Photo Booth Hire at Grand Villa Heights
Photo booth hire at Grand Villa Heights on the North Yorkshire coast
If you’re planning photo booth hire at Grand Villa Heights, you’re booking a team that already knows the venue: we’ve run our photo booths at Grand Villa Heights (formerly Raven Hall), the clifftop hotel in Ravenscar between Scarborough and Whitby, and it’s a venue we always enjoy. Few wedding venues in Yorkshire have a setting quite like it, and that makes it a wonderful place to give your guests a booth that captures the fun of the evening alongside the drama of the coastline.
About Grand Villa Heights, Ravenscar
The house was built in 1774 on the site of a Roman fort and has been a hotel since 1895. It sits high on the clifftop above Robin Hood’s Bay, with views out across the bay and the North Yorkshire coast. Ravenscar itself lies within the North York Moors National Park, roughly 200 metres above sea level, so the moors are on one side and the sea is on the other.
The village has an unusual story of its own. In the 1890s there was a plan to turn the clifftop into a seaside resort, with roads and drains laid out for a town that was never built, which is why Ravenscar is often called “the town that never was”. The old Scarborough to Whitby railway line, now the Cinder Track, also passes through the village, and it’s a lovely walk for guests staying over the night before or after.
The venue is listed by North Yorkshire Council as a wedding ceremony venue, and couples can choose an outdoor ceremony with views across Robin Hood’s Bay. Since its relaunch as Grand Villa Heights, the interiors have taken on a relaxed, coastal feel, and the venue now focuses on weddings, from civil ceremonies through to wedding breakfasts and evening receptions.
Which booth suits a wedding at Grand Villa Heights?
Glam Booth. Our Glam Booth is a Kardashian-style photo booth that creates black and white portraits against a clean white backdrop, with flattering beauty lighting that makes everyone look their best. With a coastline this striking outside the windows, a timeless black and white portrait is a natural match, and the results look great framed long after the wedding. It’s staffed, starting from £650.
Vintage Booth. The Vintage Booth is hand-crafted from solid oak and has an open design, so it looks at home in a historic house and lets larger groups pile in together. You can choose a backdrop to suit your colours and styling, and it starts from £625. If you’d like the best of both, Vintage Booth clients can upgrade to the Glam Booth for £25.
AI Photo Booth. For couples who want something playful, our AI Photo Booth turns guests into artistic styles, AI avatars and face swaps, or places them against AI-generated backgrounds, with instant prints. It’s staffed too, so your guests are guided through every shot.
Our self-service Party Pod is available at Grand Villa Heights when booked with our DJ.
What’s included with your Grand Villa Heights photo booth
Every staffed booth comes with:
- 3 hours of booth time as standard, with extra time at £150 per hour
- Unlimited photo capture, with prints every time
- A personalised print design to match your wedding
- A gift box with a full set of prints for the two of you
- An online gallery of every photo taken
- Our Selfie Star pose guide to get guests started
- A friendly attendant looking after the booth and your guests
- Setup and clear away, with our team arriving an hour before the booth opens
You can also add Guest Book Management for £39, where your attendant places a print from each group into your guest book and asks guests to write a message beside it. For a full breakdown of costs, read our guide to how much photo booth hire costs.
Wedding DJ and photo booth at Grand Villa Heights
Our sister company, EventsDJ, provides wedding DJs, and booking both together as our Wedding DJ & Photo Booth package saves you money and gives you one team looking after your evening entertainment. The Evening DJ package covers five hours, and you can add cold spark fountains for your first dance or a sax player to lift the evening. Having one team plan the first dance, buffet and last song keeps the party flowing. Booking our DJ also opens up the Party Pod, which can run all day for your guests.
Need a DJ too? Our sister company EventsDJ provides the Grand Villa Heights wedding DJ.
Planning tips for a photo booth at Grand Villa Heights
- Talk to your venue coordinator early. They’ll know which room works best for the evening reception and where a booth sits comfortably without blocking the bar or dance floor.
- Think about the light. On a summer evening the views over the bay are spectacular, and many couples like their booth close enough to the party to keep guests together while they head out for sunset photos.
- Time it with your evening. Most couples open the booth as evening guests arrive, so it gets everyone mixing straight away. Let us know your running order and we’ll plan around it.
- Plan for guests staying over. Ravenscar is a quiet spot, and many guests stay nearby. A slightly longer booth session can work well when nobody is rushing off early.
Nearby venues we’ve worked at
We cover the whole North Yorkshire coast and the moors. Other venues nearby where our team has worked include Sneaton Castle in Whitby, Hackness Grange near Scarborough, Egton Manor and Danby Castle on the moors. See our areas covered, or browse all the wedding venues we’ve worked at. For the wider area, see our guide to photo booth hire in Scarborough & Whitby.
Grand Villa Heights photo booth FAQs
Have you worked at Grand Villa Heights before?
Yes. We’ve run our photo booths at Grand Villa Heights, so we know the venue and how to fit in with your day.
Is Grand Villa Heights a new venue?
No. It’s the same historic clifftop hotel in Ravenscar above Robin Hood’s Bay, relaunched under its new name and now focused on weddings.
Which booth do couples choose for a clifftop wedding?
The Glam Booth is a popular choice for timeless black and white portraits, while the oak Vintage Booth suits couples who want a classic look and room for big groups. Vintage Booth clients can upgrade to the Glam Booth for £25.
Can we have the Party Pod at Grand Villa Heights?
Yes, when you book it alongside one of our EventsDJ DJs. It’s self-service, takes colour and black and white photos with prints, and can run all day.
How far ahead should we book?
Most couples book 12 to 24 months ahead. A booking fee secures your date, and the balance is due 14 days before the wedding.
Ready to add a photo booth to your Grand Villa Heights wedding? Request a quote or fill in the form below with your date and we’ll come back to you with availability and prices.
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Imagine your wedding with both incredible music AND a luxury photo booth experience all in one seamless package.
Choose your perfect pairing: our award-winning Wedding DJ with either our show-stopping handcrafted Oak Booth (fully staffed and ready to pamper your guests) or our fun-filled Party Pod (self-service freedom, maximum entertainment).
Whichever you choose, you'll get instant prints, a stunning online gallery, and memories that'll have everyone talking long after the last dance. Ready to tick two major boxes off your wedding list in one go?
Absolutely amazing! The best Photo Booth I’ve ever hired and the lady who brought it was such a lovely lady, my daughter even got her up for a selfie on the booth! 10/10 will absolutely book again at any given opportunity.
We hired the selfie pod and it was great, everyone loved it and had lots of fun taking photos. Booking was easy and it was dropped off without issue. 😀
we loved our photo booth for our wedding last month. Not only did we hire that from Selfie Star, we hired the DJ, venue uplighting and sparkler fountains. Wayne and Sally was very accommodating for our need after we had to change a few things and move our timeline forward which wasn't too much hassel for them. would 100000% recommend to anyone looking for entertainment for their special event. we also want to wish Wayne and Sally all the best in their business . Mr & Mrs Whelan
We met Wayne & Sally at a wedding fayre. They were both really lovely and approachable, discussing all of their options & packages. Their communication was excellent & their app is easy to use for updates, info on your package and payments. Having used photobooths before, I can say the tech from Selfie Star was the best quality we’ve seen! We had the ICON! Wayne on the night of our wedding was brilliant, super friendly & arrived in plenty of time for the start of the evening celebrations! He had a great attitude with all of our guests, creating a fab atmosphere and we all certainly had fun! We also added late to our booking an audio guestbook, which was no trouble and brilliant to use! Listening back to the messages has been a real highlight. The turnaround on the online photo gallery & audio messages was amazingly quick too, coming back in just a few days after our wedding! Would highly recommend to anyone for any function! Huge thank you! 5*!
We met Sally and Wayne at a wedding fair and hiring them was the best decision ever ( despite already having a DJ provided within our wedding package at Aldwark Manor) we knew it would be an extra cost but we were willing to do this as we wanted Wayne as our DJ , and he was worth every penny, he made our wedding exactly what we wanted he listened to our preferences and tailored the music to our taste. The guests absolutely loved him. He also helped organise the dance floor which I wanted and provided letters. Sally on the photobooth was equally amazing, guests had such a laugh and kept Sally busy. Definitely a must have at any party. The added bonus of us receiving a copy of every photo taken that night and placed in a box was simply brilliant myself and my husband were able to look through these at our leisure and have a good giggle. So a massive thank you to both Sally & Wayne and if your looking for a top class DJ and photo booth look no further we highly recommend these guys they are the best.
We hired Selfie Star for the evening of our wedding. It was fantastic, all of our guests enjoyed it very much!
selfie star made our wedding!! run by two of the nicest people we have ever met, Wayne and sal went above and beyond for us to make our special day run as smoothly as possible. They even took all the stress away before hand and communicated with the hotel about arranging the room and making sure everything we had hired from them would fit, they contacted the tribute band we had coming to the wedding and made their set up easier by connect up to selfie stars equipment which made our turn around from the day in to the evening party much quicker! The dancefloor, star light back drop and light up shoots completely transformed our room, it looked amazing!! we also had the dancing with clouds and cold spark fire work for our first dance which was also looked amazing! selfie star also hosted our full day and was our DJ Which I believe made the day run so well. They made us feel very special and organised all the special parts of the day to make sure they went as well as they possibly could and really made the special moments count! THe music was brilliant they played a mixture of songs we asked for and then a mixture of songs from 80s 90s and now which was great the dancefloor was full of people all night! highly recommended this company they are fantastic, we also had the table selfie centerpiece aswell which we and all our guests had lots of fun with and captured loads of memories! Thank you Wayne and sal you were fantastic and we can't wait to have another party with selfie star!!!
We had the most amazing wedding day and being able to capture such fun photos with SelfieStar was amazing. The photo quality was fantastic and the team on the day were so fun and helpful. I’ve been to many other weddings and this is by far the best photo booth I’ve used - so I’m glad it was ours! Would definitely recommend 😄
Absolutely amazing DJ and photobooth service for our wedding! Communication beforehand was excellent and they made everything so easy and stress-free from start to finish. They arrived punctually, were incredibly professional, and did everything we asked for with no problem at all. The DJ kept the dancefloor full all night and was also a fantastic MC, helping the whole evening run smoothly and keeping the atmosphere lively and fun. The photobooth was such a hit with all our wedding guests too! We couldn’t have asked for better entertainment for our special day and would highly recommend them to anyone planning a wedding or event.
Booked for our daughters wedding, booking process and communication all excellent Everyone had a great time in the photo booth, good quality pictures
Absolutely made our night having the led dance floor at our wedding. Wayne was fantastic, customer service second to none. Arrived on time, no hassle, looked AMAZING!!😍😍 Would highly recommend Selfie Star Events.
Could not recommend selfie star enough. Our guests absolutely loved the booth and then a week later we got all the photos which was amazing to see. Thank you for everything
We booked Selfie Star Photo Booth for our wedding and honestly it was one of the best investments we made. We went for the Kardashian filter to match our monochrome wedding theme and it looked incredible — the photos came out so stylish and elevated. Our guests absolutely loved it and were using it all night. The fact guests could have unlimited prints was amazing, and every print strip was personalised with our Mr & Mrs name and wedding date, with 3 photos on each print which looked so professional. Sally also shared a download link afterwards with all of the images, which was such a lovely touch. One of our favourite parts was coming home with a beautiful gift box containing copies of all the prints for us to add into our guest book and keep forever. Sally was fantastic throughout and everything ran so smoothly. We couldn’t recommend Selfie Star enough!
We had a photobooth at our wedding, this went down really well with our Moulin Rouge themed evening reception. I would recommend without any hesitation great company to work with. Thankyou Tony and Stefan
I would like to thank and highly recommend Wayne Baker and Selie Star Events. I got to know Wayne around last Christmas time and remain good friends and business colleagues. I run an entertainment business myself and from time to time we need to depend on other services and djs to help us through busy or sick periods. Wayne has stepped in a many times for us and his work and setup is so professional. Wayne has provided a great service every time we have used him. Our clients have also left some great feedback. Here at MDG Entertainment we thrive on delivering a great product for a great value of money to individual events. It is hard to find in the business people like Wayne who work to our award winning standards. It is a pleasure to be able to use his service and know he will always deliver upon booking him. Many thanks Michael @ MDG Entertainment.
Selfie Star were excellent from start to finish - their communication was prompt and clear and set up on the day was extremely smooth and efficient. The Photo Booth itself was an absolute hit and such good fun. Cannot recommend highly enough! Thanks so much for such great service .
We booked Selfie Star Photobooths after seeing the photobooth in action at a wedding fayre. Booking with them was seamless and everything was so easy to access on the portal. On the day, set up was done with no issues whatsoever and our guests were free to enjoy the fun this brought to our evening. All of our guests commented on how fantastic the photobooth was and how well it was operated. It brought so much fun and energy to the evening and was loved by everyone. The photos were absolutely fantastic, we loved going through the prints and the digital copies of the photos! Absolutely incredible, thank you so much we are forever grateful.
Amazing evening hosted by Wayne, he was fantastic and the equipment, set up too! He had great choice of music l, kept everyone entertained and the selfie mirror was amazing highly recommend. They are great for any event! Made the night so special 5***** Customer service was amazing really friendly team. Thank you!
I can't express enough how thrilled we were with Selfie Star's photo booth and DJ services at my niece's wedding. The solid oak photo booth added a touch of tradition and elegance to the event, and it was non-stop fun throughout the evening. Sally and Wayne Baker are an incredible duo, engaging guests from both the USA and the UK, creating an unforgettable party atmosphere. Wayne's music kept the dance floor alive, and the audio guest book was a unique and cherished addition. Everyone at the wedding couldn't stop raving about the quality of the venue and the amazing atmosphere created by Selfie Star. Thank you, Sally and Wayne, for making Charlotte and Matthew's wedding an absolute blast. You truly are stars in your own right, and I highly recommend your services to anyone looking to elevate their event experience!
What a cracking experience we had at a wedding yesterday with Selfie Star! Overall a friendly, humorous but professional service! He even let me take the horses head to the dance floor, I mean, what more could you want! Would absolutely recommend to a friend. You thoroughly deserve the top marks in this review!
