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how much did your wedding cost?

145 replies

ogri · 24/06/2005 07:27

hi all. just being really nosy so you can tell me to mind my own business if you want.
ours was about £2500. i bought my dress brand new off ebay. hubby did same with his kilt suit. we had a lovely buffet in a beautiful hotel for 60ish. we had a great band. we danced all night, despite being 5 months pegnant. the party went on all night and well into the next day.
i wish i could get married to do it all again, great day.
thanks for your replies.

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Ailsa · 25/06/2005 23:12

About £900 - church, reception, car, hotel, dresses, dh suit, flowers and honeymoon.

mandyc66 · 26/06/2005 07:52

Its good to see some of you were married 20 years ago. I was thinking i was the only one,over 25!!!!!!!!or 35 even!!!!!!

munz · 26/06/2005 09:31

ours was £11000 roughly, an idealic roman church in a castle two white horses and a carriage, 3 bentlys for the men and bridesmaids, 100 guest for the sit down dinner. and about 300 for the evening do. was an excellent day.

mandyc66 · 26/06/2005 10:08

How many spent thousands and are still together???!!!!!

nannyjo · 26/06/2005 10:14

munz..£11 grand for all that???? thats good.

Ours was £12 but there were no white horses and carriage was`a fantastic day though.

mandyc66 · 26/06/2005 10:17

At the end of the day if you end up with the person you love thats all that counts and money cant make that happen!

motherinferior · 26/06/2005 14:13

Speaking as someone who's never made it up the aisle I am gobsmacked.

spacecadet · 26/06/2005 14:45

£850, we got married 6 yearsago on 26th july and it was the wedding i always wanted.
we married in a registry office in ely which is lovely, looks like a little chapel inside, lovely gardens with a water feature outside.
i had lovely silk flowers, my dress was from debut in debenhams, long sateen shift dress in sage green, ivory shoes, hairpiece eytc, dd and ds wore the wedding collection from bhs, aunt paid for our reception in the function room at a lovely resturaunt with gorgeaus gardens where we had our photos, dm, paid for us to have 2 nights in the honeymoon suite in a lovely hotel in the cotswolds and then, we spent another week, trecking round the cotswolds, just booking in placesat the last min, went to bath, avebury etc, dm had the children for 2 weeks, it was fab, wish i could do it again!!!(with the same dh of course!!!!)

Willow2 · 26/06/2005 15:02

One of my close girlfriends got married yesterday. It was a really, really lovely day - and, while it must have cost quite a bit, just goes to show that you don't have to remortgage your home to have a marvellous, memory filled day. She arrived by decorated rikshaw (spelling?) ridden by her father - artistic friends provided photography services, music in the church and a band for the night. The groom's sister's friends provided waiter service. Other friends did the flowers, decorated the hall or brought a variety of salads and puddings to help the hogroast go further. Basically, everyone who could help was happy to do so. Meanwhile, they shelled out on a large quantity of alcohol - which didn't run out - and a magician, bouncy castle and a couple of nannies so that the kids could all have a whale of a time... and parents could enjoy themselves too.

Maybe because it was such a communal affair, everyone felt really part of the proceedings and I can honestly say that it was one of the nicest weddings I have been to, despite the fact that the sun didn't shine.

So congratulations J & S - I wish you love, luck and happiness in your life together.

Tortington · 26/06/2005 15:42

dress £25 wedding shop sale - bought for me
cake dunno - bought for me
room - £25
cheesy disco £50
photography - £100 - he planned to make profits from subsequent orders
set meal and evening buffet & champers £400 - paid for me
car - free, my FIL's white ford estate car- he drove it!
church £10
organist £10
flowers - cant remember
bridesmaid dresses made by MIL -were very nice too
top hats tails - hired - thnk that was a couple of hundred quid

we actually paid under £400. in total under a grand.

one of the best days of my life - went to MIl's for sunday dinner the next day!

munz · 26/06/2005 17:50

yep, the only thing that was missing was a marque and a string band in the castle grounds, but the day was fab, and I think that would have been too much iycwim, not to mention dad was paying!

we're still together, after 2 years, althou we've been together 6 and spent six months of our marriage apart (so does that still count! )

novadandypowder · 26/06/2005 20:49

wedding was about £50K, honeymoon was about £50K.

for the wedding we hired an edwardian mansion in scotland for the weekend, had approx. 90 people for the whole day. The most perfect day of my life.

the honeymoon was a month split between hawaii, maui, san francisco and new york. Slightly over ambitious and we were very glad to get home in the end.

katierocket · 26/06/2005 20:51

that's a joke right!

katierocket · 26/06/2005 20:52

sorry not ! but ?

expatinscotland · 26/06/2005 20:56

My sister got married 13 years ago with almost 450 guests present! Full meal, full open bar, band, the works. She had this silk dress, 8 attendants, married in this big ol' cathedral. Cost my dad about £18,000 and the US is far cheaper than the UK for most things.

She's still married to the guy, tho, and has two lovely daughters. But after seeing what she went through to plan that shindig (they were engaged for a year), I swore I'd never go down that route.

vickiyumyum · 26/06/2005 20:57

i think that ours was a bargain £3000, we are still togethe 8 years later, whereas my friend whos parents spent about £60,000, they were only married for just over a year

Cam · 26/06/2005 21:00

novadandypowder, are you Madonna?

novadandypowder · 26/06/2005 21:50

hahahah no i'm not madonna! Just lucky enough to have a DH who could afford it. We had our first anniversary in June and are expecting our first baby in November. It was honestly worth every penny, and we were very happy with everything. The biggest expense was the venue - we had the wedding party there for the whole weekend/ marquee/ bar/ and food. We also paid for coaches to ferry in our guests from edinburgh.

As for the honeymoon - my DH is a snob and will only stay in the Four Seasons, but i'm not complaining as it was wonderful

expatkat · 26/06/2005 22:55

LMAO (delayed reaction) at expatinscotland.

expatkat · 26/06/2005 22:56

Your first post (eloping: priceless)

expatinscotland · 26/06/2005 23:56

Aye, nova. We get it. You're not Madonna, you're JK Rowling

CarlyP · 27/06/2005 11:49

Ours cost £30k. got married at ashdown park in east sussex and honeymooned in caribbean.

cashmeresox · 27/06/2005 11:54

We spent about £3.5 grand on ours (very reluctantly I have to say!) as we love all our folks and didn't want to hurt their feelings and just run away like as we wanted to . My dad spent £1000 on my dress - beautiful lacy number and another £1000 towards a fab honeymoon in Sri Lanka. The rest we spent was on gorgeous lunch for 20 at our favourite very isolated pub in the mountains and then an evening knees up in the village hall for just about everyone living within a 10 mile radius. It was all very rural and lots of our guests got lost trying to find us - it was Christmas and snowing. The best bit was being able to give everyone who made it to the church lots of lovely vintage port and mince pies - everyone still talks about it!! (well, those that can remember !! A friend lent us a car - a nice big BMW, though we didn't know what it would be before it turned up Very sadly, my dad was too poorly to come to the wedding and much of it was planned for his benefit and we worked like dogs till 1 in the morning of our big day sorting everything out!! My friend walked my dog for me and sadly my horse wasn't very well so I couldn't have him smartened up and ride to church but it snowed and my lovely dh drove us home at the end of the night. It wasn't the best or most romantic day of our lives but really glad we did it anyway and it was the start of a real adventure. (I would never do it again!!!

Elf1981 · 27/06/2005 12:45

A little over £17k but not all out of my own pocket.
We had:

Sit down meal for nearly 100 people at country manor not far from where we live (both me and DH are from large families)
4 alcoholic drinks per person (though somehow I never got to finish any of mine!)
Evening catering for 200 people
The Wedding dress at over £1000
Bridesmaid dresses made for 8 bridesmaids, then buying their shoes etc
Suits for DH, my dad, two users, best man, DH's dad and stepdad.
Fantastic wedding car, old white 1910 style Tourer called Pearl Princess (loved it!)
Coach hire for the guests
Flowers / gifts / favours / decorations etc
Honeymoon in Tenerife
Photography - my only regret as went with a large company and they kind of annoyed me!

All in all, had a fantastic day. My parents and in-laws were thrilled, and everybody played a part. It was 15 months ago now, we're expecting our first baby in October, and we couldn't be happier!

clary · 27/06/2005 15:11

goodness me at some of the prices! (both the high and the low)
Ours cost about £6k including a £2k honeymoon (my most expensive holiday ever but lovely).
My sister made my beuatiful dress and the most expensive thing was the sit down hotel meal for 90 people which my mum paid for and it was just perfcet. well worth the money i think.