How much did your wedding cost?

Cutemesoon

cbstewart88 wrote: »

I was married for the first time right after my 60th birthday. Don't ask me why. I'm still contemplating that one.

Is it bad that I laugh everytime you say this? I'm wondering what happened after saying I do to make you feel this way? 🤔

seltzermint555

I'm a real cheapskate always so keep that in mind.

First wedding (2002) my fiance and I were young & couldn't afford a lot.
My dad would have paid for a large church wedding but I am not religious and was not interested.
We wound up with a small wedding at a B&B, the entire package was under $1k and it was honestly very nice. The theme was 40's/swing so it's cheesy looking back but in 2002 it was kind of neat.
I borrowed a friend's ~$800 dress so that was pretty cool too, and I only had a MOH and found her outfit on clearance for less than $100.
We had a larger reception later w/ a lot of favors & decorations, but I'd say everything total it was maybe $2500.

Second time around (2013), my husband and I both wanted to elope so we did it ourselves (legal in Colorado) at Garden of the Gods. It was awesome. We made it into a 4 day long weekend and spent a bit under $1k total including travel/lodging, sightseeing, 2 fancy dinners, etc.

I do NOT like weddings, to be honest. I strongly prefer the intimacy of an elopement. But it's kind of funny, because I am thought of in my friend circle as the go to person for wedding planning, theme-y decorations, hair/makeup, etc.

ETA: USD

emmies_123

Married a couple years ago, 10k US Dollars for about 45 guests. My dress was 950 including alterations but I don't normally spoil myself so i figured if not with wedding dress then when?

Americanbabydoll

2001 American Dollars

My Dress: $500, His suit: $40. Our wedding party paid for their own clothes, I just gave them an idea and they picked what they wanted.
Our rings: $200
Flowers: $0 (my grandma made them, her gift to us)
Cake: $40 (a friend of his family made this and only charged us a little) We didn't have any food other than the cake. We had punch that his mom made but that didn't cost us anything.
Minister: $25 (friend of his family)
Decorations: $50-$100 (all bought on clearance)
Church: $30
Music: $0 (CD, friend ran it)
Marriage License: $25

Total: Less than $1,000

We didn't have a honeymoon.

4legsRbetterthan2

American Dollars 2014

Engagement ring - $5500

Wedding - totaled about 18,000 for 70 people
I don't remember the break down of everything exactly but I do remember my dress being ~1300. I have mixed feelings about the dress, seems obsurdly expensive but I did really like it.

The rest seems pretty expensive but I am not sure I would change much about it either, most of the cost was venue, food, and open bar which was all a package from the venue. We selected the venue because it was a hotel with a nice outdoor ceremony location close to where we lived, and since 90% of our guests came in from out of town I really didn't want to have to run people all around to get to the ceremony and reception.

Now, if I ignored my mother and cut %75 of my guest list to only people I really care about we could have gotten off way cheaper and easier. But it was the first wedding for one of her children, so yeah.....

RunDesprate

More expensive. How much did your divorce cost you?

JeBeBu

I got hitched at the courthouse in my jeans and a warm sweater on a Thursday afternoon in January (I will omit year so as to not reveal how OLD I am). I wanted a plain band that would not interfere with my nursing gloves and the one I chose was less than $100 dollars (still wear it, still love it). We went to a little boutique kind of town a few hours away for a 3 day weekend and stayed at a renovated farmhouse bed and breakfast (less than $500) and then cost of meals, gas and incidentals....
I am JUST as married as anyone silly enough to spend 100k on a wedding would be! We have definitely stood the test of time and done so without wedding debt!

yelliezx

Our wedding cost around $25,000 and we live in Canada. My dress was on sale and cost around $1250 for the dress and veil. We got married at an outdoor garden venue and had our reception at a country club. We only had 75 guests and while we had a great day, I would go to a Sandal's resort and have a close family and friends wedding if I could go back. The in-laws were very involved and invited some of their friends which wasn't ideal. If it was up to me it would've been a lot cheaper and smaller.

seltzermint555

Helois3 wrote: »

More expensive. How much did your divorce cost you?

not always...mine was $550.
No kids, of course, but there was real estate involved.