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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Very few weddings are $250k, even in UMC DMV circles. I don’t believe you.[/quote]

I assure you that you are wrong. Since last September I attended (or know bride or groom’s family for) four. My DD is in two in the next year. Many, many weddings in the DMV are $250k or more.  Ask any local wedding planner, or stop by any of the local country clubs or luxury hotels.[/quote]

The average wedding cost in Bethesda is around $50k.  Potomac trends higher at $80k for 200 guests…add in flowers, entertainment et al and let’s say you get to $125k.

It’s safe to say that some weddings cost $250k…but many, many is probably hyperbole.[/quote]

No way those #s are accurate post COVID. I was getting quoted $40K for a restaurant buyout wedding for 40-60 people in DC and that excluded extras like flowers.

Zero chance you can do 200 guests for $125K in this area unless you’re doing it over an hour outside of the metro area and not on a Sat night.[/quote]

[u]Median[/u] traditional Hindu Indian wedding is DMV runs from 200K- 350K.  I have gone to one wedding that cost upwards of a million dollars in DMV.  But, mostly it is between 200-300K.  Mainly the cost is because there are  - several pre-wedding events before the wedding.  These pre-wedding events are usually bigger than regular American weddings, even with smaller guest count (ours was very small. Just 250 guests).   Open bar, top shelf booze,  flowers, cakes, traditional sweets, extensive menu, gifts for relatives,   bridesmaids and groomsmen clothes, cocktail hour, several lunches, several breakfasts, several teas, at least 3-4 dinners, top DJ for every event, baraat, dholki, henna, pundit, videographers, photographers, drone photography, different decorations for different events, gifts, rooms at the hotels).  It is akin to 3-4 big weddings.

And there are still many families that will spend huge amounts on  24K or 22K gold jewellery, as a way of wealth transfer to the newlyweds.   I am not even counting that because I think this is an asset for life that is given to the newly weds.  Indian women in India have 11% of the overall gold in the world as personal jewelry.  This is generational wealth that gets passed on.  Then, there are tons of people who try and make it smaller, but even those pared down Indian weddings cost a lot.

[url]https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/09/13/how-indian-weddings-in-america-became-so-amazing-and-so-pricey/[/url][/quote]

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