To ask how much you spent on your wedding

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I'm interested to know how much people really spend. I'm looking to spend less than a grand all in, and wondered if anyone has ever regretted spending a fortune/doing it on the cheap?

We spent a fortune cos we had it then, and I know its not the done thing to say on MN but I have absolutely zero regrets, it was a fucking fabulous day and I would do it all exactly the same.

16k, 10k of it was a generous gift from my parents though. If we hadn't have had that we would have done it a lot cheaper. The venue and food/drinks costs were the most expensive, most other things we did quite cheaply (my dress was 70% off, i made my own invitations for about £15, wedding cake from M&S...) Don't regret it.

£16k ish but that included three parts, registry office in a lovely building here followed by mini afternoon tea type affair for about 40 (was meant to be half a dozen but MIL got involved), two weeks luxury five star in Mexico with our 'proper' wedding and 25 guests, including meal etc for them and then a big reception party for everyone who couldn't travel with us when we got home at a local yacht club, band, DJ , Mexican food truck, retro sweet cart, flowers, cake etc. That includes two dresses for me all suits, shoes, BM dresses etc for bridal party, literally every little thing you can think of. We're UK , south East, earlier this year. I think we did alright considering.

About £12k - probably nearer £14k if including honeymoon, but we were late twenties and childless, and could afford it. We would have a very different day if we were to do it now, mid-thirties and two children later. I’d find it harder to justify spending so much money now. I don’t regret it at all though, we had a cracking day.

@AnyFarrahFowler that's exactly why we did ours before DC , don't regret a thing!

We spent £75k (not us personally - it was paid for by parents). I know this is a totally extortionate amount but I have no regrets and wouldn't change anything. The money was there to be spent and had been set aside for that exact purpose, and we had the most perfect day.

I've been to lots of weddings from budgets of a few hundred to budgets similar to ours and I've thought that every single one was a lovely day and a great reflection of the couple getting married. I love all weddings of all kinds ❤️

£1k excluding my wedding ring.

£1000

We spent under £3k but it also included accommodation for us and guests for up to a week. It was a small do in my home country and my family helped by making all decorations, the photographer was a family friend and the judge doing the actual wedding was my mum’s mate and did it for food and free beer. I picked my own flowers and my friends did my hair etc, and it was lovely how everyone took part in the prep. I loved every minute of it and love the fact that it was modest.

About £4K including rings. We didn’t have a honeymoon (still waiting!) but we had a wonderful day. We got married with six weeks notice. I was on ML after DC2 so that was all we could afford. It was small but special to us - we approached it like a big party rather than a wedding. £4K is enough for a big party!

About £500 incl rings and my (bloody awesome) outfit.

OP the only things that really matter in a wedding are:

1. The bride and groom are genuinely in love, committed and happy to be marrying one another
2. There is plenty of food.

I think it was 3 or 4k, but that was everything. It was great, we had a lovely day and wouldn't have changed anything.

Around £26k including honeymoon

Spent about £10k and don't regret it. Had a wonderful day and mini moon in London.

We had change from £5k including a little honeymoon in the lake District (posh hotel first night and cottage rented the rest of the week)

Expenses we could have saved on:
Dress was £500 from a charity - their dresses were priced from £50-£500 (plus approx £150 alterations)
2x pairs customised shoes £100
Bridesmaid/groomsmen etc. gifts - approx £600
£300 custom made wedding ring for me (made from family gold)
£400 coffee and cake reception & bar hire (we could have catered this ourselves)
£500 humanist celebrant
Little honeymoon in lake District - £200 a night hotel first night, cottage rented rest of week.

What we did save on:
Artificial flowers - button holes, brides bouquet, 3x bridesmaid posies - under £150
Catering - did it ourselves. 120 people well fed for under £200
Venues - £1000 inc. refunded £250 damage deposit. Venues hired from Friday afternoon-sunday afternoon for exclusive use
DJ - mates rates
Decorations - talented friend
Legal wedding - £150 registry office job
Suits - hired
Bridesmaid dresses - highstreet store

We had everything we wanted but at a sensible price. Biggest savings were not having a licensed venue and an illegal marriage! (Although we could have stopped at the legal wedding for £150!)

Following with interest.

Recently engaged and deciding our budget. I honestly struggle to justify spending thousands with two children but wonder if ill regret it if I dont!

Cut off before finishing! It was only 2 years ago. If I could do it again I wouldn’t spend anywhere near as much! But we don’t have children and could afford it with help from my in laws and parents

Well under £500. Wouldn't change a thing!

Spent £7k all in inc. honeymoon but actually when I take off input from family and gifts from guests it was more like £1000

We spent £95 and had a meal out. No regrets. Didn't tell anyone. The way we saw it it was special to us and couldn't bear wasting money or other people wasting money. The few weddings I've been to have confirmed that we made the right choice for us.

About 3.5k excluding honeymoon. We had a lovely day.

About £25k, £35k if you include honeymoon.

No day is worth that but equally I'd do pretty much the same again.
Venue hire was £8k with nothing included so that's why we ended up spending a fair bit.

75K...... for a single day!!!!
that would pay for a house deposit/childs university education or make a good start on a pension pot....

We spent a lot of money because we had lots of money back then! No regrets at all... it was a fabulous day and I never plan on getting married again!

That said, there are lots of descriptions of lower budget weddings on here that sound so lovely - I wouldn't swap my day, but I wish I could have two weddings to the same person!