Price for a wedding

Depends on how many guests you want, venue, location (what part of the country you live in), what’s important to you (food, photography, etc). We wanted to only spend $10k but it’s more like $20k. Don’t let anyone else tell you how much is too much to spend on a wedding; if you are paying in cash & not going into debt for 1 day it’s your business. It’s always better to have the $$ and not need it versus the other way around!

I'm not sure where you are located specifically, but the average cost of a wedding in the US is about $33,000. The right budget is what you can afford. I live in a high cost of living area and our wedding cost about $23,000. According to this survey by The Knot, the average wedding in my state is $53,000: https://www.theknot.com/content/amphtml/average-wedding-cost


Look at how much things cost in your area (venues, catering, etc.) and see how much you can realistically put towards the wedding. There are ways to cut costs. The most important thing is you don't want to go into debt for the wedding. If you can afford $20,000 then that's fine. There's also no rule that says you have to use it all if things end up working out cheaper.

It's all about location and guest list. We live in Las Vegas and found an off-the-beaten-path venue that quoted us (rounded off) $11,700 for 130 guests. That includes the venue rental for 6 hours, catering and dessert table, open bar and DJ! After including the price of our photographer/videographer, we're looking at around $15k NOT including our stationery. If you're looking for a mid sized wedding, $10k-$20k+ is perfectly normal. Don't let ANYONE dictate how much is too much especially if you're using your own money.

That's significantly below what the national average is for a wedding. We spent approximately $20,000-25,000 for our wedding. We based our budget on averages for each thing in our area. Location, number of people, and time of year greatly impact your budget.

It depends on where you're located, how many guests you have, how elaborate it is, and the list goes on.

I don't know what you mean, the average amount of money you're paying for you wedding is actually below the national average for most states. Depending on where you live, it could be impossible to have a medium sized dream wedding for under $10,000.

Back in your granddad's time, I don't doubt weddings were a more affordable affair, but weddings these days are expensive. Originally, my fiancee and I tried planning our wedding under $10,000, but we quickly realized we had to double our budget to get what we want.

DH and I planned a "cheap for our area" wedding, and it cost around $30k. Like Hannah, the "average" cost in my area, according to google, is north of $75k, which is, quite frankly, *ridiculous in the extreme*. But... it's a pricey area, a lot of very splashy people like to drive that average up, and a lot of people won't report their cheaper wedding.

"Average" is utterly dependent on where you are... and how many people might skew that number. It's also dependent on size (I bet you those "average" weddings in my area are bigger than ours was), and if you do everything that is trendy.

The important thing is to figure out what's important to you, and what you can afford. Then you set your budget and work from there.

No one gets to tell you if your budget is too high or low unless they're contributing to that budget. If not, then it's up to you and the "right" budget is what you can afford. A $10k wedding would be impossible at our venue - like, literally impossible. Once you account for the flowers, dress, outside vendors, etc., there wouldn't be enough money left for the venue to have a large enough guest list that they would even book your date.

My FH and I are DIY. We are all in at just under $5,000. I found mine, MOH, BM and MOB dresses on Amazon and all in paid under $400. My venue was under $500. Catering and cake has been our biggest expense and together under $1,000. It can be done but it's a lot of work abd we've been putting it together since last September.

When your grandmother got married, weddings were way cheaper. But now $10k is normal and I the think the average is $30k. I planned to spend $10k but was naive about how much stuff cost and to get almost everything we wanted we ended up spending $20k. My dad was shocked at first bc his wedding to my stepmom in 1999 was $3k. They also got married in a park with almost no decor and the reception was at a restaurant. When he married my mom in 1989 it was in their local rural church and my great grandmother professionally did all the catering for free. Weddings are a huge industry now and people live more spread out so there’s more planning and travel involved. I do think it’s crazy and unreasonable, but it’s just the way things are.

We intended to spend 10k, ended up closer to 20. And that was for a medium sized wedding in Texas without any huge trimmings.

Don't let anyone tell you how much you should spend on your wedding. This is your day! My fiance and I found our perfect venue that came with most of our needs in their package. We had to hire photography and an Officiant because it was not included in the package. The package itself was about 16k, and everything else we are doing ourselves added up to approximately 20k or over..we are not including my dress or his tux since my mom paid for my dress and half for his tux. Unfortunately his parents are not paying for anything towards our wedding so we had to get second jobs temporarily to help pay for everything but this is our dream wedding! I am excited about my wedding and wouldn't choose anywhere else to get married. It is worth the money in my eyes.

You do you, and make sure that this is a dream wedding!

I'm in rural MN and for our 250 person wedding we would have ended up just under $5,000. I couldn't even fathom spending more than that on one day, but that just goes to show that where you live can hugely effect the cost of your wedding. There are so many things you can do to cut costs but at the end of the day if youre willing to spend 20K then go for it, its your day!

As others have stated it’s all about location and then guest size. We live in a high cost of living area. We got married about 40 minutes from the metropolitan area so we were able to have our wedding and come in below budget. We spent just about $13,000 for a nice wedding with 65 guests. I also DIYd some stuff, used a friend as day of coordinator, cut out flowers except for bridal party, etc.
It all depends on what you guys want and are comfortable with. Don’t let someone else dictate how much you spend, either more or less.

We're paying more than $30,000 for the wedding. Weddings in our area are expensive. You can make is as cheap or as expensive as you want.

I tried very hard to stay under 10,000. We are at 15,000 now and I had to cut out a couple extras I wanted to do. Also had to change the flowers I wanted. I was shocked at first. Seems like you add bridal or wedding to something and it’s twice the price! Good luck planning!

I think it just depends on what you want / where you want to have it. Our wedding is about $8500 (which is on the higher end) for all-in (45 guests) including our Familymoon.

We are saving money on our rings, my dress, his outfit (by not purchasing from retail).

Your budget is your budget. Your grandmother might have good intentions but since you guys are paying for the wedding yourselves the only people deciding on what it spend is you guys. I don’t think your budget is “too much” if you’re comfortable spending that amount. The average wedding price is largely dependent on size and area of the country it’s in. Our wedding was in an expensive area (New England in summer) so we spent a fair bit more than 20k.

It being too much only depends on the amount of people and type of food and venue you are set on having. my wedding was around 16k and i had a lot of guests. so i mean of course a wedding for 10k is doable but it's not really if you're gonna have a lot of guests

I’ve probably unofficially changed venues/location about four times, but I’ve always managed to stay below 5K for the entire wedding for 50 guests max.