INTRODUCTION	PRIVATE DINING
WEDDINGS	ROOM CAPACITIES
MEETINGS & CONFERENCES	ENQUIRY FORM

WEDDING RECEPTION PROCEDURE

Please make all initial enquiries to info@balbirnie.co.uk

IN-HOUSE CEREMONY TIMINGS
-The Groom, Best Man and Ushers should arrive circa 12.30pm, ready to welcome the guests.
-Guests can take a ‘refreshment’ prior to the ceremony.
-Ushers should seat guests (and if applicable hand out orders of service) 10 minutes before the ceremony is scheduled to begin.
(Please note that the earliest time we can host a ceremony at Balbirnie is 2.00pm, and on a Sunday, 2.30pm)

TRADITIONAL RECEPTION PROCEDURE…
ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL, circa 2.30/ 3.00pm.
If the ceremony is out with the hotel, the photographer will normally be first to arrive at Balbirnie. The bride and groom will then arrive, closely followed by the remainder of the wedding party and guests. 

WELCOME DRINKS
It is customary to have drinks available for guests on arrival and this may be champagne, sparkling wine, fruit punch (summer), mulled wine (winter) or alternatively Pimms, soft drinks, whisky and wine. Weather permitting; drinks can be taken either in the gardens, or in an appropriate area of the hotel. With flowering borders, striped lawns and dark green sunshades, the gardens are just stunning in the summer months. Each season of the year offers something different at Balbirnie.

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