Who pays for the wedding?

[DJ Disney Kid]

Do most couples pay for their own Disney wedding or do the parents?

 

[Bride-to-be]

Traditionally the brides parents pay for the wedding. The grooms parents pay for the rehersal dinner, the flowers and the honeymoon.

Today I think its very different and I think there are a lot of disney couples who have to pay by themselves.

DFs parents refuse to be present at our wedding. So I think its going to be a combination of me and my dad paying for all of ours, hopefully more my dad but it depends on how the economy is in the fall.

 

[JandJ]

Traditionally the bride's parents pay for the wedding, but now-a-days that's not always the case. If the bride and groom are working and live on their own, more often than not they are expected to at least contribute to the cost of the wedding if not pay for the whole thing. If the parents are very old fashioned or the bride still lives at home, though, they will likely pay for all or most of the wedding. My parents wanted to contribute but DH and I are over 30 and have lived on our own for a long time; we just didn't feel right asking my parents to pay for the wedding. My mom did pay for 1/2 the cost of my wedding gown and my daddy was very generous in our wedding gift. DH's parents paid for the rehearsal dinner and the hairdresser on the wedding day.

 

[Skylarr29]

We didn't have any help. Neither of our parents could afford to. I am sure my mother would have loved to help if she could have but it just wasn't possible.

 

[OceanGdss]

we paid for ours his parents paid for the rehearsal dessert party, but thats the only thing that wasnt out of our pockets, even our honeymoon was on our own dime.

 

[Keira1387]

My wonderful parents paid for everything except for the RD.

 

[themagicofdisney]

My parents and DF's parents are splitting the total cost of our estimated budget. If it goes over we are paying the difference, we are also paying for our honeymoon. And when I say paying I mean...credit!

 

[BlovesC]

Even if my father and DBF's parents were well off, I'm not sure we'd be very comfortable with them paying since we're both pushing 30. We'll be paying for our wedding from our own pockets.

 

[PrincessShea]

We are paying for everything ourselves.

 

[MegKate]

My parents are paying because they wanted the wedding - I would have been comfortable wearing my Patriots jersey in my backyard getting married! LOL

 

[dakcp2001]

We will be paying for our own.

We are both 30, so it would be weird to take money from our parents. I don't think our parents have it to give anyway. What we are struggling with is how much "debt" we consider reasonable for the wedding. We are planning to save up some in cash, put some on credit and how much total we will spend is going to depend on how far out we want to set the date. So the sooner we have the wedding, the smaller the budget.

 

[KStarfish82]

We are basically paying for everything ourselves. My mom is buying my dress and the flowers, and little things here and there.

DF's parents have not offered and I don't want anything from them

 

[IrishLily]

My parents are paying for everything, but within a pre-arranged budget. DF's parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner, half the cost of flowers, and the pastor. DF and I are paying for anything that goes beyond the budget as well as the honeymoon.

 

[Ember]

We paid for our own wedding. My mum paid for my dress and our MK photoshoot as a gift, the rest we covered.

I think it's lovely that some parents want to and are able to help out, but I don't think such help should be expected (or demanded). No on here, but in real life, I've known a few couples with a sense of entitlement that could mow down a decent sized city.

 

[orangetiggs]

we paid for everything ourselves as well

 

[gemmybear83]

Were paying for it ourselves too - I didnt want either parents paying for the wedding, we own our house and have been financially independent from our parents for a long time. Saying all of this both sets of parents want to help out and wouldnt take a no for an answer!

 

[CharacterFan]

My dad is paying for everything at the moment. DFi's parents aren't happy that the wedding is in Orlando, so no idea if they'll even pay for the rehersal dinner. My dad is paying for our room for the honeymoon, but DFi will pay for food and suvie's during our honeymoon.

The funny thing is. My dad doesn't save, he thinks that you're going to die, why save the money (he does have a 401k, though) and has decided to pay for a Wishes wedding. Where as DFi's parents save a lot, and thinks we're spending too much on the wedding.

 

[HopefulDisneyBride]

I am paying for about half of it. My parents are paying the remaining half. My fiance and I are both paying for the honeymoon ourselves, and his parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner and our hotel room.

 

[Chilly]

We are paying for most or ours, my Mum, Dad and Step-Dad are contributing some money, and DFs parents are contributing to our at home party.

 

[disbridemimi]

We will be paying for our own!