
BOOKING YOUR CREAR WEDDING
Your Crear Wedding booking letter will be sent by email. Your non-refundable deposit is required within seven days of receipt, along with your photo ID, to confirm your Crear Wedding in the Crear diary.
You can pay by BACS, cheque or any major credit or debit card. Prices are inclusive of VAT at and includes all arrangements made on your behalf by Crear.
If necessary we are able to re-schedule your special day, with 4 months notice.


YOUR WEDDING PARTY
You will be sharing more than just your wedding day with those staying with you at Crear, so consider the dynamics. For additional family and friends who believe they should be with you at Crear, reserve alternative accommodation such as Barnlongart House and Keepers cottage for additional house parties, so everyone feels included from the start.

YOUR WEDDING BUDGET
Define your wedding budget and save wasting your time on suppliers and people you can't afford. We have lots of tips of where you can save money however please prioritise your guests experience regarding food and drink. If family are helping financially, then we’ll help to ensure you have the wedding you want while keeping everyone’s expectations realistic.


YOUR GUEST LIST
Your budget will determine your guest numbers, and ultimately who to include. Expect your final numbers to be 90% of those invited.
Due to Crear’s location, it’s a BIG ask to invite guests for the evening only. Weekend weddings allow you the option to host a brunch or hog roast the following day where, in addition to inviting your wedding guests back, you can also extend your invitation to those additional guests.

YOUR MARRIAGE CELEBRANT
Contact and book your marriage celebrant directly. All the celebrants with the exception of the Catholic Church, would be delighted to marry you inside or outside at Crear. Your legal marriage paperwork is processed by our local Registrar in Lochgilphead.


YOUR WEDDING BUS
West Coast Motors ensures your guests arrive together and return safely at the end of the night. Liz will organise everything for you once you know where your guests are staying, with a couple of pick up points on the way. On the return journey everyone will be dropped back to their individual accommodation.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Crear is on the bucket list for many photographers to visit. If you have engaged a photographer travelling from afar, please do let us know and we’ll do what we can to help with both their accommodation and additional work to help minimise your costs.


VIDEOGRAPHER
If budget allows, a video makes for a fabulous memory of your day. Please let us know who you have booked when your final details are confirmed. (Our feeble Wifi cannot stream.)

BAND
Be quick to book your band for your evening entertainment. We've welcomed many musical acts to Crear over the years, so please ask us who gets the party started, and who offers a professional, reliable service. Crear will ensure you're on the dance floor for 8pm to finish at mid night. We have a PA system to plug in your playlist. Our Wifi cannot stream music. The acoustics are very lively so a PA system for speeches is not required.


SAVE THE DATE
Crear Weddings involve a degree of organisation on behalf of your guests. For those who have never ventured north of the M25, it's important that they appreciate they need to make a few plans in good time to ensure they get here!
To ensure your guests RSVP in good time, request a reply six weeks prior to your wedding.

INSURANCE
Please protect yourself and your finances from mishaps in life beyond your control, including illness or redundancy, plus Public Liability cover. Ensure your Public Liability protects you from any potential impact of any guests’ crazy antics or external supplier accident. Crear Ltd has £5m liability cover.


EXTRA EVENTS
We suggest a relaxed supper for those staying at Crear the evening before your wedding, which we’d be delighted to cater. For the day after your wedding, Alan has created a delicious buffet menu or salads and desserts for a hog roast. Please request an RSVP from your guests.

TIMINGS
Please be in touch with us prior to sending out your invitations regarding timings, including what you are planning for the evening before, your wedding day morning and the day after.


INVITATIONS
Please include a need to know list. For example the place and time of your bus pick up, if footwear for walking to the beach or dancing is required, to bring cash for the bar etc. You may have a website with direct links to www.lovecrear.com for helpful information and to organise car shares from the airport. Please request any dietary requirements and allergens with the RSVP to your guests.

WEDDING FLOWERS
Blooming Wild Crear Flowers offers a bespoke service to help you create the perfect look to suit your budget. We’ll create your own Crear Wedding Pinterest board so the whole Crear team can see your ideas. When you’re ready to discuss details you arrange a consultation directly at a time that works for you.


WEDDING PIPER
The pipes add a real sense of occasion, as well as being a great way to guide your wedding guests in the direction you want them to go. Whether at the entrance to Crear, the door of the Church, or to walk them down to the beach. Iain Campbell will play in full No1 Highland Dress.

HAIR & MAKE-UP
We can recommend some wonderful hair and make-up artists locally and suggest you arrange a trial directly. Be realistic how many of your wedding party one person can work with on the day.


MENUS
You choose from our à la carte menus, or upgrade to our Scottish Seven with the freshest of local seafood. We’ll be in touch to go through with you in detail.

DRINK
Our carefully selected organic and biodynamic wine list offer you a fabulous choice.
Alternatively, you have the option to bring your own wine, beer and champagne if you have the JURA or ISLAY wedding packages.


SEATING PLAN
Please send two weeks before your wedding. On your arrival the Crear team will be busy preparing for your special day, setting up with the crisp white cloths on round or trestle tables and the cutlery polished. All then ready to arrange your place names.

FINALISING YOUR CREAR WEDDING DETAILS
We’ll be in touch eight weeks prior to arrival to discuss your menu choices and help finalise all your plans. Your final payment is made four weeks prior to arrival. At that point you can only add guests, so to avoid paying for more than required, please leave any guests with a question mark off at that point in time. You can pay to add them on once you have confirmation.
We all love what we do and are excited to help with your plans! You can reach us anytime on 01880 770369.
