i worked out how much every thing is costing for my wedding and a bit shocked that it comes to £17,000 venue including ceromonie wedding breakfast tabledecorations 3 course wedding breakfast for 70 disco buffett 120 reception drinks drinks with meal and brida suite the night befor and night of wedding 10,000 3 adult b maids dreses 450 3 kids bmaids dress 6 pboy suits 450 my dresss plus accesseries 1400 2 limos 700 hair flowers and photos 985 cake 500 honeymoon and spends 2000 plus more
CommentAuthorLynP
its so easily done isnt it. when I first started looking i was thinking about £20,000 for what i wanted but now just looking round everywhere before i book anything to get it down to about £10,000. The venue i wanted was going to be £14,00 for 100 for ceremony and 3 course meal, then 140 for reception with buffet, didnt even talk about decoration, lol. Have now been looking at a mansion which is actually the local council office! regstry office prices but you get a mansion for lovely pics and nice grounds too! for ceremony and hire of the room for reception, and registrar is going to come in at about £1000. hiring a caterer is cheaper than paying paying most venues that provide their own catering! was quoted £52 a head at the hotel i wanted, now being quoted £26-£34 a head. buffet at hotel was £16.50 a head, caterers are £8-£12. plus i can provide my own drink or hire their bar staff, so i can have my pink bubbly at £6.98 bottle and maybe wine on tables then hire their staff to use their bar which apparently is good priced drinks, unlike at hotels. I think i can now keep to about £10,000 as I bargain hunt everything!!!
Met on 2nd February 2008
Had our son on 15th April 2009
Got engaged 2nd February 2012
Wedding will be summer 2015
CommentAuthoriluvcakes
What?!? oh my goodness!! I think ours is going to cost £1500, maybe even less. Mind you, we are having a small doo so that's probably why x
Became Mrs Robinson 4th October 2012 xxx
Can't wait to do it all over again on the 4th October 2017!!
CommentAuthorMrs Badger
That's a lot of money but if you have it to spend then why not :D
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CommentAuthordangermouse
its just i want everything perfect not like LAST TIME
Wow!! That is more than I make in a year!! LOl. Good on you though if you have it :)
CommentAuthordangermouse
IT IS TAKING TILL JUNE2016 TO SAVE UP FROM JAN 2013
CommentAuthordangermouse
WHEN I GOT MARRIED I DID IT ON 900
CommentAuthorAntonia9
it does easily mount up hun, the cost of your wedding is pretty much what im paying just for my venue - its ridiculous, as soon as the word wedding is introduced prices go up tenfold!
On the other hand if you have everything that you want, and you have the funds then go for it :0)
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May 4th 2013 - The day i get to marry my best friend
CommentAuthorClareS
It's soon adds up, ours will be 9K ish. That's with a bit of money behind the baf for free drinks, but doesn't include honeymmon. I'm still trying to cut down further so may get it less than that. You do what's right for you and your other half with the however much money you have to play with to get the day you want x
THANKS WAS WORRIED THAT PEOPLE MAY THINK I BEEN SILLY ESPECIALLY AS ITS A VOW RENWAL SERVICE
CommentAuthorAntonia9
there are quite a few women on here that are roughly around the same kind of budget hun - i actually didnt realise you were already married and that it was a renewal....
Cant wait to become Mrs Purdie x x x x
May 4th 2013 - The day i get to marry my best friend
CommentAuthordangermouse
YES LOOK AT MY PICS HUN
CommentAuthorAntonia9
just seen them, thats what made me realise lol, judging by your about me profile a few things went wrong the first time?
Cant wait to become Mrs Purdie x x x x
May 4th 2013 - The day i get to marry my best friend
CommentAuthorNikitaL
Nobody can say your being silly. At the end of the day It's yours and your husbands day so you do what's right for you. I could never afford to spend that much money but if I could then I would! :) so long as your not getting loans out or leaving yourselves in loads of debt then I say go for it And enjoy! :)
CommentAuthordangermouse
NO WE ARE SAVING UP AS I SAY WHEN I GOT MARRIED IT WAS CRAP BUT NICE CAUSE I MARRID ALAN IF U KNOW WHAT I MEAN
CommentAuthordangermouse
EVERYTHING THAT COULD OF GONE WRIONG DID GO WRONG
CommentAuthorAntonia9
oh dear! hopefully next time it will all go smoothly!
Cant wait to become Mrs Purdie x x x x
May 4th 2013 - The day i get to marry my best friend
CommentAuthorNikitaL
Well I am sure this time it will be perfect :)
CommentAuthordangermouse
it will and alan family will sy wow this time and not look down at us
CommentAuthorNikitaL
If they were like that then I personally wouldn't invite them. Just remember what its really about hun. Sod what others think
CommentAuthorMrsMarr2B
ClareE are you having arrival drink and drink with your meal or are you just putting money behind the bar? I hope you dont mind me saying but i personally think putting money behind the bar always gets abused by some! We are having a drinks package with our wedding. Which means everyone gets an arrival drink, 2 glasses of wine at the table with the meal and then a drink for toast. means everyone gets the same and no one abuses generosity of couple putting money behind the bar! x
Mrs Marr 2 b!!! Can't blooming wait!!
10-11-12 can't come quick enough :)
CommentAuthorJill
It really mounts up doesnt it hun! Nikita that's a good point - anyone looking down at you doesnt deserve to share in your day x
29th September 2012
Cant wait to be Mrs D!
CommentAuthorJill
Mrs Marr that's annoying isnt it. It's like people who normally get a measure and dash but want fancy drinks when it's not their round x
29th September 2012
Cant wait to be Mrs D!
CommentAuthorMrsMarr2B
Hi Jill yeah it really annoys me! and most of the time its the people that take the p*** that are the ones that will disappear when its time for their round! x
Mrs Marr 2 b!!! Can't blooming wait!!
10-11-12 can't come quick enough :)
CommentAuthormrs_houghton_2012
Sounds similar to my budgeting but its you special day regardless if its a renewal. Dont mean to stick my nose in it but make sure your doing it for you n hubby n not to prove a point to his family. I wouldnt invite them if i was you!! xx
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Getting married on 1/09/12
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CommentAuthorSian''OCD''Holkham
wow that would pay for my wedding almost 5 times lol if I had it though I would spend that much probs more lol
Engaged 27th November 2010
Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
Marrying the man of my dreams 11th August 2012!
Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthormym72
Wow - tbh I couldn't justify spending that much money on a wedding or vow renewal. We had 19 of us for the wedding, 3 course meal all up in Gretna, then an all inclusive honeymoon in Malta in August, followed by an evening reception for approx 60-70 - and we managed to do all that for approx £5.5k.
If I had that kind of money spare I always think about all the other things it could be spent on which last longer than just one day (I even thought that about the money we spent on our wedding lol). It's down to personal choice though, I suppose.
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
mym we r all different! i wudnt want anything less or more lol
Engaged 27th November 2010
Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
Marrying the man of my dreams 11th August 2012!
Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthormym72
That's what I've just said Becky - it's down to personal choice - and after all, everyone on here thinks their wedding is the best and so they should.
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
true. if i had done it any cheaper wudnt be rite x
Engaged 27th November 2010
Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
Marrying the man of my dreams 11th August 2012!
Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthorrebeccalou21
mine will be a total of around £20000 spread over a year and a half of panning- i know its a lot but i am a strong believer in make the most of things as we only get one shot at life, and i really dont regret a penny i have spent! by no means are we rich and we have had to make sacrifices this year for it but i know it will be an amazing day! x
CommentAuthorxxRosiexx
We're the same redeccalou, ours is costing quite a bit but I only plan on doing this once and if you can, why not! :) Wish it wasn't so expensive but we don't want to not have it how we want it as long as we can still afford it :)
22-09-2012 I marry my best friend.
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
just goes to show how different we are ... and at the end of the day regardless of what we spend on venues or centrepieces we will all have achieved the main thing and that is to marry the person we love
Couldn't agree more Lala. In the end that is all that matters x
Mrs Marr 2 b!!! Can't blooming wait!!
10-11-12 can't come quick enough :)
CommentAuthordangermouse
thanks ladies what i meant by his family look down is they all had a proper wedding like what my newal will be and i just got impression that well they wernt impressed no1 said anything and i am renewing vows for several reasons one been due to everything that went wrong first time round we have decided that this will be our special day the way we wanted the original 2 at least my children will be here this time 3 this time will be more specia 4 different reasons and we can have more family there on nioght and i wont have to make a buffett the day of wedding
CommentAuthorSaraC1
this will be my 2nd marriage to the same guy lol 1st time around it was about 8k and my parents paid for most of it.... this time around it will be us paying and i dont want to spend loads but i still want a lovely beautiful day :)
oh my goodness!! I think ours is going to cost £1500, maybe even less. Mind you, we are having a small doo so that's probably why x
