is this budget even possible???

[lynne192]

budget???

• wedding venue - £300 for reg office?
• Flowers - £60???
• reception hall - £600
• self buffet - £300
• cake - £100
• entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250???
• Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50
• dress - £150
• shoes - £20
• lingerie - £10-£20
• his outfit - £60 to hire
• hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20
• self invitations etc - £30
• photography - £100???
• wedding rings - £100
• Grooms present - £100

will need to buy bridesmaids dress, best man outfit, and page boyu outfit.
so hopefully be able to pull that off for about £150

so total so far is..... £2,400

 

[polo_princess]

I think you will struggle to get all of your flowers for £60 ... £150 maybe

Your reception venue budget seems quite big, where do you plan on having it? Just a local hall? Ours was £150, so maybe you can drop your budget on that part depending on your "needs"

How many guests do you plan on having with regards to your buffet? I would imagine you could probably feed around 50 people for £300

Other than that everything seems totally do'able

 

[lynne192]

the hall prob going to cost that looked at thier hiring form and its pretty dear but ah well its what we kinda want and its close to home, we're self buffet so not sure how much to do

just writing things down atm.

 

[missy123]

the photos would be more too wouldnt they?not sure of UK prices

 

[polo_princess]

Ahh ok, i see, some places are more expensive than others, you just have to play with your figures, bump some up and round some down.

If you can buy/do things as you go along it'll help to spread the cost hugely, thats what we did.

Flower wise, my nan is a retired florist and she is doing mine for free, but she has told me at "cost price" alone it has added up to well over £100, and thats for my bouquet, a small one for my MOH and one centerpiece for the top table NOT cheap

Food wise, have a look around at catering websites and see their sample menu's so you get a rough idea of what to do, and how much you need, then go from there. Have you got a Costco or Macro wholesaler near to you?

 

[aly888]

i'd have though car hire would have cost more too?? (assuming you are going for a traditional style car). I would budget around £100 for the car!

Photography you can get pretty cheap. Someone suggested in another thread to advertise at your college/university for 2nd or 3rd year photography students and they will do it pretty cheaply (as long as you let them keep the photos for their portfolios). Alot of them can be better than the "professionals" too

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

I would cut down the rings a bit, you can get cheaper rings in argos for the wedding and just save for better ones x

 

[lynne192]

hoping to use taxi from house to place, wouldn't cot more than £5 per car, and hoping to get family to take pictures.

 

[pinkmummy]

Here are some tips on saving

Photographer - Firstly it would be near on impossible to get a photographer for £100 (ours was £250 and that was VERY cheap ) Is there no one who is good at photography that would do them for you?

Cake - are you planning on getting it made or doing it yourself? What kind of cake are you looking at? I'd say for £100 you might get a 12" for that possibly a 10" 8" but that might be pushing it.

I am doing my own cake and it will be 12" 10" 8" and 6" and mine will probably cost around £50-£60 just for the ingredients not counting my time!

Someone sent me this link once which is quite a bargain, you could decorate it yourself or they also do it

Flowers - are you looking to do them yourself or get someone to do them? I bought all the bits and bobs from Dunelm Mill and a local florists and OH Aunty has arranged them for me, its cost £60 for all the things and OH mum paid his Aunty.

Car Hire - it doesn't usually matter how far you live away from the church/venue it just usually tends to be a set price. If you know someone with a BMW or similar sort of car you could borrow those and put your own ribbon on

If your on a budget £100 is a lot to spend on your OH

Who do you have in your bridal party? Bridesmaids? Flowergirls? Best Man? Usher? If you are you will probably have to include money for presents for these too

Once you have numbers of how many will be there day and night it will be a lot easier to work out numbers x

 

[Vici]

My thoughts are in red xx

budget???

• wedding venue - £300 for reg office? It costs £40 to get married in our registry office
• Flowers - £60??? Too low IMO - my mum is doing all of our and cost price is £150/£200 although that is for 5 bouquets and 7 centrepieces)
• reception hall - £600
• self buffet - £300 About right. We catered for 150 at our engagement party and it cost us about £200
• cake - £100 You can get a 3 tier cake from Tesco for less than £30. ou can buy or hire stands for £25
• entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250??? Ours is £180 from 7-12
• Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50 This is too low for wedding cars but plenty if just going for taxis
• dress - £150
• shoes - £20
• lingerie - £10-£20
• his outfit - £60 to hire
• hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20
• self invitations etc - £30
• photography - £100??? Do you know someone who is doing your photography? If not this is way too low
• wedding rings - £100 We got both of ours for £50
• Grooms present - £100 Not necessary IMO if you're on a low budget

will need to buy bridesmaids dress, best man outfit, and page boyu outfit.
so hopefully be able to pull that off for about £150

so total so far is..... £2,400

 

[kimbobaloobob]

i had hired a dj for about 3 hrs for £80, so you could possibly knock that down about £100 at least

edit...
if you go into the cooking section on bnb theres a cake thread maybe see if one of the cake makers are local to you they do stunning cakes for great prices

 

[honeybee2]

SORRY VICI- IM USING YOUR IDEA CHICK- SEEMS TO WORK!!!


budget???

wedding venue - £300 for reg office? It costs £33.50 each to give notice and £40 for the ceremony and about £3.50 for the cirtificate
Flowers - £60??? This is possible if you are looking for just a bridal bouquet- if your looking for say 4 button holes, 2 bridesmaids and then a bridal you'd be looking at about £130-£150 unless you get artificial from ebay, then it is very possible!!!
reception hall - £600 depends on what kind of hall really??
self buffet - £300 Easily done.
cake - £100 very possible, you could make your own for £50 fully decorated with pillars or do what I did and ask a local bakery to make it. i got a 4 tier (all gorgeous flavours) for £200. A two tier would cost around £100 if you buy it from a local bakey and not a 'wedding cake shop'. Or you can get gorgeous cakes from Marks & Spencers, waitrose asda & tesco!!!
entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250??? My Dj cost £150 from 7-1, you can get them cheaper than £250- or just use your i-pod!!
Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50 - not sure depends on local prices (but does a family member have a nice car you could put a ribbon on???)
dress - £150 - very possible, look at monsoon (its gorgeous) BHS, Debenhams, littlewoods, VERY, marks & spencer, even asda have a wedding range now!!!
shoes - £20
lingerie - £10-£20 Look in the xmas sale- or try New Look!!
his outfit - £60 to hire - Yes this is about right!
hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20 - can she not do it for free, or is this the cost of the product?
self invitations etc - £30 I got 80 BEAUTIFUL and profession baroque invitations from Vista Print for £36.99 inc vat and delivery. They came yesterday and better than I expected, I love them!!!!
photography - £100??? Ask a photography student from a college/ uni or ask a family friend.
wedding rings - £100 You can get some from Argos for £30 each!
Grooms present - £100 Depends on what your buyign honey!!!

will need to buy bridesmaids dress, best man outfit, and page boyu outfit.
so hopefully be able to pull that off for about £150- SALES!!!!! esp debenhams!!!

so total so far is..... £2,400

 

[kintenda]

I might just echo what the others have said but my suggestions are in blue.

budget???

• wedding venue - £300 for reg office? You'd prob need to get some costings from your local office, although it'll go up in 5 yrs.
• Flowers - £60??? Unless you're doing your flowers yourself, I'd say this is too cheap.... unless you're having fabric ones?
• reception hall - £600 We are hiring a local village hall which is massive. It doesn't look like a typical village hall as it's had a lot of refurb. This is costing us about £350 but that's for the whole weekend. Then again, if you like this place a lot & you think it's worth it, go for it.
• self buffet - £300 Depends on what you're planning to provide in your buffet & how many people you're catering for.
• cake - £100 If you're good at baking you can beat your own price! You could get a plain one & decorate it with either real or sugar flowers
• entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250??? We are having a friend's band for petrol money (they're ace) - do you know anyone that could perform for you? We're also gonna use an IPod playlist which is obviously free! Maybe consider that? I honestly think that DJ's are too bloody expensive!
• Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50 You could probably do this if you found a local car enthusiast. Some classic car owners hire theirs out - try going to some local classic car meets etc.
• dress - £150 If you're buying from the internet/ebay etc then this is prob do-able.
• shoes - £20 Again, it should be fine! I am hopefully gonna get some shoes that I have my eye on for £28! They don't have to be expensive.
• lingerie - £10-£20 Remember you will prob have magic pants for under the dress, then some nice underwear for the night.
• his outfit - £60 to hire Prob about right, depending on suit - you might want to stretch a little.
• hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20 Can't she do it for free as a gift? Or you could get a makeover at a beauty counter?
• self invitations etc - £30 Go for vistaprint!! Honestly... we've just got loads of stuff for the price of postage all on 'free' deals... then again, it's a few years until you get married but this is prob a reasonable budget.
• photography - £100??? You will definitely need a student or friend for this price.
• wedding rings - £100 I would personally say at least £200 for this, but then again it depends on what material you'd like them to be made from etc
• Grooms present - £100 We are probably not going to buy each other gifts... seems a bit excessive when we've spent all the money on wedding/new stuff etc. If we do, I doubt we'll spend £100 on each other. You do need to budget for gifts for your bridal/grooms parties though.

will need to buy bridesmaids dress, best man outfit, and page boyu outfit.
so hopefully be able to pull that off for about £150 How many bridesmaids are you having? Maybe you could have the dresses made? As for the best man and page boy outfits, I think you might struggle a little with this.

so total so far is..... £2,400

 

[lynne192]

we're not getting married in 5years we're getting married in 2012!!!!

 

[lynne192]

My thoughts are in red xx

budget???

• wedding venue - £300 for reg office? It costs £40 to get married in our registry office
• Flowers - £60??? Too low IMO - my mum is doing all of our and cost price is £150/£200 although that is for 5 bouquets and 7 centrepieces)...

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  thanks hun good views just writting things down so i can check and stuff, going to try and get family to take pictures but going to offer my OH's uncle the £100 to print them off etc don't want him out of pocket.
  
  also ment to say that a friend has offered to make our cake but my auntie can also do the cakes too

 

[kintenda]

Sorry, just seen that you've changed your date. Congratulations!

 

[lynne192]

no worries thanks

 

[tmr1234]

Flowers - me and my mum are doing all my flowers and they have all cost £30 and thats rounding up we have done mine 2 bms and 30 button holes.

reg office- is £36 it is £330 for the reg to come out to a hotel ect

reception hall - Are hole wedding at a hotel is £110 room hire for all day and night

Oh isnt waring a suit just pants top and wast jack i cant stand suits and dnt want him to waer the wj but mums are going mad at it not being wedding (ITS MY WEDDING)

 

[aly888]

hun £100 just for prints is too much too...unless he is gonna be printing them as englargments and on top quality paper using a professional printer (as the ink is expensive for them). You'd be better off getting the digital copies and getting your favourite ones printed up large and all the rest standard size off a website like snapfish or bonusprint etc. I get 200+ prints (7 x 5) for little under £15 and they are just fine for a photo album

 

[lynne192]

Flowers - me and my mum are doing all my flowers and they have all cost £30 and thats rounding up we have done mine 2 bms and 30 button holes.

reg office- is £36 it is £330 for the reg to come out to a hotel ect

reception hall - Are hole wedding at a hotel is £110 room hire for all day and night

Oh isnt waring a suit just pants top and wast jack i cant stand suits and dnt want him to waer the wj but mums are going mad at it not being wedding (ITS MY WEDDING)

i think it is going to cost us more for reg office but i am not sure yet really need to phone them make sure that date is not taken but doubt it will be as it is a tuesday. it is 2years 2months 29days till the wedding but want to make sure we can actually get these places booked, the hall is £59 per hour and £29 per hour we are preparing it's only available from 6pm - 11pm after that we have to leave as its in a housing area which is a nightmare but going to talk nightly to my MIL as she lives across the street from it and see if we can get some gazebo's in her garden and some heaters to keep everyone warm, but with it being a tuesday thinking people wont want to stay too long...

where did you get your flowers? 30 button holes thats brilliant.... i only need my bouquet, my bridesmaids bouquet and want a wand flower for my sister who is my flower girl.

in the whole wedding party we have: me, OH (of course lol) my bridesmaid, his best man, flower girl, 2 pageboys. i don't know if my dad will give me away but doubt it.

we are going to hire kilts but hoping my MIL will get them and hopefully pay for them lol they are only £50 each roughly.

my MIL is going to make tablet and going to make wee boxes up with a kind of netting bag i think.... not sure yet.... for love nor money can i find tartan ribbon in my OH's family tartan

hun £100 just for prints is too much too...unless he is gonna be printing them as englargments and on top quality paper using a professional printer (as the ink is expensive for them). You'd be better off getting the digital copies and getting your favourite ones printed up large and all the rest standard size off a website like snapfish or bonusprint etc. I get 200+ prints (7 x 5) for little under £15 and they are just fine for a photo album

want to offer him money for taking the time to do it, plus want to get it done on canvases etc. just putting price to it would rather over estatment than under