Bride and groom charge guests £2k to attend wedding - and drinks aren't included

A couple have been taken to task after they charged guests almost £2,000 to attend their wedding. As well as this, people had to pay for food and drink as well as a £200 tip

A bride and groom have been blasted online after charging guests almost £2,000 to attend their wedding. And no, food and drink weren't included. Taking place in the UK, in the lead-up to the wedding guests received an email thanking them for their RSVP. Then, at the bottom of the correspondence, there was a link that asked people to "Click here for payment".

One of the guests, Jack*, assumed this was a link to the honeymoon fund and went about his day. A few days later he thought he would click the link and he was taken through to a payment page that requested just shy of £2k for his attendance at the wedding. He assumed this must be a scam so called the wedding venue to let them know. Staff then told him "Sophie* and Jeff* thank you for your contribution to enabling them to have their dream wedding."

He had only been informed of this after he had already confirmed he would be there. While Jack was astounded by the cost, he decided to empty his entire savings to attend the wedding. Once the big day arrived, Jack thought he'd take advantage of the free bar to make up for the hefty attendance fee. His plan was foiled, however, when it turned out food and drink weren't included. This meant he ended up paying another £30 as well as an extra £200 that the bride and groom made all guests pay as a "tip to the venue".

"He was then informed by the venue that the bride and groom had requested every guest be charged this amount as a tip for the venue. Note this is in the UK where tipping the venue is not a thing that happens (nor does charging guests for attendance for that matter - but does that happen anywhere?). Jack had no money left from rinsing his savings for the wedding that he had to negotiate a lower tip amount with the venue," Jack's friend detailed on Reddit.

"After the wedding, Jack checked the cost of the venue and calculated that the cost had been spread amongst the guests but NOT the bride and groom, so they had basically got a free wedding out of it. Not only did the bride and groom pass on the costs of a ridiculously priced venue to the guests, after people had RSVP'd, essentially putting the venue above guest attendance, but then they passed on the cost of a tip to the guests WITHOUT TELLING THEM, as a required charge on check out. I've never heard of anything so entitled in my life."

People were shocked in the comments, with many saying they couldn't believe the audacity of the couple. Others even went on to say that the wedding guests had been scammed. "Uh...Yeah, no. Once I saw the payment screen, I would have called and cancelled my RSVP. I don't care who the bride and groom are to me. You want a specific type of wedding, pay for it yourself. What they did was downright tacky," one person wrote. "These are not friends, just users and that's so gross. I hope someone confronted them and called them out. If you're that cheap or broke, elope and save everyone the headache," said another. A third added: "Your friend Jack and every other guest were absolute idiots for just meekly going along with this scam."

After people started sharing their thoughts on the situation, the original poster went back to the post to add some extra information. They wrote: "Confirmation from Americans in the comments that this is not a US thing, it's also not a UK thing, it's a confirmed entitled people thing." *Names changed for anonymity.

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