5 reasons why are bell tent hen parties are so perfectly brilliant!

Bell Tent Hen Parties

Overseeing organising a hen party is quite the honour. From the moment the bride asks you to be her Maid of Honour or Bridesmaid, the pressure is on to show her how much she means to you by providing the best hen party ever!

You might find yourself mulling over ideas of a night on the tiles, or a trip to see a Magic Mike style performance, but none of those ideas feel unique or special enough for your number one girl.

That’s where Victoria Lily steps in – we can provide the perfect hen do that suits every bride, every guest and every budget, without any stress causing you to reach for the gin (or three!) We offer Bell Tent Hen Party hire in East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and Kent!

Here are our top 5 reasons why a Bell Tent Hen Do might be the best idea you’ve ever had:

Unique – Every Hen party we’ve ever done has been unique and we love to hear your plans and ideas of how to make it extra special for the bride.

We offer 5 metre bell tents which are furnished with carpets, rugs, side tables, raised single beds with a mattress, bunting, eye masks, a mirror, rugs, LED lanterns and boho décor and bedding sets.

The rest is up to you! We welcome personalised decorations, bars, silent discos, yoga lessons, flower headband making, cocktail classes – the list is endless. If you need ideas, we are more than happy to chat through some options, or feel free to browse our social accounts for some inspo from other fabulous hen parties we’ve been involved with.

Create special memories – From the moment she arrives, to the minute you leave, the bride will be overwhelmed by the thought and detail you’ve put into her hen do. So, make sure you snap away to capture all the special memories for her to look back on for years to come – and don’t forget to tag us on your social accounts so we can see what a wonderful time you’ve had too!

Suitable for everyone – one of the biggest stresses of planning a hen do can be making sure it’s accessible for everyone. Not everyone likes a drink and a dance, and some people may have specific requirements or individual needs when it comes to where they stay. So, the location is down to you – we have provided bell tens for hen dos in fields, private gardens, campsites and private estates so make sure you decide what is right for your gang and let us know where to pitch up. As always, we are happy to give ideas of suggestions of places that might work best, then you can make the final decision with the hens.

All you need to do is gather your bride tribe and lockdown a date that works for you all. Once you’ve got this date, get in touch with us to put the date in stone and set up a countdown to the best hen do ever!

Affordable pricing – we know how messy things can get when you pay for decorations here, food there and other bits all over the place. So, we have kept it simple and have a set price of £75 per hen for the entire weekend (minimum booking of 5 hens).

Plus, if you have a group of 25 or more hens, we will provide a free hen chill out tent, which is fully furnished with snuggly sofas, carpets, blankets and rugs – perfect for a large group who want a cosy space for activities or a place for a cuppa and chat on Sunday morning.

We’d love to chat through your Hen Do ideas and plans, so ping us an email on victoria@victorialilyevents.co.uk or visit victorialilyevents.co.uk/ to find out more about what we can offer you.

Like this? You may like to view our Hen Party Glamp Camps in HEN CAMP MAIDSTONE, KENT, HEN CAMP CHELWOOD, SUSSEX or HEN CAMP BERWICK, SUSSEX. You may also be interested in finding out our Bell Tent Hen Party Extras

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Wedding Glamping Bell Tent Hire

Who says your wedding has to finish at 11pm? Not us, that’s for sure.

Who also says that your wedding celebrations with your nearest and dearest need to be just for the one day? Absolutely not us!!

Having the option for a wedding glamping bell tent village for you and your guests is the perfect way to continue the party into the night, surrounded by the cackle of a camp fire, cocktails still flowing with the glow of our twinkly fairy lights in the background.

Waking up with your nearest and dearest after the celebrations over a cup of something hot and relaxing outside your bell tents is something magical.

Our wedding bell tent hire options suit all budgets, group sizes, location and comfort.

You can hire bell tents from us yourselves on behalf of your wedding guests or for those clients that want to reduce the amount of wed-min, let us take over the bell tent hire bookings direct for you on behalf of your guests with a dedicated booking page just for you.

Bell tent hire from us is the perfect alternative wedding guest accommodation option, often cheaper than booking a taxi and all the more

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Hen Party Glamp Camp Kent

HEN CAMP KENT

THE HOOK AND HATCHET PUB

AVAILABLE APRIL – SEPTEMBER 2022

Our hugely successful and almost sell out during 2021 Hen Camp is available once again at the Hook and Hatchet Pub in Huckling, near Maidstone for 2022 bookings.

THE LOCATION

The Hook and Hatchet Pub is a unique and vibrant location with its own Hillside Campsite, with an exclusive semi private area assigned just for the Hen Camps during the summer months. You have the benefit of your own newly paved patio area, festoon lights hanging in trees and your own gated entrance to the glamp camp area.

The venue is situated within the Huckling Estate just off the Pilgrims Way, which is an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Star gazing, unlimited fresh air and nature are in a constant supply.

THE DETAILS

Upon your arrival and check in at the pub, you will be greeted with the Hen Camp fully set up for you and the tribe, ready for use. Prices are based on a tent occupancy of 5 x hens per tent. All sleeping tents are 6m in diameter and are very spacious inside, plenty of room for luggage and drinks!

Each tent is equipped with the following inside – carpets, raised single camp beds with mattress toppers, sheets, duvets, pillows, cushions, throws, side table, rug, lantern, mirror and eye masks.

Outside there is pretty bunting, welcome mat for shoes and twinkling fairy lights on each tent.

You also have access to 3 x picnic benches for your sole use during your stay, along with car parking adjacent to the camp.

Festoon lights in the trees complete the look and for the oh so important pics for the ‘gram.

THE PRICES

You have access to your Hen Camp from 12 noon on Friday until 12 noon on Sunday and prices below include hire of the bell tents for the duration and the use of the semi exclusive area of the Hillside Camping

£120 per person NO ELECTRIC

£130 per person WITH ELECTRIC

THE AMENITIES

The on-site facilities include 2 x unisex showers and toilets which are available for use 24 hours a day. Electric hook ups next to your bell tents are also available you select the electric option when booking your camp.

The Hook and Hatchet has a large restaurant, beer garden, outside bar during the summer months and also a delicious burger shack. They are very accomdating in terms of catering so anything in particular you’d like, just ask! Previous clampers have had breakfast one of the mornings upon request and they will, where possible, give priority bookings for your stay should you wish to eat or drink in the pub.

THE RULES

The venue are very relaxed in terms of what you can and cannot do during your stay.

Previous hen camps have arranged for their own silent discos, DJs, acoustic singers, cocktail making classes and such like. The site just asks you to be aware of other campers up on the main camping area (no drum and bass at 3am!) but it is a very relaxed site with the emphasis on enjoying yourselves during your stay!

If you are bringing BBQs for cooking, please ensure these are raised off the ground to protect the ground from scolding and being damaged for future use. We ask that you dispose of all your rubbish in the numerous bins provided around your hen camp and this includes all rubbish from inside the tents too.

There is a no fire pit rule at this site.

You are free to bring your own alcohol into your hen camp.

There is a minimum requirement of 15 x hens for hen camp. You can of course have a smaller party size but the price will be for 15 should the party size be smaller than this number

ENQUIRY AND AVAILABILITY

We only hold one hen camp per weekend at this location to ensure is exclusivity for your bride tribe.

Fill our the below enquiry form and we’ll get back to you with availability and also any questions you may have.

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Bell Tent Hire

Garden Glamping

Garden Glamping

Our Garden Glamping Bell Tents are the ultimate slice of luxury and glamour in your very own back garden.

They are the perfect way to help celebrate a birthday, anniversary, milestone or just to create a little bit of a retreat away from the four walls

We have three Garden Glamping Options available

BASIC BELL TENT £110
Delivery and set up with a 4m bell tent which is pitched empty for you to furnish and decorate as you wish.

LUXE BELL TENT £195 (4 GUESTS)
Delivery – Set Up – Bell Tent – Raised Camp Beds – Sheets – Bedding – Carpets – Throws – Tables – Hurricane LED lamps – Flowers / Plant – Rugs – Welcome Mat – Bunting

Extra Guests £20 per person

DELUXE BELL TENT £245 (2 GUESTS)
Delivery – Set Up – Bell Tent – Real Double Bed – Mattress – Sheets – Luxury Bedding – Carpets – Throws – Tables – Hurricane LED lamps – Flowers / Plant – Rugs – Welcome Mat – Bunting – Peacock Chair – Vintage Furniture – Boho Decor

Extra Guests £20 per person

Space Requirements and Garden Glamping Bell Tent Information

Two tent sizes – 4m sleeps up to 3/4 and needs a 5m space and 5m sleeps up to 5/6 and needs a 6m space

Hire is up to 3 nights

Can we ask that any access to your garden is cleared entirely and no vehicles are in the way of access so we can easily transport our stock for set up and the area of the garden you want us to set up in is also a cleared space and clean of any debris so we can get everything up for you as quickly as possible.

If at all possible, if we can park as close to your property as possible too, this is always appreciated as the equipment is heavy.

We have a few rules for our bell tents:

1. No shoes at all to be worn inside the bell tent

2. No smoking of any kind inside the bell tent – this includes vapes.

3. Camp fires / BBQ’s to be at least 3 metres from the bell tent

4. Please clear of all rubbish, food waste and clear up any spillages – if we have to clear any rubbish, confetti, balloons, food waste or anything we will have to charge for this.

5. Dogs are welcome in the bell tent but please can they not go onto the beds or bedding.

6. Please do not take any of the bell tent furniture outside the bell tent and that include the lights as moisture damages them.

7. Lot of fun is mandatory.

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Stag and Hen Parties – Has Yours Been Affected or Cancelled Due To Covid-19 – Let Us Help!

UN-CANCEL THOSE CANCELLED HEN, STAG OR BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANS

So, this bloody ‘C’ word has caused a bit of a s**t storm over the last few days hasn’t it. We know that many events due to take place aboard will either be cancelled in the next 5-6 weeks or alternative plans will need to be put into place for Plan B to continue your celebrations.

PLAN B

If your Plan A celebrations have been cancelled and they can’t simply be postponed, we can offer you some help with planning a Glamping Event with your hens, stags, birthday buddies or family members to make an awesome Plan B come together.

If you have to rearrange, our packages start from £50 per person for the entire weekend and this includes hire of our fully furnished Bell Tents with boho decor, raised beds, carpets and chic accessories.

HOW CAN WE HELP

If your cancelled event was due to take place during April, May or June we can help you gather your tribe and source a venue in the right location to pitch your bell tents for the weekend for you. We’ll do all the hard work in setting them up entirely, you just have to turn up.

LET’S CHILL

To help with the the emotional and mental upheaval of changed plans during this time of uncertainty we’ll be supplying our Chill Out Bell Tent for FREE OF CHARGE and this is a great communal area to shake those cocktails, get into those downward dogs or lie on the floor with sunglasses and in your PJs.

SEND US AN ENQUIRY

The first port of call is to pop us an email. We have popped below all our contact form or you can email us at victoria@victorialilyevents.co.uk

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Style Shoot | Whimsical Wonderland Weddings Feature

We are very excited to be able to share with you a styled shoot which we were lucky enough to be involved with has been featured on Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

Dewdrops and Daydreams was the inspiration, the concept and the design was by the talented The Wedding Dolls and the location at our favourite DIY woodland wedding venue, Longton Woods.

Each image was magnificently captured by the fantastic Jasmine Andrews and the entire team of suppliers all worked together to pull some serious wedding inspiration.

Below are some of our favourite images from the feature and you can click here for the full article on Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

The Dream Team Of Suppliers

Photographer
JASMINE ANDREWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Venue
LONGTON WOOD

Design & Concept
THE WEDDING DOLLS

Marquee
THE PARTY DOCTORS

Dresses & Accessories
PANTILES BRIDE

Hair
KENT BRIDAL HAIR

Make Up
BEAR BEAUTY

Tableware
HARRIET’S TABLE

Furniture
HIRE LOVE

Cake
ALL SHAPES AND SLICES

Flowers
SUE DAVIES

Glitter Station
QUEEN MAB

Videographer
JACK CORTHINE

Signage & Stationery
TIGGIWINKLE

Grazing Table
HOME GURR’OWN

Celebrant
TRUE BLUE CEREMONIES

Bride & Groom
HARLEIGH SLAUGHTER & CHRIS GIBSON

Balloon Arch
THE GLITZY BALLOON COMPANY

Bar
PROSECCO PALACE

Neon Signs
LOOM AND LIGHT

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Bell Tent Village

Bell Tent Village Hire

When you are planning a wedding, party, event or festival; one of the things to consider is where are your guests going to go once the party is coming to a close. Are you sending them on their merry way home in a taxi or does your venue, garden or field have the space to accommodate your guests and a Bell Tent Village.

We’ve detailed below our top tips when deciding whether you want a Bell Tent Village at your event

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE

First thing to consider is whether the area which you are wanting to set up the Bell Tent Village is large enough to accommodate the estimated number of bell tents you envisage your Bell Tent Village may have. We have various bell tent sizes and lots of ways to configure the Bell Tent Village; they can be set up in a straight line, horseshoe, as a street, dotted around or staggered. There is no limit to the design which we can come up with for how the village will look given the space available.

If you have enough space – book your venue and contact us with details of the event, date and venue.

We will need to have direct access to the site and will require enough room for large long wheel based vans and low loaders to enter the site to set up

HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR GUESTS TO BOOK THE BELL TENTS

Next thing to decide upon is who do you want your guests to book and we have two options available for you

The first option is that you, as the event organiser, block book a certain number of bell tents on your guests behalf.
The second option available is that we can deal with enquiries, bookings and payments direct from your guests. We set your event a bespoke and passworded booking area on our website dedicated just for your event. You simply pass on the link and the password to anyone invited to your event, they complete the booking form and pay their deposit online.

To secure either option, we require a small deposit to secure your event in our diary

If we are managing your bookings directly, you will also be sent an online booking worksheet which is updated each time we receive a enquiry or booking, you can instantly see via your link

WHEN DO YOU WANT THE BELL TENTS TO BE SET UP

The day before (usually a Wednesday , Thursday or Friday) we arrive at the site and being to set up the Bell Tent Village to ensure they are ready for guest arrival in plenty of time if your venue allows this. We can set up on the morning of the event of course if this is this only option which your venue will allow

OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR YOUR BELL TENT VILLAGE

We do not supply electricity so if you want to ensure your guests have electricity, you will have to arrange for power to reach the village, usually via a generator. If you didn’t want to arrange for electric to reach each bell tent, perhaps think about having one extra bell tent which can run mobile phone chargers, hair dryers, straighteners etc

If you have toilets or are hiring showers for your guests, make sure that you can have water running to the area where you are setting up the showers. Try and place the showers and the toilets within a decent walking distance from the Bell Tent Village

If there is a little bit of a walk from the party area to the glamping Bell Tent Village, you might want to consider some lighting along the walk way so guests are directed to the village

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HoneyMoon Bell Tent

Honeymoon Bell Tent Hire

Whether you’re planning a huge wedding with an entire weekend after party or just a quiet, intimate setting; our Luxury Honeymoon Bell Tent Suite is the perfect accommodation answer for your first few nights as a married couple

Our Honeymoon Bell Tent comes with a real bed, a real mattress, hotel standard luxurious bedding and boho style furnishing that will make your stay with us in your Bell Tent feel like home

Luxury Bell Tent Hire — Honeymoon Suite Bell Tent

We only provide one of these special Bell Tent Suite per bell tent village / per event booking to ensure it remains exclusive for our couples during the wedding weekend

Of course, this uber luxury suite isn’t just for weddings – some of our clients who book a bell tent village for their special birthday or event reserve this suite for themselves so they have the ultimate glamping luxury experience with their friends and family

Your Honeymoon Bell Tent can be a stand alone booking or nestled within a bell tent village, standing pride of place in the middle or somewhere a little more secluded. Our bell tents can be set up pretty much anywhere (apart from under trees!)

We haven’t finished there either; if 10 or more guest bell tents are booked by yourself or your guests (if they are booking direct with us) your Honeymoon Suite will be FREE!!

Contact Us For More Information

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Glamping Hen Party

Luxury Glamping Hen Party

So you have been given the ultimate bridesmaid duty……………to plan the Glamping Hen Party. Your job is to gather a small tribe (or village) of Hens, to get them to commit to the Hen Party which could be 9 months into the next summer whilst we are in the depths of scarves, hats and Christmas trees….so yes….you do have a task on your hands.

Here at Victoria Lily, we have first hand experience with organising all types of events and especially a Hen Party. The logistics of agreeing venue, making sure the date suits everyone, finding the right prices, getting all the hens to commit to the price, getting everyone’s contribution to book and final numbers is such a task that it will have you reaching for the gin bottle (and a straw!) before long.

Last summer we had the absolute privilage of bring involved with #CathFest which the fantastic Elizabeth Jayne Photography (click for the link to her fantastic work) and man, did she throw an uber chic, classy and glitter-tastic Hen Party!

We helped to create the Hen Village for 30 lovely ladies with our large bell tents which sleep up to 6 each and each Hen Bell Tent had raised beds, bedding, carpets, bunting, tables, carpets, rugs and all the glitter themed items you could ever wish for.

Liz and the team of girls who set up up the surprise Glamping Hen Party when to absolute town with an outside pallet bar, DJ, hay bale seating area (complete with table cloths and flowers!) and a relaxing yoga session on the Sunday morning.

Our Hen Party Bell Tent Package has been put together to help make the planning process easier, smoother and as hassle free as possible.

We’ve kept our Glamping Hen Package as simple as possible and prices are from £50.00 per hen for the entire weekend. We know getting final numbers in December for a Hen Party which isn’t taking place until the following July, just isn’t going to happen. We ask for an approximate number you are expecting to attend for the glamping weekend and we just ask that we have the final number attending two weeks prior to the Hen Party.

A small deposit secures the Hen Party weekend and once we have the final number figure a few weeks beforehand, that is when we will request the final balance – how bloody easy!!

For more information about our Glamping Hen Party packages and what we can offer, Contact Us here or email victoria@victorialilyevents.co.uk

For more information about the amazingly creative Liz and her photography, head over to Elizabeth Jayne Photography or give her a following on her Instagram and Facebook

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Event and Wedding Glamping

What Is Glamping?

glamping/ˈɡlampɪŋ/noun

“a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping. glamping is likely to satisfy any city slicker seeking a little refuge in nature—without foregoing any of life’s luxuries”

Glamping is perfect for those wedding guests or family members who love the idea of staying in the great outdoors but are reluctant to give up modern amenities; it’s where stunning nature meets modern luxury. Victoria Lily Events can provide your wedding or event with a boutique pop up village or hotel pretty much anywhere you’d like.

Glamping Wedding

Glamping accommodation for your nearest and dearest at your wedding is fast becoming the go to option for couples wanting to spend the entire weekend celebrating their nuptials, allow the party to continue around the bonfire way into the early hours under the stars and allowing couples to be as traditional or are quirky as you like, you can see why it is proving to be so popular!

Let Us Take The Stress

We provide your wedding with its very own password protected online booking system so we take over all the stress, wed-min, guest booking and enquires at no additional cost at all.

How We Do It

Once you have enquired about our services, we’ll set you guys up online with your dedicated booking portal. That’s where we take over the enquires and bookings direct from your guests. You’ll have access to an online spreadsheet so you’ll know exactly who has booked what.

Contact Us

Get in touch with us today for more information about how we can provide the ultimate glamping experience for your wedding or event.