberry has launched a new organic service in the UK to cater for a growing demand for organic and locally-grown produce.

The firm has identified a growing desire among brides and grooms in Britain to throw sustainable weddings or parties that use exclusively organic food and recycled materials.

Founded by Molly Ronan, the wedding caterer specialises in tailored services and innovative solutions to specific party needs, such as place cards made from recycled paper, pebbles or leaves....
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Personalising your wedding ceremony

Marital website the Wedding Channel has published seven top tips for personalising your big day.

The nuptials advice service recommends getting creative for your marriage ceremony in order to make the occasion truly meaningful and memorable.

Penning your own wedding vows is the first pearl of wisdom from the site's experts, who advise a short and concise message that steers clear of cliches, but expresses future dreams....
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Wedding planners lent helping hand with new stamps range

The stamp printing firm ArcticPostage has unveiled a new range of wedding stamps with which to embellish invitations for the big day.

In addition to the firm's range of photographic designs, marriage planners can now select from a range of more personalised options.

To cater for the burgeoning destination wedding market, the directory includes tropical snaps of beach sunsets, as well as images of romantic spots such as Bermuda and the Niagara Falls....
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California offers 'ultimate' beach weddings

A wedding service in California is offering couples the chance to stage what it describes as the "ultimate" beach nuptials package.

Montage Laguna Beach's deals include fully customisable weekends, with a range of stunning indoor and outdoor settings for the big day.

Brides can prepare for their matrimony with a day at the spa with the bridal party, while the groom hits the links or samples cognac and cigars....
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Setting a budget should be a 'first' for wedding planners

One of the first things couples planning a wedding need to organise is a budget for their big day, according to an expert with hitched.co.uk.

Francesca Moore, a spokesperson for the marriage advice site, believes that careful financial foresight will allow couples to be realistic about their nuptial plans.

With the average cost of getting married "rumoured to be around the £17,800 mark", the importance of setting a considered spending target is essential, she explained....
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Soap marriages present skewed view of wedlock

An unusual new report shows conclusively that real marriages are considerably more likely to go smoothly than nuptials portrayed in the leading soaps.

Protagonists in the nation's favourite television dramas have a one in five chance of being jilted at the altar or having their spouse die shortly before or after walking up the aisle.

The wedding insurer Ecclesiastical Insurance compiled the data by looking at the melodramatic matrimonies in Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale over the past five years....
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Tips for top wedding photography

A wedding photojournalist has divulged some top tips for ensuring that you get the snaps you want of your big day.

Tom Tracy, a freelance Florida-based photographer, recommends getting to know your chosen snapper personally ahead of the big day.

Using the internet to track down your photographer is a tried and tested method, but nothing compares to face-to-face interaction, he insists....
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