Small weddingplanner
Forty guests or fewer, a garden or a back room, and one person who has thought of everything.
I planned big weddings for nine years and noticed that the best ones were always the smallest. Aisleway is only that: weddings for the people who will actually be in the photograph.
How it works
Four moments, one fixed fee each. Book one, two or all four; most couples take the last two.
The first coffee
Twelve months before
We find the date, the place and the number, and write the budget on one page.
£180
The people
Six months before
Caterer, photographer, flowers and music: three names for each, all of whom do small days well.
£420
The running order
The month before
Every minute from the first guest to the last taxi, sent to every supplier.
£360
The day itself
Ten hours on site
I hold the rings, fix the hem, find the auntie and keep the clock.
£650
Couples who had twelve, twenty-six and thirty-nine guests, and not one of them had to think on the day.
"Imogen found us a restaurant that closed for a Tuesday. It felt like a dinner party that happened to have vows in it."
"She talked us out of a marquee and into my parents' garden. Best advice we have ever had."
"The running order was two pages long. Our photographer said she had never worked a calmer wedding."
Is there a minimum?
Many venues charge for sixty even if forty come. Ask for the minimum spend, in writing, before you fall in love with the room.
Can it feel full?
Thirty people in a hall for two hundred looks empty in every photograph. Count chairs, not square metres.
Who else is there?
Some venues run two weddings a day. For a small one you want the whole place, or at least a door that closes.
Imogen HartStudio 2, The Old DairyLewes
01273 960 518Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00Saturdays are for weddings
A first coffee is always free. Tell me your date, your number and one thing you already know you want.
