Renting out a field for a wedding

[puppet]

I suppose it does depend on the location and on the type and standard of people expected at the event. There’s a lot of work for the organiser and no doubt some are more capable than others at setting a high standard and getting things done.

Problem is that with drink on board you cannot always guarantee what your guests will get up to. We attended 4 weddings at an upmarket venue and the last time had 2 security guys who had a very quiet evening. However the owners had had trouble at a previous wedding with a group of lads who got out of control

 

[kfpben]

Thank you for all the replies- I'm getting the insurers to quote.

I'm lukewarm about the whole thing if I'm honest but the field offered is long way from any houses. It is next to a grain store but that will be locked.

I would imagine £1000 with a £500 deposit on top to be refunded when the field is left in a clean state seems fair. I think much more is taking the pee a bit for a bit of grass.
There is a certain amount of hassle factor involved so any less and it wont be worth doing.
£1k these days is only 8 decent lambs or a full grain bucket of wheat!

 

[Old apprentice]

Thank you for all the replies- I'm getting the insurers to quote.

I'm lukewarm about the whole thing if I'm honest but the field offered is long way from any houses. It is next to a grain store but that will be locked.

I would imagine £1000 with a £500 deposit on top to be refunded when the field is left in a clean state seems fair. I think much more is taking the pee a bit for a bit of grass.
There is a certain amount of hassle factor involved so any less and it wont be worth doing.
£1k these days is only 8 decent lambs or a full grain bucket of wheat!

You said they want acsess to 3 faze sparkyiv required to test the supply.

 

[davidroberts30]

Thank you for all the replies- I'm getting the insurers to quote.

I'm lukewarm about the whole thing if I'm honest but the field offered is long way from any houses. It is next to a grain store but that will be locked.

I would imagine £1000 with a £500 deposit on top to be refunded when the field is left in a clean state seems fair. I think much more is taking the pee a bit for a bit of grass.
There is a certain amount of hassle factor involved so any less and it wont be worth doing.
£1k these days is only 8 decent lambs or a full grain bucket of wheat!

i think id do 1500 plus 1k deposit minimum for field and leccy,insurance and camping extra
if it were a 5a field and you had 10 bales to the acre worth 30 thats 1500
you will lose a few weeks growth

 

[7610 super q]

Thank you for all the replies- I'm getting the insurers to quote.

I'm lukewarm about the whole thing if I'm honest but the field offered is long way from any houses. It is next to a grain store but that will be locked.

I would imagine £1000 with a £500 deposit on top to be refunded when the field is left in a clean state seems fair. I think much more is taking the pee a bit for a bit of grass.
There is a certain amount of hassle factor involved so any less and it wont be worth doing.
£1k these days is only 8 decent lambs or a full grain bucket of wheat!

Your grain bucket must be a lot larger than mine.......

 

[flywheel]

Sounds like a legal & insurance nightmare you be walking into...

 

[goodevans]

I would not agree to anyone staying overnight on the field unless inside the main event’s tent. If they can’t afford hotel rooms then they might not be the type of people you want there. A low budget event full of riff-raff is not something you need host on your field. You can generally tell by the bride and groom and any relatives and their reputation in the neighbourhood whether they are the kind you would cater for.

I would sleep in the field and I can afford a hotel room,in fact if I made it through I would probably just slink off at 7 in morning. Fact is if you want to host the event don't make it unaffordable, if you don't want to host it you know what to charge

 

[Wesley]

You would be far better off telling them to hire a generator. Even if they had yours available as a backup. Its frightening how much power can be required. Went to a wedding recently in the family's grain sheds. The father had a clamp meter on the supply & was continually checking it. It was right on the limit of their 3 phase supply.

 

[Cowabunga]

Problem is that with drink on board you cannot always guarantee what your guests will get up to. We attended 4 weddings at an upmarket venue and the last time had 2 security guys who had a very quiet evening. However the owners had had trouble at a previous wedding with a group of lads who got out of control

You get the occasional wedding where things get nasty, which is why professional security is needed for such gatherings. I thought it was compulsory these days.
The wedding I posted about had security for three days before and until the day after the wedding.

 

[Netherfield]

Farmer local to here used to let the local show use his fields, even made him President of the committee.

Dad died and son stopped it straight away, lots of reasons,

They needed the grass of the fields by a stated date, which meant it didn't matter if it was raining the grass had to go, obviously couldn't be eaten off by stock and leave muck all over the site.

Car park if the weather was bad would become a muddy swamp.

When making silage the following year the metal detector was forever going off, beer bottle tops, screws and nails used by the stand builders the main culprits.

And I'm the 'miserable devil' who wouldn't let a local hill climb event use a 10 acre field as a car park, seeing the mess made of some of the other peoples land I'm sure I was right.

 

[flowerpot]

It isn't a public gathering, it is a private event as far as insurance is concerned, but you would need to clear it with your insurance.

A marquee for a big wedding is around £10,000 then there is catering on top, so borrowing your field isn't going to be a cheap option for the wedding anyway, do they realise that. Then there are toilet facilities needed, lights, parking.

Or are they planning to just put up a party-tent type thing and have about 50 people? I think you need to know what is planned before you can decide.

 

[flowerpot]

We have had Young Farmers events here - YFC insurance obviously - and private parties and we haven't had to pay for any extra insurance cover.

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

A quick Google threw up this , there’s plenty on the internet to get an idea of price , unfortunately there’s far too many hoops to jump through for insurance for just a one off event , if you were to make it a permanent diversification project though I’d imagine it’s a nice little earner .

 

[D14]

I’ve been approached to rent out a field for a wedding party. I vaguely know the bride’s mother as she lives in the village but don’t know the couple at all so no great desire to offer ‘mates rates’.

140 guests. Use of three phase electric. Some camping.
Will need it for 4 days in early September. In Hampshire.
How much should I charge? I’ve never done it before.

Make sure its not a load of pikey's setting you up as this happened to a friend of mine and it took him 4 weeks to get rid of them and you've never seen a mess like it. 60 caravans turned up for the 'wedding' and they ruined 2 local pubs as well as the levels of theft escalating in the area.

Price wise a wedding venue hire for 1 day in a proper bespoke building is around £2500 which includes the facilities such as toilets and an area where a bar could be set up but not including the bar itself. So I would say you want £750/day in cash pound notes or £1,000/day if invoiced.

 

[livestock 1]

Neighbour asked me and I let her get married in our field for nowt
Later she/they wanted to build another story on their house directly infront of one of our houses bedroom windows and summoned me around to allow her to do this as she needed my permission to go ahead. I didn’t rush and she moved out not speaking now

 

[Doing it for the kids]

This will either make (for a few months at most) or break the the OP In the eyes of the locals.

Folk have short minds when kind things are done for them but seem to remember negatives for ever and a day.

Personally I’d steer clear - you don’t know them so don’t owe them anything.

It could go horribly wrong for you and trash your reputation.

Go with your gut.

 

[d-wales]

I’ve been approached to rent out a field for a wedding party. I vaguely know the bride’s mother as she lives in the village but don’t know the couple at all so no great desire to offer ‘mates rates’.

140 guests. Use of three phase electric. Some camping.
Will need it for 4 days in early September. In Hampshire.
How much should I charge? I’ve never done it before.

I've done a few of these in the past.

I'd ask for £2500 cash. Maybe a bit extra for a deposit for rubbish clean up.

Make sure they hire toilets, a generator and a skip. And depending how close to houses, no noise after 12.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Need to consider the risk of fire in a field now ,hopefully by September it might have rained and reduced the chance of the whole lot going up in smoke.