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Ours is going to be 1,500. And then 300 for the minister.
Dang!
That will be more than the flowers! (but have I got great bang for the buck designs for the church decor!!!)
Wow, I feel bad complaining! I just can't believe how much an hour will cost. I didn't know if it is worth looking around or just going with the flow.
I live in NYC and almost every church I looked at was $1,000-$2,000! Unbelievable. But I did find one church that was cheaper and that is the one I am going with- $165/hr which is still quite a bit.
Mine is about $550 plus another $175 for the music director. Which is cheap(er) for Brooklyn, but nodboy wants to get married in my parents neighborhood!
mine won't be. we'll probably marry in my church which is free to members [they actually don't rent out the church so it's only members that marry there] so the only costs will be the gratiutiy/gift to our pastor and any decorating costs
Our wedding is taking place too far from my home parish so we had to find another church. Almost every church I spoke to increased their prices if you were a non-parishoner- from like $300 to $1,000. And one church secretary made the mistake of saying to me- "Well everything else is so expensive for weddings, it's a way for our church to make some money too" Awesome. We ended up finding a church that only charges $400. I suggest calling around- every parish charges a different price. I didn't try to negotiate at all, but it can't hurt to try.
I hear you girls! Our (Catholic) Church in upstate NY is $800 plus around $275 for Pre-Cana, Crazy!
The cost for our Catholic ceremony is $650 for the church and a $150 officiate fee! I must admit, I was shocked at this amount too!
It's insane how much churchs will charge! I'll be getting married at the church I'm a member of, which means it's free, and we give a love offering in exchange for the use of the church/minister. Which is how it should be. I can understand why they would charge non-members a few hundred, but still. Some of the prices are downright extortionate.
Even though our family is a very active member of the church we are getting married in, it is still costing $400. That covers the facilities, the pastor, and the music director.
Our church in Philly was $3500! Most of my married friends paid around $1000-2000 for the church, but I was willing to pay $3500 because the church was beautiful and at least the expense will be put to good uses and be tax deductible for us.
We got married in August 2008, in the Albany NY area. We paid $75 for Pre-Cana, that was an all day Saturday retreat. Our ceremony fee was $300, and then $100 to cover music directors fee and coordinator at church. We then also tipped the priest a bit. We had no alter servers.
Ours isn't expensive. We are using the same church for the ceremony and reception and it comes with tables, chairs, a TECH, sound and light, and a facilitator for about $750.
I'm quite grateful that ours is £490, which includes organist and everything except flowers -- the Church of England has a set rate of around £320 which includes all legal fees, paperwork, etc (ie we won't need a separate marriage licence), and individual churches can charge what they like on top of that.
Ours is $850, no including the officiant fees. It's a non-denominational chapel
We are getting married at the State Capitol, so we are just paying for the rental of some chairs and the officiant fees, which should not be more than 500$ for both!
Holy Expensive Church! I thought mine was reasonable until I looked at this thread. We are spending $1,300!! It includes the officiant fee and music, but geez louise, it certainly seems like a lot now.
First let me say this: I think if you're willing to pay lots for flowers, a dress, or photography then one should be willing to pay for the actual Sacrament. With that said, I'm certain that the Churches you're looking at have a policy that if you are broke or have little funds, then they can work with you especially if you're a parishioner.
In my diocese, to get married at the Cathedral (Lafayette, IN) and you're a non parishioner it's $800 + their marriage prep $125 not to mention the pre-cana, not to mention the cost of your own priest (donation) $200, and then cantor/music $250. A parishioner can expect to pay only $100 and the priest and cantor fees. I wanted to get married there but after reviewing the costs and my budget, I cannot afford it. My fiance and I decided that we would get married at our simple Church, it's not fancy, actually it's very very very plain but we love our priests (Domincans ROCK!) and the staff is amazing! We haven't been quoted a price yet but I'm assuming it'll be $300-500. Pre-cana in our diocese is $40. Plus we want to get married during the Easter season, since it's a celebratory season and the church is decorated already--save on flowers!
Ours is $50 for the janitor to clean up.
We are very active members.. so I think that waived the fees. Not sure what it would have been.
Our is $1000 for an outdoor rotunda. Good thing is, our reception is at a hall that has a beautiful outdoor plaza on the same grounds. The total is $3000, and $1000 of that will be returned (damage deposit).
My jaw dropped when I saw how much the ceremony would cost at the church I grew up in. $1100, and that's for members. I think it's $250 more for non members. Ouch... Im not sure what are going to do. We've started tossing around the idea of a tiny church wedding in a few months, but I don't think I we can drop that much for a ceremony consisting of 10 people.
@LovestheBear, that is crazy expensive! Especially for 10 people!!! Did you explain that there would only be 10 people? It seems that should make a difference, as I would think a lot of the fee could be for clean-up. What about an outdoor ceremony?
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I don't know if it is a Catholic thing or a my-church thing but our ceremony will be $755, which $55 is for pre-cana.
Is anyone else SHOCKED by how much the church is?