What is a realistic budget for an average sized wedding of 50-100 guests?...

We have 110 guests and it's costing about 6-7000. I think if you shop around and diy as much as possible you can save thousands! Xx

We had 90 to the day and 120 to the night & we had a amazing venue but nothing too posh for food etc and it was 8 or 9 grand. We live in a home county so things are a bit pricier xx

If you have everything you'd want included in that day then I would say about £15k. If you make cutbacks then you could do it on £10k? But again it'll depend on venue as that's most the cost. Our venue with food/drinks was £10k and thats before we added on extras or other wedding items!

I don't think there is such a thing. It depends on what you want. That includes amount and type of food and drinks, where you want the wedding to be, costs of your venue etc. I'd make a list of things you definitely want and look into the individual costs for each point on your list to get an idea of how much you'll have to save. Also it is a huge difference if you cater for 50 or 100 people~

We have just shy of 80 guests, getting married in our local town hall with a masquerade ball theme, photographer, my mum is making my cake, I'm having silk flowers, a package deal that comes with a bar, catering, decorations and a DJ, we are having a honeymoon in Iceland and we are looking at a spend of £5k....

Me and my fiancée r getting married in 2 years and we're saving 500 a month so got a budget of 12k but I have done a rough estimate and it looks like for 50 guests it's looking like 9k we will spend and that's me spending 1k on a dress which is my dream. But it is what u want for ur dream day x

I think it depends how much u want certain things e.g. I'm not having a wedding car, no one is going to see me in it so I've saved money there, I've called in favours off people etc so with my dress, 5 suits, 1 bridesmaids (my little sister to again keep costs down) church wedding, flowers, venue n honeymoon to Thailand we are looking just over 5k! I've made all my wedding decorations etc and got my invites off vistaprint who were cheap but had lovely designs 😊 good luck x

I have 80 guests costs 15000

I have 40 day and 90 evening. Our venue was £3500 and everything else was around another £3000. I get married two weeks today :D

Were havin 75 day and 150 night all in its costing £25,000 xx

Our venue with catering etc is costing us £7700 for 50 day guests and additional 70 evening. Then on top of that we have to pay for everything else and so far it's around 13k but that's not including invites my dress hair and make up his suit groomsman etc lol

We getting married next year up to 100 guest our estimated budget is 12000. Good luck with yours xx

Just over £5000 for 72 day guests and 90 evening x

Im looking at spending about 5k that for 3cars, my dress, 4bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dress, 4suits plus everything else for about 100 people

Samantha Moore

We have gone simple. The day is about us not others. We have 100 day guests (i have a big family & we have so many good friends) So church wedding at our local church - £590. The social centre hall - £180. We have a friend who does photography and is doing an amazing deal for us - £300. & my sis in law does buffetts- £400. Bridesmaids are paying for their dresses and ive got my dress from ebay (ive done my research). Lads are sorting themselfs. We got our rings for £20!! And my mate is a hairdresser. So all in about 1.5k x

We're looking at about £8k (not including a honeymoon cos we haven't decided on that yet!) But that's with us going a little overboard with some things, and that's for 60 day guests and 80 evening.

We've got 120 guests. If we added everything up probably be close to 20k.

For us between 6000-7000

I think for a wedding package with a three course meal for 50 guests and buffet for 100 evening your looking on average for it to cost about £4000 (of course there will be cheaper places and also more expensive). The cost of everything else will depend on how much you want to spend x

We spent 12000 in total x depends on what you want and see as priority.... We didn't seem as though we spent that...it was paid off gradually over two years.. So ended up being about 3000 to pay near the day x

30 guests 7k not inc honeymoon

We have 100 day guests and about 100 evening, I'm doing a lot DIY but in some places I'm not cutting corners and it looks like it's going to be around 17/18k.

All depends on how fancy you want it. Our venue is costing us £5k, we're having the entire day there, for 70 people. We're also having a photo booth, karaoke and fireworks for entertainment and we've paid for a venue dresser to do all the chairs, centrepieces etc (they would have cost a lot more with our venue) we've also done all the stationary (invites, place cards, table plan, etc) ourselves and my h2b is making our cake. All in its cost us about £10K but as some people have put, they have gone for something simple and it's cost them around the £2k mark so it just depends how simple/fancy you want it x

Ours has the same sort of criteria, once we decided where we wanted it we worked to see if we could save a budget that fits, we ended with a beautiful hotel and and that added up to around 9k so we decided with others at most it should be around 12k, and that's with a winter wedding, as much diy as I can and planning on saving for around 3 years, luckily we've saved it in less than two and really think it's going to come under 11 :) x

We had 40 day n 60 evening guests n spent around £7000 and that was with making some things ourselves and really shopping around for everything

It's costing us 6k

Im sorry 12 grand for a wedding is obscene. I have a designer dress brand new in a sale for 350 it was 1250 and i will resell for the same. The wedding and honeymoon at centre parcs including 3 spa sessions and a trip to the big cat breakfast at woburn safari park when we feed lions in their enclosure for £300 wicked tickets in london £180 snd various other things was about 4K

Mine was about £6000 in total. Hotel wedding & reception with 3 course sit down meal and drink for 70 and evening hot buffet for 130 Registrar fees, Dress, suits, DJ, entertainment (magician) wedding decor centre pieces, chair covers etc. Flowers, photographer, hair, makeup, all the little things that add up. I was expecting to spend about £1000 haha x

Our package was £10k all in, 80 day guests and another 50 in the evening, 4 course meal and BBQ buffet, but another 5k spent on dresses suits flowers etc

Really depends we had about that many guest altogether (50ish in day maybe slightly more and another 50 odd for evening although not everyone turned up) my made everything the thing that cost the most was my dress at £1150 and altogether spent around £5000 maybe just more :) we had a church ceremony then went onto the local village hall for afternoon tea and disco in evening x

Ours was around 6k x

Ours was £8k including our honeymoon

It really depends on venue, suppliers, what extras you want i.e. Chair covers, what kind of centre piece, entertainment etc. I looked at many venues online which ranged from £5000 to £15000, some had added extras such as chair covers, table plans, etc etc. I actually looked around 2 venues and for prettt much then same package although 10 more people included in the one I chose and I get a dj/dance floor included, there was £2000 difference, the one I chose was just over £5000 and the one I decided against was just over £7000. They are both 4 star hotels, the one I decided against was prettier on the outside but the one I chose was much nicer inside and are only about 10 mins drive from one another so not even down to postcode lol.

I'd have said £10-15k most likely but that is a very rough estimate. That's a big range of guest numbers and very much depends on location too!

I'm not adding mine up

Apparently the average cost of a wedding in the U.K. Is 24k these days. It all boils down to all the extras you may want, free bar/cash bar, fireworks, photo booth, sit down meal/buffet.....etc. Our wedding planner asked us to write a list of everything we wanted, he priced it up and we worked backwards from there. Decided what aspects were more/less important to us and moved things round till we got to the budget we wanted.

Sorry to say this but all the people saying that over 10k is obscene and ridiculous... Who cares.. If that is a couples budget why shame them? Nobody is making these comments about brides only spending £1000 so why is it necessary for others to make comments about brides spending more?! Stop shaming others girls it's unattractive!!!! Each budget is different.

For everything incl. Dresses etc it's come to just over £10,000 I think. We've got 67 guests in the day and 110 in the evening (altogether), the ceremony, food & evening reception is all in the same venue.. just different parts of the building and altogether thats just under £6000. Don't get me wrong, we could have done it cheaper but my fiance wanted to get all the extra bits we liked like a harpist & owls & videographer etc because he works hard for what we have so we could pay for it, we've had a tough couple of years and it's just what we wanted to do. There's no right or wrong, as long as you're both happy thats all that should matter. X

We have 200 guests and one place wanted £80 per head so that was out

We've got 55 guests for the day, 100 for the evening and ours is coming to £3500. That does not include my dress because my parents bought me it. But everything else is within the budget

Ours is around 7,500 for 80 day and 100 night keeping it as low cost as possible but still nice xx

Me and my fiancé are getting married in 2 years and the place we are getting married is in a all day place 60 during the day and 100 may be more on the night for 4K x

Got my venue for 40 days guests and 80 night guests for £3500. And the rest, I am doing everything myself and making it cheap but wonderful (BnM and The Range are my new locals). Even my dress is going ti be under £500, but if you know where to look it's completely do-able to not spend a fortune and have a great day!

It depends where in the country. We're in London and in total ours will be about £37k, but that's the average for London we're doing a lot of things ourselves to save x

We are having around 100 guests and we're on track for about £17k total. But that does include extras such as a live band for the evening, and a string trio during the day xx

£6000 roughly I'd say from Experience of planning my own x

About £9000 including amazing honeymoon or between £6000 and £7000 with out x

It depends where and when you are getting married too. Our venue was a beautiful hotel In the Chester countyside right on the boarder of Wales. We got married at the end of November on a Sunday so out of season. Our venue offered a package deal for 60 day guests and 100 evening that was £5400 in 2014 so probably a bit more now but still it can be done xx

We're having 48 guests plus us for the day and 80 for the evening and we've set a budget of £5/6000. Realistically it can be done for that amount :-)

It is completely dependant on you and what you want your day to be.

We have 80 for the day and 130 in the evening. Our workings out for costings has come in at around 12K budget and we are DIYing a lot of it, we're making our own centrepieces and arranging our own flowers (quotes of £80 for a bridal bouquet alone is ridiculous), we aren't having cars, are only providing an arrival drink (no open bar or wine on tables) and we have attempted to keep cost down wherever else possible. The thing that eats into your budget is food, so be sure to bare that in mind when selecting your venue (£40 per head for sit down meal and £15 per head for evening buffet for ours. We saw many venues charging over £70 per head so feel ours is a good deal).

Ultimately it's all down to you, but what i will say is stay within your means but also don't cut costs for the sake of cutting costs, make sure you have the day you want.

We have 50 for the wedding breakfast a d then 80 for the night it's going to cost us around £5000 give or take z

Mine was £5000 that includes everythinh

Our venue was a fancy hotel and we had a package that was 50 day guests and 80 evening guests for 4k. Then the registrar etc on top all in was 6k. If we had that same venue and number of guests on peak wedding season it would have been nearly 11k so I would definately look at out of season dates. Ours was the last weekend in April and it was a beautiful day weather wise. We had 2 best men, 2 bridesmaids a page boy and a flower girl so didn't have a dozen outfits to pay for and we didn't have a wedding car as I stayed the night before at the venue anyway. We added loads of extras bit ended up taking them off as we just didn't need them and they were luxuries nobody would even notice!! We had an M&S cake that we decorated ourselves aswell. Our biggest cost aside from venue was my dress and the photographer. All table numbers/table plans/invites etc we made ourselves so that saved alot aswell.

12-15k

It depends what you want and where you live. Ours is next June and is currently around £23k without honeymoon but we allowed ourselves 3 years to save for it so we could have the day we want and not have to cut corners or get into debt for it. You only do it once so why not have the day you want if you can afford it!! x

It ready does depend on what u want. We are having 80 ppl day and night. We are getting a discount cuz of time of year. ( we get married this November) 4950 is what we have paid for ceremony and wedding breakfast. Then its all the extras on top. Dj 275 but thats until 1am. 3 tier cake 250. Bridesmaid dresses 90 pound each. I had a designer dress for 900 instead of 2000 (last seasons stock) then to add photographer. We are paying 1000 for all day up to first dance. And 600 for videographer. Then u have registras fees. Hair make up. In total we will have paid in region 13,000 n we arnt having a honeymoon. We have had alot of deals and discounts and its still all mounted up and more than what we anticipated!!

There's no point asking for budget advice on here, so many people do it and it's not helpful. People who like big designer expensive no money spared things will say 10/15k plus people who know where and how to cut back and prefer simpler things will tell you they can do it for less then 5k...... my advice is to look at your own area as that's a difference in price itself and look at the things you would like in your wedding to give you an idea on price to work out your own budget. Only You know how much money you can earn and save so only you can decide your budget.
Me and my htb are not on a fantastic wage and my dad has helped with the venue cost, but when we got engaged we put what we could afford aside and now Iv paid for everything by deposit and now I can look at how much I owe and it's not worrying at all Iv got 8 months left and Iv got enough to pay off the big things and il pay the lil things closer to time (pay off in bigger to smaller) because I looked and shopped about in my area for the price I know I could afford. You just have to look at things be sure it's in your price range. All the best x

I think you just need to go by how much you can afford/want to spend. My wedding was around £6k with 100 guests but I know others that have spent £19000 for the same amount of people. Whatever your budget you can make it work x

Mine was about £6000 but my sister in law is planning hers for about £3500 and my friends cost about £2500-£3000. Can save your self money by getting married on a week day or having a late wedding. Making alot of the stuff yourself. I made own flowers out of paper. Table decs out of paper and invites. Probably saved myself £700 right there. Got my dress of the rack for £125. Lovely sparkly princess dress. Had it altered for £160 as im short. Got my ring from warren James. Lovely white gold sparkly ring for £80 in there sale. Only had flower girls and only bought a suit for groom and best man. Everyone else wore what they wanted. I didnt really care if they all matched. Just a few things I managed to save on. Our venue cost £3000. Including meal, dj, room decs and table linen, getting married there, tea and coffee, chair covers, table wine and toast drinks and welcome drinks.

We had everythig we wanted, paid for all grooms ments top hat and tails and everything for bridesmaids too we spent £7130 for 110 day guests and 300 evening guests, we had a church wedding then a barn fesival type feel after party, with pie and mash for wedding breakfast and pizza and fish and chips for evening grub x

You could do it for definitely less than 10k. Especially if you spent much less on your dress, and DIY a lot of the decor. Don't scrimp on the food and drink, and everyone will have a good time.

Average cost of a UK wedding is around 24k. I would say from 6k-15k. But it is really dependant on where you are and what your after. Our wedding isn't that expensive. But neither is it cheap. It's my rings and partners watch that add up costs with 5k going just on them alone :s

Well so far there the registry office fee of £399
That includes booking fees and giving notice

We've got our reception room for £30
My dress is costing £500
My mums getting the buffet done as a present although I'm going to do some extras (maybe a couple of cold meat platters some cheese boards and a bit of fruit I think)
Photographer we have for free (best mans dad)
Cake £220 it will be amazing
I'm doing scratch cards for the adults for favours (£70-£80 extras we will keep )
And I'm making sweet cones for the kids (I bought 100 cone bags for £3.50)

Now we have the oh suit, my girls dresses to buy £100 for 3 from roco clothing if I get those ones and my sons suit probably about £50 decorations rings dj and car to sort

I'm not having flowers because I'm gonna need my hands for my dress and tbh I don't fancy spending £100 on a nice bouquet to just throw it away and if I get my girls flowers I'm just gonna run into town on the day and get a couple of nice little bunches of the flower stall and tie a pretty ribbon on them job done

We also will have around 100 guests

6-7k

Ours has come to around £12k all together (we get married in August) 1/2 of that was on the venue. £1250 on a photographer and £600 on a DJ and just under £500 on registrar. All adds up!! X

If your having a ceremony and a do separately I'd say avg is around 7k... if you do the whole thing in a hotel type place I'd say 10-15k. Depends what you want. Don't let anyone shame you for what you pay it's your day!!

80 day guests. 12k on venue and food.. about 24k in total

Ours came to around the £5000 mark. We had 65 day guests with a sit down meal and an extra 100 in the evening for disco and BBQ buffet.

I was quite lucky with the people I know. So things like hair, make up, car and photos were all done by friends. Either as a considered wedding present or at a discount.

I have 50 day and 80 night with package plus honeymoon cost over 10k and I have nothing fancy

We spent 12k and it was nothing fancy... registry office ceremony (as we're not religious) Then hired a local pub that had a hall (meade hall barn) where we had a hog roast and welcome drinks & speech drinks for 150 guests food and drink for all was £3,000 so the majority of our day... we had 2 cars, dress, suits, flowers, hair and makeup for myself and 4 bridesmaids, their dresses, dj for the evening and all day photographer.... i made our invites, but probably worked out to be as much as getying them made! We didn't want to spend that much, but over time it just added up! Xx don't regret any of it as our day was exactly what we both wanted, and even 2 years later people are still talking about how relaxed the whole day& evening was! Xx just enjoy your day!!!

We spent about £1000 in total and we had a great day but everyone has a right to spend what they want be it a small or large wedding. Have a great wedding whatever your budget x no one had the right to judge anyone or how much or little they spend x

We are getting married in Vegas and having a reception at home cost £2700 for wedding flights and hotel and reception has cost £1000 at home x

Our venue is 12k alone. We've got to about 16k. It's whatever you feel comfortable paying and what you want to spend your money on. Remember it's your day, no one else's so don't let anyone tell you your spending too much/ little!

I would say around 6,000 is a decent budget

We had a hotel wedding with 78 in the day and 120 in the eve. Drinks recipients after ceremony (at the hotel which was £750!), 3 courses wedding breakfast with 1/ bottle of wine pp, evening buffet, dj, entertainment, and everything else! Came in in the end at about £8000 but in our area we could've easily doubled the hotel cost alone! X

Ive got about 90 people at mine which is next year and where im going my wedding is costing me about 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 grand with everything we're on a tight budget too :)

I found it hard to plan a budget, but I googled things beforehand to get "rough" prices so I knew what to expect and now I'm actually planning, those prices are my benchmark and I'm trying to save where I can. We know the max we can spend and there have been some things which I didn't even consider initially, but know we need/want so they have been added. I definitely suggest researching your local suppliers for price ideas and then shop around. Prices vary so much for the same thing; cake, dresses etc x

10k in NE England. Inclusive of honeymoon in Europe for one week.

I agree with alot of the status on here about budget shaming, at the end of the day all your having is a party for everyone. As long you and your h2b are happy f anyone else. Me and my h2b are lucky we have alot of family and good friends helping us, this wedding wouldn't be happening without them xxxx

I had a beautiful day on about 8k for 80.

Depends, about £12000 for me