{"id":137659,"date":"2025-09-14T23:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137659\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:09:25","slug":"britains-first-contactless-wedding-newlyweds-shun-traditional-presents-for-their-big-day-but-install-contactless-card-machine-at-their-reception-to-let-guests-tap-in-and-pay-for-their-honeymoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/137659\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s first contactless wedding: Newlyweds shun traditional presents for their big day but install contactless card machine at their reception to let guests tap in and pay for their honeymoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of newlyweds have shunned wedding presents on their big day and instead installed a contactless card machine for guests to tap in and pay for their honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Chris Martin<\/a>, 35, and Tasha White, 33, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, recently tied the knot in their hometown before jetting off to Mexico<\/a> the next day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple, who have been together for 14 years and share a daughter, seven, and a son, three, had no desire for all the homeware of a normal wedding registry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Martin, who works for Mercedes, explained: ‘Tasha and I already have a house and everything we need – no one needs another five toasters!<\/p>\n

‘What we really wanted was help making our dream honeymoon to Mexico happen.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

It meant they instead asked their 140 guests at the sprawling Furtho Manor Farm for a different kind of contribution, installing a card reader by the bar at their reception.<\/p>\n

Attendees also had the option to scan a framed QR code to make a payment, which was cheekily signposted: ‘Don’t be tight, pay for our flight.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The groom, who was delighted by the unusual fundraising efforts with his bride Ms White, a hairdresser by trade, said: ‘Our guests absolutely loved it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A pair of newlyweds (pictured) have shunned wedding presents on their big day and instead installed a contactless card machine for guests to tap in and pay for their honeymoon<\/p>\n

\"Chris <\/p>\n

Chris Martin , 35, and Tasha White, 33, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, recently tied the knot in their hometown before jetting off to Mexico the next day. Pictured: The newlyweds with guests on their big day\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The couple (pictured), who have been together for 14 years and share a daughter, seven, and a son, three, had no desire for all the homeware of a normal wedding registry<\/p>\n

‘I’m not going to reveal how much the total came to, but they were very generous. Some of them even tapped more than once.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Martin continued: ‘People don’t carry cash anymore so we thought we could have a bit of fun and raise money for our honeymoon at the same time…<\/p>\n

‘As you can imagine people got more generous as the drinks started to flow!’\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also pointed out the reader and QR code, produced by payment firm Lopay, were cheap to use and install, helping to cut wedding costs, which can easily rack up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

One guest said: ‘I think the card reader and QR code were a great idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘No one knows what to really do about wedding gifts nowadays so it’s usually money. This was so much less faff than cash or a bank transfer.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lopay’s boss and founder Richard Carter said: ‘I’m delighted that we at Lopay could help make Chris and Tasha’s wedding day such a success.<\/p>\n

‘Having a card reader and the QR code made it so much easier for guests to give the couple a present on the day without any hassle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The couple (pictured with attendees) instead asked their 140 guests at the sprawling Furtho Manor Farm for a different kind of contribution, installing a card reader by the bar at their reception<\/p>\n

\"Attendees <\/p>\n

Attendees also had the option to scan a framed QR code (pictured) to make a payment, which was cheekily signposted: ‘Don’t be tight, pay for our flight’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The groom, who was delighted by the fundraising efforts with his bride Ms White, said: ‘Our guests absolutely loved it’<\/p>\n

\"'I'm <\/p>\n

‘I’m not going to reveal how much the total came to, but they were very generous. Some of them even tapped more than once’, he continued\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He also pointed out the reader and QR code, produced by payment firm Lopay, were cheap to use and install, helping to cut wedding costs, which can easily rack up<\/p>\n

\"One <\/p>\n

One guest said: ‘I think the card reader and QR code were a great idea’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"'No <\/p>\n

‘No one knows what to really do about wedding gifts nowadays so it’s usually money’, they continued\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And I’m sure some of them were even more generous after a few glasses of celebration bubbly.<\/p>\n

‘Who knows? This could really catch on at wedding venues across the country.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lopay, the UK’s lowest cost, highest rated payment app, offers no fees on the first \u00a32,000 of earnings users process through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The service is contract-free and payment processing rates start at 0.79 per cent – half the cost of rivals like SumUp, Zettle and Square.<\/p>\n

And this rate can even be offset completely to 0 per cent when users get an Expense and Rewards Card – a kind of debit card to allow them to spend their earnings.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of newlyweds have shunned wedding presents on their big day and instead installed a contactless card…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,97,59,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-137659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}