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Cost of a marquee wedding or party

By bernadette
Suffolk Marquee Reception

If you are organising a marquee wedding or party at home you might be curious how much this will cost.  Having a wedding budget is vital, but there are no sample budgets for your marquee wedding. So just where do you start? I’ve organised hundreds of weddings and parties since 2002 and trained 600+ wedding planners.  The majority of…

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Marquee Wedding at Le Talbooth, Dedham

By bernadette
Dream Occasions wedding clients

Keith & Marie, July 2017 From the moment I first met Keith and Marie I adored them, in short I knew together we could create a fantastic wedding. The venue chosen for their wedding was Le Talbooth in Dedham, I worked out it had been 10 years since I had worked there so I was…

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Karen Tran Royal Wedding Inspiration

By bernadette

Throughout the years I have been privileged to attend some stunning soirees, and the Karen Tran Royal Gala at the Lanesborough was no exception. World renowned florist Karen Tran chose London to host one of her 3 day masterclasses with students attending from all across the globe. During the 3 days they received tuition from…

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Wedding industry speaker, expert and trainer

By bernadette

I have been a wedding planner for 16 years now and the owner of the UKAWP for 14 years. So as you can imagine I’ve acuminated rather a lot of knowledge in that time. Not only do I have immense experience in organising weddings I have trained and coached hundreds of wedding planners since 2004. I…

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Wedding Ceremony Reading: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho

By bernadette

Recently I shared with you the beautiful wedding of Hannah and Owen. One of the wedding readings they had at their ceremony was so beautiful I felt compelled to share with you. You can find lots of modern and traditional readings on our blog here. I also recently contributed to an article from The Wedding Secret…

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Marquee Wedding Kent: Hannah & Owen

By bernadette

In June 2017 I had the joy of partial planning the marquee wedding reception of Hannah & Owen. Key suppliers had been hired but they needed some assistance with the design + logistics of having a marquee reception at home. I feel blessed to have such lovely clients and Hannah & Owen and the whole family…

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6 Month Group Coaching Program Specifically For The Wedding Industry

By bernadette

I fully believe that by working together we can achieve amazing things, after all this is one of the reasons why I co-founded the UKAWP. Having a community of likeminded wedding entrepreneurs can be incredibly supportive. I’m so excited to tell you about a new UKAWP venture for 2018, namely our  group coaching programme. With the wedding…

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Recently Engaged? Get your priorities organised first

By bernadette

January can only mean one thing, “engagement season” is here. If you got engaged over the christmas period do read our recent article on what do to in that first week. Todays post is to get you started on your wedding planning journey. It can be tempting to start calling venues, dress designers and hiring…

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Please note every image shown on our website has been taken from previous events we have organised. Our thanks to the following photographers for sending us the images:
Jasmine Jade, Simon Carr, Kerry Morgan, Touch Photography, Tracey Hosey, Tim Bowden, Contre Jour, Mark Bothwell, Max Burnett from Weddings_M, Julian Porch