What cost the most?

[Deleted User] · January 2012

I was wondering from my fellow Knotties what was the most expensive part of the wedding for you?

I still have a long way off but it very well may be the photography and videography for my FI and I. It's the only part of the wedding we didn't give ourselves a budget for.

kimiandgary · January 2012

The venue was the most expensive. Granted that includes the food, and its for both the ceremony and reception. Our site includes all the chairs and table linens you need. We were lucky and got a package deal, but its by far where our money was spent.

MyNameIsNot · January 2012

Our most expensive part was catering and bar.

NcsuPsych · January 2012

For us it was our venue. Originally our venue would have been free had our wedding been in CT where DH's parents offered to pay, but we had our wedding in NC because my mom was adament about the fact that none of my family would have made it to CT.

Beverly8 · January 2012

the most expensive part for us is the venue, the second most expensive is the photographer

StephBeanWed61502 · January 2012

Our venue is taking up 50% of our wedding budget, but it includes the ceremony, the cocktail hour, the reception, and all of the food plus a full open bar in the cost, so I think that's why it was so expensive. As far as the "extras" go, photography was the absolute killer, but that was mainly because my FI is a photographer himself and was insanely picky about who we chose.

Wiscisbliss · January 2012

Feeding our guests. (~30%)
Alcohol and photography were other big hitters.

HobokensFury · January 2012

DItto PP. The reception venue which included catering and open bar was about 50% of our total bill.

achiduck · January 2012

Our venue (which includes food and alcohol) is going to be the most expensive.

Nina0528 · January 2012

The venue was a little over 50% of our total cost. This included food, alcohol, ceremony/rehearsal, cake & chair covers (as well as linens and all the basics). Our photographer was the 2nd most expensive.

colstj1 · January 2012

Ours will be the reception hall. Which includes a room fee, food and beverages. I would say next expensive thing after that would be photography, but we are getting ours for free. But I know in our area photographers would have been number two for prices.

vexie · January 2012

Our venue was free (was a restaurant) but the bill for the food and drinks was just over 60% of our buget of $15,000! Well worth the money though

WalkersFurMama · January 2012

Our biggest expense is going to be the reception (hall, food, open bar) but our biggest splurge is our photography at $3000. I fell in love with his photographer nearly two years before we were engaged (she did his cousins wedding pics and now their maternity/family pics). I tried interviewing other photogs and looking at their work, but I know that no other photographer is going to make me as happy for any less money. We figure that in 30 years the pictures are all we are going to have left, we're going to want to love them and have them be high quality.

kristenjruss · January 2012

Everyone is stating the obvious...the reception is always the most expensive :-) my dress is my splurge ...its 1/10th of my budget spent twice was I was supposed to! But its perfect so it's worth it!

hbatchel2 · January 2012

The venue was the most expensive. It included catering, decorating, and rental. Second most expensive was photography.

JGreenfan2000 · January 2012

Our DJ he is also doing lighting and draping but he was a big part followed by food we wanted a meal not just finger food so it was a big part of the budget.

lebast · January 2012

My dress and all that goes along with it (veil, alterations, shoes...)

mercy4 · January 2012

Even though venue takes up so much of my budget, and probably most people's, my big splurge was my dress.

Cinderella30 · January 2012

For us it was the reception (decor, food, bar). Everything else was pretty much what we expected.

angele4200 · January 2012

Venue and catering were by far the most expensive, but like other people our biggest splurge, about 10% of our wedding budget, was our photograher.

mellimel19 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_cost-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:0cb7af01-64db-4924-b9f1-6aa91201792aPost:a59439da-cbca-45e5-8d63-95412572c3b3">Re: What cost the most?</a>:
[QUOTE]The venue was the most expensive. Granted that includes the food, and its for both the ceremony and reception. Our site includes all the chairs and table linens you need. We were lucky and got a package deal, but its by far where our money was spent.
Posted by kimiandgary[/QUOTE]

Same here. Our package also includes an open bar.

FreeSpirit666 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_cost-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:0cb7af01-64db-4924-b9f1-6aa91201792aPost:a59439da-cbca-45e5-8d63-95412572c3b3">Re: What cost the most?</a>:
[QUOTE]The venue was the most expensive. Granted that includes the food, and its for both the ceremony and reception. Our site includes all the chairs and table linens you need. We were lucky and got a package deal, but its by far where our money was spent.
Posted by kimiandgary[/QUOTE]

I agree

SUMMERBABY070481 · January 2012

For us it was our photographer and DJ/band...I was very luck that my father had paid for the reception hall. The most important things to us was the food/top shelf liquor...music..and the photography. We wanted our guest to eat/drink and dance and we wanted the best photographer to capture the memories!! good luck!

KatWAG · January 2012

Our is the catering (aps, dinner and open bar) but our second biggest expense is our wedding planner. She has been helping us from day 1.

SCogs18 · January 2012

Our venue was the most expensive. The space itself was free, but food & alcohol is about 42% of our budget. The next most expensive, and most important item for me, is phototgraphy.

Starqueg · January 2012

Like a PP said, food due to it being kosher. In terms of actually splurging, I'm not really sure yet since we're still in the early part of planning.

Budnotes · January 2012

For us it was the venue/food/bar. We met a certain minimum so we didn't have to pay for the actual venue, but the food and alcohol were a chunk of change.

blgrout · January 2012

Food and alcohol is about 30% of our total cost, photography is second at about 16% of our budget. Those are the items we wanted to go all out on, and everything else has pleasantly fallen well within our budget. Especially our cake, which we are getting for half price!