Per money discussions the other day...

Re: Per money discussions the other day...

• alliecarrie41 member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  isn't it interesting how 30+ is the wayyyy top of this poll?  shows you how ridiculous our bubble is sometimes..

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• mbcdefg member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  Someone on the Budget Weddings board started a poll recently that asked what everyone's PP price is and what that includes. I had mine all typed out (and it's on the low end for NNJ), then felt like crap when I saw that other people were paying $25pp and so I didn't hit the Post button.

  

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I found that (as well as the comment about Money Matters' average being way higher) really interesting.Also, how nice would it be if we had the anonymous polls over here?  Would let people get the idea on what is average and what the distribution is without everyone getting upset about making individual answers.

  

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• cvl105

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  quite interesting...$30k or higher = special snowflake haha

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  (Also, sorry about the total lack of proper English in these posts.  Have had a loooooooong day.)

  

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• teamAandE

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I wish we had those polls here!!!and WOW to this!"Including our rings and honeymoon ours was probably around $10k." 

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• 30may09bride

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I spent more on my photographer than most of these people spent on their entire wedding!

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• mbcdefg member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  I think we have to consider what these people are getting for these prices, though. Probably about three items in the cocktail hour, then salad and entree (maybe only chicken, or only two choices) and a piece of cake. Maybe beer & wine instead of a full bar, in some cases.

  

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• jaimelody

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  Yes, but these wedding pp's don't have all of the things NJ weddings have. Like cheese and crackers is completely normal  for our cocktail hour. I saw a place down here in GA before we booked and it was $36 pp. It was gorgeous and they wined and dined you all night with the thing you could have, but when it comes right down to it, there weren't 8 hand passed items and a carving station, and ice sculptures at the cocktail hour and the venetian hour was cake... and that's it. I'm not saying that $100 pp is reasonable,  but they aren't accustomed to the weddings NJ has. 

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• Mye

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  interesting...

  
  
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• Mye

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  church fee $25 - seriously!?!

  
  
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• jaimelody

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  There is a girl on my club board, (budget bride) and her suggestion is to have the reception at the space your church offers with your ceremony fees. Her fee was 125 I think? Something leas than what we are spending and the church hall is actually pretty! The space my church has is in a basement and I'm pretty sure it's an additional charge. Things are just different. It's not fair really! Lol

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• mbcdefg member

  

  November 2009 edited December 2011

  We actually tossed around the idea of using our church's basement for a while. My mom suggested hiring a company to drape the walls.

  

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