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What is wedding planning if not just a series of choices made about things you wouldn’t normally worry about.  Your big day needs big decisions, and you may quickly find yourself becoming an expert in fields you’d never even considered before: décor, flower arranging, interior design, conflict management (you can’t sit HER next to HIM…)  to name but a few. Fortunately, some decisions are more enjoyable than others:  Food tasting, cake sampling, wine pairing, honeymoon planning, anyone? And one of the best jobs has to be researching what goes on the sweetie cart.   Guests love retro sweets, and offering a selection of nostalgic candies and chocolates has been one of the most popular reception trends of recent years.   Sweets make great favours, too, and are popular with both young and old guests.   Affordable, colourful, nostalgic and, most importantly, tasty as hell, retro sweets are brilliant because as everyone knows, calories don’t count at weddings. So what

Looking for a gay-friendly wedding venue or service provider? Pink Wedding Days can help.   We list UK businesses eager to assist you and your partner in the planning of your same-sex marriage ceremony . We’ve got venues and vendors across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom and they come in all shapes, sizes and for all budgets. For example, looking for a wedding venue in Scotland with a view?  Then don’t miss The Vu – this centrally located venue sits between Edinburgh and Glasgow in the Bathgate hills, on the gorgeous Ballencrief Reservoir.  Couples are married in the Water Lily Suite that actually extends out onto the water.  It doesn’t get much better than that. Or maybe you’re looking for luxury transportation for your wedding?  Fancy arriving in something special? BK Executive Cars has a fleet of superb vehicles that won’t just get you to the ceremony on time but in style – your bridesmaids and families, too. Maybe you’re after Victorian s

Trinidad and Tobago’s High Court has ruled that it is unlawful to criminalise same-sex intimacy between two consenting adults.  Anal intercourse was previously punishable by up to twenty-five years in prison. Sexual intimacy – without intercourse – risked a sentence of five years. This is fantastic news for the island’s gay community, but it also highlights the severity of homosexuality laws in a number of Britain’s previous colonies.   That two gay men could face a twenty-five-year prison sentence for having a consensual sexual encounter is unbelievably draconian, and it’s Britain’s fault.  These laws are a hangover from a time when Britain treated homosexuals like criminals and told its colonies to do the same.  Theresa May has now said that she ‘deeply regrets’ Britain’s role in creating and enforcing anti-LGBTQ laws in Commonwealth nations . Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has promised that he will ‘raise LGBTQ rights with foreign leaders of countries where

Brighton is home to one of the UK’s largest LGBTQ communities making this Victorian seaside resort ideal for same-sex weddings.   Whilst there are plenty of gay wedding venues in Brighton here’s one that should definitely be on your must-see list: the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel. Couples have a choice of ceremony spaces: the Clarence Suite, the Ambassador Suite, and the Regency Suite which is the largest of the three. For guests with a more intimate wedding in mind, there is also The Chartwell Suite at the top of the hotel which commands excellent sea views.  Located in the heart of Brighton, The Hilton Metropole is less than an hour away from Central London by train .  This hotel boasts Victorian splendour, effortless charm and impressive attention to detail and all with magnificent sea views. Here's what the venue has to say in its own words:  There couldn’t be a more romantic location for the biggest day of your life, than Hilton Brighton Metropo

How about winning your wedding reception at the gorgeous Sandon Hall in Staffordshire? Sandon Hall has teamed up with award-winning caterer Vanilla in Allseasons and The Estate Boys bar service to offer this amazing prize worth £10,900 including venue hire, catering and a DJ. All you have to do is send them your proposal story in five hundred words or fewer (with supporting photographs and video) before May 4th.  Full details of this amazing prize-package are listed on Sandon Hall’s blog and include: Exclusive use of Sandon Hall for the wedding  reception on Saturday 27th April 2019 Use of house and grounds for photography Use of conservatory for arrival drinks and canapés Use of Saloon for wedding breakfast and evening party until Midnight Value: £6,750 Exceptional service courtesy of a multi-award winning  team Arrival canapés Delicious three-course set meal for up to 40 guests Cutlery, crockery and table linens Bacon and sausage baps

Gay marriage was legalised in England, Scotland and Wales in 2015 and Civil Partnerships a decade earlier , so why do some people still need to be schooled on how to act at a same-sex ceremony? Or maybe it isn’t specifically an LGBTQ issue .  We’ve been writing about weddings long enough now to know that they can bring out the worst in guests regardless of the happy couple’s sexual orientation. And it isn’t just guests who aren’t 100% on board with homosexuality that can be a problem.  There are the over-enthusiastic first-timers, too: the ones who mean well but treat the day like a novelty sideshow. “I’m SO excited about your gay wedding.” “I’ve never been to a LESBIAN wedding before” “I think it’s amazing that they let YOU get married now.” Being excited about a wedding, any wedding , is what any soon-to-be-married couple wants but remember that most gay couples have spent their entire lives having to defend their sexuality , being reminded that t

We’re at the start of the wedding season , and if you’re about to start planning your same-sex ceremony and reception, then you’re probably itching to book your honeymoon , too. Only it isn’t as straightforward for LGBTQ couples .  It’s not just following the sunshine, checking the Foreign Office website , noting the strength of the pound against the Euro or Dollar or picking somewhere pretty from a glossy brochure. There are countries in the world where homosexuality is still punishable by death . There are honeymoon destinations where gay people can be flogged, imprisoned, murdered without impunity. There are popular sunshine destinations where holding your partner's hand could expose you to abuse. So we were intrigued when the fab people at James Villas sent us Destination Pride’s research into Europe’s Top 10 LGBT-friendly destinations and there are some fab spots in there. Each score is out of one hundred and has taken into account 6 factors: