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    surkim    September 2, 2012  

    @snake, sheesh, Richmond is that pricey?

    At my dads:  Petersburg, VA spend between $10,862 and $18,103 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    At my BF's parent's:  Middlesex County, NJ spend between $23,713 and $39,521 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.  (But his cousins was 90k?  sheeeesh)

    At our house:  spend between $9,179 and $15,299 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    And here BF wants to get married in Aruba.  May as well have it in the back yard.

     
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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    On average, couples that live in Kalispell, MT 59901 spend between $12,086 and $20,143 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

     
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    PeytonL79    12/6/2009   DC Area

    Holy crap!  For my zip code for my home address, I got between $38,246 and $63,744!  Good thing we're actually having the wedding about an hour and a half away, in Winchester, VA.  Ours will be a fraction of that, excluding honeymoon & engagement ring like that site does.

     
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    NicLoop    10/10/10   GA

    My city is $29,526 and $49,210, which is waaay more than i would have guessed. our budget is abour 15,000.

     
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    chocobritt       New York

    On average, couples that live in New York, NY 10018 spend between $19,888 and $33,147 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring. Wedding cost or average spent based on spending of other brides and grooms not wedding vendor prices. Spending and prices can vary widely. You should expect to pay 25% to 50% more for a well-experienced professional. Investigate all options and choose products and services that best meet your needs.

     

    why am i getting a different number for new york, ny?? 19,888? uhm if you invite 10 people, it's not impossible, just very unusual.

     
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    Ms. Min Pin    October 3, 2010   Lives in NY; Wedding in New Hampshire

    Where we live:  On average, couples that live in Westchester County, NY spend between $48,496 and $80,827 for their wedding.

    But we are getting married in NH where its: On average couples spend between $12,545 and $20,908 for their wedding.

    We are planning on beating both averages and keeping it under $10,000...fingers crossed!

     
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    piggymel    October 17, 2010   Queens, NY

    Where we are having it:

    $45,284 and $75,473

    Our reception hall alone will be about $25K! I wish I didn't live in NY sometimes! Oy!

     
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    QueenBecca037    04.05.09   Atlanta, GA

    Where we got married: On average, couples that live in Wellington village, FL 33414 spend between $30,138 and $50,230 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    (We spent right in the middle)

     

    Where we live now:On average, couples that live in Smyrna, GA 30080 spend between $19,123 and $31,872 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    Yeah...that's why we didn't move back to Florida after school and stayed in GA

     
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    Dancy905    February 5, 2010  

    @ Ms. Min Pin I'm from Westch. too - I nearly freaked when I saw that #. I knew it was expensive but WOW! How is it more than Manhattan or CT? Weirdness.

     
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    SuperKate    May 28, 2011   Missouri / Playa del Carmen, Mexico

    Wow, couples in my hometown (Norwalk, CT) spend $30,000-50.000. Yikes!

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    Okay where my parents live and I say I'm from, they spend.. between $14,687 and $24,478 for their wedding.  where i live now $12,545 and $20,908

     
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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    The wedding itself is in Springfield IL: $17,287 and $28,812 - ours is on the high end, but in that range.

    We live in St Louis: $47,884 and $79,807, yowzers!

     
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    catlady    June 26, 2010   Toronto

    @KMSull: yeah so 90210 was the only zip code I knew and I couldn't believe it either when I saw the numbers.

     
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    Bamboo    June 2010   Midwest

    So in my city its like 24,000-32,000, but when I entered my hometown that's not 35 minutes away 9,000-14,000. HMmmmm.....either way we are SERIOUSLY lower!

     
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    rainbow    January 1, 2011   Tampa

    On average, couples that live in Tampa, FL spend between $17,440 and $29,067 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

     
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    hhcheung2000       San Diego, CA

    I can't believe that my husband's best friend spent over $50,000 on his wedding!  But I guess after 15 years of dating, his wife figured that they had to go big since she had waited so long to get married.

     
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    bridetobe62611    June 26, 2011   Scranton,PA

    I got  between $11,321 and $18,868 &  i live in Scranton , PA. Our budget is about 15 - 20, 000

     
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    caitlanc    September 12, 2009   Western Slope of Colorado

    On average, couples that live in Palisade, CO spend between $9,332 and $15,553 for their wedding.  We were pretty much smack in the middle of this! 

    (We had the wedding in Palisade.  Costs are between $13,157 and $21,928 for Cheyenne, WY where we actually live.)

     
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    kjpugs    March 20, 2010   Indianapolis, IN

    On average, couples that live in Indianapolis, IN spend between $16,369 and $27,282 for their wedding.

     
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    kjpugs    March 20, 2010   Indianapolis, IN

    And this is why we didn't get married in NJ where I'm from and where my fam lives:

    Caldwell township: Essex County, NJ spend between $41,918 and $69,863

     
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    Akennedy01    September 24, 2011   KY

    Where we live, it's about 9-16k. Where we're thinking about getting married, also 9-16k, give or take a couple hundred.

    Oy.

    I realllllly thought we could have a wedding for 5k.

    We were out and about today and SO commented on a guy with 4 daughters and how he'd have to fork out 100k in weddings. I was like omfg. "No, we're not spending 25k on a wedding, closer to 5k." I pulled up a spreadsheet template for a budget and started plugging in really extremely rough estimates... And had complete sticker shock. :(

     
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    stripes    September 2010  

    Yowza Los Angeles.  Apparently peeps spend between $18,511 and $30,852!!  We'll be coming in far below this bracket! LOL

     
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    Miss Scarlet    May 14, 2011  

    For my hometown (in TX), the average is $47,425 and $79,042! That seems completely ridiculous for the mid-range...

     
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    hltruax    March 20, 2010   Weirton, West Virginia

    The average cost for couples that live in my city spend between $12,239 and $20,398 for their wedding. I guess this is pretty accurate because between his parents and mine we are spending about 15.

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    I find this so fascinating!  What's interesting is the disconnect between where I live and where we are getting married which is only about 20 minutes away. 

     

    Where we live:

    On average, couples that live in Medford, OR 97504 spend between $15,757 and $26,262 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    Where we are getting married:

    On average, couples that live in Ashland, OR 97520 spend between $19,582 and $32,637 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    I figured there was a little bit of difference , but not that much!  We are planning on about a $10,000 wedding. 

     
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    donnaaries    5/22/2010   Dallas

    If you take the survey, you'll realize that it has nothing to do with what zipcode your wedding is in.  Rather, it's the socioeconomics of the zipcode you LIVE in.  For example, our zipcode is purely residential (unless there are backyard weddings).

    It's also interesting to see that the national average given has dropped about $8000 since a year ago when I first started planning my wedding.

    "On average, couples that live in Carrollton, TX spend between $23,560 and $39,266 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring."

    As much as I wanted to keep it under the low end, sadly we're pretty average.  *sigh*

     

     

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    On average, couples that live in Roanoke, VA spend between $12,851 and $21,418 for their wedding. That's where we live and are getting married.

    In my hometown which is an hour away and where a lot of my friends still live - On average, couples that live in ______, VA spend between $9,179 and $15,299 for their wedding.

    We are def. trying to keep it under the $9K!!

     
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    liltexasbride    June 19, 2010   Akron, Ohio

    12 to 20 thousand? dang... i am doing it on just a little over 2000. Hopefully it does not look too cheap. haha.... Oh well.

     
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    mskalinin    Sept. 12, 2009   North East

    On average, couples that live in "Small Town" in Central NY  spend between $11,168 and $18,613 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    Sounds about right! We spent just over $10k, and the vendors around here are significant;y cheaper than in other places. Yay for small towns upstate!

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    The average for Colorado Springs is between $17,899 and $29,832. We spent less than that on our wedding (less than $10k).  I think that the level is a little higher because there are some pretty rich people in the area.

     
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    eastcoastwestcoast    3/20/10   NY

    Where I grew up, On average, couples that live in ______, NJ spend between $60,123 and $100,205 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

     

    My fiance and I live in Manhattan now, and we've set a $20k budget for a wedding in the West Village. We are paying for 100 percent of it. Middle of the city, and I'm coming in only 300 dollars over that.  Of course, in my hometown, it's a lot about keeping up with the Joneses and appearances.  

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    This is where we live in St. Louis county. On average, couples that live in Overland, MO 63114 spend between $11,015 and $18,358 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    This is St. Louis itself. On average, couples that live in St. Louis, MO 63102 spend between $11,933 and $19,888 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.

    So, about the same. Not surprised, we only live 10 minutes from downtown.

     

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