Event and wedding planning guides for Cornwall
Practical, no-fluff advice for planning parties and events in Cornwall.
Planning your event
Start at the top if you are planning your first event; every guide stands on its own.
- Start here: The Ultimate Children's Birthday Party ChecklistEverything you need to plan a children's birthday party, from booking the venue to the last party bag - a complete checklist you can follow start to finish.
- How Much Does a Party Cost in Cornwall in 2026?Real cost ranges for a Cornwall party - venue, catering, entertainment, cake and more - for a typical 30-guest party, plus what actually moves the total.
- Planning a 40th Birthday Party: Everything You Actually NeedA worked example - 50 guests, £2,500 - showing exactly what to book first, where to save, and what you probably don't need for a milestone 40th.
- 50 Brilliant Party Ideas in Cornwall That Aren't Just Hiring a Village HallParty ideas for every age group and budget in Cornwall, from toddler soft play to adult coasteering - organised by who it's for, not a generic list.
- The Cornwall Party Venue Guide: Unusual Places You Can Actually HireCapacity, typical cost and what each is best for - village halls, heritage barns, beach huts, farms and more, plus what to check before you book.
- How to Run a Village Fete: The Committee's GuideA month-by-month plan for running a village fete in Cornwall - the permissions and insurance nobody warns you about, where the money actually comes from, how to hold a volunteer rota together, and what to do when it rains.
- What Do I Need for a Party? The Things Everyone ForgetsNot a timeline - a list of the small, easy-to-miss things that catch out most first-time party hosts, from extension cables to a wet-weather plan.
Weddings, then finishing your plan
- What Does a Wedding in Cornwall Actually Cost? A Realistic Budget BreakdownReal cost ranges for an 80-guest Cornwall wedding - venue, catering, photography, florist and more - so you can see where your own budget sits before the quotes start arriving.
- Cornwall Wedding Venues by Capacity and BudgetCapacity, typical cost and what each type of venue is best for - barns, beaches, hotels, National Trust properties and marquee-on-a-farm setups - plus what to check before you book.
- Wedding Planning Timeline: 12 Months OutWhat to book and decide, month by month, from setting the date to the week of the wedding - so nothing gets left until it is too late to book.
- What Can You Actually DIY at a Wedding? And What You Shouldn'tWhere DIY genuinely saves money at a Cornwall wedding, and where it costs more time, stress or money than just booking it - a realistic look at both sides.
- How to Build a Wedding Guest List (and Cut It Down When It Won't Fit)Build the list by household rather than by person, run an honest A-list and B-list, and cut it back to the number your venue and budget can actually take - with rules you can defend to the people you leave off.
- Wedding RSVP Wording, Deadlines and Chasing the StragglersWhat an RSVP card has to say, wording you can copy for formal and relaxed weddings, how to pick a deadline that works backwards from your caterer, and how to chase the third of your guests who will not reply.
- Collecting Dietary Requirements and Meal Choices Without a SpreadsheetHow to ask for meal choices and dietary requirements so you get countable answers, why an allergy is not a preference, and what your caterer needs from you two weeks before the day.
- How to Write an Event Brief That Fills In Your Whole PlanThe paragraph you write when you create an event fills in the form, builds and dates your checklist, and tells suppliers what you need. Here is exactly what it reads, and how to write one it can use.
Running your business
What to put on your profile, and how to get enquiries worth replying to.
- What Should an Event Supplier Put on Their Profile?A practical checklist for what actually makes a supplier profile convert - real photos, a clear price range, and a precise service area, not just a business name and a phone number.
- Why Event Suppliers Should Show Their Prices OnlineThe case for publishing a price range instead of "contact for pricing" - why it saves you time rather than costing you enquiries, and how to handle prices that genuinely vary.
- How Much Should You Charge for Travel?A practical way to work out mileage versus flat-fee travel charges, with a worked example for typical Cornwall distances.
- How to Get More Wedding Enquiries in Cornwall Without Paying for LeadsPractical, no-cost ways to get more of the right enquiries - from what is on your profile to how fast you reply, without paying per lead.
- How Plan My Do Matches Suppliers to EventsWhat the matcher actually looks at when a host asks for suppliers, and which parts of your profile change where you appear - and by how much.
- What Paid Leads Actually Cost You in a YearThe three ways lead sites charge, how to work out your real cost per booking from last year's invoices, and what to do with the answer - for event suppliers weighing up whether paid leads still pay.
- Where Should a Cornwall Event Supplier List Their Business?The listings worth an hour of your time, the ones worth money, and the ones worth nothing - plus the details that have to be identical everywhere for any of it to work.