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VIRII said:
Then that's NOT an average wedding!!!!
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Then that's NOT an average wedding!!!!
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My wedding cost around £7k
Divorce has cost me £10k in assest's and costs
So the net effect is a £3k loss in 6 months
Divorce has cost me £10k in assest's and costs
So the net effect is a £3k loss in 6 months
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Ours cost £6600 - Honeymoon cost another £3000
Quoted from British Council website "The average total cost of a wedding today is £15,244, a figure that rises to an astronomical £18,154 for weddings taking place in London."
"The main costs of the day are the reception after the wedding, on which couples spend an average of £5,000, and then the honeymoon which costs about £4,500. Couples are also spending £1,750 on rings, £750 on the bride's dress and £340 on their 'going away' outfit."
Quoted from British Council website "The average total cost of a wedding today is £15,244, a figure that rises to an astronomical £18,154 for weddings taking place in London."
"The main costs of the day are the reception after the wedding, on which couples spend an average of £5,000, and then the honeymoon which costs about £4,500. Couples are also spending £1,750 on rings, £750 on the bride's dress and £340 on their 'going away' outfit."
The cost of your wedding really depends on A/ Your ego and B/ Your ability to stand up tofamily and freinds.
We spent £3k+ on the honeymoon in Jamaica and less on the wedding.
To explain A and B above.
Its you or your proespectives wifes need to show off that governs most of the cost. Spend £2k on a dress or hire a £2k dress for a few hundred pounds, have 200 people for a reception at a posh hotel or 100 people at a function room with catering by a freind, invite people you havent seen for years or just those you want there. And B is all about doing what you want not what your mum or her dad want, its your wedding not theirs.
We did this:
Hired Function room / bar belonging to firm i worked for
Hired Dress
Got father in law to arrange cars from a freind and pay
Got Mother in Law to arrange cake form a freind and pay
Hired Suits
Got flowers for church done by my mums freind
Got my parents to contribute to reception
Got m8's brother to do catering (damn good to)
DJ was a freind
Photographer paid for by us
Invited <100 to reception
Video by family freind, editing by me
Spent wedding night at own house (secret) and put money toward honeymoon.
No hassle as we organised it all and decided who did what.
We spent £3k+ on the honeymoon in Jamaica and less on the wedding.
To explain A and B above.
Its you or your proespectives wifes need to show off that governs most of the cost. Spend £2k on a dress or hire a £2k dress for a few hundred pounds, have 200 people for a reception at a posh hotel or 100 people at a function room with catering by a freind, invite people you havent seen for years or just those you want there. And B is all about doing what you want not what your mum or her dad want, its your wedding not theirs.
We did this:
Hired Function room / bar belonging to firm i worked for
Hired Dress
Got father in law to arrange cars from a freind and pay
Got Mother in Law to arrange cake form a freind and pay
Hired Suits
Got flowers for church done by my mums freind
Got my parents to contribute to reception
Got m8's brother to do catering (damn good to)
DJ was a freind
Photographer paid for by us
Invited <100 to reception
Video by family freind, editing by me
Spent wedding night at own house (secret) and put money toward honeymoon.
No hassle as we organised it all and decided who did what.
We spent about 7k, excluding honeymoon.
Did the whole posh hotel thing.
Could have done it cheaper, gone to a worse hotel, had cheaper food, invited less people, wife could have got a dress that made do.. glad we spent what we did.
Did the whole posh hotel thing.
Could have done it cheaper, gone to a worse hotel, had cheaper food, invited less people, wife could have got a dress that made do.. glad we spent what we did.
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So do the brides parents no longer pay for it?
Or is that just an american tradition.
Or is that just an american tradition.
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Disagree with all that about ego etc, cost of the wedding depends on what you (Bride/Groom) would like balanced with what you can afford.Firespark said:
Breakdown...VIRII said:
Church - they ask for a donation
Dress - £750 value - cost free (her godmum is the manager of a wedding shop)
Suit - £150 value - cost free - see above
Our girls bridesmaid dress - see above
Other suits - half price
Bridesmaids dresses - half price
2x shire horses and carriage - half price (£300) - sisters friend
Photographer - cost of prints - Neil Sampson from here
Reception - less than half price (200 for venue - 300 for food) - Dawn works @ the golf club
Cake - friend supplying
Flowers - Friend supplying
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I thought it was about standing up to the future wife who wants to spend all the savings and take out a 10k loan?
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It costs as much as you want it to cost.
60 for a pair of marriage licences
147 for the superintendant registrar
22 for 2 course meal at a country pub
45 for a cake made for us
Then back to our house for champange (3 for £45) , and a wii party.
All this happens on Valentines day this year, least i will not forget the anniversary date.
we just spend 10k doing up the house, seemed like a far better way of spending that amount of cash on something that will last longer that a few hours
60 for a pair of marriage licences
147 for the superintendant registrar
22 for 2 course meal at a country pub
45 for a cake made for us
Then back to our house for champange (3 for £45) , and a wii party.
All this happens on Valentines day this year, least i will not forget the anniversary date.
we just spend 10k doing up the house, seemed like a far better way of spending that amount of cash on something that will last longer that a few hours
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