How much did everyone budget for their wedding?

$40K (not including engagement ring) but hoping to keep it under $30K.

$13,000
Philadelphia, PA - 31 people including bride and groom Venue - Bar/restaurant with unique upstairs wedding venue in historic section of Philly - includes 4 hour open premium bar, cocktail hour, Dinner, dessert, wedding cake, flowers, ceremony fees $7000Photography - $1500. Transportation $300 Dress w/ Alterations - $650Hair & Makep -$350 Grooms Attire -$300 Engagement/wedding rings paid - $2000$1000 spent on wedding favors, some decor, bridal party and parent wedding gifts
We surprisingly stayed within budget!

We were ultimately trying to stay under 20k after I wanted an all inclusice wedding that cost 24k. We will be pushing is not over 30k. lol The only advice I have is to limit you guest count. our biggest factor so far has been the food and guest count of 100.

Well all together our budget is at least 8k which is difficult but we pull through lmao

I think it depends on where you live and what month and stuff like that. I thought 12-15 but I’m definitely seeing it being 20K and I’m from NY 😭

We thought small but elegant could be done at stopping 10k, once the wedding was over and e we e calculated everything, including attire, we spent 20k

I’m hoping to keep it l under $5k. Right now we are at about $4500 for about 25 guests. But this includes everything (dress, alterations, hair,
Makeup, venue, food/beverage, etc)

View Quoted Comment Holy cow! What do you guys do for work to be able to spend 40k on one day!? I bet it was beautiful!

My FH and I are trying our best to keep it at 10k and less. We came across a venue that would accommodate that in our area including ceremony, venue, tables, chairs, food, drinks, alcoholic drinks, officiant, Dj, and cake and desserts. This is for 40 people (including bride and groom). However, there was also another venue that I loved out of state. When I calculated everything it was under 15k.


If anything find a venue with the best package that suits your budget! So, definitely do your research. And ask those venues if they do free consultations, open house, and some times some places will let you try their food!

So, it all depends on what you want, what you are willing to let go of or compromise, etc ☺️ As long as you’re happy with your decision at the end of the day! 💙

$5,000 for 35 people. I think we might come in a little under. Seeing some of these numbers that are higher than what we paid for our home is mind-blowing, but I'm sure they will be very lovely weddings.

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We do have good jobs, but $40k is on the lower end of how much weddings cost where we live (DC metro area).

View Quoted Comment Okay yes, this makes more sense. I didn't concider the area.

View Quoted Comment May I ask how you were able to keep it that low? I need some pointers lol

About 8k for a micro wedding with 15 people total (including us and our kids), but not including my engagement ring.

View Quoted Comment Omgoodness not at all. So I just got the essentials so my dress(which I got on sale) the flower girl and ring barrier stuff(I bought second hand) my fiancé’s ring and suit, flowers (I’m diying my bouquet the bridesmaids bouquets and groomsmen and grooms boutonnieres and the corsages), I’m having the ceremony outside at a state park so that’s $25 since we needed a permit, the chairs were $1 a chair so I’m thinking $100 if everyone comes, and my decor is all diyed as well we bought carriages (Cinderella wedding) and we bought enough flowers to decorate that with. And the hall has the catering and table cloths and all included. If you have any other questions don’t be afraid to ask!!!

20k for ceremony and reception.... flowers/decor/photographer/videographer and food/drink. Luckily our venue is BYOB. But this 20k is still tight (and might be unrealistic... we’re paying for this 100% ourselves so trying to be budget-conscious). It doesn’t include our outfits, rings or honeymoon.

For 100 guests, spending 3 nights in a villa (that sleeps everyone) in Tuscany, Italy were estimating it will be around 60k euros. We thought that was not bad at all considering most couples spend that much for a wedding that lasts 6 hrs vs 3 days in Italy with all our friends and family!

After budgeting out each individual thing, we came to around $20,000 for the wedding. Hopefully we can stay under that! So far we're staying on track.

View Quoted Comment Okay so having the ceremony in a state park is what saved a lot of money! That’s great! Cinderella theme is so cute! What about food? I think that’s where most of the money is going to go for me.

View Quoted Comment Yes that definitely saved us a lot. Thank you!! I love Cinderella and he loves light blue and that was his only request so it worked out. Foods $26.50 a plate which wasn’t supposed to be but with covid they had to hike the price up we have 3 meats, salad and bread and soda/coffee. We what to have alcohol but with the budget we’re trying to figure that out.