Does anyone regret spending so much money?

Same as most...waved between how excited I was to share the day with friends/fam & what are we thinking (cost-wise)!

We had our 100 guest wedding & no regrets : )

Other than I'm not thinking I screwed up majorly as we did not 'make back' our money

Zero regrets. I believe this was the case for us, because we decided early on what we both absolutely wanted and needed vs the things that were not as important to us individually. Discussing and knowing these things during the early stages of planning was really beneficial for us and our bank accounts. At first, we both assumed a large wedding in our hometown, mostly my family. After discussing our visions with each other we went with 60 guests (40 local), destination wedding in my husbands home country. It was a complete 180, but we were both happy with our changes.

Nope. We knew what we had to spend and we stayed within budget without sacrificing anything. Felt the same way about our honeymoon. Worth every penny.

We spent $17k and it was worth every penny.

The biggest chunk of our budget went to hiring a live band (~$3500 with tip) versus a DJ (less than 750). It was the BEST DECISION EVER and I am so so so glad we spent the money.

I think about it all the time, but I know I wouldn't have it any other way

If we had stuck to our original budget, FH would have. But we cut it down and he is so much happier.

I think there is a line. My sister spent waaaay too much and she definitely regrets her over extravagance. She wouldnt give me a number but we all know it was very pricey. She spent 7k on her dress alone. She really could have used that money when purchasing her house last year.

I dont regret what we spent on ours. We didnt go over the top. We had 50 guests and did a DW. It turned out perfectly. I don't think cutting a few corners would put me in any different of a financial situation. After 7 years together, it was one hell of a memorable experience and we are over the moon. Even my father loved everything (he hates spending money or when I spend money...or especially when I spend his money. All of those things happened.). My dad assisted (generously) but didnt pay for everything. Knowing what we know now, we all would have done it again.

Weddings are certainly expensive but I am extremely happy with all of the vendors/services we have paid for so far. I also think it's very easy to get caught up in the whole wedding consumer culture of thinking you need to buy things just because you have seen it on Pinterest 40 times (I'm certainly guilty). Spend money on what's important to you and then you won't regret it in the end. When you start spending money just to keep up with the Joneses then you may start to regret it.

Nope! Not one dime! It was well worth every cent we spent - and I wouldn't change a thing!

I'm felling better, we're def not going super extravagant. We've been to a ton of weddings and so we've kind of figured out what we liked and didn't like. So I think once it's over, hopefully we'll feel that it was worth it.

I think we'll be right around $12-13k total. I started to feel guilty, but my parents reassured me of the budget and to calm down.

Yeah I'm frugal so spending this amt of money makes me sick to my stomach. Then again, I don't want to have a cheap looking wedding. While it is only one day, I pray to God I only have one marriage with ONE wedding so I definitely don't want to look back and regret anything. I still cut costs though and it makes me feel better. I'm not wasting money on ceremony menus and programs so I can spend that in other areas. I got my dress off the rack and saved thousands of dollars. Also, when you buy little things here and there throughout the planning, it doesn't make it seem so bad versus paying for everything 2-3 months before the wedding.

We had a very small guest list which allowed us to spoil the people closest to us. Worth every penny!

We started out with a tiny budget of $5k for 80 guests. We ended upping our budget to $15k and it was so worth it. We had a great day and our guests had a great time. It was worth it to give our closest friends and family a great night out!

We regretted it until about halfway through the reception when we realized that it was worth every single penny.

You only do it once so have what you want within reason

Nope I'm only getting married once and I'd rather have the wedding I want then one that isn't anything I want for half the pricd

I should show this to my FH. We are having a small wedding, and I feel like we aren't spending much, but he keeps bringing up that weddings are expensive. I just look at him sometimes and think "well duh, it's a wedding".

Originally we tried to stick to a budget. We both got new jobs and our finances changed with in the last 3 months of planning, so ultimately we decided we will only get this day once, hopefully, and if we can afford it and we want it, we should have it. The only thing I might regret is we did not get a videographer because we felt like we couldn't justify it originally, and then it never came back up. Now I kind of wish we had one, because I just want to watch the video at least once.

@ Mimi Yeah I wouldn't count on money I don't have in hand.

I'm early in my planning but the amount of money that I'm spending for this wedding is a shock. Everyday I contemplate just eloping and putting it all towards a luxurious honeymoon. I'm hoping it'll be worth it. I get so envious when I see a bride on here talking about her $7k wedding. HOW?!