Average wedding cost

adocholiday

Hi all, we got engaged at the weekend and now we are provisionally looking at venues etc. so we can do a budget and attempt to set a provisional date. For anyone who got married this year, what was the ballpark figure of the cost of your wedding? We would love to get married in summer 2015. We will have somewhere between 200-250 guests and it will be a traditional kind of wedding (church and hotel). I know that prices can vary greatly depending on a multitude of different things so this is purely to see what kind of money we would need and how long we would have to save to get that. We would happily wait another year if that's what it takes. We both have large extended families so the number of guests is pretty much non-negotiable!

Thanks in advance

clumsyklutz

The average cost of getting married in Ireland is somewhere in the region of €22,000.

http://www.mrs2be.ie/wedding-business/irish-wedding-survey-2013/

But always haggle and get the best price and rely on friends and family who may have special skills you can put to good use (baking etc)

The above cost is part of the reason I'm having mine away - we've managed to trim our guestlist and our budget down to a lovely €5k ish

Oh and congrats!

adocholiday

clumsyklutz wrote: »

The average cost of getting married in Ireland is somewhere in the region of €22,000.

http://www.mrs2be.ie/wedding-business/irish-wedding-survey-2013/

But always haggle and get the best price and rely on friends and family who may have special skills you can put to good use (baking etc)

The above cost is part of the reason I'm having mine away - we've managed to trim our guestlist and our budget down to a lovely €5k ish

Oh and congrats!

Thanks, I've seen that survey but that 22k is where the average number of guests is 100-150. If I have an additional 100 guests then my costs will go up considerably. At 50 per head I would be looking at another 5k. Will have to get saving!

Would love to go away but the mother would kill me

Arbiter of Good Taste

To be honest, I would go on the basis of something closer to €30k for that number. Weddings are so expensive and you just keep getting shocked at the costs and how quickly they accrue.

Once you know your max, then try to see what you can do without so you can start brining the price down (if that is your intention).

For example, think carefully about the numbers of bridesmaids/groomsmen. Assuming you want matching numbers, 3 is going to cost you around €500 more than 2.

Do you know someone who has a nice car who is willing to be chauffeur? There's another €300-€400

Bridal jewellery - funnily enough Groupon is always doing deals on pearl jewellery - I got my bridesmaids lovely pearl earrings and bracelets for next to nothing compared to buying in bridal shops which cost a fortune.

Invitations - we got lovely invites very cheaply - I was horrified at how some of these cost €4,€5 an invite in some cases!

I could go on all day, but you get the drift

Oh, and most of all, congratulations and good luck!

johnr3

clumsyklutz wrote: »

The average cost of getting married in Ireland is somewhere in the region of €22,000.

http://www.mrs2be.ie/wedding-business/irish-wedding-survey-2013/

But always haggle and get the best price and rely on friends and family who may have special skills you can put to good use (baking etc)

The above cost is part of the reason I'm having mine away - we've managed to trim our guestlist and our budget down to a lovely €5k ish

Oh and congrats!

22,000, but how many people?

bangkok

no way should an irish wedding cost 22,000.....

johnr3

So how?

littlelulu

adocholiday wrote: »

Thanks, I've seen that survey but that 22k is where the average number of guests is 100-150. If I have an additional 100 guests then my costs will go up considerably. At 50 per head I would be looking at another 5k. Will have to get saving!

Would love to go away but the mother would kill me

Ours is going to be about €13,000 for 190 people and that includes beef fillet and sea bass for dinner etc. My advice is keep the bridal party small and just shop wisely. NO impulse purchases and really think things through. Haggle your reception cost until you can't do it anymore. Get a sample dress or an end of line dress. We got our rings in the sale. We made our own invitations and hand delivered the bulk (which was lovely because we got to meet everyone face to face). Got a local to do the flowers. We spent a LOT on some things but don't have anything like favors, candy carts etc. You can still have a great quality wedding and still be sensible with the cost. Try and see if there is anybody in your area handy at doing flowers (sacristan in church?), you can save a FORTUNE on them. Youtube is your best friend for DIY.

Just don't lose the run of yourself during the excitement of your engagement! I think we all get blinded at that stage. I bought cake toppers and don't even need them. Its the little things that add up tbh.

Don't be afraid to haggle!!!!

Also just remember, while it is a very big and important day, it is only one day. I know for us, we have much bigger fish to fry in the long term i.e a home.

Set a budget in mind and stick to it as best as you can. We went to the hotel and said we wanted X, Y and Z. They came back with a price and we said we only can afford €x and we got it at our price.

Also just to note there is a huge difference in price in the Winter package than the Summer package. We all know the weather is pot luck in this country so if you were open to any month (unless you are absolutely set on the Summer) then that could be a real nice little saving.

Congratulations by the way

bizebee

My sister is planning her wedding at the minute for early November 2015 ( First weekend of off-peak season for that hotel......) Her numbers are very similar to yours... and her hotel alone is coming in at about €11,500....She mentioned it worked out at about 55euro per head.... ( 4 course dinner + half bottle of wine... and evening food also) I do know packages and other things can drive prices upwards....

Congrats on the engagement!

bangkok

150-200 guests €40 a head, lets say 175 guests = 7000. you wont have to pay hotel in full until after wedding.

Get friend with nice car to drive the car.
photographer 500
invitations make them yourself or buy online I got mine cost me 50 euro.
hire wedding dress suits etc €1000

that's 8500 so far don't know how its going to get to 22,000....

clumsyklutz

I was just quoting what I found. By no means was it set in stone. As I.say my wedding is coming in at 5k, maybe a little under. Personally think it's a bit ridiculous to spend anything more than that on one day of your life.

Himself also has a huge family but we had to be firm with our numbers. It's your day not anyone else's . Someone will always have an opinion!

lollpop

That 22K usually includes the honeymoon which can be quite a lot for some people.

With most things wedding related, it's really up to you how much or how little you spend.

Usual Costs other than the meal:
Band and/or DJ
Church/Registry Office
Flowers
Cake
Car(s)
Invitations
Clothes
Makeup
Hair

adocholiday

Thanks so much for the input so far everyone. We're not rushing into anything for now. We have an idea of what we want but we're not big on the little extras that people spend money on like favours, photobooths, candy carts etc. We don't even like the idea of spending a load of money for flowers in the church. We want a nice venue with good food and a good band. That's what makes the day great, not the quality of the flower arrangements at the church. If we push for summer/autumn 2015 we should have an upper budget of 25k. We're not afraid to get our hands dirty with DIY so there will be plenty of cost cutting that way. It's strange that you could talk to 10 couples who have almost identical weddings, but yet will give you wildly different costs!

bangkok

oh yea the wedding band costs a bit as well 1500-2000

dowhatyoulove

Hey! I'm getting married in Sept 2015. We're being strict on numbers 150 guests plus 10 kids (really don't want kids there but with people travelling sometimes you gotta be flexible).

I'm doing our budget out : €17500 for everything apart from the honeymoon and thats with no gimmicks (photobooths etc), wedding cars, videography.. We've cut as much as possible out of our budget as we want to save for a house... Getting mates rates for photography etc so keep an eye out for bargains.

kkcatlou

I'm afraid to say what our budget is after reading all this. Honestly, I think €22k is on the light side of an Irish wedding. I know my sister got married last year, and did things on an extremely tight budget but had 220 guests and it came in at around this, but she cut out or did a cheap version of loads of stuff. We are doing a much smaller (150 people) wedding but in a more personal venue. I bought my dress for under €500 in a sample sale, have family doing flowers, cake, makeup, not getting a car will do loads of DIY ourselves, and still can't see it coming in at under €30k before the honeymoon.

That said, there are some things we won't compromise on, like a good photographer (that's what you're left with when the day is over), good food, lots of drink for the guests (don't want to appear stingy), a Saturday wedding date and a small day 2 celebration, so maybe that's what's bringing it up.

I know it's just one day and we had this debate when we got engaged - do you blow it all on just one day and say 'what a waste' or do you do things tightly and 'average' and look back on the best day of your life and wish you had made it just that bit more special and stand out. It is the biggest and happiest day of your life after all....or should be!!

adocholiday

kkcatlou wrote: »

That said, there are some things we won't compromise on, like a good photographer (that's what you're left with when the day is over), good food, lots of drink for the guests (don't want to appear stingy), a Saturday wedding date and a small day 2 celebration, so maybe that's what's bringing it up.

I know it's just one day and we had this debate when we got engaged - do you blow it all on just one day and say 'what a waste' or do you do things tightly and 'average' and look back on the best day of your life and wish you had made it just that bit more special and stand out. It is the biggest and happiest day of your life after all....or should be!!

Agreed. This is exactly our mentality. We want it to be the best day of our lives, celebrated with our extended families and friends and I want to ensure that our funds are allocated mainly to the things that will achieve that. My fiancees sister got married a few years ago and people still talk about how great their wedding was. Their venue was great, the band was great, and they cut out loads of things that were unnecessary in the grand scheme of things. Made for a great time and they will look back on it fondly for years to come

kkcatlou

adocholiday wrote: »

Agreed. This is exactly our mentality. We want it to be the best day of our lives, celebrated with our extended families and friends and I want to ensure that our funds are allocated mainly to the things that will achieve that. My fiancees sister got married a few years ago and people still talk about how great their wedding was. Their venue was great, the band was great, and they cut out loads of things that were unnecessary in the grand scheme of things. Made for a great time and they will look back on it fondly for years to come

Totally agree. The way we are looking at it is that anything that just affects us (dress, car, videographer, etc.) we're happy to cut back on, but stuff that helps the guests to have a better, more memorable, fun day is where we are not willing to compromise (date, band, food, etc.). Photographer is the one exception to that, but even at that, we're not going excessive.

Arbiter of Good Taste

Sensible. My view is that the most important things are the band, food and photographer. Everything else falls into place.

Gatica

I think it would be difficult to talk about averages as a guideline to what a wedding should/may cost. You'll probably get a better idea if they supplied information like standard deviation or spread from that average.
Peoples attitudes to what should be spent on a wedding differs quite a lot, you just need to read a few threads on that topic (even including this one) here on boards to get the picture. "One man's junk is another man's treasure" - as the saying goes (please don't take that to mean I think a cheaper wedding as being junk).

I'd say you're better off doing up a budget first and having and idea of the time-frame within which you'd like to get married. If you don't mind being engaged 2 years, then obviously you'll save more than if you want to get married in the next few months. Set a detailed budget of your income and spending and see what you can save in that time. Budget your wedding accordingly.

We budgeted for what was at the time an average wedding, but we spent almost 50% more than budgeted (be careful of overspend creep ). It was fine as we managed to save quite well and we had set a date almost 2 years down the line. We've no regrets, other than we wish we had invited more of our friends we wanted to ask, but didn't think we could fit in or afford.
It was money well spent to us and we'd no plans on spending it on anything alternative anyway. Someone else may see as a waste of money though...

foyle

We had 220 at out wedding 6 months ago and the cost of the wedding was approx. 22,000 (I didn't realise that was the average until now), now we did leave some things out...no videographer (we didn't want one), no wedding album (CD only deal) off the rack dress which cost 700 (more than enough according to the wife !!) and that doesn't include the honeymoon !!! In fairness though, we had a great day and nothing was really missing from it !!

smemon

The new rule is: 6 months combined wages :pac:

kkcatlou

smemon wrote: »

The new rule is: 6 months combined wages :pac:

Oh God, that's scary!!! Is that before tax or after tax?

clumsyklutz

Why would anyone blow such an obscene amount of money on one day? It really boggles my mind :-P you can be budget friendly and classy at the same time

Sligo1

clumsyklutz wrote: »

Why would anyone blow such an obscene amount of money on one day? It really boggles my mind :-P you can be budget friendly and classy at the same time

Ah if you have it and can then why not I say.... Same as getting a Beamer or merc when a ford or Toyota is a perfectly good car....

clumsyklutz

A car I could justify, because you're getting more than a day out of it, but spending that kind of money on one day is absurd. The amount of things you could do with it! Most people would be more inclined to agree with you but I think I'll stay on the sensible side!

Sligo1

clumsyklutz wrote: »

A car I could justify, because you're getting more than a day out of it, but spending that kind of money on one day is absurd. The amount of things you could do with it! Most people would be more inclined to agree with you but I think I'll stay on the sensible side!

Lol... Not if ur one for changing the car every 6 months-year to get the new number plate. Lol

clumsyklutz

Sligo1 wrote: »

Lol... Not if ur one for changing the car every 6 months-year to get the new number plate. Lol

Ah here, there's not many who do that anymore surely? A car is an investment, a wedding day ain't really. Clearly you and most people will never agree with me, and thats fine, blow 20-30k on one day, but I'll stick to my 5k budget for a small wedding abroad and have tons of change to put towards a deposit or car.

Sligo1

clumsyklutz wrote: »

Ah here, there's not many who do that anymore surely? A car is an investment, a wedding day ain't really. Clearly you and most people will never agree with me, and thats fine, blow 20-30k on one day, but I'll stick to my 5k budget for a small wedding abroad and have tons of change to put towards a deposit or car.

Ah I'm only messing around. I think you can have a great day on 5k aswell! . I just think different people like different things and have different ways of thinking. Each to their own aye. Have an awesome wedding

kkcatlou

clumsyklutz wrote: »

Ah here, there's not many who do that anymore surely? A car is an investment, a wedding day ain't really. Clearly you and most people will never agree with me, and thats fine, blow 20-30k on one day, but I'll stick to my 5k budget for a small wedding abroad and have tons of change to put towards a deposit or car.

I totally see your point, and it's something we discussed at the start too.

The way we ended up looking at it was it's not just "one day". It is, or should be, the biggest and happiest day of your life (after kids....although how happy can 10-30 hours of pain be?!), and one you will discuss, look back on and reminisce on for years and years after, so shouldn't it be as special as you wish it to be?! Different things are important to different people, for some, none of it is and it's just a waste of money, for others it's feeling like a princess for a day, for others it's about showing off what you have...for us, we've decided we want to treat our nearest and dearest to a really fun, relaxed day that is a celebration of our relationship. You don't need loads of money to do that, but some of the stuff we've chosen happens to cost a lot, and we're happy to pay that to create the life long memories we want, and to show our families and friends what they mean to us!

Everybody's priorities in life are different, and I suppose we all just have to respect that!

clumsyklutz

Sligo1 wrote: »

I just think different people like different things and have different ways of thinking. Each to their own aye.

Each to their own alright, still think they need their head examined though :P

Cocolola

As I've seen somebody say elsewhere, it costs €200 to get married in Ireland, the rest is bells and whistles

We're together 10 years, engaged for just over 1 of those and there are no immediate plans to get married. We'd like to keep it as small as possible though, immediate family only. More to avoid the usual hassle of who to invite (there's millions of cousins on his side and his parents would be very into "you have to invite Mary and Joe" who you've never even met, and that kinda thing) and also because we think spending large amounts of money of a wedding is mad. Also we're broke :pac: but even if we weren't, it would still be your most basic wedding.

clumsyklutz

Cocolola wrote: »

As I've seen somebody say elsewhere, it costs €200 to get married in Ireland, the rest is bells and whistles

We're together 10 years, engaged for just over 1 of those and there are no immediate plans to get married. We'd like to keep it as small as possible though, immediate family only. More to avoid the usual hassle of who to invite (there's millions of cousins on his side and his parents would be very into "you have to invite Mary and Joe" who you've never even met, and that kinda thing) and also because we think spending large amounts of money of a wedding is mad. Also we're broke :pac: but even if we weren't, it would still be your most basic wedding.

My aunt and uncle did this, registry office and then a nice meal with close family and friends only. I was at it, and it really was nice to have just family you actually know at a wedding! Then there's the other extreme, an uncle on my dads side got married on his lunch break, went and got something to eat afterwards and went back to work! - Don't think I could go that basic!

Moonbeam

The hotel was the biggest cost for us,that can be anywhere from 30pp so until you have idea there you have no idea.
suit hire was 100 each
a friend made the cake
dress was not expensive
Bridesmaids dresses and shoes and jewellery were about 100 each.
Flowers
we had no fancy cars.
We did have a 2 day wedding though so the 2nd days entertainment and dinner did add to the price a bit.
We paid for the bridal party rooms and rooms for both parents for the 2 nights which was significant too(I think 4 rooms were thrown in for the 2 nights.

Annabananna

Hi

I got married 6 years ago for 9,500Eur we had family only in church and at sit down traditional wedding dinner.

We had 240 people come in at 7.30pm when we had a BBQ at 18Eur a head We had a dj play from 8.15 till 2am.

I got my dress in NI for 1000Eur including shoes and tiara. Had one bridesmaid and groomsman. We had a photographer and he did an album also for 800Eur he also came back for the evening part and took as many photos as we wan ted with the extended family.

Everyone said that it was great fun wedding and noone got off dance floor all night.

You can get married for as little or much as you want you just need to work out what important to you we just wanted to get married and have our family there then we got pressure to have a party side to it so we went down the bbq route.

GreenerGrasss

Wow! amazing how expensive weddings are these days o-0 I live in NZ and the average cost is about NZ$30k

I'm having a relatively small wedding (Max. 40ppl) and it's going to be at a beach resort in Fiji. Getting a wedding package (NZ$7k) that includes the ceremony, reception/buffet, music, fire dancing. Willing to pay extra for good edited photos. Our budget's about NZ$20k for the wedding and honeymoon.

We're in our early 20s so we can't afford anything too extravagant. Also don't want to be paying off a loan I think you can get married at a nice location and have a great time without getting into debt.

rainbow kirby

We started looking at places here in London for our wedding, but very rapidly decided that coming home for it might be a better idea because it seems that £100/head is fairly standard for a reception in a lot of places here! We wanted to keep things fairly small anyway, but if we are to have our wedding here it would literally just be immediate family and a handful of friends because it's so bloody expensive!

blondie29

We got married 2013 and as far as I remember our wedding came in at 24/25k.

We had 300 sitting for meal at 40e per person. We shopped around hotels & bargained them down getting the top (gold) package for cheaper price & getting sparkling wines, canapés etc thrown in for free & ten free rooms & 20 at discounted rates for family.

We got friends/family to do cake & family friend gave us vintage car & used our own cars for bridal party. I done sweet table as favours & got cheapish wedding invites.

You don't have to spend fortune on silly things. Our most expensive was Band & DJ coming in at 2k, photographer at 1400, Videographer 1k although they were worth every penny.

I bought little bits & bobs in penny's etc like lanterns & jars for sweets the year leading up to wedding. I have to say though we got majority of cash gifts & were overwhelmed by people's generosity. Our wedding paid for itself as we got 23k in cash gifts which we were not expecting at all.
We were able to splash out on our HM then (prob extra 5/6k) luxury all the way!!

havana

bangkok wrote: »

150-200 guests €40 a head, lets say 175 guests = 7000. you wont have to pay hotel in full until after wedding.

Get friend with nice car to drive the car.
photographer 500
invitations make them yourself or buy online I got mine cost me 50 euro.
hire wedding dress suits etc €1000

that's 8500 so far don't know how its going to get to 22,000....

Quite easily. Most reputable photographers cost more than €500. Rings. Band and/or DJ. Church or other ceremony fees. Honeymoon. Flowers. Cake. Bridesmaid dress. Accessories. Etc etc.

But it can certainly be done for less than 22000.

Actually it costs €200 to get married. The rest is all the fluff and trappings we decide we want/need! :-)

It is an awful lot to spend on one day but in saying that we are saving hard for it and feel the sacrifices are worth it. If we weren't spending what we are on the wedding we wouldn't be saving so much. So it's not as if the day after the wedding we'd have that €€€€€ in the bank if we hadn't got married. We'd have spent a lot of it along the way just living life.

feckthisgenie

Wedding can cost as much as you want it to cost
Based on 250 guest
Meal/package - 50 euro per head = 12500 euro
Band - anything from 1200 - 2500 euro
Photographer - 1000 - 2500 euro if you go with top package
Videographer - 600 - 1200 euro
Cars - 300 - 500 euro
Cake - 350 - 600 euro
Dress - 500 - 2000 euro
Shoes - 50 - 250 euro
Jewellery - 100-200 euro
Invitations - 300-400 euro
Bridal Party gifts (3 bridesmaids and 3 groomsmen) 300 - 400 euro
Suits - 500- 800 euro
Hair and make up - 300 - 500 euro
Honeymoon - 2000 - 6000 euro
Wedding rings (him)- 150 - 1000 euro
Wedding ring (her) - 500 - 1500 euro
Engagement ring -1000 - 5000 euro
Flowers - 400 - 700 euro
Registration - 200 euro
Pre - marriage course - 100 - 150 euro
Priest - 100 - 200 euro
Servers - 40 euro (20 x 2)
person opening church - 50 euro
Drinks reception on arrival (optional) - based on 30 bottles prosecco @ 12 a bottle - 360 euro (hotel corkage?)
Optional
Sweet trolley
flip flops / toiletries
Favours
Photobooth
Table plan designed
Hotel accommodation for bridal party

I have probably missed out stuff. As you can see it can cost over 30,000 euro if you count everything from the time you get engaged

wuffly

I think you can probably do this for the average 22k, you have lots of time. We took every offer of help we got, including, cake, flowers, wedding car, invites, mass booklets, cake topper. We arranged it all from abroad so having people back home do bits for us was best way, we trusted our family and friends with big enough decisions, as in our band which we heard for the first time on our wedding day, fantastic. We had ours in a 5 star hotel on a thurs in the summer mostly teachers and farmers so this was fairly accommodating. Got a great photographer which was def the best value on the day, only had one bridesmaid, less hassle and sooo much cheaper. We had a photobooth was great craic and love having photos of our guests. Not to mention you will have a certain amount of people that cant make it so unless you invite 280 you wont have 250. Etsy is brill for DIY ideas and generally cute wedding stuff. Like someone else said dont get carried away this can happen when you have lots of time, do pick up bits and pieces as you go. We paid for things as we went along or in installments so it was nearly all covered by the time the day came around. Good luck with it and congrats

Milly33

We are just back from viewing a real perfect spot for ours but the only thing is it doesn't have a perfect room for the party and we would need caterers. We were doing up a plan last night and a rough guide came to €10,000 for around 100 - 120 people. Trying to figure out now how to cut things down.. The most expensive thing is the food really and perhaps the hire of a marquee don't even know how much they would cost as a basic...

Mind boggling so it is..Is it worth spending all that money on well twud be a weekend

wuffly

Honestly yes, don't regret anything we spent on it.(Wouldnt go into debt for it though and we didn't honeymoon for almost a year) Yes its just one day, but its your day, you will never have all those people together again. I prefer to fade into the background mostly but i so enjoyed having everyone be there for us, enjoying the day with us, dancing the night away with us. You just don't expect to enjoy it as much as you do and its all over before you know it. Try and enjoy the planning, pick your battles if you have to and pick your bridesmaid(s) wisely. And delegate!

.jacksparrow.

clumsyklutz wrote: »

Each to their own alright, still think they need their head examined though :P

No point in getting so hung up on money in life!

No one will remember in a thousand years. If you can afford it now then do what you want!

Milly33

wuffly wrote: »

Honestly yes, don't regret anything we spent on it.(Wouldnt go into debt for it though and we didn't honeymoon for almost a year) Yes its just one day, but its your day, you will never have all those people together again. I prefer to fade into the background mostly but i so enjoyed having everyone be there for us, enjoying the day with us, dancing the night away with us. You just don't expect to enjoy it as much as you do and its all over before you know it. Try and enjoy the planning, pick your battles if you have to and pick your bridesmaid(s) wisely. And delegate!

You sound like a breath of fresh air!! haha thank you,. I would kinda be like that too I think I am not into having lets say the limelight I would prefer to be in the backround but just know that everyone is enjoying themselves and that we have a fun time... That quote about delegating that is exactly what Patrick the person who runs the place we went to look at said, he said if you have good friends going they would be more than happy to help out and I think it would make them feel more part of the day also.. Will indeed enjoy all the planning wish in a way it could happen sooner but then again a year we could have it to perfection.. thanks

Soldier of the dawn

€22k sounds about right.(inclusive of the honeymoon for us)

We had mates rates for the photography and got a good deal on the wedding video.

Apart from that, the expense just piles up.

Also, the Hotels don't really haggle much(we found anyways, much to our dissapointment)

Patrickheg

Soldier of the dawn wrote: »

Also, the Hotels don't really haggle much(we found anyways, much to our dissapointment)

That was the biggest shock to us. All well and good haggling the balls of it on a town/city with x number of nice hotels, but if you are getting married at a peak weekend in a town with only one nice hotel which is popular and who can put on a good wedding then you can only haggle so far.

Weddings are supposed to be about the couple but you have to think of the guests at the same time so expecting the majority of your guests to travel 40+ miles so you save a few quid was a non runner for us

Gatica

I agree, a good hotel will always have demand for business, so they're less likely to need to give in to people's requests or demands. If a hotel is dying for your business and gives in on almost everything, that's probably cos they wouldn't get it otherwise...

Milly33

I am still so shocked at how much weddings cost.. Still have it in my head that well do ours for €10 but I am just sick of thinking even that much money when we don't exactly to hand.. Thinking of wonder ideas now of what to do and how to cut it down

rainbow kirby

Milly33 wrote: »

I am still so shocked at how much weddings cost..

Likewise... the more wedding stuff I look at, the more it just seems like a bottomless money pit. I'd be tempted sometimes to just do it at the local town hall for 50 quid on a Monday morning...

Milly33

yep with you on that one!! It really is disgusting at what people are charging. I think at the moment we seem to have found our perfect venue it is just the add-ons after that the catering is the next biggest price. When you think a couple of grand again to feed people, we joked last night of just ordering pizza's for all..