Keeping A Wedding Affordable.... How Much Did Yours Cost?
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the assistants are very very very useful. different angles of the same scene.
the photo books, though, are mostly useless. how many times does anybody ever go back and look through them?
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Same here. We CLOSED the bar. Nothing left Lol
Great times if affordable. This is ur big day and should only happen once. Might as well enjoy it.
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yeah its a special day but even given an unlimited budget i think there is only so much fun i could have in ONE day. but heck if the parents are rich why not go big?
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Agreed. I spent too much but I've grown wiser. I would set your budget first and keep it firm. I would consider having a smaller ceremony with close friends and family and then have a party for the...
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I gave my wife a $30k budget for our wedding. She spent $28k, which included $5k for the photographer, $17k for 10 course reception dinner at a restaurant. The actual ceremony was held at home...
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We spent about $65k, the biggest expenses were on photography/video and the venue.
It was great, a bit too much for me, but we are frugal people that splurge every now and then.
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It is just a wedding. I don't need some lavish event to show everyone our love. Like you said though, each to their own.
Some people see cars as a means to get from A to B, some other buy luxury...
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I am engaged now. We are looking for a venue where we can bring our own booze. We will have a pre-wedding party where guests are encouraged to bring a bottle of booze to help supply the wedding.
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:insane:
How about a 7-day cruise, once a year, for 15 years? Every other year for 30 years?
Going ahead with it anyway? Budget in a lawyer for the prenup.
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Another thing to note:
Many vendors give discounts for having an "off-day" wedding - typically Sunday, but possibly Friday as well (and bigger discounts during the week). But, if your guests will...
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Cost to get married = $80 at local courthouse.
Cost to get divorced = $100K+ (no prenup)
Just my 2 cents. Want to keep your wedding affordable? Either sign a prenup, or don't get married.
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Investment, into what?
Don't rember the numbers but not more than $3000 for everything (around 45 guests). Party started at 2 pm and last guest left at around 5 am the next morning. Was hell of a...
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After weeks of researching, I've finally found one who would do it for $300 for 4 hours. The next lowest was $500 for 4 hours. Then $750, and then it jumps up to $1,500 and beyond. That is just for...
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I'm pretty sure they meant an investment into the event being exactly as they wanted it. Some people think it's worth 50k, others think it's not worth it at all. No point in telling someone else...
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I got married in August and our wedding was roughly $12,000. The largest cost was definitely food and alcohol. Our church was nearly free because we were both members, flowers from wholesale, wife's...
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3K for the wedding and honeymoon. Wedding 1.2K, honeymoon the rest. This also includes the dress, etc.
We rented a local senior center on the waterfront, bought cakes at Costco, had rootbeer...
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You had sandwiches at your wedding?
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courthouse... Why spend so much money on a single day in your life? Your reception is where everyone goes to for the free music and alcohol. Save your money and pay off a house/car/something.
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About 4.5k all-in for a 6 hour catered wedding and reception in a nice church for about 100 people -- so not 'cheap', but not extravagant. It was actually a great price considering what we got for...
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This is making me feel so superficial.
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Are you attaching value or is marketing and everyone else that fell for that marketing telling you to attach value to it? ;)
There is a reason for divorce rates being so high.
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We tried to do things on the cheap as well. We were both young and unfortunately, my brother got married the same summer AND my wife's brother and her sister both got married that year as well (not...
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A friend of mine got married at a local park which has a nice garden area. I think it cost under $200 to reserve it. They then held the reception in their back yard. This was a very small wedding...
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my girl likes the idea of a casual beach wedding with only immediate family
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We had a similar issue, but kept at it. Most wanted to include photo books and all that, which we did ourselves online (e.g., mixbook). We were able to find one who just took pictures and gave us the...
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where the heck did you find a dress for 100:omg:
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Two words, Taco Guy. We did a 150 person wedding for 4$.
Costco has some nice large serving jugs you can get for 10-20$ a piece. Margaritas help the booze go a little farther if you're able to...
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Disagree. If your wife to-be honestly believes that her engagement ring should be worth two months of your salary, she has been brainwashed. Go check out pictures of your grandparents and great...
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Hooray internets! Thank you for filling an honest question and answer session with blatant insults and gross overgeneralization of consumer culture.
Telling someone they're going to get divorced...
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oh right. We did that too with the disposable cameras (though quite the mix of nice shots and "is that bigfoot?").
As for alcohol, making others pay is always the cheapest, but the savings...
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People make irrational decisions. Weddings, having a baby, buying a house, etc. Just rationally think things through instead of letting marketing/expectations/etc decide for you.
People pay...
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The most fun wedding reception I ever went to was in a park (couldn't have cost much to reserve the pavilion), cake from the local grocery store, and the food was served in a buffet line, probably...
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My wife and I rented a meeting room at Holiday Inn Express. We kept it pretty small, about 30-40 friends and family. My sister was a florist so she did the flowers for free, my mom is retired and...
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If you want to cut costs, the single best thing you can do is not pay for other people's booze. However, the social ramifications of that might not allow it.
Ways to cut costs (without looking...
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My wedding is set for 6/28/14 -
Venue: $750
Reception: $8000-9500 (depends on headcount)
Photographer: $3500
DJ: $750
Cake: $500
Flowers: $250
Printed materials: $100
Dress: $? (She's going...
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I spent the most on Food, Flowers, Bar. Looking back on it, I wished my wife had done some cool homemade flower/design for each table. It would have been much cheaper. The Bar package was actually...
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I'm not having any luck in finding a photographer under $2,000 in my area and we're a relatively small town. I've even called the surrounding areas!
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Most of our budget was spent on the venue and reception (catering). The more you do yourself, the cheaper it will be though. Some things that we did to minimize expenses:
- Buy your own booze...
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There are so many variables/factors when it comes to the cost of weddings and how much you guys should/could spend. It's all relative really...
Engagement Ring - My wife has great taste which...
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Not sure how a wedding could be classified an investment. Maybe they meant investment in the intangibles, like the great memories they had. Maybe it was the tangible items; the gifts, the photos,...
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