Weddings!

Congrats and many blessings to your and your husband

$7,000. 200 Guests. 15 years ago.

But several friends recently have gotten married and $10,000-$15,000 seems to be the norm.

We kept it right at $10,000. That includes everything, my dress, the photographer, seated dinner and beer/wine for 120 guests, custom invites/programs/etc. and flowers. I think that covers the big expenses - we didn't have a video. If anything if I had to do it over I might keep it even smaller guest-wise. Good luck!

Not including honeymoon, we spent around $80,000 I believe.

HOLY CRAP ! Hope you are still happily married.

Not including honeymoon, we spent around $80,000 I believe. I don't think I was ever brave enough to total it all up. Including honeymoon we spent a week in Ibiza, around ($10,000) and then we flew back to the states, got my son, and spent 6 months traveling the world teaching him about different cultures. about ($110,000).

Holy smokes! My hubby told me to try to keep it to 10,000 then left all the planning to me. I think I did pretty well I can't imagine how extravagant an $80,000 wedding would be!

We did go above and beyond, but to be honest, it was worth it. When I was younger I missed my prom, and I only plan on getting married once, so hubby kinda really wanted me to have everything I wanted since it was my one day I'll get to truly feel like a princess. We were married in a castle in France, we had Ina Garten cook for us, Florian Bellanger made our cake, and we paid to fly out our closest family and friends. We had about 100 people attend all together, but it was still very intimate, and stress free. Best day of my life.

Mainly because I'm crazy-frugal but also because I am nonreligious and not especially close with extended family...I've been married twice and never spent over $3k.

My first wedding in 2002 (age 25) was somewhat traditional but on a mini scale with just parents, grandparents, and super-close friends. It was at a B&B in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in a package deal that included decorations, photography, officiant, flowers, mini-reception with cake & wine, and 2 days' stay in a cottage for like $495. It was actually super nice for the price and looking back at the photos it appeared to have been like a larger, typical wedding. More money was spent on unique outfits to suit the 40's theme and announcements and a larger reception later in my town for extended family (which was a waste IMO).

In October of last year I eloped at Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, CO) with my wonderful husband. It was just the two of us with no officiant (legal in Colorado) and it was absolutely perfect. We dressed up and took photos of ourselves and spent practically nothing. After signing the official documents at the local courthouse, we went to a super fancy cake boutique (specializing in wedding cakes) and spent less than ten dollars on our little cake feast with a DIY topper I'd made. We made a 3 day road trip out of our wedding and had a wonderful time sight-seeing and staying in quaint old motels. It was very perfect and very "us". At our friends' insistence, my husband set up a webpage for them to donate to us in lieu of gifts. I was very hesitant about that because we're in our thirties and financially solvent, but our friends and a few family members donated smallish sums that added up to pretty much the entire cost of our wedding/trip...roughly $750-800...that was very cool (if not entirely necessary)! I was happy that people kept it to small amounts though, especially with it being the second go-round for me :-)

I see no problem with big lavish expensive weddings if that's what you're into. I just never wanted that for myself.

I'm getting married in October and I anticipate the estimate to be around $4-5 thousand.