Whats the most expensive and cheapest weddings you have been to and which was best?

skintchick

Ooh this is an old thread!

Anyway.

Cheapest wedding I've been to. Well, I've been to two cheap ones. One was at their local church then at a community hall with fish and chips for the food and it was fab. The other was in my church with fish and chips for the food and it was rubbish (too much hanging around, weird speeches, no-one knew what was going on, bride and groom left early).

Most expensive cost 24k and was at a country house. Was a bit rubbish cos again lots of hanging around, food was low quality, and there were at leat two other brides around the grounds. however, I got together with my OH there so it wasn't all bad

Best wedding ever was of course mine! 17k, local church followed by riverside reception at local country club with a magician and live band for entertainment... all our guests said they loved it and had a brilliant time so seems to have been money well spent, which was the intention. I made sure there was no hanging around for guests (to the detriment of the pictures in fact but then how many piccies do you really need?) and it was a lovely day.

It's not about money, it's about the people and having a good time. People on here tend ot be quite inversely snobby, thinking anything expensive is awful and only cheap things are good, but that's just as bad as straightforward snobbery.

bride_on_a_budget

being a wedding planner i deal with cheap and expensive weddings.

i find that the couples having the cheaper weddings enjoy themselves more and are not too worried if somethng goes wrong,( not that it does )

where as the expensive wedding couple want everything perfect and worry through out the day at what their guests would think.


i think a wedding can be what ever you want it to be.
and can be as cheap or expensive as you want.

my advice is just enjoy the day

Glamazon

Only been to 2 weddings and both were very lavish and expensive

At one the bar bill alone (free bar) was....................£23,000 :eek:

Was a fantastic evening at both though

My own wedding (when we get round to it :rolleyes:) will be a very cheap do!

negg

The most expensive wedding I went to was my cousins. Nobody at the reception commented on "how nice she looked" or "what nice weather they had" - everyone was complaining about the price of the drinks at the venue. And to this day that's all people can remember from the wedding.

Most people went home early or went to pubs because they hadn't brought enough money.

Best wedding I went to was more on a budget but they picked really nice venues, but nothing too flash.

banannaorange

I think it all depends on whos wedding it is. If its a very close friend or family member you will love the wedding bacause o fthe people there..

the worst wedding .. cousin got married in crewe hall, it cost a forture. her dad paid for the whole wedding and it costs over £20,000. it did look beautiful but it was a bit too posh really, I felt like I was sitting with the queen!

I have another worth one... My sisters friend got married 5 yeear ago (they are now seperated). it cost over £30,000. Very very posh. But the timings were all over the place. We waited untill 10.30pm for the forst dance which ment that no body else could dance so it was really borning with people just standing around all night. We had to wait because the brides dad had to go home to get the brides suitcase for the honeymoon which he forget to bring the night before. The bride didnt want to have the first dance without her dad watching (fair enough). But I would have thought that someone else could have gone back to get the suitcase. It was very sad that noone could dance and it al looked so boring!

Felicity

Our wedding, including honeymoon cost about £21k.

I loved planning it but had serious doubts before the day wondering if it was wasted money and would I regret it at a later date.

7 years on, I wouldnt have changed a thing. We had the most amazing day, probably the most enjoyable day of my life. We now have the most fantastic memories and photos.

It is the people that make the day though, not the amount of money spent. My MIL came into our hotel room the morning after the wedding to tell me it was the happiest wedding she had ever been to. She could 'feel the love in the room!'.

We did the formal thing and had a line up where both hubby and my folks got to meet all our friends, some they hadn't met before and they were so pleased.

It was a fantastic day but it wasnt the money that made it so, it was the people and the prep that i had done to ensure everybodys needs were catered for.

lolababy

How about asking guests to bring a tray of food thats picked from a list and a bottle. You could do this instead of asking for wedding presents. Hire a village hall. Make your own flower arrangements. Ask for wedding things on freecycle. Use ebay for dress suits ect.
Buy your cake from Marksn Spencer.
Buy napkins glasses from pound land. Our poundland have wedding invitations . Cover the chairs in white sheets with ribbon.Ask the local paper to take wedding photographs. You could ask local florists cake makers for discount if the paper mentions their products.
Brew your own booze . Have a table for childrens food. Ask at the local college for trainee nursery nurses who need experience with children. Saves the kids getting bored and gives parents a rest..

dee342

HELP HELP HELP!!!! I have been engaged for two years now and would have been married a lot sooner (partner had a car accident and was in hospital for about10 months) and we have decided it is time to celebrate and get married. Sadly we do not have much money but I would be grateful if anyone could give me cheap wedding venue ideas in Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire or around that area. I need disabled access as my partner is now in a wheelchair!

Sorry I know this is the wrong place to post but I've been looking for wages and can't find anywhere to add new thread!!!

Thanks xx

rocketdog_2

The best wedding I've ever been to was my own!!!! 2 years later it is still the talk of the family, friends and work collegues as being fab!!! It took 2 and half years to plan and it was perfect.

It wasn't MSE at all so I daren't tell you lot the cost!! :rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

Most Expensive - one that was in the chapel at the bride's parent's manor house and all there was to drink was gallons of champagne. The couple are now divorced after about ten years.

Cheapest - my own, wore dress I already had, mum made bouquets from Michaelmas daisies from the garden, registry office with seven guests, older sister provided reception at her house.

We're still happily married and enjoying each other after 38 years.

We didn't actually care about the wedding all that much, other than we wanted to be legally hsuband and wife, so were not interested in spending money on it that could have gone on something for our home together.