We've just had our wedding at Bexley Holiday Inn and we cannot fault our experience.

Our initial tour gave us transparent options/pricing and every member of staff we met made our questions, thoughts and ideas a breeze. I also really appreciate getting replies to emails quickly as this is rare nowadays! We didn’t need too much time to decide to book our wedding with the Holiday Inn as we picked a package which was well within our budget- even for a Saturday. Having now had our day, it was worth every penny; I feel like we managed to achieve our ‘budget’ wedding without it ever once feeling like we were lacking in anything.

The venue itself was perfect. We had so much space for the ceremony, meal, outdoor photos and even rooms to store our things in before, during and after the big day. The room we had to get ready in the night/morning before was absolutely perfect for me, two photographers, make up and 4 friends. We had seen the venue dressed for conferences and seen photos of other weddings but on the day, it absolutely felt like it was special to us. We loved the outside space for photos and for our guests to sit outside on the benches and the kids to play on the grass but throughout the day, there was so much space for what people needed. My elderly grandparents had a quieter zone to chat away from the loud disco or those making using of our private bar!

I lost count of how many members of staff were on hand to help set up and run the day and every single one played a key part in the fun we had that day. The food was great and all of the little add ons were never pushed upon us; and we were given alternatives with suppliers or our own choices if we wanted too. We decided to DIY a lot of the decor/speakers and we had plenty of time to set this up before the wedding. The day after, everything was already tidied into one room for us by 8am so loading the car took us a lot less time (and stress!) than we expected.

Above everything, our wedding co-ordinator Lauren deserves the most amount of praise. Our frequent meetings and emails always made us feel like we were totally in charge of how we wanted our wedding to go- she was like a genie granting all of our wishes! And the day before/on the day, she clearly went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed and every time we said ‘do we have…’ she’d already have it sorted on her clipboard! It was as if she’d done 1000 weddings before but had the enthusiasm and excitement for our day as if it were her own.

I honestly can't think of anything we'd want to have changed on our day. If you’re considering this venue, I really do recommend a tour, chat and to see how people have transformed the rooms as we honestly had the best day and think it was such good value for a venue that was the most competitively priced we’d seen.

Sad it’s all over but looking forward to the photos to relive the day!

First off we gave them 7 weeks to plan our wedding and they made it so easy and seamless. Special thanks to Abbie and Lauren couldn’t do this without you. Their assistance was on point from the start and during the day.