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I should also add, I am doing my own hair and make-up, DIYing flowers including some from the garden of family (no cost), and my dress was super cheap.
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Ours was, but we got married in Alabama.
Search around for other caterers, consider buffet or passed h'orderves receptions. We saved a bundle because we did a brunch wedding.
We considered the honeymoon separate--we paid for it entirely ourselves, whereas the wedding was a combination of parents and us.
Don't forget that you can try and negotiate with vendors (like a photographer) as long as you are respectful about it! Maybe they would be willing to customize a package for your budget...but they may not be.
Cut out favors and consider just serving a limited selection of alcohol. Because it was brunch, we got away with only having mimosas and bloody marrys. I think we had one or two bottles of wine just in case as well.
Ask advice from other brides in your area and do as much research as you can!
Hi Slicey19,
I'm planning my wedding for 65 people in New England for $6000 (this does not include a honeymoon). FI and I sat down and figured out what we could save each month over the course of 18 month long engagement. And with the economy and with him out of work for the last 4 months that was our realistic number. I budgeted for the posibility of needing an extra (you never know) cushion of $1000 so technically I'm setting our budget at $7,000. To make this happen I/we have had to be very realistic throughout planning, get creative and crafty and also compromise. I haven't been able to get the "Best Of" vendors but I've done a lot of research and feel happy with all of our decisions so far that we've been able to get the best quality and value for our money. There are things on our budget so far that I've gone over on and things I've totally saved on. Tracking everything through a spreadsheet has really helped keep me grounded. We decided we'd take our honeymoon a few months after getting married, my parents own a timeshare and their gift to us will be a week at the timeshare (normally I pay them a certain amount of money each year to use a week) and we'll save our own money for transportation and spending money right after the wedding. If, for whatever reason, it doesn't work out, I'm fine taking a mini-moon and waiting 6-7 months for the actual honeymoon.
I'm planning my wedding for 100 people for $10,000. Check out my posts for more info! :)
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Um, yeah that is totally possible! We spent right around $5000 for our wedding with 150 guests. Our ceremony venue (an old, incredibly cool, historic church) cost $250 and our reception venue cost $300. That $300 also included tables and chairs. Granted, our reception venue was a church fellowship hall, it was a very nice fellowship hall, with our caterer having access to the kitchen. Our meal cost somewhere around $10-$12 a plate (I forget exactly) and included 2 meats, 2 (or was it 3?) sides, and 2 salads, along with faux silverware and faux glass plates and heavy paper tableclothes that looked like the real thing. There was also a punch fountain included in the price, as well as iced tea, coffee, tea, etc. We had no alchohol whatsoever, simply because it was a Mennonite wedding, and there was 1 person there who would have actually had anything to drink. And, also because it was a Mennonite wedding, there was no dancing, so therefore no need for a DJ. All the entertainment we had was a slideshow, an open mike, and a picture corner.
We ordered our flowers through Costco, which has amazing prices, and a friend DIYed them for free. Our total flower bill was $600 and we had a LOT of flowers- the florist wasn't sure what to do with them all! Besides the bouquets (for me and the 3 BMs), the bouts, coursages, etc., we had a huge arrangement outside the church (the church itself really didn't need much in the way of floral arrangements), a nice centerpiece for the head table, an arrangement on every one of our 20 guest tables, flowers on top and around the cake, as well as different arrangements scattered around the fellowship hall.
My dress cost $540 and the BMs dresses cost about $40 a piece- I bought their fabric and a pattern and they were responsible to either make them themselves or find someone else to sew them. The groomsman wore matching khaki pants with black shirts and my husband wore a $100 (?) suit coat, white shirt, black jeans, and his cowboy boots.
Our photographer cost $720 with tax and that included prints of all our 800 something proofs!
Our invitations were designed by a a graphic artist friend and cost the price of the paper. We printed them on my husband's HP Photosmart 3310 printer. Our envelopes were recycled brown paper bags and I forget what exactly I paid for them, but it was fairly inexpensive.
I can't really think of anything else right now, but you get the idea. Maybe it sounds boring and tacky to you, but to this day I get compliments on how nice our wedding was. One of my friends, whom is known to have good taste, says ours was one of the most beautiful weddings she's ever attended. I think all that matters is that you are surrounded by people that love you and want to celebrate with you. They probably aren't going to notice if everything coordinates to a 't'! Enlist talented friends to help and you will save yourself a lot of dough- not that you should only be friends with someone so they will give you free stuff for your wedding, but you get the point! ;)
I will say that I think a lot depends on where you're located--$10K will go a lot further in south Alabama than it will in say...NYC or Miami. But I think it's entirely do-able. Do your homework, know what the competitive rates are in your area, and be willing to negotiate, negotiate, negotiate.
It sounds like catering will be a big factor in whether you can do it for $10K or less. But to be honest, if you have already spent $3K just on the venue, then you will have to really skimp on food, alcohol, photography, rings and a honeymoon to do all those for less than $7K! It is totally doable, but really depends on what you are willing to go with - a simple buffet with wine and beer, a cheap photog and a simple, short honeymoon you could probably do. A sit down meal with an open bar, a great photog and a destination honemoon would be tough.
i'd have to agree with the others. NEGOTIATE! don't settle for exactly what they offer. it's really hard at first, cause you totally feel like you're being cheap and hustling people, but it gets easier. A LOT of vendors will "match" prices that are lower than what they usually charge. with the suffering economy, a lot of vendors are taking what they can get--even if it means taking gigs that are below their normal rates. ALSO, know EXACTLY what you want from each vendor-- you'd be surprised what they're charging you for that you really don't have the need for! good luck!
$10,000 is my max budget for my wedding (ceremony/reception), like you I splurged a little on the venue, ours costs $2200 but includes tables, chairs and table linens. The way I am planning on cutting costs is by serving food buffet style, and to cut costs of paying servers I will have the food delivered and only have to pay a set-up fee, also if needed you can rent your own chafing dishes and just have a memeber of the family change them out. I'm also going to rent silverware, glasses & napkins. I'm also DIY my invitations, flower centerpeices, bouquets, boots (all made of carnations which are very cheap when ordering bulk from Sams) making throwies for paper lanterns, and instead of a cake my mom is making cupcakes and I'm making my own stand out of a teir of boxes coverd with material. I'm getting my veil from ebay, having my dress made by a dressmaker, no DJ using an Ipod & bringing in our own booze (beer & wine only.) We also reserved $800 in our "just in case fund" and with that looking at a budget of 9K for 100 people. This 9K also includes the photographer, officiant & wedding night suite (B& Bs are cheaper and more intimate) but this 9K doesn't include the rings or honeymoon :( Overall we're expecting this wedding to be $15K, but thats still less then 20K :)
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We spent $15k total - for 150 guests. That is the cost of the actual wedding and reception, not including rings, honeymoon, and such. That DOES include my dress and veil, his suit, the live band, food, alcohol, favors, cake, flowers, and photography. If you back out the cost of his suit, my dress and veil, and include only the photographer's time (not the cost of the albums) we spent about $12k.
Slicey19,
Our wedding is $10,000 or less. 
It is definitely possible, you just have to be a lil' more lenient with your vendors. While our wedding will only have about 20 guests, we're also having it in Hawaii. Our $10,000 budget includes a roundtrip flight for 2 (from the East Coast), and a 9 night stay at a hotel. If we can do it for under $10,000, anyone can. It's just the matter of how you spend the money.
Our wedding budget is waaaay less than 10,000. I think it really depends on where you stay. My FH and I both have huge families, so our guestlist is 250 people. My uncle is the pastor of a church so the cermony is going to be held there for free. We found a great reception venue for all of our guests. About $4000.00 for 250 people, plated, security, waitstaff the works. We live in Indiana though. All we have to pay for are the extras (centerpieces, dj, decor, photog (try craigslist...I found a great one for under $1000.00 she does a great job and did our engagement photos for free!!) You just have to make use of all of your resources. IT CAN BE DONE!!
wow, thanks hive I didn't expect such great resposes, you've given me hope. I guess I need some more talented and industry connected friends though. I will seriously consider negotiation though because while I've heard it is possible I've yet to try sicne the only thing we booked was the venue and that is a town owned property so negotiations are not possible. I should also mention, this venue is about 50% cheaper than anything else in the area. I'm planning to DIY baby's breath boquets and make mz own vail (about $10). We are planning a beer and wine bar but we can bring in our own alcohol so that should keep costs lower and will most likely ditch the DJ for a good iPod mix. I see food as the biggest and most uncompromisable cost, we are willing to have an alternative cake (cupcakes or cake buffet) but not serving a full dinner is not an option. If we back out honeymoon, rings, rehersal dinner and our flights and hotel for the wedding we are down to an 11K budget so I guess we're on the right track. Thanks again for the support!
My parents are paying for most of the wedding (bless their hearts) and we have a budget of $10,000, and we're inviting just over 100 people.
My dress was $330. I paid for my own shoes.
Food is about $4,000. We're getting married outside of our recpetion venue ($1,300), we got a deal on our DJ ($250), and our photographer gave us last year's price ($1600).
We aren't using flowers as centerpieces, only as bouquets. I made my own invites, and my own centerpieces.
We're about $1,000 under our budget. And, we're not going on a honeymoon. We're spending a few days at home and going to a baseball game.
It's totally possible, you may just have to do some stuff DIY or enlist the help of friends.
If you want help with invites, I'd be more than happy to help. I'm a designer, so I'm pretty handy with Photoshop and InDesign :)
yes it definitely is!
check out mrs. tulip's gorgeous $8800 nuptials, and her tips for cutting costs!
http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/07/16/the-tulips-budget-and-budget-wedding-tips/
Our budget for the wedding is $10,000. This doesn't include the honeymoon because we're planning on going to Europe.
We're inviting 150 people, and the wedding is in the Minneapolis area. Its not easy to stay under budget, but I think we can do it. My original estimate of $6,000 was pretty unrealistic for what we want. We're having the reception and ceremony at the same site for $1500. Food will be under $2000 but to get there we're probably having a barbeque or pasta buffet.
I'm doing my own flowers, STD's, invitations, decorations, and music.
My advice is to make a spreadsheet and estimate every tiny thing you might be spending money on (linens, lighting, etc). You'll be surprised how it all adds up.
I'm planning my wedding for 160 people on a $12,000 budget. (But we aren't paying for a photographer) It's SO very possible!
My best advice. Make a list of the "big" wedding items and put them in priority order (doing this separately from your fiance and then comparing notes can be very interesting and eye-opening!) Arrange your spending around your priorities (like food, music or photos) and figure out where you can stretch the rest (like skipping out on a limo, having limited drink options, DIY invitations)
check out my blog where I detail how I plan on doing it!
Our budget is $10,000, but I'm getting married in Missouri, so I think that makes a difference. At last count our guest list is up to 360 something. The budget does not include our rings, the honeymoon, or the license because we are paying for that ourselves. In addition to the rehearsal dinner, my FMIL wants to pay for the groom, groomsman, and usher's attire. Our photographer was the biggest splurge. We are using a less expensive (practically free at $100) venue (even though it's not my first choice) and the talents and services that friends and family have graciously offered (cake, officiant, hairstylist, thus far). Don't be afraid to ask for deals in your price range and shop around to find things that fit into your budget. Watch for sales on items you can use for attire, decorating, favors, etc. It can be done! Good luck!
We're planning a $5000 wedding for about 100 people. So far, my dress was $161, our ceremony/reception rental is $850, our buffet-style catering is $9.95 per person, our 2 waitstaff will be $15 each per hour, and I think we'll have about $400 worth of beer. I'm DIYing my flowers, decorations, favors, invitations. I haven't decided yet if I'm hiring a makeup artist or if we can afford a DJ. Our photographers are friends of mine and I'm going to do all the post-processing myself so they're willing to do it for next-to-nothing. I also have not yet interviewed bakers but I want something pretty simple so here's hopin'. Our rings/honeymoon are not included in the budget.
You can absolutely have a wedding on a budget of $10,000! You might have to lower expectations for some things but I think it is completely plausible. I think it will help that you are planning so far out. A september 2010 wedding gives you time to do more things yourself (usually cost saving) and to look for the best deals. Good luck. You may also want to check out this blog:
www.tenthousandonly.blogspot.com
Its another bride trying to plan her wedding on only $10,000! Sounds like it is right up
Our wedding cost us close to $5000 for around 175 people. I DIYed everything I could, invitations with envelopes, programs, mint matchbooks, coloring books, candle favors. I got two dresses for $200- one for the ceremony and the other for the reception. Our wedding was on an island in a park and it was FREE. Our photographer was $500, we got three discs with over 500 pics on them and he was there almost 12 hours. I suggest not cutting the cost by not purchasing any photo albums from your photographer. I created our own wedding photobooks through MyPublisher and Shutterfly, which came out beautifully and were a fraction of what they charge. That will save you a ton of money. We didn't get expensive rings because we wanted the money to go towards the wedding. We got gorgeous titanium rings for $100. Our three layered cake and two grooms cakes cost $200. The orange and burgundy calla lilies that I ordered online were about $250 and I did all the bouquets and boutennieres myself. The reception venue was at the state fairgrounds and we had a huge building for $300. I rented all the centerpiece glass which was way less than buying them. The major cost of the wedding was the caterer who was also the DJ ($2000) which my parents paid for. I will say that it was nice that he only charged for the beer that was iced so we didn't have to pay for all the unused cases we didn't even need. We went to Cozumel, Mexico for our honeymoon and had some help with that. My dad let us use his airmiles for our flight because he travels a ton so that saved us over $1000. We also registered our honeymoon along with a couple of traditional registery stores. People were able to "gift" us things such as romantic dinners, ATV tours, diving excursions, etc. I loved the idea and we ended up being able to pay for pretty much our week's stay down there. I spent alot of time looking online and searching ebay for almost every aspect of our wedding and found so many great bargains. I would just list what aspects you don't mind skimping on and keep an open mind about what you're willing to spend. We had a lovely intimate ceremony and a fun dance-a-thon reception that everyone enjoyed. I know you can do the same. Just remember to personalize the ceremony and make it yours, don't do things because you think you're "supposed" to do them.
I am having the sticker shock also!
It truly depends on your city cost to living and how many guests will attend. I thought my budget would be 10k yet its looking more like 18k for 300 people. Eek!
I think it's definitely possible--we're doing it.
For us, it was a matter of keeping the guest list at a managable number. Keeping the number of people down kept ALL the costs involved down. We're inviting 100 people, using a few friend/vendors (hair, makeup, cake, DOC) and DIYing a couple of things (invitations, flowers). It hasn't been easy, but I think you can make it work. For us, the key was to make a realistic budget and do your best to stick to it. Also, pick a couple of key areas that you want to splurge in (for us it was venue and photographer) and then cut costs in other places.
We're doing ours for about $12,000 in the Baltimore/DC area, so it can be done! It has involved some compromises though; we're having a Sunday lunch wedding instead of the Saturday evening wedding that we really wanted. Luckily, we found a vendor that allows us to bring in our own alcohol, so that will save us a bundle! We're also doing all of our own paper products (STDs, invitations, programs) and decorations, using our iPod and a fantastic friend as the announcer instead of hiring a DJ, and doing the makeup ourselves. I also found a great photographer who is just starting to do weddings for a fantastic price. It will take some hunting for good deals and some elbow grease, but you can do it!
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Instead of hiring a caterer check local restaurants and tell them what could they do for you at $40 a head? See what they offer!
Also a little known secret is check out your local supermarkets catering services...you just might feed everyone for as little as $10 a head and they'll never know!
Oh and also...don't be afraid to barter!
My family owns a summer house and we are trading wedding photography for a week vacation. Everyone wins!
Ours is looking to be around 8k-excluding rings (already bought and are paying for) and honeymoon, the bulk of which is being paid by FILs. So yes, 10k is definitley possible-but may be harder depending on what area of the country you're in!
<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">I just got married this past year. Our wedding cost $12,000. We had a total of 250 guests. Our reception hall was awesome, in the end they included another room for free. the hall and food cost us the most I think but affordable. my alfred sung dress was regular $1600 I got it for $645 because the store was closing. I had a great seamstress who did the alterations for $40!!! My friend did the flowers and jewelry for me and my 4 girls for a total of $245. My hair was $80 and my best friend is a make up artist so she did all of us for free. A friend of ours owns a car lot so he gave us a free escalade to drive in. photo’s that turned out perfectly cost us $900. Our favors I found cute ones at a dollar store cost us $40.00. Our rings altogether cost us $800, and invitations that we ordered cost us $75.00The church and the officiate was free. The girls paid for their dresses and hair. My mom paid for seat covers for the reception dinner. Other then that my husband and I paid for everything ourselves and at the end of the night we weren't in debt we made $9000 in the envelopes and we had two honeymoons
We're doing it with 150 guests, but I'm not including rings and honeymoon, they've never felt like they belonged in the total count to me. This is a frustrating thing to hear, but the biggest place we saved money was free invitations as FI's uncles own a printing business. Look around at your friends and family and see if they can help you. Catering doesn't have to cost a lot, we found an awesome cater for $12/person, about $1500 - $2000 total (including server costs). The hall was inexpensive, but the church cost a fair amount.
No matter what you hear, you don't have to have a tiny, backyard wedding, with a ton of friends in the industry to have an affordable wedding. You just have to do a lot of research.
I just planned a wedding for my uncle and it was in total $1500. For. Everything.
Did I also mention I planned it in a week? That is was a beautiful outdoor garden wedding? The bride had a gorgeous designer wedding dress? And there was an afterparty?
:)
Anything is possible, grasshoppah!
i was hoping to keep mine within the range but with 150 guest and being in nyc ... i've already went over. another issue was the make-up and hair because i couldnt do it myself.
Wow, these posts make me feel really sad that my wedding will (probably depending on the total guest count) cost slightly over 20k. Props to those that have suceeded! I think the biggest factor is the food/number of people. If you can find a cheap caterer then I think the rest will fall into place if you do your research. If you are going to serve alcohol, look for a place that allows you to bring your own. The food and the photographer are my single biggest expenses, but for my area, the food is reasonable if not "cheap" and I really wanted a good photographer.
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Of course you can do a wedding for $10,000 - it all depends on how you spend the money! Our wedding was just over 25K, but that number includes EVERYTHING: dinner and drinks for 115 guests; DJ, photog, hair and make-up, waxing, baker, OoT bags; my gown; bridal party gifts; rehearsal dinner; rings; honeymoon.... absolutely everything we spent money on that had to do with the wedding and honeymoon.
I think many atricles you see about $5,000 or $10,000 weddings are a little deceiving - the ones in Modern Bride ("your wedding for under $10K!") list only the food, drinks, and decorations as the "wedding"!!!
The important thing to remember is to pick a number and stick to it no matter what! DIY what you can, negotiate everything, and recruit talented friends to lend a hand.
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We are planning an $11,000 wedding in North Carolina. It's definitely do-able. You just have to sit down and really think about what elements of the wedding are worth the cost to you, and eliminate or scale back on the ones that aren't as big of a deal to you.
1. we aren't big on formality, so we're having barbecue catered and served at stations rather than as a plated dinner. this was a lot cheaper than some of the other options we looked at. we just asked a restaurant we liked what they could provide for us within our budget and used that as a jumping off point.
2. we're serving beer and wine only, with no liquor.
3. we're having an iPod, instead of a band or DJ
4. i'm making my own bouquet
5. we're having strawberry shortcake instead of a big, tiered wedding cake.
6. a friend is doing my hair and makeup
7. i bought my dress on clearance for $300 (granted it's a blue cocktail gown that was originally $800, but i love it)
8. my groom got his designer suit on clearance for $400.
9. we are not going all-out on our rings. we figure we can get better ones down the road.
10. our only added decor at our reception venue will be paper lanterns and candles, no pricey flowers.
11. we're having our ceremony on a public beach, so it's free.
12. we're just having postcards for our invitations, directing guests to RSVP and get information at our web site.
Some other ideas: A friend of mine had a brunch reception at 2 pm, which cut catering and bar costs significantly. Another friend had an afternoon cake-and-punch reception.
There are plenty of ways to manipulate your budget, you just have to sit down and think about which elements are MUST for you and which elements can be cut or changed to suit your budget.
I'm having a 6K wedding for around 50 people. Catering is going to be the most expense hands down. I was able to find photographers in my area who were cheap basically because they gave no print packages- everything will be given to me on CD. This is great for me because I can easily share the ones I like online and print out the ones I want into a book- instead of having prints that I then have to scan and put into a book.
negotiate with caterers- pick and choose your menu instead of going with their set choices. Do your own bouqets, limit bridesmaids and groomsmen, and maybe get your own officiant- like an uncle or someone like that who will do it for free. Its free to get ordained online and most states (I'm in FL) say its legal.
Also, I agree with the poster who says to do your own hair and makeup- you have enough time to experiment so take the time to perfect your look
Absolutely! Our wedding (including rings) was less than 6k for 150 guests. The honeymoon was less than 3k. We married on a Friday evening during off-season, slashed our guestlist, used a venue that was free of charge, found an amazing deal on dresses, hired an up-and-coming photographer, negotiated catering, were fortunate to have cake baker throw in extra favors, recruited friends who wanted to help in any way, and DIYed what I could. It wasn't easy but I thoroughly enjoy doing the research and bargain hunting so working this "second job" was a fun one for me. (I still research!)
My advice: (1) set your budget (include wiggle room for those unexpected expenses - ours was a few hundred), (2) set your priorities (can you give up the photographer to get that Vera Wang?), (3) stick to both. It's really hard but you have to commit to doing that in order to keeping it low-budgt. You can do it! But talk it through with the FI, and congrats! PM me if you have any specific questions!
Definitely!! Lots of people have done it. My budget is 10k but we're only having 30 people so that is different, but along the way I have definitely seen options that honestly would have been just as awesome that would have gotten the job done!
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Hello Hive,
(Sorry, I accidentially posted this in announcements but it belongs here)
We are planning to pay for own wedding so I sat down with my FI last night to determine a realistic budget for our wedding. I imagined our wedding (100 people) could be done for about $10,000 and he thought $20,000 was a more realistic number. When we included all anticipated costs plus rings and honeymoon and rehersal dinner ($1,000) we came out to about $22,000.
Our venue rental, including the building and tent and tables and chairs is $3,000 and it is not a fancy place but we both love it. The major costs in our budget are caterer, photographer, honeymoon, and rings. The catering cost is based on prices we've seen online, we haven'T actually gotten a quote yet but I'm scared as my friend just recieved her first quote and it came in at $15,000 for 125 people!
Is it possible to havea $10,000 wedding? For those of you who have already pulled off such an affair, where did you cut corners? Did you include rings and honeymoon costs in that budget? Or was I just completely out of touch with reality in thinking we could pull this off for $10,000?
Thanks for the advice, I'm having a bit of sticker shock today! Has anyone seen vendor prices come down as a result of this economic downturn?
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