Wedding Budget

Saint Sonner · 26-08-2014 1:29pm #1

Sorry I know there are loads of threads on this topic but I couldn't find the specific information I was looking so thought I'd start a new one. Just doing up a rough wedding budget here and I wanted to know how much even roughly some things will be, (I'm having traditional Catholic wedding, chapel etc.)
How much for:

Civil Wedding Fees
Pre Marriage Course Fees
The priest back hander

Thanks

lazygal · 26-08-2014 1:30pm

Saint Sonner wrote: »

The priest back hander

:rolleyes:

Saint Sonner · 26-08-2014 1:35pm

You know what I mean - The envelope!!!

Minera · 26-08-2014 2:02pm

I don't know anything about civil ceremonies but the priest can range in price mine requested a 'donation' of 150 whereas a friend of mine (different county) was asked to donate 700! Pre marriage courses about 170 - 200......its starting to all add up I feel your fear I'm getting married next year so pressure is on myself and my fiance save 1000-1500 per month don't rely on weddings paying for themselves

kippy · 26-08-2014 2:06pm

Saint Sonner wrote: »

Sorry I know there are loads of threads on this topic but I couldn't find the specific information I was looking so thought I'd start a new one. Just doing up a rough wedding budget here and I wanted to know how much even roughly some things will be, (I'm having traditional Catholic wedding, chapel etc.)
How much for:

Civil Wedding Fees
Pre Marriage Course Fees
The priest back hander

Thanks

€200
€150-250 (depending on where you go etc)
Varies wildly - dependant on a few bits and pieces, ask the priest.

Saint Sonner · 26-08-2014 2:11pm

Minera wrote: »

I don't know anything about civil ceremonies but the priest can range in price mine requested a 'donation' of 150 whereas a friend of mine (different county) was asked to donate 700! Pre marriage courses about 170 - 200......its starting to all add up I feel your fear I'm getting married next year so pressure is on myself and my fiance save 1000-1500 per month don't rely on weddings paying for themselves

I'm not having civil ceremony - I'm having it in a chapel with a priest but I was thinking of how much does it cost to have the civil bit signed off.

biddywiddy · 26-08-2014 3:31pm

Saint Sonner wrote: »

I'm not having civil ceremony - I'm having it in a chapel with a priest but I was thinking of how much does it cost to have the civil bit signed off.

The registrar charged us 200 euro when we registered our intent to marry. This was just last month.

nearzero · 26-08-2014 3:46pm

All secular & religious ceremonies (so humanist & catholic) now have to be registered with the HSE is €200 to get your certificate.

Humanists will charge depending on travel/area/etc & priests I havent a clue - but at least with Humanist you dont have to pay for the pre-marriage course

Arbiter of Good Taste · 26-08-2014 4:19pm

Minera wrote: »

I don't know anything about civil ceremonies but the priest can range in price mine requested a 'donation' of 150 whereas a friend of mine (different county) was asked to donate 700! Pre marriage courses about 170 - 200......its starting to all add up I feel your fear I'm getting married next year so pressure is on myself and my fiance save 1000-1500 per month don't rely on weddings paying for themselves

I suspect that the €700 was because your friend got married in a parish that wasn't hers or her OH's. Most parishes will require a payment from non-parishioners in the region of €500-€600.

OP, if you are getting married in your own parish then I would budget €150-€200 for the priest. Add another €500 if you are going to a different parish.

Saint Sonner · 26-08-2014 5:33pm

I'm getting married in her parish about 15 mile away - does that mean if I had of found a woman in my own parish it would have been cheaper!!!!

If only I'd known - LOL

bee06 · 26-08-2014 5:56pm

Saint Sonner wrote: »

I'm getting married in her parish about 15 mile away - does that mean if I had of found a woman in my own parish it would have been cheaper!!!!

If only I'd known - LOL

Well if you are getting married in her parish you're grand. It would only be if neither of you were from the parish that they'd want the extra payment for the church.

solerina · 26-08-2014 6:16pm

We got married in a church about 10 miles from our home, it wasn't either of our home parish and we did not know the priest beforehand, however he never mentioned paying for the church just because it wasn't our specific parish church, we gave him 200 euro for performing the ceremony

KatieDot · 26-08-2014 7:05pm

Hi,

We got married in one of our local parish churches less than a year ago- still had to pay 150-250. Non parish fee is more than 500. Plus money for the sacristant 50. Priest was another 200 (again parish priest). Pre marriage course was 200 (they only accepted one company). Registration (Hse) was another 200.

On a small budget wedding, with music by friends and family and all the decor (inc flowers) hand made. Having a catholic ceremony cost us a huge proportion of our budget.

Really annoyed me in the pre marraige course when they argued that for 'most weddings' people spend >30'000 so a couple of hundred was nothing. It was massive to us.

But I have to say, the ceremony was beautiful, im not corney - or v religious but my partner has strong faith - and I loved it! I do wish we knew in advance so could have budgeted more carefully tho

Dolbert · 26-08-2014 7:46pm

It seems to vary wildly. We were told it was strictly voluntary, and we didn't have to give anything if we didn't want to. We put €200 in an envelope and that was that. It was a parish close to my home one, with a priest who knew me for years.

cnoc · 26-08-2014 7:51pm

The priest back hander

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Backhander: a secret and illegal payment; a bribe

Andiewoo · 27-08-2014 5:35am

Saint Sonner wrote: »

Civil Wedding Fees
Pre Marriage Course Fees
The priest back hander

Thanks

200€
100-150€
150€

Wedding Budget

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