We designed our own save the dates and printed them at home (A6 with 4 to an A4 page), however, cutting them was not entirely uniform. This time with our design of the wedding invites, probably A5 (unless we should do A6), we are looking at getting them properly printed instead of doing it at home. Where do you suggest? Located in Sydney

It’s going to be hot. Mother in law suggested we use parasols. Any other hot weather tips for a January 2025 wedding? Will be oceanside so there may be some breeze

So I’m wanting to find a venue on the South Coast, eg. Berry, Gerringong, Bowral for my wedding. However there’s a few key factors:

• venue must do reception & ceremony • cater to 50 guests only • myself and my fiancé are happy to stay at the venue however we don’t want to book additional rooms for guests.

Please help if you have any ideas!

i’m thinking of having my wedding next year and honestly have no idea where to start or even how much is a normal wedding these days? for about 60 people, what would be a price range budget, were not wanting something over the top just simple. i know wel have to hire everything, a photographer, catering, alcohol, flowers. i’ve tried planning it a few times previously and it all starts getting overwhelming seeing all the prices so i give up 😂

If you're exploring unique wedding venues in Melbourne, there are a few places that blend nature with modern design, like Glasshaus. They offer two locations that use plants and greenery as part of the space—one is more of an indoor botanical setup, while the other is great for outdoor garden ceremonies. Both provide a relaxed yet elegant vibe, perfect for couples who love a natural aesthetic.

Looking for help / recommendations. We are dreaming to have a wedding in a winery - but we would need recommendations of good experiences. We love beautiful nature surrounding, but the wedding venue would need to be relatively close to Melbourne.

Our budget is not massive, so we are looking for affordable options. We are having around 50-60 guests.

Thanks in advance!

Has anyone been to/had a beach wedding in Brisbane? Google has not been very helpful at finding beaches where we can have our ceremony. We'd ideally like Northside such as Redcliffe, Morton bay, Scarborough

Anybody have any experience with weddings with Beta events? Mainly concerned about the food... Thanks!

Currently planning for our wedding on January next year and I’m contemplating on whether we should continue with hiring a DJ. We’ve decided on hiring an acoustic singer for our ceremony btw.

Details:

No. of guests: 50-60

Venue: outdoor lawn/mountain-view wedding

Reception: outdoor marquee

Guests are mostly family and friends coming from overseas, so we wanted to make it extra special for them by maybe hiring a DJ as well.

Appreciate any ideas/thoughts!

Hi there, looking for a wedding venue in Sydney for 110 people.

Budget for food and beverage is about $10K

Thinking bowlos, pubs etc.

Not too fussy, just wanna boogie with our mates and make sure everyone has a full belly.

Thanks.

We're not overly picky, we just want someone nice and friendly. We are set on under a thousand but the lower the better for a ceremony in a park with about 70 guests. It's daunting looking through all these profiles with no clue how to judge the options outside of price

Hi all!

I'm looking for opinions on having a second dress for the reception - did you do it and you're glad you did? Did you not and you were happy with that choice? The dress I've chosen is comfortable but a fit and flare style so could potentially restrict me a tad for dancing.

If you have any recommendations for where to look for a reception dress please send them my way! I really love the Rosie Etienne styles for inspo. I'd go for either a mini or midi dress.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, looking for some help scoping out wedding venues in Melbourne or the Mornington Peninsula. Hoping to get married late 2025/ early 2026. We are looking for marquee style or open winery style wedding venues- not the traditional stuffy ballroom types. Most of our guests will be travelling so we are looking for venues that are easy to get to. We will likely have around 200ppl (ethnic families) and our budget for the venue would be somewhere between $40000 - $55000. If anyone has any ideas that would be great! My partner and I haven’t lived in Melbourne too long so don’t know many placed. Also being on the larger end with numbers, are aware that beautiful venues may be harder to find. Thanks :)

Please let me know if you recommend a place for being quite affordable. We only have 30 guests so don't need too many.

Thank you :)

As the title says, I'm looking for designers (small or big) that do more vintage/deco or just generally unique style dresses.

Points for grey/oyster grey colours. Double point for affordable.TIA!

So I am getting married early next year and am in the thick of planning all the smaller items right now..

Back story is a couple months ago we unfortunately lost Dad to cancer, and by the wedding date it still will be quite fresh and emotional (I tear up just thinking about how emotional it's going to be haha). Anyways, my FH had already gone and organised me a pin with a photo of Dad for my bridal bouquet, but as I was pondering tonight on the gifts for my bridesmaids, I wondered if it would be appropriate to also give my sister a pin with a photo of Dad and a message for her bouquet? If someone did that for me I would be love it, but I do understand we all think and feel differently so I don't know if I should just leave it?

Any thoughts or advice?

Hey reddit, currently looking for waterfront wedding venue recommendations in Sydney (Taronga zoo, Dockside, etc). Currently looking at approximately 150-200 people, budget apprx $170-190pp

For people who have married in waterfront venues, has backlight and reflection on the windows been an issue during your wedding day? Some tips to save will be appreciated too!

Our venue accepts BYO alcohol. My fiance and I are planning to have close to 90 ppl at my wedding, serving mostly wine and beer. We are thinking of getting our alcohol from Dan murphy’s. For those of you who opted for a BYO option, how much did you pay?

Sydney bride here. I live in Sydney but surprisingly, despite being in my late 30s I’ve been to ONE inner Sydney wedding ever and it was a cocktail reception at a pub 10+ years ago, so I’m not familiar with any of the venues.

We’re in the very early stages of looking and we are keen to have the wedding in Sydney just because it’s easier for everyone involved. One place that looks lovely and doesn’t seem eager to bankrupt us is Athol Hall. Has anyone attended/held a wedding there? Was it nice? Is there a catch?

Open to other venues if anyone has any tips!

Thank you :)

Hi everyone,

My partner and I are planning our wedding for sometime in 2026 and are looking for a venue/s in Sydney that can accommodate either just a ceremony (within walking distance to a nice "Good Food Guide vibe" restaurant) or a venue that can do both ceremony and sit-down dinner for 50-75 guests.

We're aiming for a more intimate, fancy dinner party atmosphere rather than a large-scale celebration. With this in mind, I am not wanting the larger traditional catered vibe, but want a more relaxed restaurant focusing on great food and wine.

Key requirements:

• Location: Sydney (up to 40km from CBD)
• Capacity: 50-75 guests
• Style - Ceremony: Something a little bit unique, like the State Library of NSW Library Bar or Gallery Rooms
• Style - Reception/Dinner: Sit-down dinner with individual meals from a nice restaurant - specifically NOT shared plates
• Venue type: Indoor, exclusive hire of a restaurant or private space large enough to accommodate 50-75p
• Budget: Under $25,000 for venue, food, and alcohol (not looking to spend on decorations/florals as want that dinner party vibe)

Additional preferences:

• Combined ceremony and reception: We're ideally looking for a venue that can host both the ceremony and reception in one location, but with a bit of a unique vibe and great food (but doesn't feel like we are getting married in a bar)
• Walkable venues: If separate venues, we'd prefer them to be within walking distance of each other so we can walk with our guests.
• View: A nice view for the ceremony would be a plus.
• Public transport: Close proximity to public transport is preferred.
• Decent wine list: A good selection of wines is a bonus.

So far, we've considered:

• Bellevue Cottage at Glebe: Offers both ceremony and reception in one location.
• Elizabeth Bay House (ceremony) + Macleay Street Bistro (reception): Separate venues but within walking distance.
• State Library of NSW (ceremony) + Kittyhawk (reception)

Any recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I want a few more options to compare!

I just got engaged and we're planning our budget for end of 2025 but everything seems super inflated!! I just want to grasp what everyone paid for their weddings in 2024.

Hello! I’m getting married end of September. We hired our photographer at the beginning of this year and, as I assume is normal, didn’t hear from him. We paid the initial deposit and another payment.

Now we’re less than a month out and I still haven’t heard from him. We’ve heard from pretty much all our other vendors. I’ve sent several emails, an instagram message and have called him. The biggest red flags are that his website is no longer active and his voicemail is full. His instagram is still up but he’s not posted in a while however he has been tagged in posts as recently as the beginning of August which makes me believe he’s still somewhat active.

I just want to know if it’s normal not to hear from your photographer until very close to the wedding day? Should I start frantically looking for another photographer (I know this is a long shot so close to the day)?

We still have $1.5k left to pay and am really unsure about paying it until we hear from him.

Any advice would be fab! I’m losing sleep over this and am trying to remain somewhat calm but am failing 🥲

Hi all

Only recently started looking at wedding planning with my partner, we've decided to aim for a budget of 10k-15k for everything. Up to 20k if need be.

Our main priorities are a nice outdoor venue, great catering, and a good photographer but everything else is flexible.

So in your experience, outside of those things, what was worth spending the budget on?

Edit: located in Melbourne, Vic and expect to have 50 or under guests.

This is probably going to be a bit long.

I've known my partner for about 17 years and I'm much closer to his family than my own.

We've been engaged for a long time but decided to push the wedding through this year as his nan was getting on in years (so is mine but due to distance I anticipated she might not be able to attend). Unfortunately his nan passed away last week and we are naturally devastated.

The wedding is in close to a month, she was incredibly excited about it and even offered me to wear one of her necklaces the last time we spoke (which I am planning to do).

Are there any other ways I can honour her? I'm also cautious as it was so recent about not doing anything that could upset anyone.

Hello!

Has anyone hired out the Bowral cricket museum before for weddings/other events?

Thank you!

I’m eloping in October at the Pyrmont registry and it’s a complete surprise to everyone except my partner and I. We are having a celebration after the event where we plan to announce it to everyone. The one issue we have run into is the need for 2 witnesses. One will be our photographer, but we’re really stuck on who the second should be. Anyone close to us that we would want there are part of the group being surprised and we don’t want to ruin it!

Can you hire someone to be your witness? Are there people available at the registry to be your witness if you don’t have one?

Hi there, hoping to get some tips from anyone who has had their wedding at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. We are hoping to do our ceremony there in summer 2026.

• What company did you go with to set up of the space (chairs/aisle/umbrellas etc)
• Did you have a wet weather plan? If so what was it and how did you communicate that to the guests?

Thanks so much!

Looking for inspiration for your big day? Share your experiences with unique or unconventional wedding venues in Australia! Whether it's a stunning rooftop, a charming vineyard, or an art gallery, I’d love to hear about the standout locations that made your wedding special. What made the venue unique, and how did it enhance your celebration? I have lots of experiences at outdoor, indoor both at Glasshaus. Will share but first you? Thanks!

Hi all! I am getting married next year in July (my partner and I are Winter people). We have our venue booked in Mosman. We have decided to do a "first look" and photos prior to the ceremony.

I'm looking for any hotel recommendations and photo locations around the area, or maybe even Sydney CBD for the day. I'd love to stay relatively close by so there isn't too much travel. Open to both nature/urban settings.

Thank you!