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I find it really funny when brides are asked this question and only tally up the venue and photographer or just the venue. My ENTIRE wedding (dress, photo,dj,alcohol, cake, rings,decor,caterer,honeymoon, etc.) was about $8500.
That's a good point....Hmm..
Dress: 100
Shoes: 40
Hair & Makeup: 80
Venue: 1050
Caterer: 800
Photography: 900
Videography: 150
DJ: 150
Cake: 300
Flowers: 280
Decor: ~150
Rings: ~200
Grand Total: 4200
Pretty darn good deal if you ask me. I'm a bargain shopper!
We had an original budget of 30k and it is pretty much met (with things we sdont have nailed down figured in) and we are steadily climbing over...
Dress: 5600
Veil: 1200
Shoes: 220
Church: 2000
Reception: 4500
Flowers: 4-5000
Photographer: 2400
Wedding Planner: 1800
Caterer: 12000
Open Bar: 4500 to start
Honeymoon: 6000
Rehearsal Dinner dress: 450
Yea and we still have a lot to do! Some things will fluctuate up or down. I seriously dont know what I was thinking but Im amazed at how expensive a wedding can be and how carried away you can get. Ours is in the city and for about 200 guests, and its an evening Saturday wedding that's formal. Yikes!
The FILs are paying for the rehearsal dinner, the Sunday brunch, alcohol, and the honeymoon and possibly more. Breaking it down makes it scary lol.
Once you factor in the honeymoon, rehearsal dinner, brunch, and misc things like a rehearsal dinner dress, ours will probably be over $40,000. Which is totally crazy. That does include a splurge honeymoon and EVERYTHING else related, including things that will be used/appreciated long after the day, like shoes, RD dress, highlights, that kind of thing. Yikes.
Our entire wedding weekend (getting to Pgh for the wedding, rehearsal/reh dinner, all things wedding-related, day-after brunch & flights back to NYC. Does NOT include our honeymoon or my e-ring) is looking to come in between $23k-$25k. The wedding day itself will be about $15k-$18k-ish). This is for about 130-150 guests (about 25 guests each for rehearsal/reh dinner & day-after party), and we're also providing lodging for our entire bridal party & their dates for 2 nights.
That all said, I still think I can shrink another $1-2k out=)
EDIT: Our honeymoon is hard to pinpoint since we haven't booked anything beyond hotels & flights yet, but we've budgeted $10k for 10 days in Australia.
OMG I sooo envy you ladies who can do their wedding for less than $20k!! In the area I live just to reserve the venue( not including flowers, dj, photographer, dress. tux alll that type of stuff) it is a min of $20k! It makes me crazy! I should just elope! I think is is awesome that some ladies do it for I dont want to say cheap because NONE of it is cheap but lets say cheaper than $20K.
Standing ovation for you ladies!!! :)
Mine came out to $25K almost exactly (for 110 guests in NYC). This includes everything except for the honeymoon (we were gifted airline tickets from my dad and some money for travel from his parents).
We're both finishing up grad school so are on a tight budget....here goes:
dress: 700 (fits like a glove, so no alterations!! yay)
veil: 42
shoes: 43
Hair and Makeup: will DIY
flowers: 485 (includes 1 bridal boquet, 1 MOH boquet, 3 corsages, 4 bout, pew decor, and 8 little centerpieces)
church: 775
sit down luncheon reception: 1645 (plus tax and gratuity. this includes food and non-alcoholic drinks for 47 ppl and no rental fees)
cake: 277
invites: 140 (for 50 invites, reception card, rsvp cards)
rings: 487
FI's suit: <400 (not yet purchased)
photographer: free!! (FI's step brother is a photographer. Score!)
Hotel rental at fancy-schmancy hotel for night before wedding: 285
Honeymoon: to be determined
That comes to 5279 plus honeymoon....but some things will be used longterm such as rings, shoes, and my FI's suit (will be used for business meetings, etc).... so it's more like 4389 for wedding alone
The wedding: around $550 & includes Dress/shoes/vail/tiara. FIs shirt/ties (FI already owns a suit). Flowers. Photographer. Venue & food/punch for a dessert reception of 250 guests.
The rings we're going to get on our honeymoon cause it'll be more fun for us. If we can't find anything, we'll just get rings off of Etsy when we get back. Estimating $100 for rings.
Honeymoon cruise: around $2800 for a 10 day cruise, including travel expenses
Plus, we're going to get my BM/MOH & his GM/BM their gifts on our honeymoon, so I suppose I should add that to our wedding budget. I just don't have a clue what to get them yet! Estimating $200 for that.
A total of about $3600 all together :).
Including the rings, honeymoon, and everything in between... I don't even wanna know! LOL-- I'm guesstimating like $40,000 when all is said and done. 
Hm, considering how costs just start creeping up and differences between 'planned' and 'actual' become more glaring, I am afraid to even think about it. But we should be able to be under $20K for our DW wedding, including tickets and accomodation, honeymoon, and rings.
I didn't do a final analysis, but with EVERYTHING, probably around $40K.
Honestly, I know we could have spent less, but we got married in about 8 months, and on NYE, so we didn't have as much wiggle room when it came to vendor shopping as most others. We kind of had to use who we could and go from there. It definitely increased what we spent.
I really have no idea how people spend less than $10K...I wish I had that talent!
Well here is mine
Dress $140
shoes-$2.50
Flowers for myself, moh, 1 bridesmaid and 2 jr bridesmaids-$50
Bouts for men-$12
Chair covers for 75- $124
Chair bows-$24
monogrammed aisle runner-$10 after 50% of coupon at Michels
rings-$400
other decorations-$120
donation to the church instead of paying the officiate-$100
For a total of $982.50
A friend of ours is doing the reception dinner as a gift to us.
We are having the wedding at our house so we dont have to pay for a venue.
Our church is furnishing all the chairs and tables
A member of our church will be providing the music for the ceremony and reception and I think that about does it for us.
As for a honeymoon FI just started a new job and cannot take of work for awhile so we will be honeymooning sometime next year!
Wow girls I'm so jealous! You all seemed to have done a great job at keeping things at a great cost. Including rings and honeymoon we are at a sickening number. We started at 40k and almost doubled that.
We did our's for around 38K. That included rehearsal dinner for 80 people, hair & nails for bridal party, tuxedos for the bridal party, mine and the flowergirl dresses, dinner/drinks/band/cake for 240 people and brunch Sunday morning for 50 people, and hotel rooms for bridal party for 1 night. I thought we did really good for the size wedding we had and for all the extras we did like covering the hotel rooms and attire for bridal party.
Our entire wedding was $25K, and that included rings, honeymoon, flights/car rentals to and from our venue (out of state) for both the wedding and pre-wedding visit, OOT bags for guests and postage.
Including everything (rehearsal dinner, rings, and honeymoon), just under 20k.
Um...so far for our 70 guest wedding and reception:
Shoes $14 ( I love Payless!)
Fall decorations (clearanced last Christmas) $15
Favors $35
$50 invitation kits
Female Attendant gifts: $200 (includes hair/wrap/jewelry)
Wedding/reception site $390
Cake & sweets $395
Dress $650
DJ/vocalist/ceremony music $750
Photography $1300 (family member love!)
Total: $3,799
Still must order flowers, (family member love) tux, finger foods (afternoon tea reception) drinks and table coverings, plus rehearsal dinner.
Wedding/reception is a gift of our parents. My personal goal was 5,000. Might go a tad over, but not by much. We'll pay for short honeymoon at B & B, with longer one on vacation.
Sunshine...I am in awe of you!!! 
Mine was about $11,000 for 130 guests.
Oh wait, that didn't include our delayed hm... So $14,500 for everything. Not bad.
For everything except for rehearsal dinner which FIL are paying for we are right around $30K.
Our total including our honeymoon (but excluding any food costs because our parents have been gracious to pay for both the rehearsal and reception dinners plus a little extra on the side): $10600
Its a DW for 20 guests...I must say it wasn't any cheaper to do a DW like I thought it might be! But we wouldn't have it any other way :)
ours is going to be around $8000 for 50 people and that includes everything except honeymoon
Ours is looking to be right around $14,000 not including the rehearsal dinner for 150 guests. I had to give up a few things I wanted in order to get a few things I really wanted but it is all working out.
Not including rehearsal dinner/honeymoon/rings it is creeping up to $40,000
phew!
Dress and accessories: $1250
Reception Venue: $700
Transportation + tip: $850
Catering and bar: $9500
RD dress and shoes: $75
Rings: $2500 (mine) + $350 (his)
Photography: $1000
DJ: $600
Flowers: $1200
Cake: $700
Paper and postage: $350
Honeymoon: $2500
Favors: $150
Misc. Decorations: $100
Hair/Makeup: $400
For a grand total of $20,425.
Ours will be just over $10,000. It was my goal to have it at $10,000 and if we do go over it will maybe be $10,200. This is for $120 guests, open bar, DJ, rings, Decor, flowers, cake, attire, food, venues, photography, ect. I am very organized and a bargain shopper. We are doing a honeymoon gift registry so hopefully most of that will be covered. Our rehearsal dinner is also not included in that figure but we are just doing something small at a house with some take out food. Fiance's parents will be covering that.
Ours is going to be right at $10k. It's a saturday night wedding for around 60-70 guests. We've gotten a lot of good deals. Haggling does wonders.
our rd was for 50 ish people and the wedding was 70.
Totals $18,647 (honeymoon not included)
Hair and Makeup $500
Prewedding Pampering $80
Beer mix of kinds (Full Sail) $450
Champagne (TJ's) $220
Lemon Juice $0
Lemonade $50
Peach Schnapps $50
Wine $190
Cellist $225
DJ $600
Vista House Fee $1,300
Edgefield Food Min $300
Edgefield DVD use $0
Gratuity/ extra $60
Bridal Show Fees $25
bridesmaids gifts $165
Groomsman gifts $60
napkins for coctail hour $3
craft supplies $35
Julep Cups $60
Candles $50
Place cards $5
ribbon for candle holders $3
Trial run crafts $50
Linens $159
Bridesmaids Jewelry $50
Grooms Tux or Suit $60
Headpiece and Veil $43
Shoes $75
The Dress and Alterations $1225
Underwear $80
flower treatment fabric $20
flowers for tables $90
Quince flowers all boquets $265
Ceremony Decorations
Ceremony candles $15
Ceremony lights $50
Ceremony other $60
Invitations and Reply Cards $75
Other Stationery - thank you cards (after) $20
Postage $45
table numbers $10
Her Ring $600 +800 e ring
His Ring $400
Gas To & From Portland $200
storage locker $55
Babysitter $100
Day of wedding planner $500
Service total $850
babysitter room $40
Food $2,240
Gratuity (300)
Photographer ($3070)
Cake(s) and Cutting Fee $400
RentalsTotals $1,392
Space Heater $0
Stuff for Us
Room for wedding night/ before $300
Trip to San Fran for BM dresses $200
OOT Bags
Umbrellas $65
Water $10
Bathroom Baskets $20
Bags $35
Save the Dates $25
Chocolate $100
Rehersal Dinner
Pizzas (25 @ $5) $125
Invitations $15
soda (2 l bottles) $15
Brownies $0
plates cups decorations etc. $50
space rental $50
gift for bolero maker $25
gift for brownie maker $20
party at face it $200
thank you for MOH $50
license $60
Room for DH the night before $200
gift for soloist$20
gift for officiant $20
gift for reader $20
ha ha ha. So it was supposed to be 20k, but we're looking at 35k right now. Sigh...
omg i spent 146% of my budget- this is the first time I added it up. gulp.
@sulli- i had it all in a google docs spreadsheet so i just cut and pasted (and changed some names) i TOTALLY reccomend a budget like this, we had it set to auto calculate how much we had spent/ saved and how much we had left divided byt the number of months left. anyone who is interested i could send you the formulas to use :)
Wedding's not til August, but our estimate is around ~7000.
We're having a destination wedding and that includes airfare and cabin for a week and misc costs like food and rental car, along with the usual license, permit, reception food, flowers, cake, etc.
I totally thought, before my wedding, that $10K was SO much money and there was no way I'd go much over that. Well, ours was somewhere around 3.5 times that if you count every little thing down to rings and honeymoon. Fortunately, we had a lot of family help and are so grateful for that.
Total $3500, semi-formal with heavy apps and desserts with open bar. That was for everything. I did a ton of DIY and am a super bargain shopper. I wanted grand without the grand price, I would call it Platinum Plated Wedding....LOL.
We are not fully done with planning and we are looking to spend around 15K.. We really are trying to make a smaller wedding. we were hoping to spend 7K.. yep.. that went very well.. just like we planned..NOT..lol..
my whole 'budget' was about $12k, I think we spent about 13.5K on everything except honeymoon (which I never count as a wedding cost)
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