Do you like this idea for a wedding venue?
http://www.thebighouseco.com/weddings.asp
And it’s the Tone Dale House.
It’s a beautiful old house, but obviously not a manor (personally I don’t like the idea of 50 people and a ridiculous sized mansion!) This has just enough room for all of the people that would want to stay.
Basically you rent the house for two nights and so the whole atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed except for the wedding breakfast and the wedding ceremony. We’re only having around 50 people and so it would almost be like going away to a secret place for a very private few days with only those people closest to us. The only people there are when the ceremony is organised and moving of chairs etc for the reception and the meal.The gardens are very naturally beautiful and seem quite magical as there is a river and cute little bridge etc.
What do you think, if you were a guest would you like it?
It’s only really close guests coming and we are doing it midweek so are asking them to pay only the same as the would at a cheap b and b. I agree it wouldn’t be fair to make them pay ridiculous amounts but fortunately the midweek discount is fabulous!
Well as its midweek in August it’s not affecting any school people and most of the family is either in teaching, retired or self employed! The rest I did check beforehand and all said the price and time would work for them, otherwise it wouldn’t have been looked at

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It sounds wonderful, if you can fit it in your budget to accommodate the guests you wish to stay. Usually when the couple reserves a block of rooms at a hotel, the guests pay to stay there, but this looks very expensive, and it would be a shame if some of your guests couldn’t afford it, so they couldn’t stay. I don’t know if you were planning on paying for accommodations, or having the guests pitch in, but if either works for you and your guests i think its a beautiful place, and would be a really nice way for your guests and you to celebrate. very personal, and more than just an ordinary reception.
i would like it
AS long as people can get away from each other and aren’t living on top of each other. It may be only 2 days, but that can be plenty of time for old arguments to come to the fore.
WOW!! I wish I was a guest. I would absolutely LOVE to go to a wedding there! But…I’m in the U.S…..too bad. We don’t have many places here like that. It’s absolutely beautiful! Very elegant. I would definitely be very excited as a guest to attend.
Good luck and congratulations!
You want your guests to come MIDWEEK and also pay to stay on a place that they probably do not care to spend the money in?
I’m sorry, but asking your guests not to opnly take off from work and school at an inconvenient day and also ask them to pay to stay when is not even a weekend is absurd and too much.
It doesn’t make sense. I’m sure many peole would drive back home to go to work the next day and send their kids to school.
It is not a good idea.