Wedding Cost

Lovebee Posted: May 06, 2011 12:04 AM

Wedding Cost

I did a quick research out of curiosity to see on average on much weddings cost. Apparently the national average is no where near what I think is typical for Long Islanders' weddings.

How many guests do you have & how much is your wedding adding up to be considering all the expenses for the day of the wedding?. Honeymoon, bachelor / bachelorette parties & etc would be excluded.

adelya21 Posted: May 06, 2011 12:08 AM

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about 45k for mine including everything but HM and bachelorette party etc. CRA*P!!

Tippy Posted: May 06, 2011 12:15 AM

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TOOOOO MUCH

Jenn7982 Posted: May 06, 2011 01:13 AM

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Including honeymoon i'm very close to meeting my budget perfectly which is 30,000. This is for about 150 guests. I'm a big DIY bride, which i feel i have saved because of this

Tromsugar2b Posted: May 06, 2011 01:14 AM

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a typical LI wedding is around 40k, if you have around 100 people typical is probably around 30k, but most people on long island do not have that little........and it's sooo easy to go over both those prices, everything is expensive!! i'd say those #'s are sticking to a budget.

brooklyncouple Posted: May 06, 2011 02:17 AM

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Planning a wedding in long island cost as much as paying for a year at a private college

Soon2BMrsJoeBear Posted: May 06, 2011 06:47 AM

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i want to when i look at the final number. Bottom line, my wedding costs more than I make in one year.

BlushandBashful Posted: May 06, 2011 06:49 AM

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TOO MUCH!!!

BrideToBe2011 Posted: May 06, 2011 07:02 AM

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Excluding HM we were at approx $35Kish for 150 people

IrishAli Posted: May 06, 2011 07:39 AM

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We kept ours on a tight budget. I was NOT going into debt for a wedding

Including RD, dress, invites, etc for 130 we should be around $25000

jovigirl414 Posted: May 06, 2011 08:05 AM

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Posted by IrishAli

We kept ours on a tight budget. I was NOT going into debt for a wedding

Including RD, dress, invites, etc for 130 we should be around $25000

We tried doing the same ... we are looking at around the same figure too

IrishAli Posted: May 06, 2011 08:08 AM

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By eliminating a wedding party, we definitely saved!

We could have spent less on invites and the dress

The day wedding helped, and we are having a 4 hour reception instead of a five hour reception. Which then impacted photog cost, DJ, car, and RH price. Honestly, we are usually ready to leave wedding before they are over anyway!

Ellynrose Posted: May 06, 2011 08:20 AM

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I'm honestly afraid to add it all up - I'm having around 200ppl - my venue alone is costing aprox. 22K

DGPS Posted: May 06, 2011 08:25 AM

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we didn't really have a budget because we were not sure how much every costs...after booking several vendors and figuring out the cost looks like out total is around 70k

njoseph8 Posted: May 06, 2011 08:25 AM

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Its looking like our final # will be right at 17k not including honeymoon.

Jennielee15 Posted: May 06, 2011 08:37 AM

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Our budget was 30K and suprisingly we are very close! Considering our RH is 24K alone, thats a miracle!

evita2781 Posted: May 06, 2011 09:26 AM

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ummmmm way too much the more i think about it

HSsweethearts Posted: May 06, 2011 09:29 AM

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Umm...excluding the honeymoon, for a Sunday night in June, our wedding is going to come in the $55-60K range.

I don't even think we're doing anything too crazy. We have a DJ, not a band, we aren't doing viennese, no big extras. We kind of sunk it for ourselves by booking a hall that's $30,000 on it's own for 180 people.

ETA: If you back out the RD cost, it's a little less. I budgeted $2500 for my RD but I don't think it's going to cost that much. My budget also includes a few extras, like CH music, which we're not going to add, but excludes some extras I paid for along the way like the channa plaque, bells, baskets, etc