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Posted by alwaysz22

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Posted by enjft

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Posted by alwaysz22

With everything I am trying to stay under $30,000, but since I won the prize its actually only $20,000 out of my own pocket

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What prize did you win?

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It was the Walk Down The Aisle contest, WALK FM had.
The value of the prize is $10,000, it includes my hall and a bunch of vendors

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That is awesome!

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Sorry to invade your board ladies, but $10k at a museum???? How did you snag that?! do tell... I am sooo jealous of you! good job! :)

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I have the hall, dj, photographer, videographer, church, and dress, and I am at $18k I would like to keep it at $25k

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Ah... but the harrison house... you are so LUCKY! that place is amazing!

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WOW. I am so impressed!! I was starting to Panic thinking my budget was way under. I set my budget at 40K for Sat afternoon, approx 200 PPL in Sept. (including everything except dress and tuxes).
Now that I read this thread, I will still save that much, but shoot for a little less of a budget!! Thanks Guys. You just gave me hope!!

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Posted by enjft

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Posted by alwaysz22

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Posted by enjft

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Posted by alwaysz22

With everything I am trying to stay under $30,000, but since I won the prize its actually only $20,000 out of my own pocket

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What prize did you win?

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It was the Walk Down The Aisle contest, WALK FM had.
The value of the prize is $10,000, it includes my hall and a bunch of vendors

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That is awesome!

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That is pretty cool. Congrats.

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Thank you Eliana and Annmarie

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Somewhere between 12-15K with the max of 20K. We are within budget right now. We're only having about 100-120 guests on a Friday night.

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all said and done including HM- about $75K

rings, wedding album, BM gifts etc- everything

was it worth it- yes
would I do it all again -yes

was most of it my money- NO

I spent about $15K of the the $75K- and that was on the rings, HM, BM gifts, extras- like sweat shirts, etc
the rest was my Dad-thanks Dad

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i figured abt $80-85K with the honeymoon, and the BM and GM gifts too - sat night - June 2007.

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around 25K...
XOXOXO
Kitty

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I am new to the site but we booked Caffe on the Green in Bayside. Its my second wedding and i did not want the 'factory' feeling of a big catering hall. I did that the first time. I wanted something more intimate. Caffe on the Green starts at 85.00 per plate and then goes from there. You can go there for dinner and sample the food, its great. Good Luck

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Posted by Mel329

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Sometimes I think thats the smarter thing to do....I am unfortunately spending a fat down payment on a house for my wedding...but I'm one of those typical girls that have that 'its my one day' mentality.

I'm sure I may regret it later...hope fully not, but then maybe after the wedding, with all the gifts, and then saving for the house like we did for the wedding....can buy a house...

As for you...way to go smart thinker!!!

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Nina, I'm just like you. I am only thinking of that one day. Thank God fiance has more common sense and is thinking past that, so he sometimes has to talk me out of some stuff that I want and in a way is unnecessary. Getting a house is so expensive that I see it as it doesn't matter how much we spend on the wedding (not like I'm going crazy spending) it is still going to take us a long time to put a down payment on a house.

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I understand that, but I have a 6yo daughter and it is important for us to be settled sooner than later. We wanted an intimate wedding and that is what we are having. I admire you ladies for doing what you want on your day because it only comes around once!

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way too much... i'm especially irked that people charge 5x more for the exact same service when its a wedding. what a racket...

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should be about 10K - call me a wheeler dealer and a serious budget person!
Couldn't imagine spending more - heck I have so many other bills and things.
One day shouldn't cost as much as it does. I want to have much more for all the other things I need.

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With honeymoon and my dress, probably about $130,000 - my FILs wanted a huge wedding and are willing to pay for most of it, which I am VERY thankful for.

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Posted by johnsae

With honeymoon and my dress, probably about $130,000 - my FILs wanted a huge wedding and are willing to pay for most of it, which I am VERY thankful for.

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Im on ur page. all we booked i the actual hall and it cost us 52, 000. we still have to book the band the dj, the limos, the photographer and vidiographer..its seems like the list just goes on and on but....its a great feeling.

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So far we have only booked the hall and church. The grand total so far is $25,000. We still have a long way to go band or dj, flowers, dress, photographer, limos and the list continues!!

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Posted by Soon2BeMrs.S

$30,000 budget is what we set for everything ,

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and we really hope it stay at $30,000

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Right now, at my minimum of 110 people with HM but without e-ring (and mom paying for bridal attire), I am under 20K for Sat afternoon wedding. That is with w-bands and H-moon. But if 30 more people show...I would say under - hmmmm - under 25K. I had good people around me that led me to great deals.