How much was your wedding?

martinbuckley

Whatever the cost of a Registry Office wedding was in 1998.

lincroft1710

Whatever the cost of a Registry Office wedding was in 1988

Don't know about the 1977 wedding, wasn't involved in the arrangements

Tiglath

Ours was really cheap back in 2000. My dress was £300; DH spent maybe £100 on his outfit. Whatever it cost for the registry office bit. Reception at our house - £150ish on buffet food, and his Dad and stepmum gave us £500 of booze. That was it really - cheap and cheerful, and enormous fun for 50-60 guests. Didn't borrow anything - we had a week in Greece as our honeymoon which we'd saved up for.

sulphate

Ours cost 16k in 2013.
Yes both sets of parents contributed, I can't remember the exact amounts.
We didn't borrow anything.

thorsoak

Married in 1963 - my wedding dress (from what is now John Lewis) 8 guineas. Husband's made-to-measure, hand cut suit from a tailor in the East End £12.00 (with an extra pair of trousers), bridesmaids' dresses 3 guineas each from John Lewis, reception at a (very posh) local hotel (paid for by my parents) 40 people at 19s 6d per head, OH's parents paid for cake, champagne and wine with the meal. I had a "going away" outfit which cost 5 guineas, and our honeymoon was one week on the Norfolk Broads, costing about £20, I seem to remember.

olgadapolga

How much was yours? Under 2k but we only had about 30 guests (people who were important to us, not all of those relatives-that-you-never-ever-ever-see). I think that the photographer was the most expensive item, around £500. All of the wedding outfits came in at under £150, that included a silk wedding dress, three bridesmaids and two pageboys outfits (all handmade by myself and my sister) plus the groom's suit and accessories/shoes.

Did your families contribute anything? No. They didn't offer and we didn't ask them to. We were getting married for us therefore felt that, as independent adults, it was down to us to foot the bill.

Did you borrow any? No. But we had no spare money for about six months

meer53

1984 wedding, cant remember how much but definitely less than £1000 in total. Registry office followed by meal for us and 2 witnesses then party the week after for friends family etc. Hired local community centre and had caterers do a buffet. Paid extra for a DJ. No honeymoon as we'd just bought our house so no spare money. Didn't borrow anything, didn't tell anyone we were getting married so didn't ask parents to contribute. We didn't feel the need to spend huge amounts of money, it was our wedding, we did what we could with the money we had spare. It was brilliant. I'm really sad for the people who borrow for a wedding and spend ridiculous amounts of money, thats not what it's about but seems to be the norm these days.

Ames

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

£39 in 1994.

£300k in 2016.

Is that a typo?

seven-day-weekend

Hardly anything. I got married in 1971 in a Registry Office, had no bridesmaids, wore a dress I'd already got, my husband also wore a suit he already had, my mum made bouquets out of the garden, the reception was provided by one (much older) sister and the cake by the other. The most expensive things were the rings, which we bought from Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, and the special licence because we wanted to get married quickly (no, I wasn't pregnant).

To this day I still think expensive weddings are an utter waste of money, but each to their own.

Me and the man I married in that little cheap wedding in 1971 are still married after all these years

skint_chick

About £2,500 for 22 people and then £2,000 for our honeymoon. My mum bought my dress and the bridesmaid's, my dad paid for the dinner and a free bar, and gave us £1,000. His parents gave us £1,000 so we ended up only spending about £1,000 of our own money on the wedding and covering our holiday spending money. We enjoyed doing a lot of things ourselves like making the favours and table decorations. We had all the money saved to pay for it ourselves, so we started off married life with extra savings we weren't expecting because both sets of parents offered us money.

We invited close friends and immediate family and everyone had a great time - and still comment on how much they enjoyed the relaxed day and setting.