To ask how much you paid for your wedding?

[augustine77]

Just that really. We're just at the start of saving for our wedding and I'm trying to get an idea of how much we can be prepared to splash out for a wedding that's not super fancy but still nice and fairly big. How much did your wedding cost and how long did it take you to save?

Around 18k including honeymoon to NY and Las Vegas. I would not spend that money now nor would I have a do with 45 guests- me and Dh have wished we just did it on our own while in Vegas for years and years. As someone else said it’s so so easy to have FOMO and get swept up in wedding magazine spreads etc but really it’s ONE day.

£12k Saturday in November 2012.

Converted barn for ceremony, wedding breakfast and reception
One Photographer (digital only package)
Invitations
69 day guests
100 evening guests
Three bridesmaids
One best man
Flowers (in centre pieces) were artificial and made by my mum and I
Cake, made by my mum
Rings, both plain platinum.

Honeymoon was £3k and not included in above price.

Agree with others, lovely day, but I wouldn't do it again if I could go back, perhaps because that itch was scratched, I'll never know. But we didn't need that wedding, I would have happily eloped.

We're going to spend around 2k on something small and simple.

We budgeted £18k for a summer wedding next year.. for around 100 guests. then our venue went bust two weeks ago and for our new venue i think we'll have to go to about 20k - but hopefully the insurance will cover this!

€152 for the wedding itself. Just us, DC and two witnesses.

Spent another €600 ish on a night away plus activities (accommodation, drinks, a couple of meals out, boat trip etc.)

It was fab

My witnesses got married a couple of years ago. That cost us cost us more money (and stress) than our own wedding TBH.

Ours as very much a DIY affair but with a marquee and with all costs it was around 5k nearly thirty years ago.
Our daughters is coming in around £35-40k at the moment. 150 people, next summer.

55k. Paid for ourselves, No regrets about the cost, it was truly the best day of our lives, our guests had a blast too. The memories we have of the day are amazing, We got married outside by a lake and mountains (in the UK), the weather did play a big part in it which was a risk, as we really really wanted to get married outside, and we were lucky enough to have blue skies and sunshine.

Ours 3 years ago cost £2400 that was registry office, reception, food, dress, suits, favours ect for 50 people. We had a great day 🙂 we didn't want or have thousands to spend on a wedding, for one day of our lives. We see it as a waste of money but each to their own 🙂

80 day guests
120 evening guests
Countryside barn wedding on a bank holiday
3 BM / 3GM
3 course sit down meal
A lot of alcohol provided
Both day time entertainment and evening entertainment
Overnight stay for bride and groom
£14,000 without honeymoon

£28k in 2017. 150 guests.

We probably invited too many people, like a PP i haven't seen some since.

But it was the best day ever and i'd do anything to live it all over again

Congrats!

We spent around £450 (this was for legal ceremony fees, rings, and my dress which was £18).

It would have been £650 but my dad offered to pay for lunch afterwards which was very kind of him.

We had six guests for the ceremony and then lunch. Was a wonderful day.

Mine was about £6k three weeks ago. Held in a RHS garden and the reception at a barn on our farm, most of that was caterer, bus and dress

50 days guests and 120 evening guests. £15k in 2014

Nomad that's a marvelous wedding. Well done. You both look so happy.

Had planned for 6k as we were also saving for house deposit but was 10k in the end. We had 50 day guests in 2017, three course sit down meal at a lovely 4* hotel in Brighton. Did a lot myself, could have spent less but we figured I only plan on doing it once. Think we got a good balance of having a great day vs cost. We have very fond memories of the day. I think the only thing I'd do differently would be to have a florist do flowers as they can't be done in advance so that was quite stressful!

Ours didn’t cost a penny. I sold tickets to family and friends. They brought their own food. We asked for cash only as gifts . Everyone bought their own outfits.
So made about 10k total

£25k. Very beautiful, exclusive use venue, 130 guests who stayed for the day & evening.
Went a little OTT on the catering. We went for the 'premier' menu option and to be honest it really wasn't needed / worth it.

That doesn't include rings (grandmother's) honeymoon (gifted) or over night accommodation for any of the guests (paid for themselves). And we didn't need transport.

That was 1year ago.

Think it was about 12k/13k but that was 10 years ago. If we had a similar wedding today it would cost a lot more. Honeymoon was extra. We saved for 2 years as we were new, young teachers and had bought our first home just before getting engaged. We also had family help too. Would never have afforded it otherwise.

£10k in 2017
We worked our butts off and lots of overtime.
We loaned £3k
Overdraft

Planned 14k spent 18k wouldn’t change a thing paid for it as we went along.

A majority of that was on food and drinks.

30k in 2016.

75 guests in a London church and then beautiful hotel. It was a great day.

:)

Ours was about 20K in 2008 for about 130 (genuinely don’t know exact number because my mum added people at last minute ) guests who were all full day. Church ceremony, local hotel reception with piper, cars, photographer, music at afternoon reception, dinner, and ceilidh band in evening. Some things I wouldn’t have bothered with but the family insisted.