Budget

[krazyk]

10k is also our budget..hopefully we don't go over that!

[coppergoddess13]

I'm jealous of you ladies with higher budgets- my FI would flip if we went over $7K on ours I think we are staying under that pretty well). We are not including our attire in the cost, mainly b/c we have already paid for it all and my parents bought my dress, but I am including the cost on here, just to help other brides.

Bridal attire- will be under $500 for everything
Grooms attire- $200
Ceremony and reception- $2300
Cocktail hour- $560
Photographer- $1495 for 2 photogs for 5 hours, plus a TTD session
Airfare and room for 7 nights- $2500
OOT bags- $150
Invites- less than $50 (DIY)

Hopefully nothing else crops up- we are pretty good on our budget right now!

[SBlake]

So far our budget is....

Band: $2900
Photographer: $4200 for 3days
Dress:$1500 with alterations
Travel:$5600 for two weeks in January!
Grooms Attire:$350
Rings:$1800
Invites:$550 for 150
Save the datesIY $250
Everything else is still tbd but the ceremony and reception are sooooo cheap in comparison to U.S wedding that all the other stuff seems to be worth it. Plus, it depends on how many people come. Without travel our estimated budget with 75 people comes out to around $20,000ish with plenty of places to cut costs if needed.

[Kla.Kari]

OMG! After seeing all of your posts about budgets, and looking at what we may be spending on a DW... I am starting to think we are in over our heads.

Our initial budget was about 10k, but it looks like the AHR alone will be half of that!

Maybe we should just elope. (I am kidding... just frustrated right now).

[GracieBebe]

We initially set our budget for $16K, but we already blew that out of the water so here's our new expected budget for 28 adults (including ourselves) and 3 children (ages 1, 5, and 7).

Accommodations for a week for everyone - $14,000
Welcome dinner 1st night - included in accommodations
Breakfast every morning for all guests - included in accommodations
Dress/Tux - $2000 (including alterations)
Wedding & Reception (chapel, cake, & bouquet/boutenniere incl.) - $6000
Fireworks show - $2400
Musicians - $800
Photographer - $2500
Pastor/Officiant - $650
Hair/Makeup (Bride & MOH) - $500
Airfare (U.S to France, London, Amsterdam and back)- $3500
Rings - $3000
Invites & STD's - $300
Wedding Favors/OOT gifts - $200
Transportation (Train, Taxi, Car, etc) - $500
Honeymoon accommodations - $1500

Total = Just under $38K for everything (haven't thought about AHR but will do backyard bbq)

Am I forgetting anything??

[Leia78]

In the begining, I was really good about keeping a spreadsheet of all the items I purchased for the wedding. Needless to say, I got lazy and never kept up with it. So I'm sure I spent way more....but here is the acounting of the big stuff. Here's the damage:

Maye Cortinas (bus rental for Pub Crawl, vases, flower arrangemnts for ceremony, sparklers, Trio, Screen/projector, DJ Ricardo, Fun & Motivation rentals, firedancers, etc.) : $4,843.30
Photographer (Juan Carlos Tapia) : $5200
Videographer (Sam Perches) : $1800
AA Flowers : $780.00
Dreams bill (Welcome dinner/ceremony/reception for 87 adults) : $6090

Total: $18,713.30

[Soon2beWed09]

Wow I'm so jealous of some of u budgets make my little $6K look like chopped liver ..lol

Just kidding but I have to live after we come back....I would love to have a big wedding just couldnt afford it thats why we choose to do it this way instead of paying $15k or more.
We are also traveling with 3 kids...

[lil_miss_frogg]

Wow.....you guys are princesses. Our budget is really low compaired. Here's what I got so far:

Invites/STD: $200.00
Dress: $300.00 (no alterations yet)
Groom Attire: $60.00
Travel: $2000.00 (including honeymoon)
Photographer: Free (Friend of the family - but a professional)
Destination Reception: $300.00
OOT Bags: $350 for 20
At Home Reception: $500.00 (BBQ style)
DJ for AHR: $300.00 (Got a deal, we are friends with a local radio station DJ)

Total: $4010.00

Man I feel so cheap now!

[Christinamaria22]

Originally Posted by lil_miss_frogg

Wow.....you guys are princesses. Our budget is really low compaired. Here's what I got so far:

Invites/STD: $200.00
Dress: $300.00 (no alterations yet)
Groom Attire: $60.00
Travel: $2000.00 (including honeymoon)
Photographer: Free (Friend of the family - but a professional)
Destination Reception: $300.00
OOT Bags: $350 for 20
At Home Reception: $500.00 (BBQ style)
DJ for AHR: $300.00 (Got a deal, we are friends with a local radio station DJ)

Total: $4010.00

Man I feel so cheap now!

You go girl! dont feel cheap if you are happy with it!!!!

[ErikDaGenErik]

ahhh this is the unavoidable! my FI and I have been doing a good job putting our expenses in excel. here's what we've got so far:

- roundtrip airfare from San Francisco to Cancun for 11 people (me, FI, my parents, and his parents, sister, hubby and 3 kids): $3,960
- roundtrip airfare from TX to Cancun for my sister, hubby, and my niece: $1,432
- me and FI's 1 week stay at Moon Palace Cancun and also deposit for our group rate: $2,600
- personalized monograms: $30
- photography (7 hours) and TTD in Cenote and beach in Riviera Maya: $7,500
- engagement photography: $500
- bodouir photography: $900
- my Rivini couture wedding gown: $6,000
- my Vera Wang veils - $550
- my TTD dress: $700
- my dress rehearsal dress custom designed by Monique Lhuillier: $2,300
- flower girl's dress: $120
- STD cards and evelopes: $130
- wedding website: $60 for a year
- FI's tux: FREE (promo special with purchase of my gown)

TOTAL SPENT SO FAR: $26,782

what i haven't included: alterations, postage for cards, invitations, wedding program fees at the resort, honeymoon (Tahiti and Bora Bora).

how are we getting by? both of our parents gave us $20,000 to help pay for the wedding. we've already exhausted the $20,000 so the rest of the cost we'll have to pay for ourselves.

i still think this is way cheaper than if we were to do our wedding at home. our choice was the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay for a cliffside wedding. that would have made our wedding total close to $100,000 with all the details we want. we wouldn't have settled less for a wedding location at home. it was either the ritz or a mansion/chateu in napa valley.

having a DW will allow me to have all the details without paying the price i would pay here. PLUS we'll get to have a 1-week vacation with our loved ones while at it!

memories are priceless =)