How much did your wedding cost? (Page 2)

skipg - 2013-02-05 4:27 PM Aaahhhhh!!! Just added the total up so far from the ring all the way to the honeymoon. No financing though so that's a good thing.

I was lucky...  In grad school with barely two nickels to rub together.  I went 'old school' and asked Amy's dad for permission.  ("Awwww, what a cute little boy.")  "Sure thing kid.  of course you can marry her.  And when you ask her, here, use her late mother's diamond ring.  It'll mean a lot to her."

Sad... But whew!!!

Just got married 2 months ago which still seems like yesterday!

 Spent way more than I care to admit. We went with a venue that included the cakes and DJ, and spent a good amount of money on a photographer. Bought fake flowers and invitations from Micheal's, and my dress was off a clearance rack.

Should've, would've, could've saved tons of money and eloped.

I'll get to the costs later after I speak with management, but regarding the drinks, we made a choice of having only wine, no hard stuff. Besides the fact that I don't drink alcohol, after 5 years as an EMT-D in which I took too many drunks out of what was left of their cars, I decided that I do not want anyone driving away drunk. Added to that the fact that my FIL really likes a good drink (or two, or three,or four...), and I didn't even have to work hard to convince my wife.

As for how it looked, I wasn't really concerned about that.

Alot! In-laws were giving away their last daughter and wanted to go out big, I suppose.  We even had a wedding planner since we live in Chicago and we were getting married on the beach in Longboat Key, Florida.  But the best part of the wedding was this (across the street from the wedding!)  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10860293_ITM

About $9k.  I had spent the wedding money my parents had set aside on a condo (down payment) when I was 25, so I needed to pay for my own wedding.  I rented the BOQ at the Point Loma Naval Sub base for $300 and just had to use their caterer.  Paid $800 for my wedding dress and my admin asst made wedding cakes on the side, so she made mine as a gift. The photographer and catering were pretty close in expense.

ETA:  Married 11 years this April.  Met on Matchmaker.com.

The location, for $300, was gorgeous.  Some of the best real estate in San Diego:

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Ummm...about $500. (Not forgetting zeros...yes that's hundred)

That pretty much covered everything. Including rings, dress, suit jacket...

I really don't regret having the wedding I did. I realized when thinking about it that I didn't really want a wedding with a bunch of people, where I get all fancied up. Plus, his family is in WA and my family is in IL. So we just offended everyone and didn't invite anyone.

We did have a (very) low-key reception in IL for my friends and family. Had snacks and did a little cake and cupcakes.

I do plan on having a big party around my 10th anniversary though. Celebrate still being happily together, without all the "pressure" of wedding-ness.

More likely food, rent, or a downpayment for a house. When we got married, spending $10K on a wedding was unfathomable. Even now spending $25K+ on a single event is beyond comprehension. Even if it was someone else's money.

I was lucky enough to go to an Indian wedding of a work colleague in the UK - it was a 3 day extravaganza - about 12 years ago.  There were bottles of Scotch, Bacardi, Vodka you name it on the tables.  Cigarettes cigars - food like I'd never seen.  This was the two day lead up.  On the actual day we sat in the Sikh temple for the best part of about 5 hours. 

Then onto a venue for Indian drummer, dancers etc.  Again food and drink plentiful.  This was an arranged marriage.

It cost the parents of the bride around 60,000 pounds back then.  However with the 600+ guests a lot from India, the monetary gifts they got enabled them to buy a house.....

It remains one of the best weddings I've ever attended (except my own...)

Did someone say Vegas wedding? 

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About $11,000. Big costs were the location tent rental, band, catering, the grooms suit, and slightly less so, my dress and photographer. Grooms parents kicked in for the alcohol and my parents kicked in for the catering so costs to us were about $8000. I didn't count the honeymoon(s) in their either. Can't remember the cost of those, but we likely would have taken some trips anyway.

Married 8.5 years ago.

Elvis - 50 bucks.

If there was ever an understatement that is it!  I've been there a few times TDY and love the views and weather.  If it wasn't for all the people, traffic and costs it'd be a great place to retire...

Straight from the strip, completely drunk and used self-tanner to the point that he was some weird off-bronze colour.  Totally worth the $50!   

Under 5k, wife found her dress at a consignment shop $200, church was $50 for the Priest, $50 for the Rabbi, dad was a member of the K of C got us the hall for free, friend did photos as a gift, Cousin sang and played guitar during wedding as a gift, another friend handled music at reception as a gift.Wedding was done early on a friday so no tux rental. cake was a couple hundred (got a discount due to another friend who was the bakery manger). Most expensive items were the invitations and the food at the reception.Paid for the Honeymoon with cash we received as wedding gifts, (and bought a washer and dryer). We did however only pay for first round and had champagne on the tables for the toast so the alcohol bill was reasonable. Had about 70 people show up. Still married 20 years later.

You left his scarf in the bag of booze you game me - complete with dried barf! 

We just spent $25,000 in October for our daughter's wedding.  The wedding was in Atlanta rather than here in Sarasota, since that's were they live and since most of the guests were flying in for the ceremony.  It made more logistical sense to have everyone fly to Atlanta instead of Sarasota.  The $25K included the site rental, a wedding planner, dinner for 125 at the reception, flying our pastor in from Sarasota, and shuttle buses from the hotel where we had a block of rooms for out-of-town family and guests.  Our daughter and her fiance offered to take care of the flowers, invitations and photographer, which cost them around $5,000.  Her fiance's family paid for the rehearsal dinner, so don't know how much that cost.

Mark