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[woman]

Hi everyone,

Hoping to have a civic wedding in a local restaurant next year with just a family meal as we dont want any fuss. Has anyone any ideas how to make it special and different to just a family meal?

[pam]

iv had loads friends doing this they simple got it really nicely decorated

did chair covers had hellium baloons on table
plus nice flowers on table they had 4 to table not one big table plus did toptable

had cake also on display they had lovely music to

was lovely

[woman]

Thanks pam for your ideas! Was wondering about the top table and speeches bit as i wanted to do the cake cutting part so thanks for the advice!

Anyone else got any other ideas?

[pam]

i think what ever u are happy with remember as long as u and h2b are happy i wouldnt worry bout anyone else

good luck with d planning when is ur big day

[happybunny]

Hey Woman,
I am currently organising my own wedding for '09 and we are having 30 people at the whole thing, totally agree with you about small weddings its a bit more personal also every bride I talked to said that they always regretted not talking to their immediate family more and their Husband! I found it really difficult at first to find places to accommodate us but there are a few hotels that have restaurants and they will let you have the restaurant (especially mid-week) and also you can use the residents bar for after if you are having people staying in the hotel. We have ours provisionaly booked at the mo and we designed our own menu and have a beautiful restaurant and a seating area just outside it all to ourselves.So call everywhere and ask if they cater for small wedding parties.

[siobhanoliver]

hi woman

there's a good website where you can put in the type of event, the type of venue, number of guests and it will return with a list of venues that can accommodate your wedding. www.venuesearch.ie I thought you said somewhere that you are in Cork - if so I know flemings restaurant do small weddings http://www.flemingsrestaurant.ie/

Siobhán

[woman]

Hi happybunny,

Havent offically booked date yet but hoping for february '09. Thanks for your input found it very helpfull but was wondering where your hotel is and what you plan for after meal are you having music as my h2b doesnt want that and im afraid it will go a bit flat!

[hayesanne]

Originally Posted by woman

Hi everyone,

Hoping to have a civic wedding in a local restaurant next year with just a family meal as we dont want any fuss. Has anyone any ideas how to make it special and different to just a family meal?

Im getting married in the Beaufield mews restuarant next year and they have two rooms for rivate parties the room downstairs caters for min 90 and upstairs caters for max 45 they have a website so you can have a look

[Cherub]

[i] am in a right fix! We will probably have our wedding in Spring 2009. Most of our guests nvited live abroad, in the UK and Australia. We want a wedding of less than 100 people and have a few venues in mind. If people are coming from abroad, however, we could loads that won't come or just a few. Our venue will very much depend on the amount of guests, especially to avail of the special offers. I can only think of sending out invites very early and get a good idea of who might come and then confirmation nearer the date. I don't want to book one restaurant/function room or have to book at the very last minute. It will be midweek and won't be summer or in a big hotel, so should be easy enough to get a booking even a few months in advance. Has anyone any ideas of organisation with all of this in mind? How early could I send the invites out for an initial estimate of numbers?

[mandy]

You could send one of those save the date invites, you can send them ages b4 the big day and ask them to respond and that should give you an idea of numbers.