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COUPLES can now say “I do” for the knockdown price of £199.

Budget hotel chain Premier Inn is offering an entire wedding package at a fraction of the usual cost.

Brides will get a dress, a cake and confetti and can finish the day off with a two-night stay in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.

The wedding package is thought to be the cheapest ever for the entire deal.

There is a plain, ivory strapless gown for the bride, a suit for the groom and cake for 20 people.

Staff will then dish out sandwiches and dips as well as one drink for every guest.

Struggling best men will even get a speech template to help them.

The offer comes in the wake of news that the average Brit now spends £21,089 on their nuptials.

Premier Inn spokesman Steve Conway said: “A wedding day doesn’t need to cost a fortune for it to be special.

“We hope that our bargain wedding package will help couples to have an enjoyable, romantic, stress-free day and a

honeymoon that won’t break the bank.”

Lee Roberts, 30, and Kelly Smith, 28, of London, are planning to get hitched in November, but said they were worried about the cost.

Kelly said: “I was so excited when Lee asked me to marry him, but I worried about having to spend so much money.

“This deal sounds amazing – just £199 and you get almost everything thrown in.”

The offer is available at a handful of Premier Inn’s 590 hotels, including Sheffield and Wigan.

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Here comes the credit crunch bride... in a £15 Marks & Spencer wedding dress

With wedding budgets being hit, thrifty brides may now walk down the aisle in the strapless, ivory dress, at a fraction of the traditional cost.

The bargain, full-length gown features a boned bodice and comes with a satin ribbon belt.

It also has a net layered skirt and matching stole and is designed to make any bride 'feel like a goddess'.

The dress greatly reduces the cost of tying the knot in the current economic climate with recent research revealing the average traditional gown goes for more than £800.

The cut-price dress, which has been slashed in price from £100, has astounded those in the wedding industry.

Wedding expert Rachel Moschke, editor of Wedding Ideas magazine, said: "I have never seen a wedding dress this cheap.

"If you are on a really, really tight budget then it's great.

"A wedding dress doesn't have to be expensive but it has to give you a wow feeling and give you confidence - if it makes you feel that then great.

"Buying a wedding dress is usually a once in a lifetime experience and it's usually the most expensive dress you will ever buy - although probably not in this case.

"You can go to somewhere like M&S to buy a dress at any time. Do you want to do that with your wedding dress?

"Personally I think the experience of buying a designer dress from a boutique is great. When you pay more the whole experience and one-to-one service is very special.

"To an extent we need to protect our bridal industry. You can spend thousands of pounds but there are manufacturers who can create a dress from 200 pounds in some cases.

"If you can blow the budget on anything it is usually the dress.

"Maybe this is a sign of the times with the credit crunch and will appeal to those trying to save money.

"However, I would say there are so many other ways to cut costs rather than the dress."

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