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)

A wedding that is not small but not really big either.
And what makes it a big wedding? Is it the number of guests?
If so, where is the cut off between average size and large?

Alot. Somewhere in the ballpark of $35K.

A big vs small wedding is based on the guest count. Some people consider 50 or fewer to be small and anything more than 50 is huge. Others consider anything under 100 to be small and then you have folks who consider anything under 200 to be small. It depends on what is customary in your family and social circle.

Me and my boyfriend just got engaged and I am trying to plan the wedding but I need it to be low cost and still be really nice any suggestions we are going to get married in 2009 prob around May. Thank you for your suggestions.

Since it is in May, you could have the ceremony outdoors at a local park (most times you need to get permission, but it is usually free.) Then you dont have a site fee, just the fee of an officiant. You could have the reception at a fire hall or a VFW. These places are usually very cheap, and with the right decorations can be just as nice as any other place. Also for flowers, you could go to a grocery store the morning of and get their premade bouquets. These usually range from $6-10 per bouquet, and then hand tie them with some nice ribbons and you have a beautiful spring hand-tied bouquet! If you still want a florist to do yours, you could do this for just your bridesmaids. For a photographer, you can call around and see if any offer a "digital only" package, where instead of prints or albums you get just a CD of your prints, which you could then print yourself and do your own albums. This usually ranges from $500-700 depending on your area. For your dress, if there is a David’s Bridal in your area, shop the $99 sale. Wear white sandals instead of purchasing fancy shoes…you will be much more comfortable and no one really sees your shoes anyway. Narrow the guest list to only close relatives and friends (food/alcohol is usually the biggest cost, so narrowing down the guest list usually makes a huge difference!)

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I am thinking of having a destination wedding….it can be Vegas or somewhere in the Caribbean. How much would a destination wedding cost for about 30 people?

A destination wedding can fit almost any budget.

I’m having my destination wedding in the Florida Keys with about 50-60 guests. We’re using a private estate as the wedding location and it will provide lodging for 25 of us. If I were to cut my guest list to 30, I would only save a few thousand dollars (food and booze) and my total budget is no more than $20,000.

I do think I could have pulled off a destination wedding for $10,000. I could also easily spend $50,000. Its really all a matter of what you have to spend. I know someone who had a wedding in Mexico with 20 people and only spent $6,000 total. I know someone else who had a wedding in the Outer Banks of NC and spent $40,000.

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My boyfriend proposed last week, but he was just sent home from a dishonorable discharge from the marines and he most likely won’t be able to find a good job any time soon. And I’m young and my family doesn’t really have a lot of money. It’s ashame that the brides family is supposed to pay for the wedding lol. I just want a nice traditional wedding.Oh yeah, waiting isn’t an option I’m so in love. So don’t give me that b.s. lol

Everything depends on what "normal" means to you.

Here’s what it means to me:

The ceremony is performed in the church that the bride regularly attends, by the regular vicar: COST — $0.

The regular organist plays the music at the ceremony and receives an honorarium: COST — $200

The reception is held in the Church Hall and Church Gardens: COST — $200 (typically just the caretaker’s fee for cleanup afterward)

The reception consists of tea and punch, sparkling wine, small finger-sandwiches, petits fours and wedding cake: COST — $500 (excluding wedding cake) and served on the church china. Wineglasses are rented: COST: $100

The cake is baked by the bride’s family, and professionally decorated: COST — $250

The Bride’s mother makes the wedding dress, or it is made by a local couturiere COST — $400

The Groom chooses and provides flowers for the mothers and grandmothers, the bride’s bouquet, and the boutonnières. The Bride’s family provides flowers for the altar and the bridesmaid. Cut flowers are used for decorating the hall. COST $300

A studio photograph is made of the Bride, and two or three staged photographs are taken immediately after the ceremony. COST $200

Total cost, just over $2000. Forgo the flowers and photographs, simplify the dress, have the cake decorated at home, and you can get it down to just over $1000.

just curious about the average, out of city, cost for an informal wedding ceremony? what is each individual average cost for things you need? like example- place, food, entertainment, decor. ect. thanks!

These type of questions are hard to answer since there is no average.
Some couples only pay for a wedding license and have a family friend marry them.
Others pay well over hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a very fancy affair.
I hope you find what you want.

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 =)