What's your budget?

[Kess]

I'm getting married to my sweetheart April next year. Budget below.

Dress: £270 (made to measure by Milly Bridal to my design)

Bridal accessories: I only need shoes and a veil, so not too much.

Venue: Church £280 + £70 for organist + ? for bells

Reception: £3160

Flowers: Don't know yet, but we're using paper things for decorations so not too many flowers.

Cake: Approx. £100. Possibly a M&S one, decorated ourselves.

Catering (if seperate to the reception venue): included in reception costs

Bridemaids dress(s) if you're paying: They're buying their own, but we're picking something reasonable together.

Photographer: £800

Honeymoon: Whatever's left at the end!!

Insurance: £20

Car(s): Not having one.

Make up: My sister will do it.

Hair: My sister will do it.

Suit(s): The ushers etc all have their own already, just groom's to hire - approx. £100

Rings: Going shopping in January in the Jewellery Quarter.

Total: £4800 + rings, honeymoon, flowers, and bells.

 

[Welshie]

Hi,

We are getting married in orlando next year,

Holiday, wedding (flowers, photos, cake etc etc), park tickets - £3000

Spends for holiday - £1500

Wedding party inc food, disco, decs etc - £1000

Dress and accessories - £400

Suits - Linen trousers and white shirt - £80

Rings - £400

Total - £6330

We are getting married on 1st oct, easy date 01/10/10

So not too expensive seen as it includes holiday at disney, this is for 2 of us.

OH brother and his family are coming too as they are getting married same time.

My parents are paying for it all

 

[stephwiggy]

We spent £750 and it was amazing - not including the hmoon

 

[mumof2girls]

We got married last year and it cost way less than £2000 even though this was our budget.

My dress £75 off ebay (brand new ex display and gorgeous) £25 alterations.
My shoes £15 from ebay new again
My tiara £10 from ebay brand new
My veil £10 from ebay brand new
Decorations for venue £30
Bridesmaid dresses £30 each from catalogue but so lush!
Hair £15 +£7 practise
makeup £75 including 3 bridesmaids and my spray tan
Underwear for me £14 from ebay brand new of course!!!!
mens suits free as they all wore there own.
Rings £60 we bought the cheapest argos did
Flowers £25 had silk ones from ebay
Bridesmaid accessories £40 from claires
Presents for wedding party £100 for everybodys
Reception venue £50 for function room at a pub
Ceremony was registry office so about £150 including fee for giving notice.
Catering £100
DJ £100
Photographer free brother in law did it with our camera and we printed out about 500 for the price of an ink cartridge and they are fantastic!
car was free as my mate got me a limo as a suprise
Honeymoon.... didnt have one as had 3 kids at home but we now have a wedding night baby!!!
As you can see mine was a true ebay wedding but it was not tacky in any way and I wouldnt change one single thing! I loved it all!!! Went to a friends wedding who got married at a very grand hall and they spent about £25000 and everything went wrong! It was the worst wedding I had ever been to and everything was staged and acted out, my wedding was not formal and our photos were so natural it was beautiful

 

[kitjos]

Whole wedding cost was under £800 ... But our honeymoon to Japan is £6000

 

[Trying4ababy]

My hubby and I did ours for $500. We both are bargain hunters.

 

[Frankie]

Im budgeting 2-3 K on ours which will include church fee's, catering etc at the end of the day I couldnt justify paying 12k +

So far weve brought our invitations from a shop which was shutting down in town it cost 30p for a pack of 10 (bargain) My OH's mum is making our cake, my aunty brought a brand new dress which has not been worn which i absolutely love which i may be able to wear, il do my own flowers which will be £50.00 for my bouquet, 2 poosies for the bridesmaid, button halls and corsages + glue gun, florists wire and tape (im a qualified florist)

 

[toffee87]

Yeah, I can't justify spending £300 on a cake, it's unnecessary. So we'll either get a family member to do it,or get a plain one from a supermarket and jazz it up ourselves

I'm going to get artificial flowers, I know some one who is a florist, so I'll ask her to sort them for a low price, rather than paying hundreds for fresh ones hehe. We'll try and find a venue where we can have the ceremony and reception so we don't have to worry about cars, although I'd happily go in a normal one hehe.

My bro says he will do all the paper stuff: invites, table labels etc cause he works for a company who does them

 

[Frankie]

Yeah, I can't justify spending £300 on a cake, it's unnecessary. So we'll either get a family member to do it,or get a plain one from a supermarket and jazz it up ourselves

I'm going to get artificial flowers, I know some one who is a florist, so I'll ask her to sort them for a low price, rather than paying hundreds for fresh ones hehe. We'll try and find a venue where we can have the ceremony and reception so we don't have to worry about cars, although I'd happily go in a normal one hehe.

My bro says he will do all the paper stuff: invites, table labels etc cause he works for a company who does them

I think its more personal that way were doing the same by jazzing up his mums cake with our own little bits and bobs