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Anyone had doubts about there wedding venue once its booked?

So me and my fiance have eventually set a date for our wedding, may 2010. Found it difficult to decide on where to be married as everywhere is sooo expensive! Eventually decided on a place called Piperdam (www.piperdam.com) the first venue we agreed on. We paid the deposit to make the booking but since then i cant help looking at other venues and thinking they look better!! I had originally wanted my dream wedding of a castle in scotland, beautiful gardens, exclusive use, but we dont and our parents dont have £20k to have such a grand day. Piperdam is still gonna cost us too, its not cheap but is very picturesque like i wanted. I want my guests to be like "wow", im a bit of a show off and want to impress. Part of me is being realistic and is just excited about being married to the person i love and not care where it is but then the "cinderella" part of me is wanting the wow factor. Also if any one can give me some money saving tips for weddings would be grateful! I am getting a wedding cake from marks and spencer and decorating it myself (£150 max) Hiring a part time photographer who is keen to build up his portfolio (£600 for full day from getting ready to first dance) I was originally quoted £2k from another photographer Found a piper online who plays for free for sheer enjoyment, just pay travel expenses and a few cokes. Not having wedding cars, gonna borrow a friends fancy car and have ribbon on it. Making my own invitations, brother in law is designing them, father in law does calligraphy. Using silk flowers for bridesmaids as you can pick them up quite cheap on ebay. Friend who is makeup artist and hair stylist is doing my hair and makeup on day. Getting my designer wedding dress made by milly bridal for £200 quid than pay for original at £1200. Having favours, miniture jackdaniels £1 each and sweets for girls Having a friend DJ at night (hopefully) Any other ideas? Thanks in advance xx

Public Comments

1. Piperam looks lovely for a wedding. Sounds like you are doing great budget wise cutting where you can.
2. I think you should go to the dollar store because there they have fake flowers that are cheap and they have all kinds of flowers. Make sure you have a list from High importance to lowest importance that way you know what to take care of and what to put off.
3. Careful with the silk flowers, they can look cheap and garish in real life, my daughter is terribly allergic and I did all the silk flowers for her wedding, try to stay with natural colors and keep it simple. She also wanted a romantic wedding and, without me there, chose an Italian villa styled house in the hills near where we live. It was under renovation, and three months before we went to leave the deposit and it was still an unholy mess. Unpainted, unrepaired, old upholstery, dropcloths everywhere. We backed out in a hurry knowing the place would never be ready in time, and it wasn't. We spent our vacation looking for another venue that could accomodate 200 people in two or three rooms. We ended up in a hotel, that was amazingly simple and quite beautiful. So yes, there are reasons to change venues, but you just sound like you have a case of buyers remorse, your site is quite lovely, and will be very pretty and effective. Enjoy your day