What kind of wedding do you have and do you regret spending the money ?

[Lardlizard]

Or if you have a budget wedding do you wish you had spent more ?

A big white one and yes I do but I love my dh to bits just wish we had buggered off by ourselves x

Las Vegas! Not a minute regret. 25yrs together, 10yrs married.

We had the standard church then reception at a local hall with a buffet/disco, we shopped around for cheaper options but the only two things I didn't want to budget on were my dress and a videographer and don't regret spending more on those.

My only regret was choosing a cheaper photographer, at the time I thought they were ok but now I'm an amateur photographer myself I can see they're pretty crap.

Registry office, meal for the 8 at the wedding in a lovely local pub. I don’t regret it at all. I hated the thought of spending loads of cash on a wedding and instead we invested and bought a house.

Had a big wedding (that we could afford) and don't regret any of it. Had a great day, family and friends had a great day (or said they did ) and we have loads of great photos up.

We already owned property and wouldn't have gone into debt for it though.

Had a budget wedding, and seeing as I'm now divorced, yes I regret spending anything!

We spent £5k but as we eloped we didn’t really budget and i went for the big dress and a makeup/hair person. Husband bought his kilt rather than hiring, we went for a luxury hotel for a night afterwards too.

Oh and I don’t regret a single penny.

I had a biggish wedding, paid for mostly by my husband. I'm the only one in my family who got married and I did it quite late (40) so my parents had been to loads of their friends' kid's weddings and I guess I just wanted them to have a big party to celebrate. About a dozen of their friends flew in from abroad and it was a great day. I don't regret it one bit but I'd never do it again!

I was 7 months pregnant and we spent £3k for a pub with 70 guests after registry office - was nice and I wouldn't have wanted to spend anymore

Teeny tiny small registry office wedding and a meal afterwards at a posh restaurant that opened just for us. Only thing I regret is not having a photographer, or someone to take photos of us with each person. My darling aunt died and after her death I realised I only had one photo of us from when I was a teenager.

We spent 30k and he died just after our 4th anniversary so it was rather a waste of money

I had about 40 people at my wedding (a long time ago) and if I was doing it again I would have a much smaller wedding.

Everyone except the bride and groom have more or less forgotten about the wedding within about six months anyway.

Small wedding with a very realistic budget, don’t regret it at all. Rather than spend on what us essentially a big party we put the money on a house deposit. I’d encourage my children to do the same, far better to have a stable base than waste so much on one day.

At the heart of a marriage are vows and commitment, spending more doesn’t change that.

Not money related but I regret getting drunk and ending up having a blazing row with my DH. Literally Eastenders proportions. So embarrassed and wish I could turn the clock back. Too many proseccos on an empty stomach.
All my guests say it was the best wedding they've ever been to! Oh well

@Lardlizard are you planning a wedding yourself? I am not married and feel I can’t justify a big wedding so I’m in limbo at the minute!

We wanted to elope but poor health of a parent stopped us, so we had the big stately home, champagne and string quartet affair which cost about £25k. It was very downtown abbey 😬

I think we were more chilled out than most who have that type of wedding though. There was never any drama or expectation that everything would be completely perfect 😂. We all had a really wonderful day. Great memories.

I worried we would regret it financially but we haven’t at all. I think as long as you don’t get yourselves into debt it doesn’t matter what you spend really, it’s all about the atmosphere and the people you spend it with.

❤️ Weddings are like cake! It doesn’t matter how pretty it’s decorated once it’s cut up and served all that matters is how nice it tastes 😂 pretty decor is just a bonus 👍🏻

We eloped, don't regret it for a minute. Just us 2 no family or friends and it was perfect

About 5k, mostly food drink and transport for guest. The only thing I regret spending money on was the photographer. It was a very informal day and the getting wedding party photos done didn’t fit in.

The photos guests took were informal and it’s one of those we’ve got up.

We went on holiday to Cyprus with dd and my niece. Didn't tell anyone we were getting married. We got married in the garden of our house there.
Married 10yrs. We did have a party when we came home.

Las Vegas. In. Out. Done. Suited us both perfectly and meant we could have an amazing holiday instead of a day we didn’t want to suit our families.

I’ve been to weddings that cost buttons and weddings that cost tens of thousands. They’ve been brilliant. The meh ones tended to be the in between ones....

Only 5 people there and cost about £300 including a lovely lunch afterwards. Happiest day ever. Certainly no regrets about the money, or the smallness of the wedding.

Ours will be really small (think less than 15) but still cost over £10k I reckon.

We spent £7k and had a large wedding, we got a lot of deals and I won a couple of competitions so saved a lot that way as well as our cake coming from a professional cake maker in the family as their gift to us.

Our venue ended up being free, they took a £100 deposit which we got back if enough was spent behind the bar by guests and we were £2k for catering/welcome drinks/wine on tables etc.

We had a really beautiful day with loads of friends and family around us and was nice to know we hadn't got into a lot of debt from it too.