Want to plan a stylish wedding on a super tight budget? Good news – you can. In fact, when it comes to event planning, unlimited cash and too many ideas can be a disaster. But having a strict budget and a clear vision actually makes planning less stressful, naturally more creative and almost always more impactful. Just stick to our four core planning principles, choose one of our six fully-costed wedding concepts (complete with superstar suppliers) for under £6000, then enjoy making your dream wedding a reality.

The four steps to success:

1. Don’t be trapped by tradition.

Don’t feel pressured into adhering to costly wedding traditions and etiquette if they don’t feel meaningful to you. Just start from scratch. Plan a wedding that celebrates your love and life together and includes the people you want to involve in whatever way works for you.

2. Think about numbers and make your decisions accordingly.

If you really want 200 people at your wedding, you can have them for £6000, but your wedding will look and feel very different if you choose to spend the same amount planning a wedding for just 50 people.

3. Don’t compromise on everything. Be clear what you’re prepared to sacrifice.

You don’t want to plan a wedding where you’ve had to scrimp on everything. Decide what’s important to you both and prioritise. For £6000 you can have a wedding abroad, a champagne reception, a Michelin star meal, a designer dress or a huge party. But you can’t have it all.

4. Agree your budget and concept. Then stick to it.

All the best planners know that any successful event has to start with a strict budget and a clear concept. These two unmovable facts then act as a filter for all the decisions you need to make. A clear concept enables you to save money by cutting away everything that is excess to requirements, it helps removes the stress of decision making and sharpens your ideas for maximum impact.

To get you started here are six super cool wedding concepts for under £6,000. Whether you’re dreaming of a chic city ceremony, a wedding abroad or a festival in a field; whether you want two, twenty or two hundred people to witness your wedding; we’ve got a range of creative concepts to help you identify the right approach, explore essential elements of the experience and use your budget most effectively.

Want to get married in style on a super tight budget? Our £6k wedding series is here to help. We’ve got six fully-costed wedding concepts for under £6000 for you to choose from complete with a super-star list of suppliers.

To plan an amazing micro-festival wedding for a carefully chosen number of your closest friends and family, read on…

Who is this wedding perfect for?

It’s ideal for hippies-at-heart who want to celebrate their union surrounded by nature.

This DIY festival wedding allows you to bring people together in a beautiful, secluded, family-friendly location. And celebrating over a weekend means you both get to spend quality time with your loved ones – setting up the site with friends, sitting down to a wedding feast with your family, dancing with mates into the night, then enjoying a lazy breakfast with everyone the morning after.

Festival wedding concept:

It’s totally possible to plan an amazing wedding for 30 people on a £6,000 budget. You just need some perspective, a plan and maybe some promises from friends help out. You’re going to escape to an intimate little hideaway for a couple of days so you’ll need to get organised, be comfortable delegating and be confident that your friends and family will contribute time and skills to help make it happen.

If you’re a super resourceful bunch, a field with running water might be enough. But if you don’t fancy building your own compost loos and don’t have access to a generator you’ll need to look for a site with electricity, toilets and a space for your ceremony. The Green Escape in Surrey has the perfect set up with a pine tree lined aisle, crackling wood fires and lots of space for dancing beneath the stars. It also has Shepherds Huts with room for 22 guests so you’ll all be well rested (ish!).

If you want friends to help you’ll need to get them involved as early as possible. Don’t just vaguely mention to people in passing that you might need a hand. Get them excited about the plan and inspired to help using Patchworkit.com – where you can set out all the things people can fund, make or do. Then let your wedding guests choose whether to buy some booze, make a cake, do the decorations or promise to DJ. If you don’t need new toasters and towels, it’s a fun and practical alternative to a traditional gift list and allows you to keep track of who’s doing what.

Festival wedding in detail:

The day before:

Arrive on site with your team of helpers and all the tools, paints, materials and props you need. Then after a big group hug send everyone off to complete the jobs they promised to do – from painting signs to decorating the venue and doing the food shop.

For a cheap, easy and sophisticated look keep styling simple using limited materials and a neutral colour palette. White paint on wood signs, tea lights in brown paper bags and glass jars filled with local green and white wild flowers look effortlessly cool and cost next to nothing.

Ditch tablecloths in favour of bare wooden trestles and if budgets are super tight forget hire costs for china and glassware, opting instead for deliberately utilitarian white paper plates, napkins and cups and disposable wooden cutlery – cheap, chic and no washing up required.

Preparing a cold vegetarian buffet plus a hog roast is probably the easiest and cheapest way to provide food for 30. Just decide on a limited menu of simple but delicious dishes, buy all ingredients and then assign dishes to be made by your team of foodie volunteers.

If you give yourselves enough time and keep your jobs to a minimum it can actually be really fun working together to prepare for the wedding. But remember to give yourselves a chance to mentally and physically prepare too. Once you’ve delegated jobs just let everyone get on with it. Remember your friends are happy to help and don’t want you getting stressed. So take time to relax and be pampered the evening before the wedding.

The morning of the wedding day:

Sleeping together in your hut on your wedding night will be romantic. You’ll have a good night’s sleep and have got a space to get ready in the morning. Even the most low-maintenance couple needs a shower, mirror and hairdryer on their wedding day.

This festival wedding has a naturally laid-back vibe so style-wise think Sienna Miller at Glastonbury. Save money and stay true to you by doing your own hair, nails and make-up or ask a talented friend to help. Then choose a (non-wedding) dress in natural cotton, cheese cloth or linen and a flower crown to complete the look. Sandals, boots or wellies – weather dependent.

While you’re getting ready your kitchen crew can be finishing up the wedding feast and filling metal tubs with ice for cold beer and wine. And a couple of creative friends can make you a wild flower bouquet, corsages for the men and crowns for the kids.

As it’s a family-oriented wedding, it makes sense to have kids involved in the ceremony. And as children’s clothes are cheaper than adult outfits, having flower-girls rather than grown-up bridesmaids is another way to keep costs down.

Capturing your day is so important, so make sure to budget for an easygoing, festival-loving photographer who can join you for at least a few hours during your love-fest. And give everyone a disposable camera for the times they’re not around.

The Ceremony:

The Green Escape isn’t licensed for weddings, so you’ll need to pop to the registry office before or after your wedding weekend. Then once it’s official you can celebrate together with Pimms and lemonade in the sunshine – cheaper than champagne and perfect for a summer festival vibe.

Dinner:

The Green Escape have both a BBQ and a pizza oven available for you to use – both are a good value way to feed a large crowd and also provides a bit of theatre and a talking point for people queuing up to be served. Combined with a self-service vegetarian buffet it offers a relaxed eating experience everyone can enjoy.

If you’re not fussed about where people sit forget about a table plan. Just organise your top table and let people decide who they want to talk to. Not only does this feel appropriate for a festival wedding but will save you time and money designing and printing name places and table plans.

Once speeches are over make sure you don’t forget to thank everyone who has helped to make your DIT (Do It Together) wedding happen. Ensure your ‘help-yourself-bar’ is stocked with plenty of cold booze and tie bottle openers on strings to stop them wandering off.

Party:

Asking everyone to list their three favourite songs will help you prepare an eclectic playlist for the evening. But if you have musician mates or friends happy to do a DJ set as their wedding gift then live music will massively add to your festival vibe.

The good thing about a countryside venue is you can often get a late night license, so you can party hard into the night before stumbling back to your hut at sunrise.

The day after:

More pizza the next day will help everyone emerge from their Shepherds Huts and cure their hangovers.

Budget breakdown:

Wedding website and organising tool FREE:

Use the party organising tools at patchworkit.com to share your wedding info, show friends and family how they can help and keep track of the things people promise to make and do.

Venue and campsite £4,400:

Getting married on a weekday is always cheaper. The Green Escape charges £4,400 for two nights, midweek. You’ll be cosy and comfortable in one of their seven Shepherd Huts which sleep 22 guests.

Photography £1450:

There are plenty of talented photographers who can work to this budget – Sidey Clark is based in SE London (but will travel!) and takes gorgeous, unposed, fun photos and has a 6 hour package priced at £1450.

Wedding Dress £98:

Wear an effortless maxi slip dress from Free People. Perfect for your festival-style surroundings.

Wedding Outfit No. 2 £88:

If you really want to save money encourage your partner to wear favourite shorts/jeans and footwear and just budget for a new shirt. Everlane does a lovely linen shirt for £82.

If you’re a same sex couple £88 will cover the cost of another festival-inspired dress from Free People.

Rings £50:

Opt for simple wooden rings to celebrate your love, the spirit of your festival wedding and to keep within your budget. You can always celebrate your first year anniversary with an upgrade once you’ve had time to save up for the rings you really want. Hartwood Co has an Etsy shop selling simple wooden rings from £25 each.

Buffet £200:

Budget £200 for a trip to the local supermarket to buy ingredients to feed 30.

Tableware £20:

Basic white paper plates, cups, napkins and wood forks will cost about £20 for 30 people. For biodegradable options check out eco-friendly party suppliers Little Cherry. Ask everyone to collect jam jars to use for tea lights and wild flowers.

Drink:

A local supermarket should be able to supply sufficient booze for 30 people for under £200. But if your budget is tight it makes sense to include cash contributions towards beer and wine in your patchwork so you can buy it upfront. Then include a request for people to ‘bring a bottle’ of spirits in your patchwork as another gift option.

TOTAL COST: £6,306

COST TO YOUR GUESTS: £50-£100

Festival vibes, a relaxed dress code and a gift list that asks for help rather than physical presents means this wedding works out pretty cheap for your guests too. The only essential cost is travel.

See the rest of the wedding concepts in our £6k wedding series here.

Want to get married in style on a super tight wedding budget? Our £6k wedding series is here to help. We’ve got six fully-costed wedding budget concepts for under £6000 for you to choose from complete with a superstar list of suppliers. To plan a glamorous cinema inspired wedding ceremony for a star-studded guest list, read on…

Who is this low cost £6000 wedding budget perfect for?

This is for the film lovers. This concept provides a stunning cinematic backdrop to a wedding celebration that will make you feel like 1930s Hollywood stars. Guests recline on rows of red velvet seats to witness your epic ceremony. After this you all celebrate your marriage with popcorn and gin cocktails before heading to a bar for dinner, drinks and dancing.

The Cinema Wedding Concept

Celebrating your marriage in a cinema means you don’t have to worry about the weather. And a late afternoon ceremony means people can eat lunch before they arrive. So before you even start planning this wedding you’ve removed two of the biggest causes of stress right away.

With £6000 wedding budget to spend on one day you can create a truly magical experience. If you invite an intimate crowd and concentrate of the details that really matter.

The Cinema Wedding in Detail:

Entrance:

Ideal for a mid-winter wedding, aim to arrive at your chosen cinema for a 4pm ceremony. Then when you step out of your gorgeous vintage car the cinema will be all lit up. This really adds to the glitz and glamour of the occasion.

Inside, your friends and family listen to your prepared playlist. At the same time, watching a slideshow of black and white photos of you both on the big screen. If you’ve got iMovie you can turn your images into a mini film with title and credits. You can finish with a slide that swaps ‘The End’ for ‘The Beginning’ as your audience await your arrival.

Whether you chose the traditional walk down the aisle on your father’s arm or with an entire entourage Dirty Dancing style, entering the screen room from behind the curtain will be a real wow moment. And the cinema setup means you can play your ‘special song’ in surround-sound as you step up to meet your partner on the stage.

Outfits: 

Take inspiration from Hollywood’s Golden era and choose a floor-length ivory silk dress and stunning gilded headpiece. Then save your wedding budget by wearing a pair of your own shoes (that won’t be seen) and borrowing a vintage or faux fur from a friend to keep you warm and glamorous. This cinema wedding is the perfect opportunity for a groom to wear a classic dinner suit. And if you’re a same-sex couple you could go for double the glamour with another show stopping dress.

Ceremony: 

This concept is all about drama, glamour and ritual. So make sure you choose a celebrant who is happy not only to conduct your marriage service but play the role as Master of Ceremonies. Free from the time constraints of a registry office you can truly indulge when it comes to your ceremony, taking the chance to show off your personalities, tell your unique love story and involve your audience in a cinematic way.

Maybe your celebrant can interview certain friends and share their stories of you both, you could have important people up to do readings, play film clips of family unable to make the day and even have your speeches at this point too.

Reception: 

Once you’ve exchanged rings and kissed, you can enjoy a standing ovation full of whoops and cheers to celebrate your union. Then press play (and mute) on an old black and white movie (preferably Some Like It Hot), put an appropriately jazzy playlist on and mooch about chatting to your guests whilst drinking gin cocktails and eating popcorn.

Independent cinemas often have small screening rooms for private hire that can keep your wedding costs low. They are a flexible space for events. Some even have a bar. But if not, hiring The Lucky Pineapple Bar will ensure you have a lovely person serving you cocktails from a golden trailer.

If you’re lucky, your local cinema building will be an art deco gem. If not, even the most contemporary space can be given some 1930s glamour if you hire a couple of ‘cigarette girls’ to hand out popcorn. To keep your wedding budget costs down, why not contact your local drama college to see if you can find any students prepared to play the part?

Dinner and drinks: 

Once you’ve all had enough cinema snacks head to the bar and restaurant to enjoy proper food and some fine wine. A few of the Picturehouse cinemas have a restaurant or tapas bar attached. This makes an ideal intimate wedding meal as people can mill around and chat while eating. Just put £1500 behind the bar for food and wine. Then let your friends know there’s a cash bar for post dinner drinks.

For extra cinema inspired fun swap a photographer for a videographer. They can make a movie of your marriage that you can watch over and over, forever and ever.

Gifts vs. Honeymoon: 

If you want to continue your art deco inspired journey, ditch the traditional gift list and set up a honeymoon fund for a minimoon to Paris. Then instead of buying you department store wedding gifts, your friends and family can treat you to dinner in a beautiful brasserie, a night at the Moulin Rouge or a romantic ride on the Metro.

The Budget Breakdown:

Invites £350:

This sophisticated wedding requires proper printed invites. For art deco inspiration check out The Golden Letter’s designs. They can create and digitally foil 50 invites from around £350.

Classic car hire £495:

Bespokes Sports Car Hire can organise a classic car for you with packages starting at £495. Alternatively book a black taxi or find a friend with a classy looking car who’s prepared to drive you.

Cinema hire £480: 

Compare local prices but as a guide the small screen at the Greenwich Picturehouse seats 50 people and costs £480 for two hours.

Celebrant £750:

Getting the right person is crucial so take your time. Expect to pay £750 from your wedding budget for a celebrant.

Wedding dress £614:

If you’re lucky you might find an original 1930s dress that fits and looks fabulous. But you’ll also find vintage inspired dresses at Reformation. This Veria silk dress in ivory will look stunning on stage.

Head piece £285:

Feel like Liz Taylor as Cleopatra in the gorgeous Dawn Headband by Kelly Spence. Handmade with gold plated leaves and Swarovski diamantes it’s an investment piece you’ll treasure forever.

Suit hire £215: 

If you have a partner happy to play the part choose a tuxedo and black tie. If they’re not likely to wear it again save money by hiring one from Yardsmen.

Rings £280: 

For a theatrical take on the classic gold band check out Phoebe Coleman’s Brave Heart Warrior ring. Beautiful detailing and affordable at £140.

Video £300: 

Instead of a wedding photographer consider asking a few creative friends to film the day with a Super 8 camera – the vintage aesthetic is the perfect compliment to this glamorous day. Cameras can be hired from as little as £60 per day, then send the film off to an online processor who can edit and load on to USB for you to share after the big day.

Gin cocktails £500: 

The Lucky Pineapple can serve you delicious cocktails from a glamorous golden trailer – price starting at £500.

‘Cigarette Girls’ with popcorn £200:

It’s an acting job with a specific outfit required. Enquire with your local drama school or university and expect to pay £200 for two local actors for two hours.

Popcorn £20: 

Order a bulk bag from one of the many wholesale suppliers on eBay and pack into paper bags yourselves.

Dinner and wine £1500: 

Ask the restaurant/bar you’ve chosen if they can reserve a section of the space in advance and budget £1500 to provide food and wine. For 50 people this works out at £30 per head.

Honeymoon fund: 

Check out the readymade honeymoon templates on Patchworkit.com, customise our Paris patchwork and invite guests to fund your trip – piece by piece.

TOTAL WEDDING BUDGET COST TO YOU: £5,989

COSTS TO YOUR GUESTS: £10 – £50

If guests want after dinner drinks then they’ll need to buy their own. They can then contribute as much or as little as they like to your honeymoon fund.

See the other wedding concepts in our £6k wedding series here.

Want to get married in style on a super tight budget? Our £6k wedding budget series is here to help. We’ve got six fully-costed wedding concepts for under £6000 for you to choose from, complete with a superstar list of suppliers. To plan a rock n roll wedding followed by a warehouse party that friends will remember forever, read on…

Who is this wedding perfect for?

This is the wedding for party people to celebrate their love and marriage. And what better place than on the dance floor? This is a celebration on an industrial scale. Just find a venue with no neighbours that will let you bring your own booze and party all night with 200 mates… Then watch the sunrise together as newlyweds.

The Warehouse Wedding Approach:

This wedding is all about fun and that means removing all elements likely to cause stress. So just remember keep it real, stay cool, be creative and resourceful. And rely on your mates to help and get ready for the party of your lives.

The Warehouse Wedding in Detail:

Morning:

Enjoy your last morning ‘living in sin’ with a long, lazy lie-in. Then head to your favourite greasy spoon for a proper wedding breakfast before jumping on the bus to your local registry office. Make sure you take a few selfies along the way.

To stick within your budget and to make the evening celebration feel like the ‘real thing’ it makes sense to keep your official ceremony deliberately casual. Just the two of you dressed in jeans and t-shirts with a couple of witnesses will feel low key, but appropriately rock ‘n’ roll in advance of your wedding party, so no need to splash out on expensive outfits. If you do want to make a sartorial, personal and political statement, buy matching Choose Love t-shirts produced by Katherine Hamnet in support of the the charity Help Refugees. Then head to the pub for celebratory pints and a couple of packets of crisps. No need for a professional photographer at this point – the registrar and your pub landlord will do nicely.

Afternoon:

In the afternoon head to your venue to meet mates bringing PA equipment and decks, take delivery of booze and set the stage for the evening. To keep stress-levels to a minimum, make sure you have a plan, a list of jobs to delegate and your most practical friends on-hand to help. And keep things simple.

One of the great things about having a late night warehouse wedding is that you save yourself the cost and stress of seating plans, table decorations and the need for detailed styling. Choose an appropriately industrial space with exposed brick, white walls and concrete floors. Ensure you have flattering low lighting and then all you need to do is decorate with large statement pieces in specific areas for maximum impact. Choose hot pink, silver and petrol blue for a simple yet powerful colour palette. You can add to the disco vibe with neon signs over the bar, helium balloons on the stage and glitter balls above the dance floor.

Once you’re confident everything is under control, leave your most organised friend in charge. Then head to a unisex salon for blowdries, beard trims, neck massages and manicures – whatever gets you both feeling relaxed and radiant for your big night.

Back at home, get dressed in separate rooms so you can enjoy a big wow moment when you set eyes on each other all glammed up. This is an un-wedding, so no need for traditional outfits, instead invest in whatever makes you feel fabulous and shoes that you can dance in all night.

Evening:

Ask your guests to arrive at 8pm, giving them time to eat in advance. Then book a taxi to take you to the venue for 8.30 so your friends, family and photographer and are ready and waiting to celebrate your arrival.

The great thing about being officially married beforehand is that neither of you will have to experience the nerve-wracking wait and walk down the aisle. Instead, you’ll enter a room full of all your loved ones together. You can hands as you walk through the cheering crowds and onto the stage to declare your love and marriage.

It’s unlikely that a warehouse, archway or industrial building is going to have a marriage license. But that doesn’t mean your friends and family have to be denied a ceremony. Hiring a celebrant means you can create the marriage service you want without any constraints. Just find a professional that you connect with creatively and agree the words and rituals that you want to include in your own unique celebration.

If you’re having an evening party and people are standing to witness your marriage it makes sense to ask your celebrant to include all the other formal wedding rituals within your ceremony. It’s usual for your celebrant to tell everyone about your love and life so far. Then your friends can give readings and you to exchange vows, rings and kiss in front of a cheering crowd. But you could also add your speeches at this point. And get everyone to sing along to your favourite song and then cut the cake with a champagne toast before stepping onto the floor for your first dance. A great way to bring people together and ensure all the important bits are witnessed and captured by your photographer before the party begins.

Don’t forget the photographer…

For this concept to work within your £6000 budget it’s going to be difficult for you to pay for a wedding photographer yourselves.

But with the average gift list being valued at £3000 you could ask your guests to chip in towards an amazing wedding photographer. Find a creative photographer like Babb Photo to capture the colour and energy of your warehouse wedding. And use a cash gift list like Patchwork to collect cash contributions from your guests.

Bringing your own booze is a great way to provide a free bar on a budget. However, to reduce stress and mess make sure you have at least two helpers to serve drinks until midnight. At which point your aunts and uncles will have left and your mates can cope with beers in buckets for the rest of the night.

If budget allows, pay for a burger van to arrive at midnight to give sustenance to those party people planning to dance all night. And if you’re super hardcore, organise a coffee van to turn up with caffeine and pastries at 6am.

Then avoid the post wedding comedown by checking yourselves into a super-luxe hotel. You can freshen up and flop around in fluffy towelling dressing gowns for 24 hours. Room service. Netflix. Heaven.

Budget Breakdown:

Invites FREE:

Choose one of many free templates on Paperless Post to send free digital invites and keep track of RSVPs.

Wedding breakfast £10:

Cheap, cheerful and definitely fried.

Bus tickets £5: 

Front seats. Top of the bus. True romance.

Marriage service and certificates £50: 

The charge for a registrar to perform a registry office ceremony costs around £45. A printed marriage and civil partnership certificate costs £5

Matching t-shirts £50:

‘Choose Love’ is the perfect slogan t-shirt for conscientious couples wanting to celebrate their wedding with a personal and political statement. This modern twist on the iconic 80’s Choose Life slogan is a collaboration between Help Refugees and Katherine Hamnett. It’s printed on soft organic cotton and helps to raise funds and awareness for people caught up in the refugee crisis.

Celebratory wedding drinks £10:

Depending where you live, you might just about be able to get two pints and a packet of crisps for a tenner.

Wedding Dress £248:

This gorgeous sequinned dress is super sexy – and perfect for dancing in. So a definitely winner for a warehouse party wedding.

Statement purse £60:

Just enough room for your phone, lipstick and bank card this adorable pink puffy bag by Em Davies is just perfect for dancing around. A stunning party piece and a daily reminder of your amazing wedding day.

Head piece £80: 

Forget the veil. This wedding concept requires a headdress worthy of a Disco Queen. Dance all night with your own personal disco balls.

Outfit number two £175: 

For super stylish up-cycled gender-neutral pieces head to Newcastle-based clothing store Somebody Else’s Guy. for pieces like this fabulous feather jacket.

Rings £270: 

Break tradition and just buy matching rings that mean something to you. These cute love heart signets from Sken Studios are so cute they’ll bring a smile to your face every day.

Transport £10: 

If it’s dry and nearby enjoy a walk or take public transport and enjoy the attention of passersby. Otherwise budget for a cab.

Venue £2200: 

The cost of venue hire will depend hugely on your city, day of the week, time of year and your individual requirements. But even in our super expensive capital it’s still possible to find an amazing party space at a reasonable price. As an example, Motel Studios in Shoreditch has a super stylish and versatile space under the railway arches on Long Street that can accommodate 200 people for an all night party. You can hire the space during the day to prepare, bring your own booze, set up your own bar and have vans turn up to supply street food with hire costs starting at £2,200 + VAT for a Saturday night.

Celebrant £700: 

Costs will depend on your location and requirements. But expect costs to start around £700 for a professional celebrant.

Cake £120: 

Hosting an evening wedding, without the cost of a sit down meal, means you can afford a statement cake. Check out A.R.D Bakery for incredible fashion-inspired cakes.

Wine £550: 

Naked Wines have an excellent selection of red, white and sparkling wine from independent suppliers at wholesale prices. Budget £550 for 200 people.

Beer £500: 

For a variety of craft beer from a range of independent brewers arrange a delivery from Beerbods. £500 should fill enough ice buckets buckets to keep 200 people happy.

Burgers £500: 

Budget £500 and ask a local independent business to serve up burgers, tacos or jerk chicken from their van. For street food inspiration check out Street Feast.

Coffee van £200: 

If you’re planning on partying all night make sure you’ve got hot coffee to welcome the new day. You’ll find mobile coffee companies all over the UK and prices will vary so do your research but expect packages to start at £200. In London, Bean About Town will supply coffee from a gorgeous grey Citron van and can be with you at 6am.

Night in a hotel £260

Recovering from your Saturday night wedding will mean you can get a good deal on your Sunday night sleepover. As an example The Hoxton in Shoreditch has ‘Roomy Rooms’ with super king sized beds for £260 on a Sunday night.

Gifts vs. Photographer: 

We have a readymade photography fund that lets your guests choose to whether to pay for the confetti shot, the moment you cut the cake or your first dance. And then you to get to send everyone the photos to say thanks.

Laura from Babb Photo is based in Birmingham but happy to travel. Wedding commissions start from £2000.

TOTAL COST: £5,998

COST TO GUESTS: £0 – £50

As you’re providing beer and wine there really are no fixed costs for your guests. If you want spirits at the party you can ask guests to bring a bottle and they can contribute towards your photographer if they want to give a gift.

See the rest of the wedding concepts in our £6k wedding series here.