Average cost of wedding

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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it also depends alot on how many guests you have. I can have the exact type of wedding as another girl, lets say same RH, same vendors, same decor and etc. Now if she has 150 guests and i have 300, then it will be a HUGE difference.

I am having 300 guests at my wedding so im screwed lol

I am stressing about how much my wedding is costing me and it isnt at the average yet. For 150 people we are spending about 26,000 w/o honeymoon.

Even though I am lower than the average....I still feel stressed! It's hard when paying completly yourself! Plus that would be a nice chunck of cash for a down payment on a house!

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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it also depends alot on how many guests you have. I can have the exact type of wedding as another girl, lets say same RH, same vendors, same decor and etc. Now if she has 150 guests and i have 300, then it will be a HUGE difference.

I am having 300 guests at my wedding so im screwed lol

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no you're not screwed you have a better chance of getting more money back....
thats how i look at it.

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Posted by gabbie83

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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it also depends alot on how many guests you have. I can have the exact type of wedding as another girl, lets say same RH, same vendors, same decor and etc. Now if she has 150 guests and i have 300, then it will be a HUGE difference.

I am having 300 guests at my wedding so im screwed lol

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no you're not screwed you have a better chance of getting more money back....
thats how i look at it.

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i think its the same either way...if you have less guests you pay less so you'll still have the same chances...but i have seen that most couples dont make the money back, definitely not for the whole wedding maybe for the RH but thats about it and most dont even make back the rh money. Im just going in with no expectations.

I thought it would be more for NYC or Long Island...

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Posted by gabbie83

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Posted by Future Mulligan

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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we are getting married on a fri night in december to cut costs and we are still going to be over 38 and thats without booking the florist (where we also plan to cut costs - low centerpieces, small boks)

so do you feel better now?

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yes !!!


how many ppl are you having?

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we guaranteed 175 and hope to not go over too much!

I am trying everything I can to stay around $40,000 and I am DIY invites and I did serious research on vendors for 200 ppl for Sat DAY wedding in NOV! It's so hard!

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Posted by Future Mulligan

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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we are getting married on a fri night in december to cut costs and we are still going to be over 38 and thats without booking the florist (where we also plan to cut costs - low centerpieces, small boks)

so do you feel better now?

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I feel your pain. Im getting married on a Fri night in april, and my wedding budget right now i s 45k w/o flowers (have a connection), rings, and honeymoon!!! I cant see how people are doing it for less. I feel like im really budgeting myself!!!! (thats with a 185 person min)

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Posted by b2b777

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Posted by Future Mulligan

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Posted by gabbie83

im glad to see that im not the only one that i thought the average would be around 45-50
---- it all depends on what you want... you can cut your costs a lot by having lets say fri night wedding or sunday afternoon rather than saturday... low centerpieces vs high ones...
DIY invitations, rather than ordering them.

can someone please agree with me, that it all depends on what you want.. THanks :)

(im starting to feel bad about all the money)

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we are getting married on a fri night in december to cut costs and we are still going to be over 38 and thats without booking the florist (where we also plan to cut costs - low centerpieces, small boks)

so do you feel better now?

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I feel your pain. Im getting married on a Fri night in april, and my wedding budget right now i s 45k w/o flowers (have a connection), rings, and honeymoon!!! I cant see how people are doing it for less. I feel like im really budgeting myself!!!! (thats with a 185 person min)

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yeah its a lot of $ - i was under my budget for wedding bands & flowers -- oh well what can you do?

That seems low to me. I wish I was spending that.

i feel so bad now! i'm def. not showing FH this b/c he'd flip! i think i'm over that and havent even booked HM yet

im way over that too average
its really crazy how much weddings cost....

I must be lucky because I spent about 10k less, which was still a lot. Lucky me


I think it really depends on the vendors and extras you book. We got married on a Saturday night in July at the Fox Hollow with 135 people present. We had high centerpieces, an amazing DJ, hair and make up artisit, and photographer, and invites professionally done. It's all about looking for a good price and cutting down the guest list. I figured it out and each additional person would cost us a pretty penny so I wanted to stay as close as possible to our minimum as possible. Luckily we were only 5 people over and those 5 were kids at a reduced rate. If you want plasma screens, a slide show, etc the costs add up quickly.

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Posted by Summer07Bride

I must be lucky because I spent about 10k less, which was still a lot. Lucky me


I think it really depends on the vendors and extras you book. We got married on a Saturday night in July at the Fox Hollow with 135 people present. We had high centerpieces, an amazing DJ, hair and make up artisit, and photographer, and invites professionally done. It's all about looking for a good price and cutting down the guest list. I figured it out and each additional person would cost us a pretty penny so I wanted to stay as close as possible to our minimum as possible. Luckily we were only 5 people over and those 5 were kids at a reduced rate. If you want plasma screens, a slide show, etc the costs add up quickly.

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You are def. right!