Wedding Cost

I want to have a normal semi small wedding in a church, then a small reception. Id say MAX of like 60 people. how would I figure what the average cost would be?

If a true "Average" were made of all the weddings conducted in a given year, it would be a great deal less than what is published in wedding-industry statistics, since the majority of real-life weddings are just such modest affairs as you are describing, without any of the over-the-top bells and whistles that veneer the fancier affairs that attract so much attention. Those ordinary people, who marry wearing a nice dress from an ordinary shop and have a simple gathering of friends and family afterward don’t get factored into the statistics.

So: couturier dress or off-the-rack? Your decision whether this will cost you $50 (sweet little dress from JC Penny) or $800 (off-the-rack white wedding dress that will look perfectly fine to everyone) or $10,000 (top-of-the-line designer dress for your "one special day" that you will "fall in love with" and not a soul will really care about but you).

Fancy boutique venue or your own home church or family home or garden? Your decision whether this will cost you nothing (your home) or $100 (member-use fee in a typical church) or $1000 (site rental for privately-operated event venue).

Catered formal dinner or simple refreshments? Think at least $50 per plate for a sit-down-dinner so a total $3000 for 60 guests and double that for an open host bar; or $700 for hors d’ouvres and non-alcoholic drinks; or $200 for incidentals if you serve tea, coffee, punch and potluck.

Dancing? — that’s an option, not a necessity. But you’ll need a venue with a dance floor and a band or DJ, so add a couple thousand more unless you’re thinking in terms of English country dancing in the garden to the accompaniment of your iPod and some speakers (or friends with lutes and harps and fiddles).

Oh: and invitations. You can hand-write them on your good social stationery for about $150, or have them professionally printed for about $400, or laser-print them yourself for about $20, or email them for free.

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Now as to what would be most gracious, oddly enough it isn’t the choice that costs the most money: most of those affairs are grandiose and ostentatious, and often more money is spent on bad taste than good hospitality.

Best choice for old-world graciousness would be:
hand-written invitations on good stationery ($150)
to a wedding in your own home church and reception there or at your home ($100)
with hors d’ouvres, tea and punch ($700)
and musicians playing in the garden for a couple of hours($800)
with you wearing a good-quality afternoon dress ($200)
and your groom in his own best daytime suit ($1000)
and you’ll want a simple bouquet and a couple boutonnières and some corsages ($200)

maybe for 50-100 guest, not a Church wedding but a Beach wedding. Are Beach weddings popular now (there)?

Hi..I am getting married on Valentines day and having a beach wedding in the Philippines.

They are popular with foreigners here but not so much Filipinos I have found which normally have a church wedding.

It is a great place to have a beach wedding though! I am having an intimate one with around 40 guests on a beach resort on the island Puerto Gallera..all together including every little thing… I mean my wedding dress, shoes, veil (which I designed and had made) and beauty stuff (hair, nails,spray tan, makeup,etc)….my grooms clothing etc….and with mostly seafood at the wedding meal it is costing us around 4,000.00 Australian dollars..(and that includes the six nights at the resort!) We planned it all ourselves but for less hassle free services most of the hotels and resorts on the beach will have a wedding package already which includes everything.

One of these is the Shangrila at Cebu, they have a wedding package for 3,000.00 us dollars which includes everything and you can also fly directly into cebu also which makes it easier for guests but almost of then have them, if not on their websites call them and they will give it to you.

Also costwise if not getting a package you need to be prepared to shop around for your services! As an australian living here in the Philippines I found services tended to go from 6,000 pesos quote on a website to a 15,000 pesos when I contacted them due to tha fact I was a foreigner.

If you need any help or advice on wedding contacts for in the Philippines feel free to email me =)

I just got engaged and I want to start planning my wedding. I cant afford a wedding planner and I dont even know where to start! I just want to know how much an average wedding would cost. Not too big but not a small backyard wedding either.

It can cost whatever you want it to – literally. Depends on your area, etc. It’s best for you and your guy to figure out how much the two of you can afford to spend, and how much you will be saving before the wedding. Then, once you have a ballpark figure, you work on the guest list – and move on from there.

and if you could have anything at your wedding for no cost what would it be?

It really depends on what part of the country you live in. I just got married in October. We live in San Diego, but we are both from Milwaukee, WI. We got married back in Milwaukee and had a wonderful wedding with everything we wanted, including our honeymoon to St. Kitts and Nevis for about $27,000. I would estimate that the same wedding in San Diego would have been between $40-45,000

I have 175 invites to my wedding, how much does the average wedding cost in total? im not interested in those people who spent $100 and eloped or just went cheap as heck haha, i know your out there! im talking about a classy nice, not over the top, average wedding. thanks

My wedding is costing my fiance’ and I $21,000. We are having a Saturday wedding (Oct 17 of this year) It’s about $18 a plate for a buffet and we have 350 guests, photographer is about $1600. Our cake and a sheet cake to go with it was $735, my dress was $700, the tux was free with the groomsman’s tuxes, the bridesmaids dresses were $160 but they paid for them, I got all my bridesmaids gifts which I spent about $500 (I have 5 bridesmaids) and same with the groomsmen, the rehearsal dinner will cost us about $3000, my hair and makeup will be about $300, jewelry is about $100, I got silk flowers because our wedding is sweetest day and that cost us $300, the DJ is $500, ceremony at a church is $400, centerpieces are about $300, other decor $500, Limo is $800 for 3 hours, also there is the bar tab at the reception, honeymoon, and I’m sure there is a few other things that I’ve forgotten that we’re paying for. It will be nice that you have extra money to spend, just don’t blow all of it! Also depends on where you live, the cost of everything is different everywhere! Hope I helped you a little bit!!