Inspired: how much did your wedding cost?

[scrump]

$5000 for a NYC wedding and paid for it ourselves. We had an immediate family only affair with 8 people, but that figure includes flying people into the city and their hotel costs. We just got married in a small tea salon and had a private dinner afterwards.

 

[Sandcass]

That sounds almost exactly like the wedding I want!! I do not want anything fancy. I don't want all the extended relatives coming. I don't want crowds of people. I want small and casual.

Kimya

I hope you have it then! We loved our wedding day. We actually did have lots of extended relatives. My DH has a huge family, but we only invited the ones we know. I think we had about 125 people. The one thing I did have that was traditional was a cake. I liked the idea of a big 3 layered wedding cake.

Good luck!

 

[olena]

Everything, including clothes and Disneyland honeymoon, cost us nearly $2000.

 

[eyeoreismyhero]

$3500.00 in 1997. 250 Guests at our church with light refreshements afterwards in the fellowship hall. Looking back we should have just got married in Vegas (where we honeymooned) and kept the cash. These fancy production weddings are not our style.

 

[SC Minnie]

About $5000 that in included my dress but excluded the honeymoon. DH paid for that and I have no idea how much it cost.

 

[Disney Doll]

Probably around $10K. My parents paid for most of it, but my in-laws paid for the band and a very lovely rehearsal dinner the night before. My father is the traditional "the bride's father pays for his daughter's wedding" type, so that was a lot of the reason that mine paid for more. My in-laws were quite generous to us in other ways too. We were fortunate to have our parents.

My in-laws are both dead now, and I miss them terribly.

 

[mickeyboat]

Ours was about $7,500, for 75 people, including our honeymoon. DD's parents paid for the rehearsal dinner, a cook-out for out of town guests and a brunch the day after the wedding. We actually had our reception at our local country club, and still only spent that amount.

Denae

 

[MrsPete]

My wedding probably cost 1500-2000 back in 1990.

My grandmother bought my dress, shoes, etc. (dress was $99 on a clearance rack, and it was perfect for me). I couldn't find a veil I liked, so I made one myself -- very simple and inexpensive.
My mother took care of the cake and food at the reception (punch, cake, heavy horderves type thing) and decorations.
I paid for materials for the six bridesmaids' dresses and my mother made them (total cost about $200).
I paid for the invitations and flowers.
I don't remember who paid for the photographer.
No DJ, no alcohol, no limo.

My father-in-law paid for a nice rehearsal dinner at a casual restaurant.
My husband paid the pastor, he paid for our rings, and he made the downpayment on a house (bought the house instead of going on a honeymoon).

If I had it to do again today, I'd do something very similar. Those of us in the South consider this a nice, average wedding -- the great majority of weddings I've attended have been this type of wedding -- we don't traditionally "do" sit-down dinners, nor do we tend to go into debt for wedding celebrations. One of my Northern relatives, however, was crass enough to walk out saying that my wedding was "boring" because we didn't have dancing. Wonder why my sister didn't invite them to her wedding a few years later?

 

[Barb D]

Not much. We had about 150 people there, but just cake, punch, mints and nuts for the reception. DH's mom had the rehearsal dinner at their house. My dress was on clearance, and the bridesmaid's dresses were off the rack from JC Penney. I would say it was about $500 total, 23 years ago. I honestly don't remember who paid what.

 

[puffkin]

My whole wedding cost about $18,000 in 2004.

My parents paid for a large chunk of it. My inlaws contributed a couple thousand.

My husband and I paid for my dress/hair/makeup, gifts for the wedding party and the photographer, so we paid about $3000.

Not included in that total was the rehearsal dinner. My inlaws paid for that and I have no idea what it cost. Also not included is our honeymoon, which DH and I paid for ourselves.

 

[we3disneygo]

back in 1986.....we got married in a country church had a cake and punch reception, my mom paid for my dress 150.00 mark down rack, we paid for everything else, silk flowers, cake 75.00, pictures 250.00, tux rental, sheet music, my aunt bought the mints, my dad took everyone out to a steak house for rehearsal dinner. we had a small wedding which was perfect for us, I have some uncles who came to the reception from working in the fields....yes farmers......we then had a keg of beer and some food at my new in-laws house and the next day went to Holiday Inn, back to work on Tues. !!! celebrating 20 years this year!!!!!

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

In 1990, my mother, stepdad and grandmother paid about $10,000. I had a formal affair with about 300 people. My inlaws paid for the booze, flowers and rehearsal dinner. Not sure how much that was.

DH and I paid for our honeymoon. Since we bought a house, we took a crappy 5 day trip to the Bahamas. If I knew back then what I know now about travel. Oh well live and learn.

I loved my wedding though and wouldn't trade it for anything.

 

[HayGan]

Back in 1998, our wedding cost around $9,000 including the honeymoon to Jamaica (Sandals). We had a beautiful church wedding with the traditional dress ($300) and tuxedos (groom free). Our reception was a sit down dinner for 120 and included cake, open bar for 4 hours and music/dancing (DJ). We paid for everything except my flowers (which my dad paid about $450 for) and the rehersal dinner ($500 paid for by IL's)

We really enjoyed our wedding but we have both said that if we had to do it again we would have just gotten married on the beach in Jamaica and then just had a big picnic when we got back!

 

[DwarfMaster]

Vegas ~ $39.99 + Dress
I paid for that bad boy all by myself

 

[nliedel]

$5000.00. We paid for it ourselves. I made my dress and cooked the food and did the flowers.

 

[mrsltg]

About $35,000 or so. It was the party of my life (at least until my girls get married)!!!

Erin

 

[antmaril]

$2,500 in 1974. My parents paid $2000 and my in-laws paid $500.

This was a sit down dinner for 230 guests with an open bar and a five piece band. My dress and veil cost $325, which I paid for myself.

 

[huckster]

we paid and it was just around 2500. course that was way before in house pc and big screen tv's well you get the picture

 

[mainewmn]

My wedding cost $8000. My parents paid most of it we kicked in a couple thousands, in-laws paid for the limos, pictures and helped with the honeymoon. I liked my wedding but I so wished we would have eloped instead like we originally wanted to.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

I have no idea. My parents paid for everything. It was 19 years ago. My memory must be getting bad.

Lori