Groom asks guests to help pay for 'all-inclusive' wedding
'This is a brilliant way to do it,' says bride-to-be
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Your support makes all the difference.A groom has asked guests to pay to come to his wedding.
Ben Farina said he "sold it to [friends and family] a bit like an all-inclusive holiday" on the basis that "people always pay a large amount of money to go to a wedding anyway".
He is due to marry his partner Clare Moran in June 2018 and has asked guests to contribute to make it a dream occasion.
Some 60 guests are to pay £150 each, which will include a three-night stay at the Knockerdown Cottages hotel in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, to top up the £2,000 the couple are spending, the BBC reported.
Ms Moran told the broadcaster: "We had spoken about marriage because we've got a little girl together and I always said we wouldn't be able to afford to do it, or it would have to be a registry office wedding, not a big wedding.
"This is a brilliant way to do it and I can't wait. He has put a lot of thought into it."
Mr Farina said the pair once spent more than £1,700 to attend a friend's wedding in Greece. The figure makes £150 per head a relative bargain for a picturesque few days in the English countryside.
The couple has also drafted in family and friends to help cater and provide music, the BBC said.
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