Five Easy Steps to Planning Your Short-Notice Lake District Wedding

PLANNING YOUR SHORT-NOTICE WEDDING...

Planning a short-notice wedding doesn’t have to be stressful. In this blog, we’ll share our five easy steps on how to make the whole process quick and easy, and how planning your last-minute wedding is fun and exciting.

1. Find the right SHORT-NOTICE WEDDING venue

To find the right short-notice wedding venue, you need the right location, such as a favourite place or regular holiday destination, like the Lake District. Finding a venue somewhere you know, love, and hold happy memories makes your day all the more special. A quick search for ‘short notice’ or ‘late availability weddings in the Lake District’ gives results for all the venues with last-minute availability. It will save time, eliminating the hassle of contacting many venues and filling in enquiry forms. Ask the venue to hold the date for you whilst you contact the registrars.

2. Booking the Registrars

Once you have found your perfect venue, it’s time to book the registrars. When planning a short-notice wedding, it’s always best to pick up the phone and call the registrar team. Your venue will have the contact details. Contact the registrar to confirm your date and ceremony time, and then share their confirmation with your venue. They will issue your wedding booking confirmation. Send this on to the registrars so they can confirm the booking at their end. The entire process can be completed in just a couple of hours.

3. Notice to marry

Now that you have the venue and registrars confirmed, you need to ‘give your notice’ to marry. To ‘give notice’ means to sign a legal statement at your local register office stating your intention to marry or enter into a civil partnership. Specific documents are requested from you, so it’s beneficial to read up on what’s required before you go. You will need a minimum of 29 days between giving notice to marry and your wedding date. For example, if you give notice on May 1st, you can then marry on May 30th.

4. Wedding suppliers

After you have arranged your ‘notice to marry’, you can start to think about other things. You may want to arrange a photographer, flowers, transport or hair and beauty for your special day. Start with your venue; the chances are they will have a list of suppliers they can share with you.

5. Have fun planning your LAST-MINUTE wedding

There are many reasons to marry at short notice, but whatever the reason, it can still be easily achieved and fun to plan. Let the fun begin! You are getting married after all, so enjoy the planning journey. Instagram and Pinterest offer lovely inspiration for short-notice and last-minute wedding ideas, and you can’t go wrong with a high street wedding dress! Ask your venue for any help, tips or advice; it should all come as part of their wedding planning service…