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i am an SF bride, which is the 2nd most expensive place in US next to NY right? I can say trying to budget was overwhelming cause of all our first "quotes" and that we totally changed our budget after we started hagling with vendors.
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/share-your-ny-wedding-budget had some helpful posts, but just realized it was your thread!
There are a couple good budget calculators online that were helpful in the initial budgeting. the Knot's one you plug in your total budget and it'll break things down for you, I find it kind of allocated some things too high and others too low but overall it was a good jumping off point. I'm in the Los Angeles area and things are pretty expensive here, pretty much everything was over what I initially thought things would cost and our budget jumped from the 10K we wanted to spend to 20,000 pretty quickly.
since you're on a budget maybe you should consider hiring a wedding planner who normally does budget weddings on a dialy basis. that way they already have established connections and know all the affordable places that still offer good service.we recently hired elite(b)events and she specializes in elegant unique weddings on a budget. so far she is great to work with, has great reviews,very knowledgeable, very professional, and the best part is she specializes in budget weddings! check her out she may be able to help you.
good luck!
I got married in '08 so I know prices have gone up since then but:
Hall was 9,000 (Lido Golf Club)
Photographer was 1200 (she has since doubled her prices if not more)
DJ was free bc he is my cousin (but he charges about $400 normally)
Reverend was about $400
Flowers were $1500
Limo (to and from hair/makeup and location and one to pick us up) about $180
Honeymoon $1500
Dress $1500
HTH!
I'm not totally done with vendors but so far:
Hall(giorgios) $26,000
DJ/MC/Lights- $2000
Photographer/Videographer- $5000
Dress-$1500
also some halls offer an all-inclusive package like med. manor in patchogue is 10k for hall, photos, dj, flowers ect
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Hey Bee's!
We are just starting to discuss the funding of our wedding and are having a hard time relating to books that allocate funds. I know NY is its own element and everything is so expensive here. We would be the first of our friends to tie the knot so we are clueless when it comes to knowning how much should be allocated to flowers/ dj/ photography/venue/limo etc.
Are there any NYC/Metro Area brides that would be willing to share their wedding budget breakdown.
Much Appreciated :)
Thanks!