Comments on: How much did you pay for your wedding?

By: CiNdYLou

CiNdYLou — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:15:56 +0000

my daughter spent a small fortune, there are lots of ways to cut corners, dj instead of a band, decorate your own car instead of a limo, buffet style meal instead of sitdown dinner, cash bar instead of open bar, a lot of flowers are prettier and cheaper than roses, have your cake made by someone you know, it will be cheaper and probably taste better than a professional will do it, have a friend with a good camera be your photographer, video tape it yourself with a tripod, dont get extravagant with champagne fountains and ice sculptures etc, have your friends help you decorate your church the night before, it wont take long and costs a lot less than a florist doing it, have your rehearsal dinner at a local pizza joint or something cheaper like that, buffet style, not a fancy sit down place………..there are lots of ways to cut corners so you dont start married life in debt up to your eyeballs………good luck and congratulations
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By: Aidily

Aidily — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:23:46 +0000

My wedding cost around £3000. My mum gave us £1000 as a present as we were planning on doing it in secret then having a party at a later date, but she didn't want to miss out, so she helped out with the cost!
My brother took the photos and my uncle filmed it, that saved us a fortune!!!!
Don't go to specialist wedding shops for stuff like invitations etc, as they charge over the odds. We were fortunate enough to find a stall in the local market that does most of the organising for you.
They supplied all the flowers, tiara's, decorations for hall (they decorated it for us as well), the cars and the cake, and it saved us an absolute fortune!!
Shop around and ask family to help!
Good luck!!!
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By: crofty

crofty — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:12:31 +0000

About £2000.
We bought our wine etc abroad, which the hotel we hired were ok about, get married in an off peak season, many places are crying out for business in their quiet periods, so you can normally haggle for a good deal. Make your own table decs, buttonholes etc. I got loads of artificial flowers and made not a bad job of them, print your own invites.
Have a fantastic day, and enjoy your life together!
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my own wedding

By: HELENe

HELENe — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:25:10 +0000

about 3 grand, we got married in gretna, and only invited people that really mattered. U could try a mid week wedding as you can get things cheaper, buy stuff on internet.
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By: gillie

gillie — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:54:16 +0000

I recently read in a bridal magazine that the average cost was £20,000! bit too much for a day out methinks! Check out ebay for some ideas, there are often wedding dresses for a fraction of the cost and the craft section will give you some ideas on how to do your own placecards, invitations etc. You could do your own invitations on the pc and bridesmaids dresses could come from the high street and be used again. Get people involved, there is always someone with a hidden talent such as hairdressing, sewing, cake making etc. People are usually very happy to help out too.
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By: Gayle P

Gayle P — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:03:36 +0000

Find yourself your dress in either a charity shop or hire one. Do your own invites on the computer. Has for the do afterwards. See if there is a pub near you and if there have a room big enough for you to use and see if there do a buffet. My 2 piece outfit cost me about £90 pounds the rings cost £70 pounds each. Where i had my do the room and the buffet together cost £400 pounds. Hope it helps.
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By: linsy

linsy — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:18:12 +0000

we did our whole wedding for under £2500

my advice would be to look around for ideas! Also we did alot of our wedding ourselves and ebay.
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getting married on 7th december 2007

By: two_little_dicky_birds

two_little_dicky_birds — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:07:49 +0000

my wedding is costing about £11k, make sure you get your dress of http://www.houseofbrides.com, try it on in a bridal shop then see if its on this site, will save you a fortune and they deliver to the UK
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By: nikki p

nikki p — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:27:00 +0000

I GOT MARRIED ON SAT JUST GONE IT COST US 2500 WHICH IS GOOD GOT MY WEDDING DRESS FROM CHINA, ALSO MY DRESS ONLY COST 14.99 MADE TO MY SIZE, THATS ARE HONEYMOON ASWEL.LET ME NO HOW YOU WANNA DO IT ILL HELP
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By: navywife_2001

navywife_2001 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:00:06 +0000

My wedding cost less then $700.00. That included a round trip ticket from Arizona for my mom ($150.00). Marriage license $30.00. Went on the net and found some wedding invitations. Copied and pasted what I liked onto my computer. Then I went to KINKOS and got some really pretty paper with matching envelopes and printed up my own invitations for $15.00. New gold wedding bands $150.00. I got a suit from J.C. Penney and had it altered all for $65.00. New black pants, socks, belt, and collarless white shirt- $75.00 (for my husband) that were all on sale. Hair-$17.00 including tip. I had the jewelry. Shoes from Payless $10.00. Food, Decorations, Tables, Chairs (rented), Party Favors-$95.00. Renting the Gazebo, and Pavallion $10.00 at the local park. Flowers, Boutineers for the family, Head piece $65.00 (silk flowers). Photographer $50.00 including prints and negatives. (went to the local college and hired a photography student for two hours). We didn't have any bridesmaids or groomsman. But IF we ever have a recommitment ceremony (were strongly inclined to do this again).. we will probably do it on the trip were planning for ourselves. Good luck to you.
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Myself.