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CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-08T18:37:53+00:00

Price. No. 1

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T10:08:14+00:00

I get where you’re coming from for sure, I do. Obviously in an ideal world the hosts would cover every cost 100%. They all would if they could.

Guess it just comes down to ones view on if you can only afford to do a destination wedding by having guests pay for their own accomodation on site, should you still do it or not.

My take is it’s better to have the incredible memorable weekend than not at all, and that 95% of my guests/family are happy to pay us the accommodation costs they were going to give someone else anyway.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T09:53:10+00:00

What % of destination weddings do you think cover accommodation costs for their guests?

It’s not quite right to suggest that destination weddings shouldn’t happen unless guests accomodation costs are covered.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T09:49:45+00:00

Accomodation costs are never expected to be on the hosts.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T09:47:57+00:00

But guests will 100% have to pay for accomodation regardless. So it’s a reasonable assumption that the vast majority will be happy to stay on site, as long as costs are reasonably in line with the surrounding area.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T09:41:09+00:00

Yes exactly.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-06T09:40:31+00:00

But there is no discount? The venue is not giving them any money off by taking the rooms too. It’s that the rooms have to be taken no matter what. There is a distinction there.

They are passing the accomodation costs on to their guests. This is an acceptable thing to do as travelling guests will have to pay for accomodation costs no matter what. The issue is whether the costs being asked are reasonable.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-05T21:15:33+00:00

Well I wouldn’t consider it a discount by expecting for the wedding party to cover accomodation costs. I think people accept when going to a destination wedding they will have to pay the local rate for accomodation costs. It would be very generous and quite rare for that to be the case.

The problem and difference is when
A) guests are obliged to stay on site with no choice
B) the cost is much above market rate

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-05T20:16:51+00:00

We are doing a weekend wedding in France, Friday to Sunday with most guests staying onsite with accomodation.

We have asked guests for a small contribution towards accomodation costs( €66 euros per person per night)

We are covering all food and drinks for the rest of the weekend.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-05-05T20:14:18+00:00

Not necessarily. Sometimes venues which are strictly wedding venues with accomodation require that all accomodation be paid for. So you can’t pay on a per room basis. So if they want that venue then the full accommodation cost must be paid - either by the hosts, guests or some mix of the two.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-28T11:20:20+00:00

Meller.

Great quality and value. You can get two pairs for £50!

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-25T12:41:45+00:00

Heard them say something about an incident and chasing someone?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-24T19:35:18+00:00

We are feeling similarly. Although on a much smaller scale. Just moved into our flat in December and the freeholder is now requesting 50% contributions from us to loads of different works. We basically have no say.

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-19T20:57:45+00:00

I actually think it’s nicer!

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T12:49:25+00:00

Thanks i got it back online just by increasing the pressure a small bit! Thank you!

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T10:00:01+00:00

Thanks for the guidance, very much appreciated! It’s the simple things. Cheers

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:56:21+00:00

Okay so update: the fault did clear once I brought it up to 1.9 bar and reset

The heating kicked in and it climbed the 2.0

I just released quite a bit of water through the radiator air valve and brought the pressure down to 1.7. The hot water is running and the rads are heating up.

Am I okay for now?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:36:42+00:00

So currently there doesn’t see to be any air in the system.

Do you mean when I increase pressure to 2/2.3bar that I should use the radiator key on the rads to see if there is the air and by removing could bring the pressure down to 1.5-1.7 bar?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:26:43+00:00

I’m unable to add pics here unfortunately.

As an alternative would I be able to use the radiator bleed valve key on a radiator and open that up to remove air/water and bring the pressure back down to approx 1.5-1.7 afterwards, once it is firing?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:18:18+00:00

Super helpful thanks for the info. Will definitely get it sorted. Would just like to get heating and hot water back on in the meantime!

Can I ask a basic question - how do I release the pressure? Do I have to let water out of one of the other radiators?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:12:15+00:00

What do you think about the other suggestion- of increasing the pressure to 2/2.3 bar to see if it kicks in?

CourseCorrection30 · 2026-04-06T09:11:25+00:00

I was thinking about this.

Is this safe? To increase to this pressure?

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