Hotels offering wedding facilities within the Cotswolds are numerous, but booking a hotel wedding always raises a host of practical questions before signing on the dotted line.
Exclusive Use Versus Shared Use
All wedding venues can be hired on an exclusive use basis (where the whole property is hired for the wedding) or on a shared use basis (where other guests are staying at the venue whilst the wedding is taking place). It is worth asking early on in the process whether the hotel would be available for exclusive use for your wedding, as this can have a big impact on the overall running of the wedding, especially in terms of photography, evening entertainment and the number of guests that can attend.
How Ceremony Licensing Works
There are also different licences that a venue can hold. Under how premises must be approved to hold civil ceremonies the local authority grants a premises licence. It is essential that you check whether the hotel wedding venue has the correct licence and also that you book your local authority approved registrar separately for your civil ceremony.
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Day-to-Evening Wedding Packages. The majority of hotel wedding venues offer a day-to-evening package which covers the room hire for the ceremony and reception, the wedding breakfast and the evening reception. The hours are usually allocated and you should ask for a sample timeline for your specific wedding package: Ceremony followed by drinks reception then seated wedding breakfast with time for speeches, followed by evening guests arrival.
Guest Accommodation
Many Cotswolds hotel wedding venues also offer guest accommodation, which can be a huge advantage to you and your guests. Find out how many bedrooms the hotel has and whether they can reserve a room block for you and your guests. Also ask what time guests can check out the following day.
Catering and Outside Suppliers
Will you be able to have any guest make any other arrangements for you, or will you be tied to the hotel’s menu and other suppliers? Can your outside cake maker, florist, or band come to the hotel, or will this be forbidden by the hotel?
To avoid all the extra time spent going back and forth and answering more questions during the initial hotel wedding venue inquiry process we have listed a few questions to ask a licensed hotel wedding venue in the Cotswolds below.
