Wedding Venue Deposit - too much? or normal...

I think it's all relative to the total amount - our venue costs came to just under £6k, and we paid a deposit of about £2k.

Your total is much higher than that, so it makes sense that the deposit would be higher. A lot of venues that I looked at asked for a 50% deposit.

Make sure you get a contract that is signed by both you and the venue, but I don't think that £5k of £19k is outrageous.

Hope this helps! X

50% is known but usually its 10-20%. Yours is looking like 25% so not too over the top.

Some venues have increased their deposits of late as in the past 2 years they (and ourselves) have seen a much higher number of cancellations than in previous years. And, once you've gone past booking season it can be hard to fill the date.

It's always a good idea to have wedding insurance as this can cover the cost of deposits if the absolute worst can happen and I do belive wedding insurance is under £100. It covers many things although no money back if you get cold feet.

Our quote is approx £21k and we paid a £3k deposit in may 2018, we are due to pay £2.5k in July 2019, £8k in September 2019 and the rest in January 2020 for an April 2020 wedding

Deposit on my venue is £50... venue is £1500 so between 3-4%

Our venue, food and drinks are £5700. Our deposit was £500 with the balance due four weeks before. So, just under a 10% deposit x