Who is paying for your wedding?

I am once again finding it a struggle to pay for wedding but there's no way i'm putting the date back any further! We've already done it twice!

The reason I ask is that a friend of ours got married a couple of weeks ago and she said that her Dad paid £8000 towards the wedding!!!

I was thinking jeez, with that kind of money I could have the wedding of my dreams! Unfortunately my father is in no position to pay anything towards our wedding and we just don't have that kind of spends!

I have been left feeling slightly jealous and feeling like my wedding is going to be rubbish! :( xxxx

we're paying for the majority of ours, my mum has brought my dress and veil and my step mum is buying my jimmy choos. H2b's parents aren't contributing as far as I'm aware. I guess I was lucky as I got quite a biggish payout from a redundancy then got a PPI claim paid out which gave us nearly all the money we needed, I think we're about £2k short. That said if we hadn't got those payouts the wedding would have cost a lot less!

Your wedding won't be rubbish, it will be the perfect day for you and h2b cos the end result will be the same - you will be married to him!

My mum and dad have gifted us £3k but that's for reception h2bs mum and dad have said nothing (hitch annoyed because his sis and bro get everything and they're a pair of $h!ts to them!)
Everything weve bought x

I'm really lucky and my parents are paying for a considerable amount of our wedding - to the tune of about £10,000. I feel very blessed.

We're paying for most of it.... I have my dad buying my dress that's £600 plus he's giving us £400 cash so he's contributed £1000, h2b's parents are giving us £3000 plus buying the cake, bridesmaids are paying for their own hair/accessories/shoes and all groomsmen buying own suits ... Think we're having to save about £8-9k ourselves on top of family's generous contributions x

I am very lucky my parents sat us down and said that they are giving us £10,000 and that they said they will pay for a few other bits as well :)

We will be paying the rest of it which is about £10,000 as well

Were paying for majority of ours, my parents have paid some (Mum is also getting my dress) and H2Bs parents have saidwe need to have a chat for them to tell us what they will be paying. Still have alot to save. Your wedding certainly wont be rubbish :) x

We are paying for the most of our, my mum is paying for my dress and giving some money towards the wedding (not sure how much) im hoping 1000 and then my other half parents will most likely give us the same, they did say before about us bringing the wedding forward to 2014 and that they would help us with money, but words like loan were mentioned but i want it in 2015 as I want us to be able to cover atleast the majority aswell as the fact I want our daughter to be a bit older so she will enjoy it more. any our wedding is costing around £4000 so if we can cover that then any extra can make our day extra speical like being able to get a band instead of just a dj and being able to hire a tardis and money towards our honeymoon

We are paying the majority but H2b's parents and my Mum as well as my Dad are kindly contributing to our Wedding Fund too. My Mum is contributing by paying for my shoes, dress, accessories and my sisters BM's dress.

I too have a spread sheet or few Paula!!

Ours is costing £9000 without the honeymoon (very large family!) and we are paying for 75% of it. My parents surprised us when we went to look at the venue by paying the £1500 deposit. As with all of my sisters they are also paying for my outfit (dress, veil, shoes etc).

I have a spreadsheet and every month we do one thing on our list. I try and knock money off each item to cut down. Its worked so far saving us a few hundred. It all adds up though!

We are paying for ours, I inherited £1k a few months ago to get us started but that's just the deposit. We've budgeted about £10k for ours excluding the honeymoon but I'm trying to get it in under that so that money left over can go on the honeymoon. We are also asking for money as wedding gifts so hopefully that should go towards the honeymoon.

We have paid for ours. We worked out how much we could save each month and then set the date off that!

We're lucky that my parents have offered to contribute a fairly large amount, but we're still hoping to save about £7k over the next 22 months. Ours is potentially costing £12k all in. H2Bs mum isnt really in a position to help out.

My h2b has paid for everything apart from a few bits and pieces

For our total cost including the honeymoon, my parents paid a third, hubby's dad paid a third and between hubby and I we paid a third. We were incredibly lucky to have parents in a position to give us that much for our dream day.

Just remember hun, as so many wise ukbride ladies and gentlemen say, it's not how much you spend but it's how well you spend whatever budget you have. You can have a dream wedding day if you find the right deals and do some diy. As much as it is our special day, remember that your guests will remember the happy couple and the details will be forgotten by all but yourselves. Remember also, in our parents days, most had either a registry office or church service followed by sandwiches at one of the parents of the couple or in the local church or community hall. I'm sure it's only in recent times with the likes of the Beckham's in hello and ok that suddenly there is a rise and demand for all these lavish wedding receptions.

Im sure you and your h2b will be able to organise a fantastic day on the budget you have. Everyone on here will be there to guide you along the way xxxx

We agreed, hubby to be would pay for the wedding, I'day for my dress, accessories, and honeymoon... Wedding budget approx £15,000 minus engagement ring and above.... Honeymoon fund, I'm struggling but really hoping to save £4000. My dress is £1300 and veil, £250, not got other bits sorted yet...

My parents are not in a position to help us out at all, and we didn't expect anything from anyone, however hubby to bes mums and dad are giving us £5000 towards the wedding, which is amazing! It certainly helps. I refuse to get into debt with this wedding, so a year of hard work, and saving is in order.

We are paying for ours. But we've got a while to do it yet luckily but I don't think I'll refuse any family contributions ;)

My parents are paying for most of the wedding tbh, I'm paying about £3000, they £6000 and OH £1000. I originally budgeted 7K, but stuff just keeps popping up and adding up :(

Us, my parents and h2b's parents are all paying a third each towards ours xxx

Mum and Dad are paying for the reception, bridesmaid dresses, stationery and my dress up to a max of £10000 (hopefully won't come to that!-they're saving as we go plus dipping in to some). I am paying for the flowers and all the decorations. H2B and me are paying for the church fees, giving notice fees, photography and entertainment. H2B and my parents are paying for the cars. H2B is paying for the ushers' and dads' formal wear. H2B's mum and step dad paying for the honeymoon. Cake is being made for us... that pretty much covers it all!

Valentina: I read that as your parents are paying for your dress up to a total of £10,000 (!) and nearly had a heart attack lol. I was like 'Crikey, that is one expensive dress!'

We're paying for it entirely ourselves x

Ours totals £11000 (wedding,honeymoon, gifts etc)

We are gratefully recieving £3000 from OH parents and £300 from my mum and my O/H recently came into some money and has dedicated £2000 of that to our wedding fund this has been a massive help and has meant we could up our budget from the original £6000 and very excitingly been able to book a honeymoon :) x

My parents have paid £1000 towards the wedding and h2bs parents paid £2000- That was the honeymoon. We paid £10,000

Ours totalled £13,000 including the honeymoon