On average what does a wedding cost?

It really depends on you and what you want. A big blow out wedding can cost 25k or more. i've seen really nice ones for 10k. Mine is under 2,000....it's casual and i'm ok with that. It really is what you and your fiancee want.

Depends on your location, guest count and vision. The sky’s the limit. You can go to the courthouse for $100 or have a $100,000 fancy ballroom wedding. It’s entirely up to you! My wedding, excluding honeymoon is $4500.

View Quoted Comment He's been married before. This is my 1st and my last wedding. I really want to go all out. I was in a medically induced coma last year 1 day after Christmas. It was a week that my fiancé couldn't hear my voice. So he really wants me to have this wedding the way I want it to be. But he's also on disability but he works at Little Caesars. When he's all co-manager. So he's not making much. I'm on disability as well because of my health issues. So I'm not sure how this is gonna work out. I feel incredibly bad.

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I understand. I'm disabled myself and on social security. He is the only one working. We're both older, i'll be 50 on our wedding day and he's 54. We've both been married before. Neither of us had a great wedding the first time so we're doing our best to have a really good one this time. We chose a sentimental venue that's also affordable. We are have the ceremony and reception at the community center we met at back in 1985 at a dance. It's were we spend most of our time together during the 6 months we dated back then. It was only 275 for 10hours. Maybe have it at a place that's special to you two? David's bridal has great deals on dresses all the time, I got mine for 299. I've gotten most of my decorations and paper plates and cups on Amazon. Sale stuff at Michaels and Walmart. Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have been my friends! They're getting to know me! i'm not really DIY savvy, but i'm doing all I can. I have earned gift cards online for years and I cashed in for Amazon cards for prime day. I got my bouquet, hair clip, belt, MOH and bridesmaid's bouquets, my grooms flower and the flowers for the guys that way. You can have a beautiful wedding in an affordable way I swear! It just takes some creativity!!

I know it's frustrating, I feel bad for my fiancee and he has to pay for the big ticket items, that's why i'm trying to do what I can. Try not to stress and enjoy this time. Luckily you have nearly a year, so you have time to stock up on things too, so the cost isn't all at once

This depends on the number of guests, location, time of year, type of ceremony/reception, and style.

My husband and I got married in 2017, in suburban SE Pennsylvania, with 65 adult guests, in an evening ceremony reception (all one place), in the off-season for just under $15k.

We don’t have a lot of money for a 25K wedding either, but you can still make it beautiful and memorable. We’re having our ceremony and reception at a local VFW and we have a year as well as you to figure out decorations and other miscellaneous things. You can do this. David’s bridal has amazing deals on dresses, Walmart does amazing 3 tier cakes for 150 (at least that’s what my Walmart costs) create a hashtag and have people send wonderful photos instead of photography. The most expensive thing is the food. I found one for 20 a head at about 100 people.

You can have a wedding on any budget. The average American wedding costs $30,000 according to an article by Money Under 30, but that varies so much by the factors MrsBdeG mentioned. Like MrsBdeG our budget is $15,000. We’re having a beautiful wedding for 65 people in Indiana on a Saturday evening in October. But you can get married for just the cost of the license. If you keep the guest count low, look at nontraditional venues, and ask family and friends to help DIY you can have an incredible wedding on any budget.

Our budget is 25k (10k in assistance and 15k from our own stash). This is actually a cheap/small wedding for our location and social circle.

There are so many factors involved, region, venue, guest count. You can have a lovely wedding without a lot of money. We picked a venue that basically does everything. With my dress, accessories, suit rental, diy items, rings, invitations and misc items we're around 10k, our initial budget was 5k

It really depends on how you go about it. Unfortunately the minute you mention the word wedding, most vendors pull out a different price sheet. I would avoid traditional wedding venues and look into renting out a restaurant. Instead of a cake, buying several nice cakes from a grocery store. You can find beautiful wedding dresses on Ebay.
My first wedding cost less than 1000, we eloped to vegas with a bunch of guests.

I think the national average right now is $35k. Here in MD the average is about $40k- but we'll be well under at $20k.

The "average" wedding costs are misleading anyway. First off, they get those averages by polling people who read wedding magazines or participate in wedding forums--and those people are likely spending more time and money on their weddings than those who don't do those things.

Second, they are the mean, not the median. For example, suppose that four couples spend $10,000 each on their weddings, and one spends $110,000 on theirs. The "average" wedding would cost $30,000 (i.e., $150,000 total cost of the five weddings divided by the five couples). But the vast majority of couples would spend a lot less than that.

The numbers are made up, but the general tendency is not. There is no top limit on what couples can spend, but no one can spend less than zero. So the occasional wedding that involves flying 300 guests to your private island can bring up the average to far more than most couples spend.

For you, the question is not what is the average, but what you need to spend to host the number of guests you want. Almost no one can "go all out," in the sense of having an unlimited budget. But you can have a lovely wedding without doing that.

As a two time bride and ultimate budget hunter, allow me to offer this: First, set a budget. It may be $2000, it may be $10,000, do not take out credit to do this. Don't laugh at the $2000, our wedding was around $3000, maybe a tad under, we aimed for $2500. Ours was a lunch reception for about 50 people, including drinks if anyone wanted one. It was in a private dining room of our favorite restaurant and it was free! The food and drink came to about $1100, photography was $500, venue site was $500, pro musician was $350 (he was a pro but as a friend he discounted us.) My dress was $60 off Amazon, my bouquet was around $60, invites were (I think) around $80. Other costs were postage, hair and makeup, and of course, tipping. Our officiant was a friend ( I do NOT recommend that - pay $$ for a pro!)

Skip: STD's, programs, photobooths, bridesmaid "proposals" all that stuff. In fact, have NO bridal party and save yourself a lot of headache, lol!!! Not having a dance will help, skip favors and centerpieces as well. Concentrate on food, drink and your guests comfort and you will get this!!!!

If my numbers do not add up exactly, it was almost two years ago, lol!!

Your wedding maybe a retired judge officiating in a beautiful public park at 11 followed by a lunch reception like I had - a public park will be WAY less than my venue, lol!!!

Have you looked at VFW's, Knights of Columbus, Elk's Lodges, etc? The VFW near me rents for $650 for the whole day and that includes a licensed bartender!!

Good luck and keep us posted!!!

It depends on a lot of things. My wedding all in is costing about 4k. My best friend last year did it for 5k. I think the average is somewhere around 25k, which I just couldn't imagine. I've done a lot of FIY and am not that picky. I am getting married in a community event center that my step dad was able to rent for free. One of my moms friends/coworkers is doing the music. My brother is the officiant. My aunt is a pro caterer and REALLY wanted to do our food. We aren't having alcohol due to venue restrictions. We found a local photographer who is giving us a great deal. I made all of the bouquets, bouts, and other decorations. You won't be aboe to have a pinterest wedding for that price, but it will still be beautiful and just as meaningful.

View Quoted Comment Thanks so much for your input. My mother actually already bought my wedding dress and my aunt is making my cake and we have a wedding planner who is having her family and church members make and cook the food. So really all I gotta do bis get the okay from our pastor that my fiance's uncle performs the ceremony.

View Quoted Comment That’s amazing! A wedding always seems more special when there are personal touches like those thrown in. It sounds like you’re all set!

Wedding costs can depend on the area you're in, number of guests, time of year, and what vendor priorities you have. We're getting married in a very small town 10 minutes away from FH's hometown because it's a lot less expensive to get married there than in our city. All the vendors I've booked have been super great and do amazing work, but because they're in a small town, it's cheaper. We're planning our wedding for around $13k-$15k with around 200 guests. In our town, it would've been double-triple that.

Living in central valley, ca

friends who cut out pretty much everything but still had a fun wedding -$5,000 for EVERYTHING

friends who cut out/DIY some things but still had a fun wedding- $10,000

friends who had pretty much everything they wanted and had a fun wedding- $15,000

friends who went ALL OUT including very unnecessary things -$18,000-$25,000

I'm in the high range but I included very unnecessary things like disney decor on top of the decor the event decorator I hired will already be providing, a hairstylist from LA when I could have hired someone local, paying for EVERYONE's hair and makeup (which isn't expected,) etc.

My point in including the "but they still had a fun wedding" was just that no matter what your price range is, a fun memorable wedding is possible. My friend who spent $5,000 got a clearance dress from david's bridal, had her wedding at our local zoo, (in a big grass area. they provided all tables and chairs) didn't hire someone to decorate and didn't rent anything,(she purchased inexpensive table clothes, etc online and her friends set the tables up prior to guests arriving) my dad DJ'd her wedding for free,(he's an actual wedding DJ though so this would have normally been another $800-1,000) and she hired a non-wedding caterer. It was more of a food truck but they brought large pitchers of water, ice, food for guests, and served it in a organized way and no one was dissatisfied with the food. Yes, she didn't have sequin table clothes or chiavari chairs but that wasn't her style and she got her wedding.