Full Weekend Exclusive Wedding Deal - Terms & Accommodation
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Craig y Nos Castle Wales Full Weekend Wedding Terms & Conditions
- 'Full Weekend Exclusive Wedding Deal, Terms & Conditions' for large weddings with high overnight accommodation needs that also want the night before, for exclusive use of the Castle for two full days.
Full Weekend Wedding Package
VIP Service
VIP Service
See what is included on your wedding day for a minimum of 70 guests*
and what is included on the Friday for a minimum of 70 guests
Your Weekend Wedding in a Castle
- Exclusively Yours
"We only allow one wedding a day
for it's your special day!"
2026 Savings based on Guests
paying for their Accommodation
You block-book all the bedrooms (25 en-suites and 13 further budget rooms) for two nights for £6,900 (2023-2027). This is £1,475 less than our discounted two-night B&B Tariff for 70 guests. This block-booking at a discount to you, offers you further savings personally, as your guests fill the rooms and pay for their own B&B at regular tariff.
Your fixed rate of £6,900 (2023-27) secures all the en-suite rooms for the whole weekend. The more guests you have booking accommodation, the more you save on your Wedding. Your block-booking rate for all the en-suite rooms remains the same whether you have 50, 70, or more guests staying overnight. This means your guests’ B&B payments reduce what you personally pay for your wedding.
How you save
when Guests pay for their own B&B
Pricing examples here are based on the 2026 tariff
Block-booking all Accommodation at £6,900 (2023-2027) for the whole weekend means you secure a rate £1,475 lower than the wedding B&B Tariff available to your 70 guest staying two nights. Your guests also get a 30% discount on their second night.
Our B&B is discounted by 30% the night before your wedding so your guests get a good deal as well.
As your fixed rate of £6,900 (2023-2027) for all the rooms for TWO nights B&B remains the same regardless, whether you have 50 - 70 guests stay overnight, the more guests you have to stay, the more B&B use you can offset against your Wedding.
However as the wedding package is for 70 guests, if you go above 70 guests staying, you will need to pay a for extra day guests attending your wedding reception.
Here is how it works:
On 50 guests staying two nights
Under all our Wedding Packages the regular B&B tariff for the first 50 Guests is £75/ guest B&B for the wedding night’s accommodation based on two sharing an en-suite double (£150/ room).
This is reduced by 30% to £52.50/ guest (£105/room) for the night before. Based on two sharing an en-suite staying two nights, this comes to 127.50 B&B / guest staying two nights (for first 50 guests).
As we have 25 en suites, we can accept 50 guests at £127.50 per person for two nights B&B based on two sharing an en-suite.
Your first 50 guests pay £6,375 for their B&B, so £6,375 comes off what you pay.
50 guests for 2 nights reduces what you pay for your wedding from £23,384.20 by £6,375 to £17,009.20 (in 2026) for this full Weekend, Exclusive Wedding Package.
On 70 guests staying two nights
If you have 70 guests staying two nights, they will collectively pay £8,375 in B&B.
This is made up of the first 50 guests paying £6,375, and the next 20 guests on £50.00 B&B per night as extras in the family rooms. This slightly lower rate is due to extras in family rooms above the first two occupants being charged £50 B&B per person per night.
So 20 extras for two nights is 20 X £100 = £2,000. This makes £8,375 in B&B accommodation paid by your 70 guests staying two nights.
This reduces what you pay down to £15,009.20 (in 2026) for your two day Exclusive Wedding instead of £23,384.20.
Do something exciting on the Friday!
To achieve 70 guests staying on the Friday, make full use of the Friday and hold a two-day wedding event.
NB: Your Weekend Wedding can either run over a Friday and Saturday, or over a Saturday and Sunday, in which case the Saturday would be used for the pre-wedding events.
How about a Murder Mystery Dinner the night before!
For further ideas on holding a two-day Wedding Event see 'what you can do before the wedding day' here.
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Guest B&B Capacity 100
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The castle’s accommodation sleeps 100 guests. Have your guests book their own rooms with us at the regular wedding tariff.
Above 50 overnight, additional occupants up to 80 maximum can sleep in the family rooms.
Above 70 or so, you can overflow into separate Budget accommodation - see overflow rooms in Nurses Building.
However if you have fewer than 70 guests staying, you will not fully use the accommodation to best effect. Your Wedding Planner can explain how this works.
If you anticipate more than 70 guests staying - see our Tariff and Room options for guests here. This will help you plan who goes into which room.
You may find more guests stay for the night of the wedding than the night before.
You can use the SRUM Special Room Use Planner here to plan which guests can share family rooms.
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Terms & Conditions
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- Minimum of 70 Guests for the pre-wedding Event and Evening Meal on the day before your wedding, and a minimum 70 day guests and 100 evening guests for the Wedding Day on the Saturday.
- Your wedding has 'Full Exclusive use' of the whole Castle Day & Evening, including the 25 en-suite rooms in the castle, and the Budget Nurses Building rooms. As well as the Castle function rooms, all the bedrooms are also exclusive to you, on this full Weekend Wedding Package.
Tariff & Financial Aspects*
* examples below currently based on 2026 rates
- The Full Package rate is £23,384.20 (2026), which includes everything shown here.
- Extra Day Guests on the Wedding Day above first 70 up to 100: If you wish to increase your Day Guests the cost is ££121.40 per person up to 100 guests (2026).
- Above 100 guests the Evening Buffet at £21 / head (2025) needs adding, making the rate £130.32 (2025) per extra Guest.
- Subsequent Years 2026-2027 etc are at inflation adjusted rates - see comprehensive rating chart for each year based on your number of guests, here.
- Extra Evening Guests on the Wedding Day above first 100: Should you wish to have more 'evening only' guests, the cost is £23 per extra person (2026) for the evening buffet.
- Extra Guests on the Friday Evening: If you wish to have more than 70 Guests on the Friday evening, the cost is £35 / guest above the first 70 (2026) for the 3 course evening meal.
- The DJ (Special Wedding Evening Entertainment Package) is included within this package up to a ceiling of £600. You contract directly with the DJ for the Evening Entertainment on the Wedding Day. DJ fees may increase in later years and on key calendar dates such as New Years Eve and Bank Holidays. The limit covered under this package is £600.
- The DJ is paid his fee direct by you. Irrespective of the amount he charges, only £600 is allowed for within the total cost of this package, towards the DJ's costs. The total Wedding Package cost of £23,384.20 (2026) is split £22,784.20 to the Castle and £600 to the DJ (2026). You will pay more to the DJ if the DJ's charges are higher than £600.
- Note you must book your date directly with the DJ at the same time you book this wedding package with the castle. To Book the DJ, you pay him a deposit, with the balance payable before the wedding date in accordance with the DJ's terms.
- The current recommended DJ is Darren Tipples - see here.
- Accommodation Guidelines -
- £6,900 (2023-2027) of this Package rate covers your Guests' and your own B&B for the whole weekend and £2,450 (2026) covers the evening meal for 70 guests on the day before your wedding.
- The B&B element of £6,900 covers all accommodation for two nights B&B irrespective of numbers staying. You may invite between 50 and 100 of your guests to stay overnight. The maximum accommodation capacity is 100. See our accommodation guidance notes here to understand how guests may be allocated to the available bedroom stock.
- You may ask your guests to book their accommodation with you, or to book with the castle direct using this form. The latter is recommended.
- You could have your guests pay you direct an amount of your own choosing for their rooms, or you could even offer your guests free accommodation - this is your choice. However we recommend your guests book and pay for their rooms direct with the castle at the current wedding B&B tariff. This allows you to make further savings on your Wedding Package.
- When your guests book their rooms at the regular wedding tariff, a greater value in B&B income may be collected from your Guests than your contracted £6,900 booking for all our accommodation. This depends on numbers staying.
- When we receive B&B or D, B&B bookings and income from your Wedding Guests, their collective B&B payments made to the castle are rebated against your Wedding Package total due.
- Provided guests pay for their own B&B and provided there is no added discount offered by you to your guests, the standard rate for the wedding night for the first 50 overnight guests is £75 per guest B&B (based on 2 sharing an en-suite).
- B&B rates may change in later years, meaning guests will pay more, but you only pay the block booking rate applicable when you book your wedding.
- There's a reduced rate of £52.50 PPPN the night before your wedding if the guest is staying in the same room two consecutive nights.
- Extras above the first 50 guests / above the first two in family en-suites are £50 per person per night B&B.
- The Dinner on the night is before your wedding is £35 Per Person (2026). This is a further item you may ask us to charge your guests for. The Friday evening meal for all your guests is included within your Wedding Package prices here.
- You can pre-allocate rooms to your guests in advance and give us a list of who is sleeping where, or you can let guests book into rooms of their choice according to availability.
- If you pre-allocate guests into the most suitable rooms for them, you will need to supply us with a completed SRUM before asking your guests to 'confirm their rooms', so we know which room to place them in. The SRUM is how you advise us exactly who is in each room, for fire and safety purposes. We will also require a list of guests' phone numbers and addresses for all guests staying, though this can be collected by us off your guests when they confirm their rooms with Reception. (We will in 2026 be swapping to an on line booing system which will make pre-reserving less easy to administer. We may cease the option to pre-reserve specific rooms to guests and instead allow guests to book direct the room of their choice, subject to availability at time of booking).
- See all our rooms, their capacity, and links to pictures etc, via the Accommodation chart here.
- Minimum Numbers & Extras -
- This Wedding Package covers a minimum of 70 Day Guests at your wedding on the Saturday and 100 Evening Guests for the Evening Buffet.
- Extra Day guests above the 70 minimum up to 100 may be added at a Rate per Day Guest of £121.40 (2026), comprising the cost of the three-course wedding breakfast, the Welcome Drinks and Castle Wedding Banquet Drinks Package, and Superior Canapes.
- Above 100, add £23 for the Evening Buffet also, making £144.40 per guest > 100 (2026), for guests attending both the wedding banquet and the evening buffet.
- Extra Evening Guests above the 100 minimum, who are not attending the Wedding Banquet (so are evening only), may be added at a Rate per Evening Guest of £23.00 per head (2026) for the Evening Buffet.
- For 2027 and all subsequent years, see rating chart here for the exact cost based on your guest numbers, for each year.
- Rates for children's meals are shown here.
- 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.
Cost Comparison
SWP (Saturday Wedding Package)
versus WED-VIP (Weekend Exclusive Deal)
WED-VIP is a premium wedding package giving you exclusive use of the Castle for two days and two nights. It includes some extras such as £600 towards DJ and an upgrade to the Superior Wedding Menu at a discount to the normal tariff.
Each year there are various offers at various times which alter the calculations and can make one package on offer better value than another.
The below looks at 2026 SWP (on the discounted SWP 2026 offer), against WED-VIP 2026.
The conclusion is, if you want a two day two night wedding for 70 guests, then WED-VIP at £15,000 costs less than upgrading the Saturday Wedding Package to include the Superior menu and a meal for 70 the night before.
| Item | Priced as per Wed-VIP (2026) | Priced as per SWP with the extras in WED-VIP (2026) |
| Cost of Package at 70 day guests / 100 evening* | £15,009.20 | £10,000.00* |
| *Add in 5 eve extras to SWP to bring up to 100 in eve | Included | £115.00 |
| Upgrade charge for 70 on Superior Wedding Breakfast | Included | £1,155.00 |
| Night before meal (70) | Included | £2,450.00 |
| £600 towards DJ | Included | £600.00 |
| History Tour for 70 guests | Included | £700.00 |
| Discount on Candy Cart | Included | £125.80 |
| What Couple pays towards wedding on each package at 70 guests day / 100 eve | £15,009.20 | £15,145.80 |
| If go to 75 day guests* | £15,616.20 | £16,595.80 |
The chart above shows the relative costs of WED-VIP versus Saturday wedding package when latter upgraded to include everything that WED-VIP includes.
* The Saturday Wedding Package 2026 when priced as per the original rating chart, would be £10,820 for 70 day guests. However this package has an offer for 2026 weddings, of £10,000 for 70 day guests and 95 evening guests. This is £820 lower than it should be if the correct pricing was applied, and this offer is only for 70 guests. Invite more, and the normal SWP rating chart applies.
Above 70 guests, the Saturday Wedding Package reverts to the correct rating chart, meaning it loses the £820 saving at 71 or more guests (but still has the free evening extras X 25 buffets). Hence at 75 guests, the difference between SWP when upgraded to include everything in the WED-VIP, is £979.60 more than simply booking the WED-VIP.
Conclusion: when above 70 guests, you are better off on WED-VIP by about £1,000, provided you do want 70 guests staying and dining the night before your wedding and 70 or more in the day.
If though you wanted fewer than 70 guests the night before, for the Dinner and B&B, or had fewer staying both nights, then you are better off looking at SWP. You can go as low as 30 guests for a night before meal on the SWP.
Your wedding planner will work out which is best for you as it depends on your numbers night before and day of wedding. This comparison is handy if you (a) have 70 guests or more staying both nights and (b) above 70 for the wedding day banquet.
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What you can do the day before your wedding
to create
a full two day Castle Wedding Event
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A lot of our Wedding Couples want exclusive use the night before their wedding as well, and our full Weekend Package and our Last Minute Wedding Package both allow for this, subject to availability.
To be sure of good accommodation usage on the night before, organise a pre-wedding event, a local tour, or an interesting activity or activities.
For bookings within the next 6 months or winter weddings, the Last Minute Wedding Package may allow you to reserve rooms the night before your wedding if night before has no wedding booked, or if the night before's wedding has low accommodation use (such as another small wedding).
For bookings > 6 months ahead, the Weekend Exclusive Deal allows you to secure all our Accommodation the night of your wedding and the night before your wedding.
Only book the Full Weekend Package if you are going to make something significant of the day before your wedding, to encourage all your guests to make a full two day break of it.
If you have a Saturday wedding, then the day before your wedding will be the Friday, and if you have a Sunday wedding, then the day before your wedding will be the Saturday.
Here are some suggestions for the 'day before' activities:
1. Ghost Tour (max 30 guests).
2. Scenic steam train railway trip on the Brecon Beacons Mountain railway for your Wedding Party.
3. Gorge Walking Adventure - best in summer, for the young and active!
4. Breath-taking Beach Walks with plenty of fresh sea air and a pubby meal on the Gower.
5. Outing to the fascinating Museum of Welsh Life near Cardiff'.
6. Quad biking, Archery and numerous other outdoor activities for the more adventurous.
7. Tour of local attractions, numerous places to see here - including
driving tour of Elan Village Reservoirs, with excellent tourism area at Elan Village telling the story of this area, and numerous other suggestions on this page.
8. A Murder Mystery Dinner the night before!
Consider laying on a group trip to one of these attractions. Make your wedding more of an event for your guests. None of these attractions are expensive and many are free, such as Elan Village and (aside from £2.00 or so parking) the Museum of Welsh Life.
If you are planning a one-day Wedding, with very few staying the night before, then see our one-day Wedding Packages. With a one day Saturday Wedding option, note that someone else will probably book the Friday for their wedding, meaning you will not be able to secure many rooms for your guests the night before your wedding.
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Approved Entertainers
- select from any of the following Suppliers
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The Castle has arranged special rates with Approved Entertainers on the day before your wedding, and with the Florist and Table Decor Company on your Wedding Day. Approved Suppliers offering reduced rates specially arranged by the Castle include:
The day before your wedding - Suggestions:
- Casino Hire - sophisticated and classy entertainment, also suitable for the Wedding Day evening. See how one Bride created a Casino Royale entrance to the Castle, for the day before her wedding.
- Table Magician - for a quieter evening event, where your guests may gather around at dinner tables chatting, and having the time to enjoy an hour or so of Table Magic.
- See more ideas on what you can do here. Build your Wedding into a fantastic Two-Day Weekend Wedding Event for all your guests! With only a little extra effort, your wedding can be truly unique and exceptional, putting all other weddings your guests have ever attended into the shade by comparison. See this link on how your wedding can be the best and most unforgettable of them all - a stag party, a hen party, and a pre-wedding party and a wedding, all rolled into one.
Wedding Day Suggestions:
- See the Special Evening Entertainment package (SWEEP). We negotiated the £1100/ £1200 value SWEEP service (at DJ's full 2020-22 prices) down to £600 in 2020-2022. This service is included in the Weekend Exclusive Deal VIP Package up to a ceiling of £600 - DJ's actual discounted charges may exceed our £600 ceiling in subsequent years.
- Florist - 'Centre of Attention' in Brecon - very good discounted rates apply. Also lots of our clients use 'Simply Elegant' in Swansea.
Wedding Availability - Years |
Day | Min No | Wedding Packages |
Sat Fri | 70 60 | |
Wedding Package Selector - which wedding package fits your requirements | ||
Any day | 100 | |
Any Day | 100 | |
Any Day | 70 | |
Tariffs | ||
detailed pricing table | ||
for all our main wedding packages | ||
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