Hotel weddings have a lot of moving parts, which is why the headline price is not usually the full price you will pay. Below is a breakdown of the likely costs for a Hotel wedding in the Gloucester area.
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ToggleHotel wedding venues charge for the room hire, and add to this a minimum spend for the catering. The minimum spend is generally the larger of the two numbers, and can vary from £5,000 to over £15,000, depending on the time of year and day of the week. Saturday afternoons in the summer are usually the most expensive time.
Many Gloucester hotel wedding venues will also charge a separate fee for the ceremony room. This can cost anywhere from £300 to £800. On top of this cost, you will also have to pay the registrar who conducts your civil ceremony. The fee for a civil ceremony in Gloucestershire is a fixed statutory charge, which can cost anywhere from £200 to £400, depending on the day and time of your wedding.
A wedding breakfast package at a Gloucester hotel wedding venue like https://tewkesburypark.co.uk/celebrate/hotel-wedding-venue/gloucester/ will cost from around £55 per person for a 3 course meal and coffee and can rise to around £120 per person. Add an evening buffet and this can cost an additional £20-£35 per person. Always check the cost includes everything i.e. table linen and basic service.
Some venues will hold a block of rooms at a special rate for your guests, others will ask you to pay for your guests’ rooms. Either way, this can add a substantial amount to your overall bill. A block of just 10 rooms could cost you as much as £1,000 or so.
Additional costs for chair cover hire, corkage charges, cake cutting charges and hire of Audio-Visual (AV) equipment can also apply. These items can cost anything from £500 to £1,500 and catch out a lot of couples.
Get each venue to provide a fully detailed quotation.
Getting a clear idea of the full costs early on can help avoid a lot of stress later on.