Spin off : What can you get for where you live - Wedding

tpwkalyn

So I'm finishing up my wedding spreadsheet & figuring up all the final expenses. We're 7 months out and I have ALMOST everything paid for, and I'm super excited about that. We didn't really have a "budget" per se, we just tried to find the best deals on everything and are saving accordingly. 

I knew this before, but I've really noticed from these boards, that someone could have almost the exact same wedding as me, but depending on where they are, it could cost a LOT more (or a LOT less). 

So, my question: What can you get for where you live?
I live in Alabama & we're paying right around $14K for our November wedding.

- Guest List: 250 people

- Invitations/STDs: FREE! Family friend works for a printing company.

- Officiant (family friend, declined payment - paying for his hotel): $100

- Venue (2 day rental/includes tables, chairs, linens): $3.5K

- Catering (buffet style 2 meats/veggie/salad bar/2 cakes/drinks): $3K

- Videography (full day coverage): 3K

- Photography (9hr coverage - no engagement session): $2K

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres & 2 altar arrangements): $800

- Dress (was 10% off when I purchased it): $1100

- MUA (for 8 bridesmaids + me): $400

- DJ: Not using one. iPod on shuffle, haaaay.

Am I missing any other big expenses?

ETA: Officiant & Invitations

beachyone15

Officiant?

chibiyui

Hmmm.

South Central PA

Budget approx 30k

Guest list - 120ish

Venue - 5k

Catering (linens and bartender)- 11k

booze - 500?ish?

DJ - 1200

DOC - 600

Decorations - 500-1000 total

Flowers - 1000

Photog - 1200

Cake 1600

Officiant- Package of Oreos (and a later donation to his church)

My dress was about - 1100

hair - for everyone 200

Milkshakes - 600

ETA: Dancefloor rental - 1000

Tent - 500

Cookie Pusher

DJ/Band?

Any additional rentals?

Wedding bands?

Gratuities?

Transportation?

Hotel?

WP gifts?

novella1186

ETA: wedding is in southern Michigan 

- Guest List: 120 people 

- Venue (includes tables, chairs): $3.8K

- Catering (Family style, 3 entrees including beef, chicken, vegetarian; salad, roasted veggies, passed hors d'oeuvres and app station): $7k

- Dessert (assorted mini desserts): $800

- Liquor; not included with catering (top shelf bourbon, vodka & gin, 2 red wines, 2 white wines, 2 beers, mixers, fruit, ice, etc): $2k

- Bar tenders (separate expense): $400 

- Videography (full day coverage): not having one 

- Photography (9hr coverage - no engagement session): $4K

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres, chuppah decoration, 35 small vases for reception): $2k

- Attire (dress with alterations, shoes, sash, veil, jewelry): $3k 

- FI's suit: $200

- MUA and Hair Stylists (for 5 bridesmaids): $375

- Live bluegrass band: $3k

- DJ to play music during ceremony and after band leaves: $1k

-Trolley for guest and WP transportation: $1k 

- Officiant: $250 

- Accommodations (rental house with 7 bedrooms): $1,200

Our total including all the DIY nonsense, invitations, postage, rehearsal dinner, WP gifts, whatever other misc nonsense: About $38,000

ETA: FI's attire, my attire total, accommodations, and budget total 

princessofgenovia

Our venue is pretty much all inclusive. We have to pay for a photographer and our attire. We are bringing in our own officiant because we wanted to use one our friends and he wanted to do it for us. We're paying him with a bottle of Jameson because it's his favorite whiskey. But the officiant was covered if wanted to use their's. 

Food, linens, valet, ect, are all built into the cost. Total is something like $18,500...maybe a little more because I think we're going to upgrade a few things. Haven't gone dress shopping yet but I want to do an evening gown rather then a traditional wedding gown so I'm hoping that will save a little. And FI is going to buy a new suit for himself but he's going to wear shoes he already has. 

Our budget is $30,000 but I'm hoping we come in under budget, at least a little bit.

JCbride2015

We are in northern NJ, just outside of NYC.  This area is outrageous.  The average wedding in this part of the state ranges from $30k-70k depending on which county and which website you look up.

We planned on about $30k but it will be more like $32k once all is said and done.  The biggest surprises for me were the service charge on top of the venue (I guess I would have tipped anyway but it looks huge once you put it together), the officiant, and flowers.

Guests: ~160

[Saturday night dinner and dancing wedding]

Venue, all-inclusive with ceremony space, food, alcohol, wedding cake, etc.: $22k

Entertainment, ceremony and cocktail hour live musicians, DJ for dancing: $3500

Photography: $1500

Videography: $600

Flowers: $2000

Officiant: $500

Dress: $2900 including alterations (this is a gift, not included in our personal budget)

Veil: $150

Invitations: $250

WP gifts: very large wedding party.  These will be about $500 altogether.

Hair and makeup (just me): $275

Tux rental: $150

We saved by using a photographer who mostly shot for newspapers and events up until a couple of years ago, and we are skipping a lot of "extras" like fancy transportation to/from the wedding, downgrading flowers, going with an all-inclusive venue and using their basic linens and decor.

climbingsingle

We had an all-inclusive venue. All together we spent 30k for 125 people. That also included our rehearsal dinner and our stay at the resort. We also got really great deals on photography (my aunt's friend), make up and hair (one of my best friends), DJ (again, another friend of a friend) and officiant (H's friend married us, we got him a nice gift). 

larrygaga

I can break it up when I get home but 10k gets you a pretty fancy wedding in northern Michigan. I mean like top bar and nice food and a pianist at the ceremony. Our budget was a little more but my DIY skills helped save a lot of money. Stuff is cheap in the north.

EDIT: B-b-b-break it down.

We originally had a 14k budget, however both sets of parents decided to chip in. Between that and being really savvy we got it down to a little over 10k, but we are still in the planning process so that can always change. These numbers are all approximate.

Invited: 190

Venue rent 1000

Food 3,500

DJ 795

Photos 995

Booze 2850

Transport 200

ceremony musician 150

gifts 800 (we have a huge wedding party)

Favors 1 dolla per person (fudge!)

Flowers 600

The DJ and photographer are married to each other and own the business together, so if you get them as a package deal you get an awesome discount. Also, the programs, invites, Save the dates, most of the decor, boutonnieres and other small things were DIY. I was able to save a LOT of money through that, although I know it's not always possible. Also, I have done a lot of flower arranging in the past with my family so we are buying flowers in bulk and doing it ourselves. Holy shit, that saves money. 

I know the math might not add up exactly. I didn't put all the little break-ups of the budget just the big pieces. I'm not very good at budgeting and planning all that out. I just know the limit and I keep track of every penny spent on this wedding.

theartistformerlyknownas

Blah we paid about $35k for about the same size wedding in Detroit. I lost track of the exact total toward the end but that's where we were tracking toward.

Guest list: 260 (210 attended)

Officiant (incl. rehearsal): $400

Venue fee (includes tables/chairs/white linens/dishware and valet): $1700

Food and drinks (passed and displayed apps, plated dinner, premium bar): $16,000 (choke)

Videography (WedFlik): $800

Photography (incl. engagement session and 8 hours coverage): $2200

Cake: $650

Flowers (my bouquet plus 5 BMs): $700

Centerpieces (DIY, 25 tables plus overlay linens): $1000

Entertainment (dueling pianos): $2500

My attire (dress + alterations, veil, sash, shoes, hair+makeup): $2300

His attire (new suit): $200

WP and parent gifts: $1000

Misc. DIYs (table numbers, escort cards, card box, guest book, programs, RB and FG stuff, etc): I don't even know

Invitations: I think around $400; my dad bought those with a vendor discount

cupcait927

Let's see...

 

Western NY - You can go super budget or super luxe where I live. Choice is yours. We spent approx $10,000 for our wedding at a local winery.

Guest List - 53

Venue (both ceremony and reception) - $1250

Rentals (linens, high top tables and chairs) - $300

Officiant - $150

Photographer - $750 (amateur photog friend did the photos - turned out okay. I wanted to spend more on a true pro but H almost vomited when I gave him quotes).

Videographer - none

Food & Alcohol - $4,000

Dress (with alterations, shoes, headpiece) - $1,000 <- wish I had spent more and not compromised here

Hair & Makeup (just me) - $200

H's suit, shirt, tie, shoes - $300

Flowers - $550 (bouquet, 2 corsages, 3 bouts, 7 centerpieces)

Invitations and postage - $150

Cake - $150

DJ - none - we just used a ipod with a speaker setup

Marriage license - $40

Rings - $700 (mine & his)

Accommodations for wedding weekend and mini moon - $1,000

We sacrificed a huge guest list in order to get married at a beautiful location with amazing food and good alcohol. Had we gone with a more popular or larger winery, added in a DJ and pro photographer and our cost would've easily gone to $15,000+ for just 50 people. Conversely, we also could've gone it very cheap and had a great wedding for only $5,000 where I live as well. One of the advantages to living in MCOL area that also provides luxury wedding venues. You can pretty much run the gamut from backyard to ballroom.

 

ETA - cost of rings

badbnagdway

We are getting married in early May (eek) in a mid-sized city in Tennessee. We invited about 145 people. We will be at roughly $15k all told depending on how many people actually attend. RSVP deadline is next week, I'm anticipating about 100 - 110 attendees based on RSVPs so far so calculation of catering is based on the 110 number. Here are our major costs: 

Ceremony venue: $800 (very in demand chapel)

Reception venue: $1,095 (includes catering kitchen)

Catering: $2,750 ($25 per person for cocktail hour and dinner. Cocktail hour menu is international cheeses, breads and crackers, fruits, passed "bites" of spicy chicken and pork on toasts. Dinner menu is carving station with beef tenderloin, buffet with tilapia, mashed potatoes, ratatouille, breads, salad). 

Staff: $1,100 for 7 people (2 bartenders, one dishwasher, four servers). 

Rentals: $1,400 (including all linens, up-lighting, draping, plates, utensils, glasses, etc.)

Flowers: $900 (including centerpieces, bouts, bouqs, and misc arrangements). 

Officiant: $260 (a friend is doing it but we are paying for his and his wife's hotel room for the weekend). 

Booze: $1,500 (for beer, wine, bubbly, and a variety of whiskeys)

Non-alcoholic drinks and garnishes: $200

Photobooth: $449 (for three hours)

DJ: $350 (for 4 hours)

Cake: $420 (for two-layer wedding cake and 180 mini cupcakes)

Misc: $800 (things like card box, decorations, favor boxes for mini cupcakes, chargers, etc.)

Photographer: $2,000 (includes engagement session, 7 hours on day of with photog and 4 hours also with second shooter)

Day of coordinator: $700

Paper: $350 (invitations, save the dates, menus)

The above doesn't include tips and gifts, partly because I don't know exactly what we'll spend on those yet. My dress was $750, plus I probably will have spent about $450 for shoes, alterations, and accessories. 

OliveOilsMom

South Jersey

Guest List - 100

Venue (included sit down dinner, cake, full open bar, table decorations, card box, linens, tables/chairs, tax & gratuities): $9,400

Photographer: (8 hours of coverage, e-shoot, plus $200 print credit for using my BFF's photographer) $3,200

Church (including priest, organist and cantor): $1,150

Transportation: $550

Dress: (20% off during trunk show!) $1,050

Tux: $200

Flowers: (7 bouquets, 5 bouts, 2 nosegay bunches, and 2 small arrangements) $650

DJ: $550 (Friend of H, who also surprised us with a 3 piece jazz band for cocktail hour)

Stationary: $140

MUA for myself & hairstylist for all (8 ladies) including tips: $420 (side work for hairstylists, so discounted from typical salon prices)

Food/drinks for getting ready for B&G: $150

Wedding Bands: His $50, Mine $400

WP Gifts: $200-250

RD - Food Only, my parents picked up the bar tab and gratuity: $400

badbnagdway

JCbride2015 said:

We saved by using a photographer who mostly shot for newspapers and events up until a couple of years ago, and we are skipping a lot of "extras" like fancy transportation to/from the wedding, downgrading flowers, going with an all-inclusive venue and using their basic linens and decor.

So, we pretty much decided to use Uber, because we didn't see the point in having a limo for the purpose of being transported the half a mile from one venue to the other after the ceremony and pictures, and another half mile after the reception is out. 

kvruns

Friday night, Indianapolis. Keeping things casual more or less and tried to be very budget friendly

Guest List: 75 people

- Officiant - $150-200

- Venue (ceremony + reception, includes decorations, etc): $3000-3500 depending on final count (its about $400-500 less if we are at 60 people).

- Catering (buffet style BBQ): $1K

- Cake and drinks (cupcakes, partially purchased from a Groupon at a local shop we know has good cupcakes; drinks we supply our own and are doing beer and wine): $750-1,000

- Photography (8hr coverage - no engagement session, using a person just starting out with weddings who was running a special deal ): $400

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres): $250 or less

- DJ (5 hours, 1 hr ceremony, 4 hours reception): $529

- Dress (bought on preownedweddingdresses.com): $87 dress + shipping; alterations & sash $120, plan to resell the sash on local fb group

- FI Suit (hopefully one he already owns if it fits, if not he will  buy a new one): $0, I hope

- Hair/makeup (me only):$100

-STDs/Invitations: $50-60 from VistaPrint

minttobemrsb

I don't have a full breakdown near me, but we will be right around 8k. We gave ourselves a 10k budget based on what we had saved and what we would have incoming from work. 

Our venue was 1/2 of the total budget because it includes ceremony and reception spaces, tables, linens, and buffet style catering. Also, it was just completely remodeled with beautiful finishes, huge chandeliers, and already has great scenery so decor is very minimal. 

We would have spent a little more but FI's aunt is a florist who offered to do our wedding as her gift to us. 

ETA: I'm in the Mountain State

sarawifenow

I don't remember our breakdown really. Haha. I think once we got married I shut all of the details out of my memory!

 

We got married in the mountains here in CO. We had 100 guests and our wedding was at 11:30am on a Saturday. Our total, including my dress, came to 15k.

emmaaa

Guest List: 275 (we had about 175 attend)

- Officiant (pastor of our church, does not accept payment): n/a

- Venue (Fri/Sat/Sun rental, included tables and 60 chairs): $3,000

- Photography (2 photographers, all day coverage, bridals, and engagement session): $1,200

- Flowers (bought in bulk from Costco and made the bouquets and centerpieces myself): $700

- Dress (and alterations): $1,300

-DH's suit and accessories: $200

- Hair for myself and MOH (including my trial for Bridals): $200

-DJ (my younger brothers best friend, charged $50 per hour but then said it was a gift and would not accept payment): We mailed him $100 in a card

-Cake: $700

-Catering (BBQ and fixin's): $8.50/person = $1,500

-Alcohol (beer [2 kegs] and wine): $750

-Chair rentals: $150

-Tablecloths (bought at smartyhadaparty.com): $200

-Miscellaneous (candles, holders, plates and napkins for cake, cups for alcohol, etc): $600

-Invitations (we skipped STDs and I made in the invitations on the computer): $100

Our wedding ended up being around $12,000. We live and were married in NC in December. 

JCbride2015

badbnagdway said:

JCbride2015 said:

We saved by using a photographer who mostly shot for newspapers and events up until a couple of years ago, and we are skipping a lot of "extras" like fancy transportation to/from the wedding, downgrading flowers, going with an all-inclusive venue and using their basic linens and decor.

So, we pretty much decided to use Uber, because we didn't see the point in having a limo for the purpose of being transported the half a mile from one venue to the other after the ceremony and pictures, and another half mile after the reception is out. 

Yes! Exactly what we are doing. We might even use the hotel shuttle. It's a five minute drive.

tcnoble

Wedding Location: Las Vegas, at a hotel located off the strip

Guest List: 135 people 

- Venue (includes tables, chairs): $1.5K

- Food&Drink (buffet - 2 meats, 2 salads, soup, mashed potato bar, late night snack, and open bar): $16k

- Dessert (4 tier cake): $500

- Photography (5hr coverage): $4K

- Photobooth: $900

- Invitations: $1k

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres, altar arrangements, 18 table centerpieces): $1.8k

- Attire (dress with alterations, shoes, sash, veil, jewelry): $3k 

- FI's suit: $200

- MUA and Hair Stylists (for bride): $170

- DJ: $795

- Officiant: included 

- Tips: approx $600

We aimed for a 30k budget, I think we came in pretty close. 

amelisha

Mine is happening in Las Vegas and it's pretty all-inclusive. We currently have 21 people attending including ourselves.

We're paying $600 for limo transport to/from the chapel (all guests), officiant, flowers, photos, and music at the ceremony, plus an additional $120 for an extra limo = $720.

Dinner (restaurant) is $34.95 pp + tax + grat = approx $940. (two apps, 1 salad, 4 different entrees, two desserts, served family-style.)

We're ordering ten bottles of wine at approximately $400, plus whatever other drinks get ordered at dinner (if I guess 2 per person above the wine that'll put us around $300)  = $700.

Party bus/Strip tour = $350.

And that's it, pretty much. My dress was about $170 after tax and shipping, FI is wearing a suit he already has, and we're not doing any kind of decor or anything. I've budgeted another $400 for misc tips (limo drivers, etc.) just in case. So I think that's...$3280, all told, with some buffer space?

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Columbus, OH, I know we're definitely on the budget end of the damage that can be done here! We're looking at about $6,500 including honeymoon!

Guest List - approx 55

Venue (both ceremony and reception, includes a few hours to start setting up the night prior, and we have it from 4-midnight, includes tables and chairs) - $1100

Officiant - $200

Photographer - $800 (includes engagement photos, 2 shooters, 8 hours coverage.. we've used her for family pics).

Videographer - none

Catering - $1,800 (3 apps, 2 entrees, 3 sides, salad, rolls, drinks, linens, servers and bartender)

Alcohol - TBD 

Dress (with alterations, shoes, headpiece) - $200 (haven't gotten alterations, shoes, accessories done yet, so TBD) 

Hair & Makeup (just me) - $200

Suit, shirt, tie, shoes - $250

Rings - mine $91, his $35

Flowers - $350 (bouquet, 1 corsage, 8 centerpieces)

Invitations and postage - $125

Dessert - TBD, estimating $300

DJ - $600

Marriage license - $65

Honeymoon - $2,400

jenna8984

emmaaa said:

 

-Catering (BBQ and fixin's): $8.50/person = $1,500

 

 

God Bless North Carolina. Myself and @jcbride2015 couldn't get a Big Mac meal for $8.50

labro

Where: NE Metro Atlanta

We had a $25,000 budget, I think I ended up spending about $27,000 when it was all said and done.

116 guests attended (including us). 180 invited.

Dress - Casablanca, $1040, Alterations $170ish, Shoes $140

Photographer - $2300 for 8 hours of wedding coverage. I think we paid an additional $350 for engagement photos. Both sessions included multiple dvds of high-rez images.

DJ - $1400. Our first choice DJ was $800 but he wasn't available for our wedding night. I'm glad we went with who we did though. He was expensive, and absolutely amazing!

Officiant - $350, plus 6 sessions of pre-marital counseling at $60 a session (our choice to do this), wedding license was $16

Floral - $3100, such a huge list of stuff but main things were my bouquet, 6 BM bouquets, 5 corsages (wrist or pin on), 11 bouts, 3 tall centerpieces, 4 additional low centerpieces, ceremony decor, additional venue decor

Rentals - $300ish for chair sashes and table clothes

Food - about $5000 for a super delicious buffet meal, caterer was local and only serves locally produced, fresh, organic ingredients and cocktail hour passed apps

Cake - $500 for 4 tiers, two flavors, about 125 servings

Booze - Not 100% sure here, it was included in the venue but it was a full open bar with a champagne toast

The overall total we owed the venue was $16,000 but this included our alcohol, the cake, the officiant, part of the photographer fee, the florist's fee, the location itself, and a few other things. It was all inclusive so we paid a set amount and received x dollar value for various services in return from a list of vendors.

Invitations - $600 for 100 William Arthur invitations with thermography

Outside of the official wedding budget, I spent around $2500 of my own money on STDs, stationary for menus, programs, and escort cards, some small craft projects, and other random incidentals. ETA Oh yeah, that included about $750 spent on hair and makeup for myself, the moms, and the bridesmaids.

In my area I could've spent less and had a similar ish wedding. I could've found a cheaper photographer, a cheaper venue, and most certainly a cheaper DJ and florist. I could've also cut back on how much I spent on stationary, but overall I was pretty happy with what we chose to put our money in to.

theartistformerlyknownas

jenna8984 said:

emmaaa said:

 

-Catering (BBQ and fixin's): $8.50/person = $1,500

 

 

God Bless North Carolina. Myself and @jcbride2015 couldn't get a Big Mac meal for $8.50

Me neither. Our entrees were ~$32 each.

NowIamMrsKlein

Ours is in Alberta, Edmonton Area

Guest List: 170 people 

- Venue (includes tables, chairs): 1300$ (this includes day before rental time for decorating and rehearsal

- Catering (entrees including beef, chicken, vegetarian; salad, roasted veggies, perogies as well as assorted pies and tarts for dessert): $7000 + 1500 for a 'midnight lunch'

- Liquor; not included with catering (Beer, 1 red, 1 white wine, vodka, rum, gin, whiskey): $3000

- Bar tenders (separate expense): Friend of my Family doing it as a favour. Will probably get her a spa gift card 

- Videography (full day coverage): not having one 

- Photography (9hr coverage, 2 shooters): $4000

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres, corsages - DIY silk Florals): $200

- Decorations/centerpieces (DIY time and effort) - 200

- Attire (dress with alterations, shoes, sash, veil, jewelry): $1000

-BM Dresses (My mom and I split the costs) - 350$

- FI's suit and Groomsmen suits (we are purchasing the guys attire, grey suits of their choosing. Hoping for a buy one get one sale) - Est. 1000$

-  Hair Stylists (for myself and 3 bridesmaids, we're covering it all): $300

- DJ : $1100k

-WP transportation - free. Brother has a sweet vintage car.

- Officiant: $450 

- Accommodations hotel: 170/night for 4 nights - 680$

- Licenses, insurance, etc - 200

- Invites - Free as a wedding gift from SIL

Total of $22,280 for a pretty middle of the road wedding. + 3500 for our honeymoon and we are at 26000 which is just a 1000$ over our initial budget. We got a little killed on the exclusive caterer with our venue.

emmaaa

lolo883 said:

jenna8984 said:

emmaaa said:

 

-Catering (BBQ and fixin's): $8.50/person = $1,500

 

 

God Bless North Carolina. Myself and @jcbride2015 couldn't get a Big Mac meal for $8.50

Me neither. Our entrees were ~$32 each.

I know, it was SUPER cheap. We got $1.00/person because my brother sells swine to restaurant we used and is close to the owners.

charcoalandblush

Large-ish city in the Midwest

- Guest List: 240 people invited, 180 expected to attend (I have a lot of OOT relatives who are elderly and/or can't afford the trip, but our venue can hold up to 400, so it's not a problem if more attend).

- Invitations/STDs: $300 for 150 STDs, $500 for 150 invites

- Officiant (family friend who is a judge): $0 (we'll probably get him a gift card for ~$100)

- Venue (15 hours on the day of, includes tables, chairs, linens, china, votives, etc.): $3800

- Catering (passed apps during cocktail hour, plus buffet with salad, pasta, 2 meats, 2 sides, 2 desserts, and cake): $14,000

- Videography & Photography (one package, no engagement session, lead photographer for 12 hours, assistant photographer and videographer for 6 hours, plus our album is included): $2800

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres & cake flowers): $750

- Dress & veil (10% off): $1400 & $150

- Hair & Makeup (just me, including trials, travel charge, and tip): $400

- DJ and uplighting (unlimited time, ceremony and reception, 12 uplights): $1000

- Photo booth: $500

- Month-of coordinator: $900 (worth every penny)

- Decor (centerpieces and other vases/candles/etc.): $500

Total budget: $35,000 (there are other small odds and ends here and there that I didn't include)

mrscaty

Philly Suburbs: 40 people

Food/Alcohol:   $2600

Flowers:             $500

Photographer:   $750

Dress/Alterations: $1600

Tux: $150

Invites/postage: $100

Cake: $200

Hotel: $150

Harpist: $175

License: $80

Favors/Misc: $150

Total: $6500

4forluck

Wedding on Oahu

Size: 30 people

Venue: Public Garden $0 (YAY!)

Reception: $3150 (that's an estimate for food and drinks)

Musician for Ceremony: $200

Officiant: $250

Photographer: $1500

Flowers: $500 (we are getting bulk flowers)

Cake: $300

My outfit was $800 (dress, veil, and sash) and the invitations/thank you cards/programs were $100, but I bought all of those on Etsy.  I'm sure if I had bought any of that stuff here on the island it would have been more, especially the dress.

huskypuppy14

Venue: Golf Club in Massachusetts

Guest List: 160 invited, 110 attended

- Invitations/STDs: $700

- Officiant: 300
- H Tux: 160

- Venue/Catering/ Alcohol (passed apps and station displays during cocktail hour, dinner stations with 2 salads, pasta station, 3 meats, 2 sides, 1 desserts, full premium open bar ): 21K (includes tax and gratuity)

Cake: 725

-  Photography (~10 hours, one photographer): $2000

- Florist (bouquets/boutonnieres/ceremony flowers/ centerpieces & cake flowers): $2000

- Dress & accessories: $2000

- Hair & Makeup (me, 3 bridesmaids, two mothers tip): $1200

- DJ (ceremony music and 5 hour reception): $1200

-Wedding rings: ~3000

Wedding party(3 BM 6 GM)/parent gifts: ~1000

Hotel: 180

We didn't have favors or need transportation.

That's about 35K. I had budgeted about 40K so we were good. There are few odds and ends I'm probably forgetting.