Terms & Conditions and What is included on a Weekend Wedding
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Weekend Wedding Package Craig y Nos Castle South Wales
Three Course Wedding Breakfast
Castle Drinks Package
Evening Buffet
Table Linen, Cake Stand,
chair sashes/ bows in a wide choice of colours, etc
&
Discounted Exclusive use of our
Castle Wedding Venue
Your Wedding in a Castle - Exclusively Yours
"We only allow one wedding a day
for it's your special day!"
1. What is Included - With Links
Wine & Dine
Three course Wedding Breakfast. You get two choices of Starter, two choices of Mains and two choices of Pudding.
Exclusive use
For Venue Hire, see chart for venue rates for each calendar year. Exclusive use covers all castle ground floor function rooms and all en suite rooms. It does not include the non en-suite rooms unless you book them. Yours is the only wedding reception at the castle on your wedding day. Exclusive use includes:
- Opera house for your Wedding Ceremony
- Conservatory for your Wedding Banquet. You can seat up to 130 Day guests in the Conservatory.
- Separate evening Function Room & Bar for your evening disco and party.
- Nicolini Sitting Room for your welcome drinks
Decor
Chair sashes/ bows in a wide choice of colours are included free of charge in the Conservatory. The chairs here are Chiavari, so chaircovers are not required. Coloured Bows do enhance them and will personalise the decor to your colour them. If we've enough bows in your colour, we can put bows both on Ceremony chairs and on some theatre chairs. We've accumulated a wide choice of coloured bows. We will do this for you at no charge.
Other decorative items we automatically provide free include the Candelabra in Gold or Silver, cake stand, cake knife, cutlery and plates, all white table linen, white napkins (folded in a choice of styles), stands for Table Menus, some signage options if you wish to use what we have.
2. Terms & Conditions
- Invite a minimum of 70 day guests to your wedding breakfast on a Saturday.
- Invite a minimum of 60 day guests to your wedding breakfast on a Friday.
- You guarantee 50 of your guests will stay overnight at Craig y Nos Castle on the night of your wedding at £75 PPPN B&B based on two sharing a room. Your guests pay for their OWN accommodation.
- Should you have lower numbers than the Package minimum, you can opt to pay a 'top-up' for the balance to secure this Wedding Deal.
- If choosing your own DJ, please see terms on employing your own DJ here.
3. Accommodation for Wedding Guests
Your wedding has 'Full Exclusive use' of the Ground Floor Function Rooms Day & Evening, but not 'all the accommodation'. You have exclusive use of the 25 en-suite rooms in the castle but this means only the initial 25 en-suites reserved for your wedding party are exclusive to you. If more than the initial 25 en-suites are required, these must be reserved as additional rooms. (At present we only have 25 en suites available.)
The 25 en-suites reserved under this package does not include the non en-suite budget rooms in the Nurses Building or non en-suite rooms AB 18,19,20 nor any additional en-suites above the first 25 (if any additional en suite rooms are added by your wedding day) unless these are also reserved to your wedding account.
If you require extra en-suites and any non en-suite rooms for overflow guests, you can reserve them on your account. Better still, simply ensure your guests book all their rooms direct as soon as possible, and certainly at least 7 months before your wedding date, so all the rooms you require are booked only by your guests.
A 30% accommodation discount applies for some guests wishing to stay the night before your wedding in a double en-suite. B&B en-suites @£75/ guest based on two sharing an en-suite. Minimum of 2 guests @ £75 each per double en-suite room. Above 50 overnight guests, once all doubles are filled at £150 / room, B&B is £50/ guest, for extras in family rooms. Or £35/ guest (£70/ room) in budget Nurses Block.
The 25 en-suites reserved under this package does not include the non en-suite budget rooms in the Nurses Building or non en-suite rooms AB 18,19,20 nor any additional en-suites above the first 25 (if any additional en suite rooms are added by your wedding day) unless these are also reserved to your wedding account.
If you require extra en-suites and any non en-suite rooms for overflow guests, you can reserve them on your account. Better still, simply ensure your guests book all their rooms direct as soon as possible, and certainly at least 7 months before your wedding date, so all the rooms you require are booked only by your guests.
A 30% accommodation discount applies for some guests wishing to stay the night before your wedding in a double en-suite. B&B en-suites @£75/ guest based on two sharing an en-suite. Minimum of 2 guests @ £75 each per double en-suite room. Above 50 overnight guests, once all doubles are filled at £150 / room, B&B is £50/ guest, for extras in family rooms. Or £35/ guest (£70/ room) in budget Nurses Block.
See 'Planning Accommodation for guests' to fit in all your guests and see all related links on accommodation options and capacity.
4. Accommodation & Dinner the Night Before
Staying the Night Before
The night before your wedding, if available, may be booked by your guests at a 30% discount (if staying in the same room two consecutive nights) subject to availability.
A 6 month rule is sometimes, in peak season, applied to Saturday weddings on Fridays. We may wait till 6 months before your wedding before releasing bedrooms for your guests to book the night before. We do not always apply this rule. Consider our Weekend VIP Wedding Package if you have 50 or more staying the night before.
Dining the night before your wedding
We need a minimum of 30 people pre-booked to open the dining room for dinners to be served the night before a wedding. Sometimes we can accept less if we have another small non-exclusive event alongside. Provided there is no exclusive use wedding on the night before your wedding, we can serve evening meals to your guests. If you would like to have guests dine with us at the castle before your wedding, this must be booked in advance.
We do not allow any food to be consumed on the castle ground floor / public dining areas, unless purchased at the Castle. Food not bought at the castle may only be consumed in the privacy of your own accommodation or in any self-catering accommodation such as TFFF - or in the Nurses Block if it is booked out by your Wedding Party exclusively.
5. Extra Guests
Add extra day guests up to 130 for the standard three course wedding breakfast, Castle Drinks Package and Evening Finger Buffet. You can add evening only extras up to 200.
If having a late Wedding Banquet, you can add Canapes to accompany the welcome drinks after your Wedding Ceremony.
Wedding Venue Viewings at Craig y Nos Castle
If you cannot visit the castle in person, we offer 'remote viewings' via What's App. Please check viewing times availability first.
6. Reviews
...the perfect venue for the best day of our lives and will always hold a special place in our hearts
KJ recommends The Official Craig y Nos Castle. "We got married here almost 8 weeks ago but it was just under 3 years ago that We fell in love with this beautiful castle. It is full of history, beauty and charm and is set in the most breath taking, beautiful welsh landscape! It made the perfect venue for the best day of our lives and will always hold a special place in our hearts. A massive thank you to all the staff at the castle for looking after us and our friends and family on our day and the many months leading up to it. But a special thank you to molly for being so attentive- I sent so many emails( mostly panicking about a small detail) but she always re assured me and nothing was too much trouble. If you are looking for a wedding venue then I would seriously recommend Craig y nos castle!!!!"
...such a fabulous venue with staff that were just so phenomenal
Sarah M wrote a review Jan 2022, "Super wedding venue and lovely place to stay. We stayed here 3 times in the run up to our whole weekend wedding. (Rearranged 3 times). Michael, Nicola and all the staff were friendly, welcoming, and nothing was too much trouble. So many of our guests complimented us on choosing such an outstanding venue, both in terms of looks but even more in finding such a fabulous venue with staff that were just so phenomenal. They helped us pull off an amazing weekend hosting all our friends and family, feeding them all delicious food (Thank you Steve the Chef!) and enabling us to celebrate our marriage, at last. Thank you to everyone at Craig Y Nos. You are absolutely legendary and we can’t wait to come back and see you again. Sarah and Ed."
...went above and beyond the entire lead up and day to our wedding!
The reason my wife and I are unable to thank Emily enough is because she saved the day last minute when disaster struck 2 hours before ‘I do’ and she set into action ringing florists in Brecon to find us some flowers! Nonetheless she remained calm and professional whilst I was panicked and on my way to the castle. She succeeded and even took the time to check with my new wife the flowers she found were acceptable before going ahead....Emily, our flowers were GORGEOUS. This woman went above and beyond the entire lead up and day to our wedding! The food at the castle was beautiful and enjoyed by all of our guests - wedding breakfast, buffet and the breakfast! One of my guests has severe coeliac disease and the castle accommodated SO well! Gluten free beer, rolls, gravy and special signs were made! The guest was nervous beforehand however was so at ease on the day so thank you!!!! Book this castle for your wedding and I can hand on heart say you will NEVER be disappointed. Your photos will be absolutely breathtakingly beautiful due to the scenery! THANK YOU CRAIG Y NOS! xxx
...absolutely gorgeous with breathtaking views and is massive!
Reviewed by Mrs and Mrs D - October 2019; Where do I even begin? Craig Y Nos Castle was the first wedding venue myself and my new wife found and the one we kept going back to countless times so we took the plunge and booked our autumnal wedding we both dreamed of and started planning our special day. The castle itself is absolutely gorgeous with breathtaking views and is massive! Our wedding took place in numerous rooms and all of our guests were able to stay the evening with us! Each and every wedding planner at the castle and the other members of staff too, including the chefs and cleaners etc clearly love their job and put their heart and soul and passion into what they do. There is one particular member of staff who I honestly cannot thank enough and will never be able to express our gratitude for......Emily Tuck! Emily was our wedding planner since day one and her communication was amazing, keeping us updated by emails, phone calls and face-face meetings. Nothing we wanted to include in our wedding was ever too much trouble and she ensured we had the best day! She checked, double checked and checked again that everything was included on the order of service before our big day and it was all SO detailed!
...wonderful memories to last a lifetime, best wedding venue we have ever had the pleasure of dealing with
Thank you so much to all the staff at Craig Y Nos that made my son and daughter in laws wedding the most amazing day! We are eternally grateful. You have helped us make wonderful memories to last a lifetime, best wedding venue we have ever had the pleasure of dealing with, absolutely nothing was too much trouble and you really did take over the whole event with such ease and did things we never would have thought of! Dani you are a superstar and such a credit to the team thank you to each and everyone at the castle.
...an absolute fairy tale dream!!
The value for money was absolutely mind blowing!!
Every other venue we looked at (and there were quite a few)
offered less than half the experience for more than twice the price!
Lauren Preston. What an absolute fairy tale dream!! We first booked our wedding here for April of 2020. From our first interaction the staff has been sensational and the venue itself is breathtaking. By the time we had our first (delicious) meal there I was in love with this venue! They were so understanding and supportive through our multiple date changes, guest changes, and general pandemic alterations, even offering to provide the theatre for free and set up an outdoor picknic for us when we hoped to get married just prior to lockdown. I’m happy to report that we were finally successful in having the wedding of our dreams here, but even my wild imaginings couldn’t have come close to how wonderful our stay was. We booked the castle for the whole weekend as we had quite a few people traveling internationally and we were concerned about guests driving after a few drinks. The value for money was absolutely mind blowing!! Every other venue we looked at (and there were quite a few) offered less than half the experience for more than twice the price! While the beauty, history, delicious food and value for money are all amazing selling points for this castle, it’s true strength is in its staff! They were so lovely, warm, welcoming, accomdating and capable. I honestly felt like they were just as invested in making my guests feel valued and looked after as I was. They’re the type of people that if you show them kindness, respect and gratitude, they give it back to you ten times over. We can’t wait to come back and stay whenever we’re in the area!
...how wonderful and helpful the staff are
Facebook Review If you are looking for a wedding venue, stop looking! This is the place for you! The castle and grounds are obviously amazing but what the photo's don't show is how wonderful and helpful the staff are, We got marred here July 2021. Our wedding planner was Nicola and she was so helpful, answering a million questions that I had through e-mail (as a lot of planning was done in lockdown) and as the wedding got closer, and the rules kept changing, she even gave me her personal number so I could always get in touch. All this, whilst re-planning her own wedding as well as looking after those others also getting married at the castle!
On the day itself, there was no stress. Nothing was too much trouble. There was no stuffiness and everything was very relaxed for me, even though it may have been chaos behind the scenes (on a boiling hot day with a cupcake and chocolate favours). The staff were AMAZING - they all worked so hard making sure everyone was looked after well. Everyone who attended has said how amazing the day was, so this is not just be being bias as it was my wedding! Food was delicious and we really did have just the best day. We didn't stop laughing and smiling. Thank you so much Craig y Nos. XX
7. Cost Breakdown
Weekend Wedding Package | |||
Due to venue hire discounts etc you: SAVE £3,035 in 2025 & £2,990 in 2026 on a Saturday SAVE £3,285 in 2025 & £3,240 in 2026 on a Friday | |||
Service | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
3 course Standard Wedding Breakfast per guest | £70.00 | £77.00 | £84.00 |
Standard Evening Buffet per guest | £21.00 | £23.00 | £25.00 |
| Castle Drinks Package | £23.50 | £26.00 | £28.60 |
Exclusive use venue hire whole Castle - Saturday | £4,235 £1,500 | £4,660 £2,000 | £5,000 £2,250 |
Exclusive use venue hire whole Castle - Friday | £4,235 £1,250 | £4,660 £1,750 | £5,000 £2,000 |
| Candelabra x 10 (gold or silver with electric candles) | £300 £o | £330 £0 | £360 £0 |
| Chair Sashes / Coloured bows per guest | £0.30 £0 | £0.35 £0 | £0.40 £0 |
| Day & Eve Tariff/ guest | £114.50 | £126.00 | £138.00 |
| Eve Only / guest | £21.00 | £23.00 | £25.00 |
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