How much did your wedding cost?

[Anonymous]

$10k in 2004, 75 guests in a small town in Pennsylvania.

[Anonymous]

About 10 k including rings, dress, suit, honeymoon and international airticket (miles) for 1 guest. About 50 people, sitdown dinner in 2007.

[Anonymous]

$60 for the wedding license and courthouse ceremony.

[Anonymous]

22:20 - love Cape Cod! Are you from there?

Am I the only one who thinks some of these women sound spoiled (and not for the better)? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the weddings were great.

[Anonymous]

$20,000 - 2008, Florida, 80 guests

[Anonymous]

$11,000, 2004, in Boston.

[Anonymous]

About 25k for a small (55 people) but elegant sit down dinner wedding in d.c. Not including the honeymoon.

[Anonymous]

How are people having weddings for under 10k? We had 200 guests, in DC, sit down dinner and open bar (of course) in 2007. My dress was only $150, flowers and photography were probably $5,000 total. I paid for bridesmaid dresses and tuxes and for the girls' hair, so that was a bit expensive. But seriously, just the space rental and the food and drinks were $35,000. Dinner was amazing - like high end restaurant quality food. I wanted to treat my guests to a fabulous party. Total cost was about $50,000. Anyway, if you had a cheaper wedding, please explain in detail!

[Anonymous]

Reception was 30K (275 people) other costs for the day were about 15K....adding in the rehersal dinner, day after brunch, honeymoon, rings and (sadly) we were close to $100,000...thankfully split between us and dear parents!bbbbbbb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:20 - love Cape Cod! Are you from there?

Am I the only one who thinks some of these women sound spoiled (and not for the better)? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the weddings were great.

Really? I don't think anyone has sounded spoiled. If anything the woman who had the more expensive weddings have sounded embarrassed or even regretful...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:20 - love Cape Cod! Are you from there?

Am I the only one who thinks some of these women sound spoiled (and not for the better)? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the weddings were great.

Everyone is just having fun on here... Why do you have to make a rude comment? Are you jealous? I don't get why you felt the need to say that. No one even write enough for you to conclude thru were spoiled other than the $$$ spent.

[Anonymous]

$30k, 100 people, 2009, San Francisco.

[Anonymous]

$9000 in 2009, Austin overlooking Lake Travis. That figure includes dress,tux,flowers,car service,photography,dinner , drinks, and the two weeks we stayed in Austin before the wedding. I think we did really for everything we got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are people having weddings for under 10k? We had 200 guests, in DC, sit down dinner and open bar (of course) in 2007. My dress was only $150, flowers and photography were probably $5,000 total. I paid for bridesmaid dresses and tuxes and for the girls' hair, so that was a bit expensive. But seriously, just the space rental and the food and drinks were $35,000. Dinner was amazing - like high end restaurant quality food. I wanted to treat my guests to a fabulous party. Total cost was about $50,000. Anyway, if you had a cheaper wedding, please explain in detail!

I would wager that most of them aren't have 200 guests + an open bar. You sound like you are defending your right to a higher-cost wedding? If you feel great about treating your guests to a fab party, wonderful! Fun and joy can be had for less than $10k, and anywhere in between! We all make different choices for different reasons. FWIW, I was astounded at the actual costs of hosting a wedding in a more expensive city. Here, it is much harder to have cheaper weddings, but it is possible. You just forgo certain things, or DIY, or choose a cheaper mid-range option, or have a state-park wedding, or rent a taco trunk for catering (amazing!), or have a super-intimate wedding...you get the picture...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are people having weddings for under 10k? We had 200 guests, in DC, sit down dinner and open bar (of course) in 2007. My dress was only $150, flowers and photography were probably $5,000 total. I paid for bridesmaid dresses and tuxes and for the girls' hair, so that was a bit expensive. But seriously, just the space rental and the food and drinks were $35,000. Dinner was amazing - like high end restaurant quality food. I wanted to treat my guests to a fabulous party. Total cost was about $50,000. Anyway, if you had a cheaper wedding, please explain in detail!

I would wager that most of them aren't have 200 guests + an open bar. You sound like you are defending your right to a higher-cost wedding? If you feel great about treating your guests to a fab party, wonderful! Fun and joy can be had for less than $10k, and anywhere in between! We all make different choices for different reasons. FWIW, I was astounded at the actual costs of hosting a wedding in a more expensive city. Here, it is much harder to have cheaper weddings, but it is possible. You just forgo certain things, or DIY, or choose a cheaper mid-range option, or have a state-park wedding, or rent a taco trunk for catering (amazing!), or have a super-intimate wedding...you get the picture...

Ok thanks. Yeah, not defensive about it, just genuinely curious about what you get for $10k. I guess I just had different "requirements" in mind for mine and I don't think I could have met those any cheaper.