Bespoke dove release for all occasions
Thank you for your interest in having a beautiful, bespoke, white dove release at your wedding.
I have outlined our service and current wedding package below for your information, which includes everything you need to make a booking with us. Please read carefully.
Our Wedding Package
We offer you a pair of beautiful white doves, plus a third bird free (to be used anyway you wish) for the discounted total price of £150.00. Should you wish to have additional birds they are priced at £10 each thereafter (eg: 4 birds £160) in fact, anything from 3 to a flock of 20 are available – making a truly stunning sight when released all together.
Should you wish the free third bird to be used as a memorial bird, to remember loved one(s) who may have passed away, are convalescing/sick or who live abroad and can’t share your big day. You can also enhance your memory of them by attaching your own personalised message, which is encased inside a small capsule attached to the memorial bird's leg, prior to release.
Both releases (the pair of celebratory doves and the memorial dove(s) will be marked by a keepsake card, personalised with your name, wedding venue, and date, along with a generic wedding poem on the reverse (the memorial bird keepsake card will include your personal message instead, however, if you prefer, a generic poem can be included on your behalf).
On The Day
We will arrive at your venue approximately half an hour before your service, and introduce ourselves to your photographer and/or wedding planner. We will liaise with him/her to ascertain your specific instructions, and the most suitable area for your photographs and the release.
We will then set up the ornate birdcage with your pair of doves inside, which will greet you and your guests as you exit your venue for photographs (the third bird/extra birds will be in a basket awaiting separate release (unless you want others to release it/them with you/your pair) - the release is totally your decision/idea .
Static photographs of you both with the cage (as well as bridesmaids and/or guests etc if you wish) as well as holding the birds can then be taken (you may have as many different photographs with the cage as you wish in conjunction with your photographer). When you are ready to do so, we will hand each of you your dove for release (should one of you decide at that time you do not want to hold or release a bird, that's fine, we can adapt and overcome that by releasing one bird at a time, or getting others to release of your behalf). The keepsake card(s) are then handed to the groom for safekeeping (should you have a postal box for cards etc I will drop them inside for you).
How to Book
To secure a release and your date we will require a 50% (non-refundable) deposit paid via bacs in the following account:
White Doves Experience c/o A Cook
Sort Code: 11 00 89
Account Number: 11260665
Reference: your name
Cont/…
Once your deposit is received into our bank, I will send you a confirmation receipt with as many details as you have given me; I will need the following (but if some of these are not yet known, don't worry - you can tell me as soon as you know them). If you have not yet secured a venue or indeed a date etc you can still make a booking, and let me have the details at a later date.
Date of wedding: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Bride name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Groom Name (including surname) XXXXXXX
Venue name and address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Time of service: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Total amount of birds required: XXXX
And name(s) of those releasing the memorial bird/any extra birds (if not yourselves)
Nearer the time (and if you have booked one) memorial message(s) and the names of loved one(s) being remembered will be requested.
If you wish children to release a bird(s) please forward their ages so we can appoint the correct-sized bird for them.
Final balance is due one week before your wedding (so if you decide you want more birds you can let me know at this stage and we will increase the final balance accordingly). Personal/memorial messages, should you require one, are to be emailed in plenty of time but no later than one week before your wedding, to ensure timely inclusion on the keepsake card.
Reminders will be sent in plenty of time so there’s no need to worry.
Payments (please read):
Please note, deposits are non-refundable and bookings cannot be taken without receiving a transferred deposit. Balances are due anytime upto (but no later than one week before release date) balances not received by this date will render the booking incomplete and will be subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to cancel your booking if full payment isn’t received into our bank by this time.
I hope this has given you as much information as you need to make your decision and a booking; we would be honoured to share your special day with you.
Remember our dove releases are truly bespoke; and no release is ever the same as everyone is different. We pride ourselves on this service, so should you have any particular ideas on how you wish to release your doves, please let me know at any time. In the event of inclement weather (storms, high winds or torrential rain) releases will not be possible, however we will still arrive and you can still have static photographs with the cage and holding the doves, but the safety of our doves remains our top priority always. In these (very unusual cases) we will still attend your event and adapt our service to ensure your experience is still a special one.
In the meantime I wish you luck in the rest of your wedding planning, and invite you to take a look at our website: www.whitedovesexperience.co.uk where you can get more information about booking, as well as learning more about us and our beautiful doves, and see some of our releases to date.
Kind Regards
White Doves Experience
01245 261228 / 07867 336459 18 Thames Avenue
Chelmsford
Essex CM1 2LW
01245 261228 Angie 07867 336459