re: How much did your wedding cost (year)?

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The actual ceremony was only about a grand and tipping the pastor. The rest was spent on our reception, photographers, etc.

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Our goal was to keep it around $15k, but all in all we are probably somewhere in the $20k to $22k range. This was 2015 and we had somewhere between 90 and 100 people actually show up.

The venue ($4k) was paid for by my in-laws and the rehearsal dinner was paid for by my parents, but other than that we paid for everything ourselves.

We ponied up for the things that were important to us and cut corners where we could.

For example, our caterer was amazing and we happily paid for it and since about 60% of our guests were coming from out of town, we hired transportation from hotel to venue and back for everyone staying at the hotel.

But our wedding cake was not important to us, so we got a cut cake and cupcakes from Publix
Our flowers were done very minimally by a friend and we bought all our booze (minus the wine as we got married at a vineyard) wholesale through another friend.

Was it a responsible way to spend $20k? Of course not.

But I have no regrets and would relive that day every day if I could. We still have friends tell us ours was the most fun wedding they've ever attended.

Getting married next April... probably going to run us about 10K when all said and done. The people with venues got it figured out.. we are paying 4,500 just to rent the venue and we have to do all the setup of everything.

I married a rich Italian, our wedding cost around $80k in 2018.

2019 - $6k

$20k, 1986.

We did take a ridiculous honeymoon trip. My wife's parents owned a travel agency. It was 19 days and covered Papeete, Bora Bora, Moorea, Fiji, a Blue Lagoons cruise in the Yasawa islands and a week in Maui at the end of the trip.

First wedding my ex-FNL said he had a budget of $25,000, whatever wasn't spent he would handover to us. My ex-wife spent every dollar plus more. Divorced about a year and a half later.

Second wedding 16 years later we spent a total of $6,000 including wedding dress and it was one of the best days of our lives. We were surrounded by about 30 friends and family and there was no stress at all.

$11k in 2008.

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Not sure how this is possible unless you only had like 50 people. LOL

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Closer to 150......shreveport is a really cheap place to get married as long as your smart about it. Whole thing was downtown too. Used the smaller chapel attached to the big church which saved a ton and the masonic lodge is beautiful and if I remember under $2,000 to rent for the whole day. Most expensive component was the open bar

ETA: We didn't have a florist or wedding planner. MIL is crafty and handmade alot of the decorations and the photographer was a wedding vet and kept the whole day moving

$50k total, 2014. Even though we had an absolute blast, hindsight is 20/20. Could've used that money to fly out someplace exotic with family and close friends, or even better, did JOTP and saved that $50k.

But that was her mom's last hoorah before she passed shortly after. She was even buried in the gown she wore for the wedding, so it ended up being worth it in that regard.