300,000 weddings take place each year in the UK with an average spend of £17,000. The largest amount of the wedding budget is spent on the wedding venue.

If you are seeking to reach this wedding audience, details of advertising packages for venues can be found in this section.

If you would like to have information about Confetti’s audience statistics click here.

Click here to see what people say about Confetti.

Click here to see some of the advertisers who are currently promoting their venues through www.confetti.co.uk

Promotional opportunities:

Venues can choose to be listed in the venue directory on site by buying a petal package for 12 months.

All prices quoted are subject to VAT.

There are four main packages available. The higher the number of petals the higher the position in the search results. All venues are listed alphabetically within each petal category.

The packages are:

Three petal
Three petal plus
Five petal
Five petal plus

Additional promotional packages can be booked which will increase your exposure and provide an opportunity to drive extra traffic to your Confetti advertisement.

Three petal

Three photographic images
Full contact details
Email link
No web site link
50 words of text
List of special features – ten bullet points
Facilities key – advanced search
Two sample menus up to five courses each

Price: £1,287 plus VAT per venue per region for a 12 month contract.

See an example three petal package: Salomons

Three petal plus

Three photographic images
Full contact details
Email link
Web site link (see reciprocal links)
50 words of text
List of special features – ten bullet points
Facilities key – advanced search
Two sample menus up to five courses each

Price: £1,610 plus VAT per venue per region for a 12 month contract.

See an example three petal plus package: Hedingham Castle

Five petal

Five photographic images
Full contact details
Email link
Web site link (see reciprocal links)
50 words of text
List of special features – ten bullet points
Facilities key – advanced search
Two sample menus up to five courses each

Price: £2,093 plus VAT per venue per region for a 12 month contract.

See an example five petal package: The Lansdowne Club

Five petal plus

Five photographic images
Company logo
Full contact details
Email link
Web site link (see reciprocal links)
100 words of text
List of special features – ten bullet points
Facilities key – advanced search
Two sample menus up to five courses each
Visibility as a premier venue

Price: £2,820 plus VAT per venue per region for a 12 month contract.

See an example five petal plus package: Four Seasons Canary Wharf

Reciprocal links

It is customary for advertisers who buy packages including a website link to provide a link back to Confetti on their websites. There are benefits in providing this reciprocal link as the venue is associated with a wedding brand leader. If the venue decides not to provide the link there is a surcharge of £100.

Additional Promotional Packages

There are a variety of ways you can increase your exposure on www.confetti.co.uk

Featured venues of the week or month
Include your company logo
Late availability feature
First Nights
Special Interest Venues
Weekly Email Newsletter Message
Advertorials
Competitions

Featured venues of the week or month

Venues can be featured of the week or month.See the venues home page

Be seen by everyone visiting Confetti’s venues section
Be included amongst a limited number of venues
Provides exposure at key times
Venue image and name links to confetti petal package with all response mechanisms
Only available to venue petal package holders (additional price)
Venue of the week costs £884 plus VAT
Venue of the month costs £3,252 plus VAT
Subject to availability

Company Logos

Your company logo will automatically be included if you purchase a five petal plus package; however this can also be included in other packages for an additional cost of £400 plus VAT for 12 months. Click here to see an example.

Late availability feature

This is a multi advertiser composite page for venues who wish to promote late availability for weddings. A text line on the venues home page under the heading 'venues showcase' provides a link to the page for the user. Click here to see an example.

The listing consists of an image and up to 80 words of text
Contracts run for 12 months alongside petal package contracts
Allows venues to highlight availability in the next six months with an opportunity half way through to update the available dates for the second half of the year.
Links to your petal package with all your response mechanisms
Must be purchased with a venue petal package (additional price).
The price for late availability is £990 plus VAT per venue for 12 months

First Nights

Advertise your venue as a perfect location for newlyweds in this multi-advertiser feature.
A text line on the venues home page under the heading 'venues showcase' provides a link to the page for the user. Click here to see an example.

Listing consists of an image and up to 80 words of text
Response mechanisms include website link, email address and contact telephone number
This package can be booked on its own
The price is £990 plus VAT per venue for 12 months

Special Interest Venues

If your venue is a castle, a museum, a modern restaurant, situated by water or in gardens, your venue can be included on a list of venues that may be of special interest to Confetti’s users. Your venue name will link to your petal package with all your venues’ details and response mechanisms. This feature is found by a text link on the venues home page under the heading 'venue information. Click here to see the Special Interest Venues page. The price for inclusion on the list is £350 plus VAT per venue for 12 months and it can only be booked with a petal package.

Weekly Email Newsletters

Confetti emails a weekly newsletter to approx 190,000 registered users

Click here to see an example email newsletter.

The newsletter provides our audience with a variety of timely information
It provides an opportunity for you to promote your venue and to give details of special offers, events, wedding fayres etc.
You can be precise about the timing of your message
Your feature can link directly to your confetti advert
Purchase up to 30 words with an image or logo for £4,400 plus VAT per weekly newsletter – this feature can link to your website or your Confetti venue petal package
OR have your image and name only for £1,500 plus VAT per weekly newsletter – this feature can only link to your Confetti venue petal package

Advertorials

Advertorials are a brilliant way of reaching the wedding audience and provide high visibility and brand awareness on confetti.co.uk. They are a very effective way of informing the audience about your wedding venue offerings. Click here to see an example.

Advertorials are hosted in the Confetti venue area home page under the heading “Venue Showcase”.
Confetti builds a tailor made page with images and up to 750 words with full contact information and links to your company website
Traffic drivers are an editorial text link and promotional boxes served across the site to give exposure to a larger audience
The price of an Advertorial is £6,000 plus VAT per month with a minimum commitment of a three month booking.

Competitions

Competitions are a great way of informing the audience about your venue and gathering details of entrants who have opted in for more information.

Confetti builds a mini-advertorial page to appear on site for one month and hosted within the Café channel. The advertiser purchases the media space and provides the prize
The feature contains direct links from the page to your website
Details of entrants who opt in can be passed to you for future direct mailing purposes
The price is £5,000 plus VAT for one month

Click here to visit our competition section in the Café Channel.

Advertising is subject to availability and to confetti's approval.

Prices quoted are subject to VAT and may be increased without notice.

Terms and conditions are available on application.

Confetti venues advertising sales team contacts:

If you would like to take your share of the wedding market, please contact venues@confetti.co.uk or alternatively telephone Suzy Stoyel on 020 7291 7615
or Deborah Carr on 020 7291 7616

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