NJ Brides

Any other NJ gals out there?

I was originally planning a traditional wedding with 125 guests. We were going to go to The Merion in Cinnaminson. The cost for the Saturday wedding reception would have been $21,000 and a Friday would have been $19,000...how ridiculous. We have sonce decided to go to Riviera Maya Mexico. We will go for 7 days pay for our mom's and our wedding and still pay less then $10,000!!!!! It's outrageous the cost for 1 night in Jersey compared to 7 nights in paradise!!

I thought it was possible didnt beleive all my recent bridezilla friends who managed to do it so i started putting numbers together and almost passed out.. NJ is a corrupt state everything is so overpriced here especially weddings... So it was a no brainer off to Cancun!! It didnt help that the list just kept growing and growing if we had a wedding here..

I am from Jersey City but currently reside in good ol' Hoboken...

Any ladies from around my way??

I was going to start a new thread about this but did a quick search an found this one. So I'm hoping to resurrect this thread...

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Originally Posted by JennyK What made you have a destination wedding? Did you look into weddings here and if so, where? I've noticed theres a lot of us NJians on here and its probably bc we're the only smart ones to go away and not have to spend $60K+ on a decent wedding.     So lets get to know each other! I'm Jenny and I live in Monmouth County.. Freehold

I've noticed in a lot of other threads there are quite a few of us NJ brides. Maybe we can organize a get together like some of the other areas. I'm the only one of my friends and family to attempt a DW and this site has kept my sanity. I am now fully addicted and can't get enough. Looking forward to hearing from some other local ladies.

Hi Tracy! (That's my sister's name, LOL)...

I was born in Rahway, grew up in Elizabeth and then moved to the sticks of Hunterdon County for high school. Now I live in Lyndhurst, but work in NY...

I'm getting married at Dreams Punta Cana in about 8 weeks! This site has been so helpful (and stressful). We chose a DW after attending a friends DW. It was so simple and easy...no fuss, no arguing...you just show up and POOF! it's your wedding!!

After finding this board and seeing how so many girls buy and plan everything I got super nervous. I thought there was NO WAY I was going to be able to do all of this in such a short amount of time. Then I realized that I don't have to do what they do!! I can just show up and POOF! have my wedding LOL...it's my choice to do it that way! While I would LOVE for it to be as gorgeous and perfect as some of these girls are planning, I know that I don't have the time to put into it to make it that way. So I'm having a fabulous photographer fly in to get tons of photos of our family having a great time and not worrying about what fabric my tablecloths will look best in. I figured the WC at the AI is a professional and will make my DW gorgeous...

I did have a NJ wedding though. I needed my dying grandfather to be at my wedding, so we did our legal ceremony the end of January in his living room. He passed away March 11 and called me in the room one last time to tell me how special it was for him and what an honor it was to be able to be a part of it. So I think I had the best of both worlds...an impromptu NJ wedding (put together in under 24 hours--complete with a judges order for a marriage license) AND a fun, fabulous DW ceremony...

WOOHOOO!!!

There are a lot of NJ girls planning right now, so a meet up would be super fun!!

I live in Hopewell Township. We never even looked at a venue in NJ. The prices are ridiculous in NJ and I've seen ALL my friends do it and had no interest. I wanted to elope, but my mom had a fit about it so this was the best of both worlds!