Has anyone hired a castle/stately home for a do?

[MarillionFan]

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Has anyone hired out a big private estate / castle / stately home for a party / week?

Got to have accomodation for 20 - 40+

Looked at these sites before but never booked anything. Anyone done one of these?

[AtW]

If you want one for 3 weeks this summer then I know a place in Wandsworth that's pretty cheap.

[doodab]

There is a wedding show on at Earls court or Olympia at the moment / soon. Why don't you go and have a look round.

Edit: You missed it. You'll have to go to Brum. Perhaps you can kip on AtW's sofa?

http://www.nationalweddingshow.co.uk/

[eek]

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Has anyone hired out a big private estate / castle / stately home for a party / week?

Got to have accomodation for 20 - 40+

Looked at these sites before but never booked anything. Anyone done one of these?

Yes, are you planning to pay for all of it otherwise its a sodding nightmare?

[NickFitz]

I just use one of my own.

- DP

[MarillionFan]

Yes, are you planning to pay for all of it otherwise its a sodding nightmare?

Saw two places today. First place was a hotel. £3000 for exclusivity, plus had to pay for 15 rooms at £100 each. You get exlusivity from 1pm until 11am the next day. Plus a corkage charge of £15.50 a bottle of wine, plus you have to choose their food.

The second we wanted to book the whole hotel(ie. 27 rooms) for two nights. They wanted £28000.

I fancy going for a private house. Marquee in the grounds. Arranging my own catering company and a booze cruise to Calais so I'm not stung my greedy hotel spekulants.

I was thinking either book a place for 3 days or a whole week and for those people who wanted to make a decent break out of it they could.

What did you do?

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Saw two places today. First place was a hotel. £3000 for exclusivity, plus had to pay for 15 rooms at £100 each. You get exlusivity from 1pm until 11am the next day. Plus a corkage charge of £15.50 a bottle of wine, plus you have to choose their food.

The second we wanted to book the whole hotel(ie. 27 rooms) for two nights. They wanted £28000.

I fancy going for a private house. Marquee in the grounds. Arranging my own catering company and a booze cruise to Calais so I'm not stung my greedy hotel spekulants.

I was thinking either book a place for 3 days or a whole week and for those people who wanted to make a decent break out of it they could.

What did you do?

Not the same thing. We organised it as a friends reunion. Everyone agreed its a great idea until they actually had to start forking out the money. It turned into a nightmare as I had to strong arm (I know, I know) my wife's uni friends into paying what they had agreed to.

One thing to check is the price of the Marquee. They don't come cheap and could easily add another 2-3,000 to your bill.

I wasn't joking when I suggested Neckter island and doing it abroad (actually that island was a joke but the actual suggestion wasn't). Trying to do it in this country will be a sodding nightmare. Head to somewhere you fancy going to and sub the friends that can't afford all of it. Even after that it will still be cheaper.

[EternalOptimist]

27 rooms??

I dont know about the poor guests, but the cuk sockpuppets will be 15 to the room

[MarillionFan]

27 rooms??

I dont know about the poor guests, but the cuk sockpuppets will be 15 to the room

Mrs MF drew up a list of guests. My friends and family came to 12. Hers 108.

This looked appealing until I clocked the actual price.

Caithness holiday Castle rental with golf, walking, beach/lake nearby, rural retreat, TV, DVD

[eek]

27 rooms??

I dont know about the poor guests, but the cuk sockpuppets will be 15 to the room

sockpuppets are only socks. You can fit a few hundred in a single suitcase.