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[Bazile]

Cheeky ?

If you weren't a family member, would you be happy to make such a contribution ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-41317297

[bhg481]

Certainly not. We were once asked for a store voucher as a wedding present; we refused and insisted we wanted to buy something tangible. We still have most of our wedding presents and think of the (mainly dead) people who bought them.

[ummmm]

Food and drinks included for 3 days. It's not a bad price really.

[albaqwerty]

jeez, no way.

Just curious about how the hotel will feel about the supermarket booze being brought in?

[Mamyalynne]

If I liked the couple and fancied a three night stay at a lovely location, I'd pay that.

[ummmm]

For our mates wedding we all chipped in to pay for their honeymoon.

[bookbinder]

No, I would not contribute. And I would remove them from my Christmas card list, as well.

[albaqwerty]

on the other hand, at lest it's not mentioned in the article that they are looking for a wedding present as well.

Can't understand these lists and being told which store to go to in order to purchase an item.

I/we enjoyed un-wrapping 4 carriage clocks. Unfortunately, only one has survived.

[Bazile]

//"The venue also has a spa, an indoor swimming pool, a games room, it's very close to local amenities, there's a lake, so it is like a little holiday resort."//

Holiday resort ? - Really ?

I suppose if you think some average hotel grub , a pool , a games room and you really like the couple is worth the £ 150

[ummmm]

I've never bought a wedding present. Always give cash.

One of the best weddings I went to said NO PRESENTS...that they had everything they needed and they don't need cash.

[Mamyalynne]

If you take the actual Wedding out of the equation, all they are saying is - would you like to join us on a three night mini break all inc for £150.

[gness]

The more thought I gave it, Baz the more I liked the idea.....especially for family guests.
The days of buying a present to help a young couple set up home have gone, I think....

Families are more widespread these days and this makes traveling perhaps hundreds of miles for a wedding more worthwhile and....as long as groping uncle and nagging aunt can be tolerated....then it's a good way for a family to all spend some nice time together....x

[albaqwerty]

or for a 3 day fisty-cuff battle to break out :-)

[Bazile]

gness

i agree for family members - but , say a work colleague ?

[ummmm]

And when they do it like that the invites tend to be limited.

[mccfluff]

i think its a good deal, three nights for £150 drinks and food inc is cheap. Most weddings you'd spend more than that on one night.

[Bazile]

60 adults 20 children

I suppose they are all immediate family and close relatives

[ummmm]

60 people is not that much.

[mccfluff]

that's (assuming) 30 couples some with kids. so if you have parents either side that leaves 28 couples, not a massive amount of people to have at a wedding, quite intimate really.

[gness]

For a work colleague or a guest who couldn't bear the thought of three days with your family then just an invite to the day perhaps...but with about thirty from each side, in this case, that'll be mostly family I think....
Mind you...three days with twenty children...... :-(........x

[albaqwerty]

works out at about £55 pppn.
Will breakfast be included?

Also, in the article, it mentions they have a young child, now, who is going to be looking after that wee one when it's bed time?