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PLANNING Happy Hens 4 13403 views
Celebrating your hen night is a real milestone. A whole step closer to being MrsX, it is also a great time for bonding with new sister-in-laws and old friends. Add a fun activity and you'll be in for a never-to-forget experience. This week we check out murder mystery weekends.
A great alternative to the spa or weekend in Europe, you'll die laughing at an Original Murder Weekend. Joy Swift, who created the Murder Weekends concept 27 years ago, says: “Hen parties have an absolute hoot on our Murder Weekends. Alongside the murder 
puzzle we have hilarious games, a party atmosphere and even the chance to wear silly costumes. Hen parties are really comfortable with the clear one-off price, with no hidden extras, which avoids upsets or friction in the group. It’s also much easier to arrange than a foreign trip!”
Joy's murder weekends are cleverly designed to tax the braincells with at least three mysteries to solve. Using TV-quality make-up, topical themes and convincing actors, the whole scenario is incredibly realistic. At the same time it is a lot of fun and is great for bonding. Joy adds, "It’s particularly good if a lot of the party don’t know each other – they won’t be strangers for more than five minutes once they start sleuthing!”
Original Murder Weekends begin with a welcome reception at 8pm on Friday night and continue until 12noon on Sunday, when the Detective Inspector concludes his/her summing up. The weekends are run exclusively in Mercure Hotels. Visit murder.co.uk for a full list of dates. For bookings made during 2008, Original Murder Weekends will give the organiser a £50 discount and a bottle of champagne for the bride.
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PLANNING Wed Like a Wag 2 8853 views
The average cost of a wedding in the UK is £17,000, a worldaway from the average cost of a WAG wedding, which comes in at anything between £250,000 and £4 million. However, leading shopping comparison site Kelkoo (Hitwise UK), has some handy cost-saving tips.
Bruce Fair, managing director, Kelkoo, says: “When you’re planning a wedding it’s all too easy to let the budget go out of the window. But, just because it’s your special day, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t shop around."
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WAG vs BLAG
1. Marquee
WAG – John Terry and Toni Poole pitched their extravagant, purple-carpeted marque
e in the grounds of Blenheim Palace for their wedding day last year. A full specification luxury marquee can cost anything up to £12,000.
BLAG – Re-create the marquee wedding in your own garden. You can get a 100 person garden marquee from £899.
SAVING – £11,101
2. Wedding Gifts
WAG – One generous guest treated Victoria and David Beckham to a luxury Harrods Hamper as part of their wedding gift, estimated to cost around £450.
BLAG – Give your own stack of sweet treats, with the Duchy Originals Hamper from Virginia Hayward, at £30.50 with delivery.
SAVING – £419.50
3. Wedding Favours
WAG – The treats that Wayne and Coleen dished out to wedding guests were kept a top secret but the recent celebrity trend has been for the Tiffany silver clock, engraved with the all-important date. Reported cost around £275 each.
BLAG – Make sure your guests always remember your anniversary by giving them a personalised, engraved silver compact mirror, at £9.99 each.
SAVING – £265.01 per guestPhoto © PR Photos, iStockphoto
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PLANNING I'd Just Like to Say... 9079 views
Making a speech can be nerve-wracking, but with a few good one-liners up your sleeve to break the ice you will soon have family and friends laughing. This week we review a handy new book.
Top speech writer Mitch Murray has put together the perfect gameplan for making a speech. Including his own tips and techniques and masses of one-liners to be lifted and adapted for your own in-the-spotlight moment. Rather more than the title suggests, Mitch Murray’s One-Liners for Wedding Speeches (Foulsham £8.99) is a complete DIY kit for all those having to make a speech on the big day. It offers a rich selection of ideas, one-liners, quotations and quips you can adapt or import for the occasion. A successful speech depends very much on how the ideas are arranged and structured … it’s not what you say that counts, it’s the way that you say it!
Mitch includes the gags.
He shows you how to deliver them. He shows you how to structure everything for pace. And most of all, he produces everyone's dream, the successful wedding speech.click to read more on speech-making > Photo © Freeman Photographics
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Wedding Week Notes 23/06 11421 views
If you missed out on any of the news & events at WeddingPath this week, just click on the links to catch up on some of our favourites!
—————————————————————— 23/06 FASHION Wedding Belles... spotlight Amanda Wyatt
24/06 GROOMS Your Cuppa... skincare with tea
24/06 REAL WEDDING Highland Loving.. WP bride18/06 FASHION Mums' Treat... hats & champers
18/06 WEDDING GOSSIP California Bride 2...19/06 VENUE River Romance... canal boat
19/06 HONEYMOON Hot in Chile... wild!20/06 GIFTS Satin Love... silky smooth
20/06 RECEPTIONS Will You Dance?... top 10Have a great weekend!
Photo © Hadley Park Hotel, iStockphoto
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PLANNING Happy Hens 3 12315 views
Most brides want to look their best on the big day and if going to a bridal bootcamp is what it takes, why not get a few hens in on the action and have some pre-wedding laughs at the same time.
The wedding season is here and with 91% of UK brides–to-be wanting to lose weight before their big day, personal training company MOTIV8 is hosting a series of bridal boot camps in Tintagel, Cornwall this summer. The first boot camp takes place 3rd – 7th July 2008.
Fraser Pannett at MOTIV8 explains: “The bridal boot camps have proved a huge success with some brides to be losing 7lb in weight. The exercise plans will ensure guests work hard but have fun and, most importantly, achieve their personal fitness and weight loss goals.”
Motiv8’s boot camp is designed to help brides kick start their weight loss regime or just lose those last few pounds before the big day. Under the expert guidance of the MOTIV8 team, the programme for the weekend is tailored to individual requirements but will typically include:
• Weight loss program including ‘stairs of sin & seaside hike’
• Toning and sculpting via boxing and weights circuits
• Flexibility and relaxation through a stretching component
• Nutritional guidance and tailored diet plans
• Nordic walking
• Gym stick workouts
As many hens can come along as you like, or for the hen weekend with a difference MOTIV8 also run private boot camps for groups. The summer weekend boot camp costs £350 and includes four nights’ hotel accommodation on a half board basis. Spaces for the July weekend are limited and can be reserved on a first come first service basis by calling MOTIV8 on 07050 249202 or visit www.motiv8fitness.co.uk.
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