Help, need cost estimates

Re: Help, need cost estimates

• roseygb member

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm getting married in the OBX so I can't be of much help to you with area Durham venues BUT we are (hopefully!!) booking our photographer next week and I believe she's in the Durham/Chapel Hill area and she's amazing and so reasonably priced. I found her through other referrals here on the boards. Love theknot message boards!
  Here's a link - http://bridgetmcenaney.wordpress.com/
  

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• aleighk1

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm getting married in Greensboro but I can tell you what I'm spending on everything.

  Budget is $6,000ish

  
  

  Venue:$950

  Dress:$600

  Caterer: $1050

  Photographer: $1500 (ASB Photography)

  Invitations: $175

  Flowers: $175

  Officiant: $175

  DJ: $400 

  Cake: $300

  Alcohol: $500

  Other expenses: $200

  
  

  
  Planning Bio with For Sale
  

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• JennieandJason8182012

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  We are having a destination wedding but our reception will be in Kannapolis, NC.  Some of our pricing for the local stuff is....
  

  Venue:$600

  Dress:$600

  Photographer: $75.00 an hour (StoryTeller Photography, Concord)
  

  
  so far that is all that we have reserved.  Our ceremony itself on the boat is costing 3000.00
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• jmp0930

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  Photog-3300 Michael moss Flowers 2800 Lyn from Fresh Affairs Videography- 2150 twenty-one films Coordinator-1500 Adams and events Venue- Carolina Inn Chapel Hill

  
  
  

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• ChickenOnSunday member

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  Wedding date was 9/11/10 and we had 130 guests.
  
  Venue - Snipes Farm $2000
  Cake - Nantucket $220
  Bridal Hair - Aveada $45
  Bridesmaids hair - Aveada $25/each
  Rehearsal dinner - Daniel's $845 ( food for 40 people delivered to the hotel)
  Reception - Thrills from the Grill $5700
  Ceremony music (violin and guitar)  $300
  Day of Cordinator - Isabel Moss $250
  Transportation - Carolina Livery  $483 for a 35 passenger bus for 4 or 6 hours of service
  
  Flowers were done by Chapel Hill Florist - amazing to work with
  Bride Bouquet - $100
  Bridesmaids Bouqets - $195 for 3
  Groom and GM (3) Bouts - $50
  Additional bouts and corsages - $72.50
  
  Invitations were ordered from David's Bridal. I think we ordered around 175 or so...$175 and spent $75 in postage
  
  Our money savers -
  BM's and I did the centerpieces ourselves. We got the flowers from Fresh Market. I maybe spent around $200.
  We used friends as photographers. We paid each of them $300 as a thank you.
  Used an iPod for the music.
  Sent STD's as a PDF by email.
  Neighbor took our engagement pictures.
  BM's and I made the programs.
  We supplied the beer, wine, and jello shots for the rehearsal dinner and wedding.
  
  
  Total spent was around $15,000 which includes my dress, 3 BM dresses, 3 flowergirl dresses, suit for DH, and dresses for my sisters who walked me down the aisle.

  

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• megnmike1213 member

  

  July 2011 edited December 2011

  We are getting married next fall and these are our budgeted expenses, planniing for 125- 150 guests. After looking into a few things we may need a reality check! Our budget is 7,000
  Venue: 1500
  Catering: 1500
  Cake: 300
  Alcohol: 350
  Dress: 700
  Dress Accessories: 150
  Stationery: 250
  Linens: 150
  Chair Rental: 350
  Flowers: 500
  Favors: 100
  Decorations: 200
  DJ: 400
  
  and some other things and as you see we are pushing it!

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