£51 EBay bid wins one couple a complete wedding package
Couple win wedding for £51 on EBay
One couple really struck gold after a hotel put a complete wedding package up for sale on EBay following a cancellation. Despite setting aside a maximum of £1,000 for the bid, all it took was a mere £51 to secure the wedding deal.
As part of the bargain nuptials the couple were treated to a red carpet welcome with a Bucks Fizz reception followed by a 3 course meal for 35 guests, a toastmaster and a further evening buffet for 50 guests. And to end the perfect day the newlyweds were treated to a complimentary overnight stay in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.
After contacting the 3 star Buckatree Hall Hotel in Shropshire with a view to booking their wedding there, the hotel’s staff tipped the couple off to the cancellation slot which had just gone up for sale on EBay. Ordinarily a wedding reception at this venue would set you back at least £1,555. Groom-to-be Les Clark had just been made redundant from his Civil Engineering position so their wedding was being conducted on a very tight budget.
As a regular EBay user, Les wasted no time in placing a bid for the wedding reception. The bride, Colette Palin said they jumped at the opportunity saying:”We just thought we would see if we could strike lucky.” And Strike it lucky they did, winning the package for just £51.
And the bargains kept on coming as the 25-year-old bride managed to find the perfect dress with a whopping 50% discount taking the cost down to £450.
The hotel’s manager, Jason Petty, explained that they had the idea of posting cancellation bookings on EBay a while ago, and the lost wedding booking gave them the perfect opportunity to try out their new strategy as he said: “The date came up and we knew we weren’t going to sell it so I thought, let’s go for it.”
The newlywed’s lucky streak shows no signs of stopping either; since they tied the knot Les has found a new job and Colette has revealed she is expecting their first baby in spring of next year.
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Posted by Kelly Cooper
on Oct 6 2009. Filed under All News, Wedding Venues.
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That’s such a wonderful story! I wish I could win a wedding like that. I’m jealous but happy for them! I’m working on saving money for my own wedding which is in a few months. So far, our planner, http://www.gatheringguide.com/ec/event_planners.html, has managed to save us a bit of money. Here’s hoping we can do it within our budget– so far so good!
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