Marquee Wedding

jimbo32123

Hi Guys,

Quick question and just looking for opinion, myself and the bosslady are looking to get married next year. We have been to 47 weddings in the last 5 years. All the same in one of the 4 local hotels and to say we are fed up with them is an understatement.

So we are thinking about a marquee wedding. any tips thought etc??

The second thing is we are thinking on providing a certain amount of alcohol, we will have 130people at the wedding approx. We were going to provide 2k worth of alcohol, do you think it is cheap/frugal/cheeky or any other phrase that fits to make it BYOB on top of this???

James

GingerLily

Are you aware of he costs of a Marquee wedding? There's location hire, tent hire (up to 10k for that size), table hire, chair hire, toilet hire, skip etc. All before you even provide drink and food.

There was a thread here recently by an OP with a similar query, you may find it useful.

mcgiggles

A friend of a friend had a marquee wedding for 250 people and it was all BYOB, no-one batted an eyelid! Still cheaper for people to go to than regular weddings My fiances cousins rented "the big red barn" for their wedding, we ended up not being able to go so can't account for it first hand but everyone that went said it was fab! That was byob aswell, so putting up any alcohol at all would be appreciated I would say Not sure of the price of it, but probably cheaper than what you'd spend on a hotel wedding in the long run?

GingerLily

mcgiggles wrote: »

A friend of a friend had a marquee wedding for 250 people and it was all BYOB, no-one batted an eyelid! Still cheaper for people to go to than regular weddings My fiances cousins rented "the big red barn" for their wedding, we ended up not being able to go so can't account for it first hand but everyone that went said it was fab! That was byob aswell, so putting up any alcohol at all would be appreciated I would say Not sure of the price of it, but probably cheaper than what you'd spend on a hotel wedding in the long run?

I honestly don't know how you could get it under 100e per head for tent/table/chair/food, that's without booze and all the other expenses.
Food will probably be 40/50pp
Chair/table/linen approx 10pp
Cutlery hire/ tableware might not be included in the catering could be another 10pp
I think 8k for a 150 person tent is the last I saw, I think 50e a head would probably be about right.

Cheaper than a wedding in the shelbourne but not cheaper then most hotel weddings.

pconn062

GingerLily wrote: »

Are you aware of he costs of a Marquee wedding? There's location hire, tent hire (up to 10k for that size), table hire, chair hire, toilet hire, skip etc. All before you even provide drink and food.

There was a thread here recently by an OP with a similar query, you may find it useful.

We are having a marquee wedding next year and have the marquee booked already. We got the entire marquee (which holds 100 people seated, 140 standing) plus chairs, tables, all cutlery and dishes, side tables, heaters, linen and those drapey things for the walls for less than €2,000. There is value if you know where to look.

GingerLily

20e pp, wow that's actually insanly cheap, I've never seen those prices, maybe I was looking in the wrong places. My bad!!!

GingerLily

20e pp, wow that's actually insanly cheap, I've never seen those prices, maybe I was looking in the wrong places. My bad!!!

pconn062

GingerLily wrote: »

20e pp, wow that's actually insanly cheap, I've never seen those prices, maybe I was looking in the wrong places. My bad!!!

I'm marrying a Monaghan girl, if there's value to be found she will find it!

lazygal

Anyone I know who had a marquee found it worked out more than a hotel. It's a lot of work and can be chaotic if not done properly.
I think it's really stingy to invite people to a wedding and tell them to bring their own drinks. You might as well ask them to pay for their meal while you're at it.

jimbo32123

thanks for the feed back folks, i have the site for the marquee so venue and location fee is all resolved.

I haveve done some initial digging on this and the quotations i am getting is
32e PP for food including all crockery and cutlery and clearing up
3250 for marque, flooring, tables, chairs, ceiling and wall drapes, fairy back light curtain, stage, dance floor, PA system and microphone, power and heating duct system.
750 VIP toilet block hire.

That is 8500, then i have the issue of the bar to resolve!!

pconn062

lazygal wrote: »

Anyone I know who had a marquee found it worked out more than a hotel. It's a lot of work and can be chaotic if not done properly.
I think it's really stingy to invite people to a wedding and tell them to bring their own drinks. You might as well ask them to pay for their meal while you're at it.

Depends on the type of wedding you're having. We are only inviting close friends and family (no long lost aunties or 2nd cousins) and instead of people giving us any presents we are asking them to bring a bottle of wine or some beers instead if they wish. We won't however be relying on that and will be buying most of the booze ourselves.

Maybe we've just been lucky but so far organising our marquee wedding has been very stress free, once you get the marquee organised and booked there's not a lot left to do.

poppers

jimbo32123 wrote: »

thanks for the feed back folks, i have the site for the marquee so venue and location fee is all resolved.

I haveve done some initial digging on this and the quotations i am getting is
32e PP for food including all crockery and cutlery and clearing up
3250 for marque, flooring, tables, chairs, ceiling and wall drapes, fairy back light curtain, stage, dance floor, PA system and microphone, power and heating duct system.
750 VIP toilet block hire.

That is 8500, then i have the issue of the bar to resolve!!

You Could you ask a local pub to set up a bar. Last marquee wedding i was at done this. Surley No one would expect you to provide the alcohol for free.

mcgiggles

We weren't offended in the slightest when the wedding we were invited to was BYOB, in fairness at weddings you are going to be paying for your own drink all day anyways so what difference is it to BYOB, except be way cheaper for you!

theteal

lazygal wrote: »

Anyone I know who had a marquee found it worked out more than a hotel. It's a lot of work and can be chaotic if not done properly.
I think it's really stingy to invite people to a wedding and tell them to bring their own drinks. You might as well ask them to pay for their meal while you're at it.

I've no issue with BYOB as such. It could save guests quite a bit of money and they could actually drink what they'd like instead of the limited offerings I've been subjected to at some hotel weddings.

Will there be pint glasses provided for these drinks? You hardly want a load of Dutchy cans popping up in the background of your wedding pics.

freshpopcorn

I know this might sound silly but is the area insured that ye're having the marque wedding in?
I always think they sound like a great idea once the food is done properly.

newgirl13

Hi jimbo32123, I'm a wedding photographer and have photographed few marquee weddings this year, in general I think they are becoming more and more popular.

When talking to couples about it they would always say that it's a lot more work than having a typical hotel wedding. There's a lot more details to think about, it demands much more involvement on your side& help from your family&friends when setting everything up, but at the end they were always so happy with the result and the fact they did it in a way that is true to them!

Hope this helps Good luck with your wedding planning!

Caoimhe25588

pconn062 wrote: »

We are having a marquee wedding next year and have the marquee booked already. We got the entire marquee (which holds 100 people seated, 140 standing) plus chairs, tables, all cutlery and dishes, side tables, heaters, linen and those drapey things for the walls for less than €2,000. There is value if you know where to look.

Hi,

Can I ask what company you used. This seems like a very good price.

Thanks
Caoimhe

pconn062

Caoimhe25588 wrote: »

Hi,

Can I ask what company you used. This seems like a very good price.

Thanks
Caoimhe

Hi Caoimhe,

I'll drop you a PM.