How much would you spend/did you spend on your wedding?

dw85

sammylou100 wrote: »

£5k is a lot of money!

Spending 5 times that much is frankly bloody insanity, in my humble opinion! :eek:

Im not the only one who thinks this then?

stir_crazy

We're about 12K for the wedding for 80 day guests and about 140 in total in the evening, and around 2K for the honeymoon. We're in budget really, my mum and dad bought my dress and MIL2B baked our cake so that meant we could put money into other things.

ETA: my cousin got married in the same venue as we are and they had a lot of help. The groom's speech and FoB speech was basically just a long thank you to the groom's dad for helping them financially for the wedding. At least we've done the bulk of it without help, so I'm proud of that. And on my hen do my cousin calmly told me that her flower girl's dresses should have been £275 each (3 flower girls), but because she bought 4 BM dresses from the shop she got them free. So I dread to think what she spent on everything else.

turbokez

I got married 2 years ago, and as my wife hated the idea of a big wedding, we were hitched at the local registry office, with 2 of our best friends as witnesses.

We spent £600 on the rings, dress etc. plus the cost of the registration, which I think was around £75 (I may be wrong), and invited all family and friends to the local pub in the afternoon. Honeymoon was a week in the Dales, which cost a few hundred pounds.

Total cost: <£1000, and we had a fantastic day! Obviously not everyone's cup of tea, but it can be done.

74jax

I'm just wondering about this one, do any of your friends/family know how much your weddings are? I can't imagine ever finding out how much someone spent on a wedding (other than on here:rotfl:).

Looking back a past weddings I wouldn't have a clue.

wannabemrs

We are aiming for around £6,000, no way I would spend £50K on one day!!!

lkmc01

I wouldn't spend the cost of getting my passport name changed on getting married, been together 10.5 years, its simply not worth it :beer: (We are a happy 3 person family earning a household income of 19k a year)

lazer

sammylou100 wrote: »

I cannot tell you the word that sprang to mind when I read '£50k' because it was a bad one!

The average cost of a UK wedding is apparently £20k & it would KILL me to spend that, but then I suppose if someone has parents who can pay for the whole thing it's a little different, it's a lot easier to spend other people's money isn't it!

My wedding is currently coming in at just under £10k, we are paying for about two thirds of that & have been very lucky that our parents have offered us some towards the day, we could have saved a bit extra here & there, but this is with having everything we want involved. We decided to have our wedding on a Monday which has saved us about £5k & I fretted about that initially because I thought people wouldn't come, but £5k is a lot of money!

Spending 5 times that much is frankly bloody insanity, in my humble opinion! :eek:

I think its up to each couple what they spend - if the couple have £50k and want to spend it, then thats their decision, they could be making £150k a year - so its only 1/3rd of their wages, the same as someone spending £3k, if they are earning £30k.

I don't see the fascination with how much people spend on weddings, as long as they have a day that makes them happy - why does it matter.

Someone could be happy with a £3k wedding, someone else might not be.

As for it being easier to spend other peoples money, not necessariliy true either as if you have other people paying then it gives them a say over your wedding.

For the record, ours is costing around £15k (excluding the Honeymoon). (However - we live in NI, and weddings generally seem to be more expensive here, with catering/hotel costs of £50pp being the norm). £9 - £10k of our cost is on the meal and drinks.
Personally I wouldn't be happy with a £3k wedding as there is no way we could have all the guests we want for that amount - and to me that is the important thing, that we are celebrating our marriage with are friends and family present.

Idiophreak

dw85 wrote: »

£50k????:eek:
Dear lord, if I had that much there's no way I'd waste it on a wedding!

neneromanova wrote: »

They must obviously be trying to compensate for something!

People would do well to remember that you're supposed to be nice to all moneysavers, even those who spend a lot of money on their weddings.

I'm not going to discuss how much I spent while the MSE snobs are out in force.

sterl1ng

:rotfl:@ some of your replies! My sentiments exactly!!

I could no way part with such money and tbh I a simple registry office is my pref with a buffet at a bar for friends n family or just imeediate family dinner at nice restaurant but not overly fancy, just comfy (maybe I could use the 241 vouchers! lol sorry but I couldn't help meself)

My parents were discussing it at the wedding and told me on how my uncle was bragging on teh spends they made on their youngest daughters wedding. Mind you, they had a huge guestlist, around 700!!!! The venue was amazing but really it was ott for my liking. My uncle and auntie can be extravagant and I suppose can afford to spend so much on the wedding but as my dad said 'they're just showing off!'

:rotfl:

dw85

Idiophreak wrote: »

People would do well to remember that you're supposed to be nice to all moneysavers, even those who spend a lot of money on their weddings.

I'm not going to discuss how much I spent while the MSE snobs are out in force.

May I point out whilst you are implying that myself and another Moneysaver are being "snobs" which in itself isn't very nice (hypocracy?), the OP was asking if £50k was standard for a wedding, which according to most places, reckon £20k is average.
The OP themselves thought this was extravagant (but still enjoyed it )
MY OWN OPINION of this was that it was a lot of money and TO ME would be a waste ( n frankly TBH not very money saving if it's costing that much for one day! Again, my own opinion).

So thank you for being rude, my original reply was not meant in a nasty way, though you have obviously taken it upon yourself to interpret it so.