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Your Wedding Day at The George Hotel
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Congratulations on your forthcoming Wedding Day!
May we take this opportunity to congratulate you on your forthcoming wedding and to pass on our very best wishes for your future.
Your special day requires a special place, at The George Hotel we believe this as well, we pride ourselves in making each Wedding unique. It is our pleasure to tailor a program to your individual requirements, tastes and budget.
The George Hotel provides a perfect ambience combined with our friendly yet highly professional and efficient team of staff, we will make your day one of the most pleasurable and memorable days of your life, our aim is to ensure you enjoy it to the full.
Our excellent team of chefs will create the most mouth-watering menu of your choice and our dedicated team of staff will be on hand at all times to ensure the arrangements run smoothly.
The Management of the George Hotel will ensure the smooth running and success of your Wedding Day.
Mike & Michelle Menhennett
Hotel Managers.
A Brief History
The George Hotel is a striking, idyllic 15th Century coaching inn, with oak beams and inglenook fireplaces throughout. Set in two acres of beautiful grounds and built in 1495 it is one of the oldest coaching inns in the country, allowing you to tread on the path of history.
The George Hotel is situated in the heart of the picturesque village of Dorchester on Thames, a small village dating back to the 11th Century. Prehistoric man, Bronze Age and Iron Age, Romans, Saxons and Normans all have left their traces of dwellings and culture.
In the days of the stagecoach The George provided a welcome haven for many an aristocrat including the first Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Churchill. However in more recent times we have seen famous guests of a different hue such as author DH Lawrence.
The buildings of The George Hotel have changed little since their heyday as a coaching inn; it retains all the beauty and charm of those days, whilst offering every modern amenity.
The George Hotel offers seventeen en-suite bedrooms, uniquely decorated and furnished with fine antiques, the décor suits the requirements of modern times whilst maintaining the spirit of the past.
We cater for all sizes and types of Weddings, small and intimate through to large marquee grand balls.
The George Hotel is the perfect setting for small Weddings. Our Carriages restaurant offers a fine dining a la carte menu for the more formal reception. A beautiful stained glass window, oak beams and secret garden certainly provides the idyllic venue for your perfect day.
Larger Wedding receptions can easily be accommodated in the Marquee.
Marquee Wedding Receptions
The George Hotel is the perfect setting for a Marquee Wedding, situated in two acres of tree-lined enclosed gardens.
The Price of the Marquee is available upon request.
The Package
The George Hotel wedding package has been designed to offer all the necessary requirements needed to ensure that your wedding day is an enjoyable and memorable one.
Included in your wedding package is as follows:
- A master of ceremonies for your wedding breakfast to help with the smooth running of the day
- Honeymoon Suite for the Bride & Groom
- Room hire for the wedding breakfast. (Excluding the Marquee cost)
- Special accommodation rates for your guests attending the wedding
To enjoy all of these services with our compliments, you need to just choose your wedding breakfast menu and evening buffet menu for a minimum of:
40 guests in the day.
60 guests in the evening.
We are able to arrange evening discos and bands for you. Please let us know if you need any further information.
The receiving line
The receiving line is composed as follows:
Bride’s Mother > Bride’s Father > Groom’s Mother > Groom’s Father > The Bride > The Groom > Best Man
The Bridesmaids and guests then form a queue, introduce themselves to the Brides parents, shake hands and move on down the line, ending with the Best Man.
Wedding Etiquette & Time Table
Suggested Top Table Seating Plan:
Best Man
Chief Bridesmaid
Groom’s Father
Brides Mother
Groom
Bride
Brides Father
Groom’s Mother
Bridesmaid
Bridesmaid
The Wedding Timetable
Arrangements will vary according to each couple.
Below we offer a guide to ease the planning of your Wedding Day.
From Two Years.
Decide the date and venue of wedding
Once decision is reached-
Book reception venue
Book photographer
Book videographer
Book transport
Book toastmaster
Book reception entertainment
From Twelve Months
Decide on number of guest and make a list
Order invitations
Book honeymoon and if necessary, apply for passports
Decide on Best Man, Bridesmaids and Ushers
Order wedding cake
From Six Months
Compile wedding present list
Choose wedding dress and veil
Choose bridesmaid dresses and head-dresses
Once colour scheme is decided, order flowers for bouquets, church and reception, if required Bridegroom, Best man, fathers and ushers should arrange hire of suites
From Three Months
Send out invitations
Arrange outfits for mums
Choose hymn and choice of music
Minister to approve – once done, arrange for the ‘Order of service’ sheets to be printed
Arrange calling the banns
Choose wedding rings
Confirm the catering arrangements at the Venue
From Six Weeks
If catering at home, make arrangements for food and drink
Confirm travel and hotel bookings
Choose presents for bridesmaids
Confirm with the caterer the menu & final numbers
Pay final payment to Venue
From Four Weeks
Make hairdressing/beauty salon appointments
Give florists total number of buttonholes and addresses for flowers to be delivered
Confirm details with photographer, car hire, etc.
Last minute buys for the honeymoon
Final fitting of wedding dress
From Ten to Seven Days
Practice make-up
Take head-dress to hair dresser to decide on hair style
Meet with the best man, bridesmaids and ushers to finalise arraignments. Give best man money for fees and tipping
Give ‘Order of the service’ sheets to the vicar
Start packing for honeymoon
Inform Venue of last minuet
One Day to Go
Delegate as much work as possible
Have your ‘beauty’ treatment
Final packing for honeymoon
Lay-out ‘wedding’ ensemble and ‘going away’ ensemble
THE WEDDING DAY
Assuming a 2pm. wedding, the bride’s timetable will run something like this:
8:00am; Shower or relaxing bath
8:30am: A good breakfast
9:00am: Polish nails
9:30am: Hairdresser
11:00am: Best man arrives to collect luggage/greeting cards
11:30am: Bridesmaid/pageboy arrives
12:00 noon: Make-up
12:30pm Bride and Groom dress
1:30pm: Photographer arrives
1:30pm: First car takes mother and bridesmaids to church entrance
1:45pm: Second car takes bride and father to church
1:58pm: Wait in the church entrance and line bridesmaids up behind you –
The Verger will greet you
2:00pm: The Ceremony