wondering.... people's budgets

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

ok so im not engaged anymore because I got rid of his lyin cheating a&&. im just now getting back into feeling "safe" to date again. I do know if and when I get married I will do so in vegas so hopefully the man wont care lol. im wondering what everyones (if wanna share) budget where. for all of it and who blew their budget and who came in under.

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

I know I made a grammatical error. should be budget was

im thinking for budget airfare, hotel stay ceremony and reception and food for extra days.

jaime85120 · September 2013

Well my budget is 7k, for ceremony lunch reception for 35 cake. And in suite after party and room for 6 nights 5 for suite one night in regular room. So far so good on budget but I still have till July

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

cool

glad staying on budget. is there anything you thought you wanted then cut

jaime85120 · September 2013

Well we are still trying to decide on what suite to get but do to a recent set back we might not be able to get thr suite I wanted. So far that's it. Im pretty basic so I don't really need or want much more then some flowers a dance and a cake.

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

there you go

congrats

Kimberlybfpc · September 2013

We spent $5,000 for the ceremony, hair and makeup, transportation and dinner. So basically $5,000 the day of. Our flight and room out there was $1600 for both of us, and then I think we spent about $1,000 give or take on other things in Vegas. We play Myvegas on FB, so were able to get quite a bit of free stuff for the other days we were there. The $5,000 was for 40 guests.

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

cool thanks for the infor

missmo14 · September 2013

Ours is going to be about 20k but that includes flights from Australia and 6 nights in Vegas AND hosted bachelor/bachelorette events and a welcome dinner for guests. I hope we stay on budget! We have really kinda splurged on the wedding but we wouldve spent MUCH more if we had it at home

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

im sure and international flights are costly., at least you on budget

KikiMira · September 2013

Are budget was 20K we are coming in at 22K

had we not upgraded a couple things we would be in the budget.

thesepinkdays · September 2013

The budget for the ceremony and festivities after is 7500 (thanks daddy haha).

That does not include my dress, his tux or any of our travel.

AllyIdo · September 2013

We didn't really set a budget. Oops. We are expecting about 50 people. Looking like we're going to spend 13K on the DDB bus, ceremony/flowers, dinner/decorations/cake and entertainment afterwards. I don't really include hotel stay, hair and makeup and dress/tux in the actual wedding cost.

What helps is that we are paying it off as we go. Making deposits. Taking more money out of our paychecks to automatically deposit in savings. We've received about $5500 from FIs parents as help. This is my second wedding (ugh can we say REGRET) so my parents haven't mentioned any contributions, and I'm surely not asking, they already paid for a foofy wedding for me 5 years ago. They did give us $500 as an engagement gift and are giving us a week of timeshare to trade it towards the honeymoon. Very generous.

When all is said and done (flights, booze, food, etc.) I'm sure it will be more like 15K. That is unless we get a higher percent of declines.. which I am A-OK with!

a13049 · September 2013

We didn't really set a budget but we are skipping a lot of the frills. Not for budget reason, its just bot my thing. We aren't doing flowers, photography, hair and make up. We got the basic aria package 1,000 and we have invited 40 guest with a reception at wicked spoon, which will be under 2,000. I bought my dress at the brides against breast cancer event. All we have left is fi tux. So if I calculate an extra 30% for taxes and gratuity we are around 5,000. We are considering DDB but haven't finalized. I'm sure we will be about 7,000 when added travel and extra trip expenses.

Jiimanie · September 2013

We also didn't set a budget but like PP we don't want a big thing, the whole reason we're going to Vegas is for a small, simple ceremony with maximum 36 guests. So far, it doesn't look like we'll be spending any more than $8000 (not including flights or expenses for the rest of the trip, i.e. our honeymoon).

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

cool thanks for all the info. just wish I was planning but im here for hugs, and support.

LaurenGarciaKrueger · September 2013

Our budget is 5k. We booked at the Chapel of the Flowers and I have not held back anything I want. The ceremony, all of our flowers for my bouquet, a MOH bouquet, and 3 other BMs, unity candle ceremony, roses and corsages for our mothers, boutonierres for 7, and flowers for the cake. Also, I've booked the cake through the Chapel, and it will be delivered to the reception dinner. We have separate limos to and from the ceremony. I'm renting my wedding dress through the chapel- this includes a designer gown of my choice, limo transportation to and from the boutique, alterations, steaming, delivery to the hotel, and pickup from the hotel the next day. . Also, I've upgraded the photo package, so a ton of photos, a wedding dvd, and live webcast and viewing for 8 weeks. All this, $2200. Dinner reception is going to be a El Segundo Sol/ Stripburger for $24pp. (Mom is paying for the dinner.) We are paying the drink tab for us and our 50 guests. After dinner and cake, DDB for 2-3 hours. Invites on Zazzle, and RSVP cards came out to under $100. I am creating a cd of songs for our favors since we won't really have a dance floor- cost under $150.Groom and groomsmen will wear something affordable/ no tuxedos, but slacks, maybe suspenders, and a shirt and tie they will be happy to wear again. Hotel blocks of rooms at The Golden Nugget on average $100 per night. We haven't included plane tickets yet, but we are really doing good on budget. I'm so happy about our choice in Las Vegas.

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

congrats on all of that. :)sounds wonderful. rent a dress I would be worried wouldn't fit properly cause I have a funky figure plus may not like the rental those were my 2 worries when I thought bout renting

LaurenGarciaKrueger · September 2013

I had a friend rent a dress before, Alfred Angelo actually, in Las Vegas. The whole business is genius. She didn't have any problem with the dress. I may try on some dresses here, before I get to Vegas, to find out what type I like, and look good in. I just don't want to carry a dress on the plane, worry about it getting damaged, and spend a ton of money on it, alterations, and steaming when I get to Vegas. I'm really a laid back woman though, so I'm not entirely worried about the dress. I'm sure I will find something I like. They have 3 boutiques too.

jennyjuice09 · September 2013

$15k to $20k for everything. 50 people, nice dinner, DDB, photography, ceremony, dress, suit, hotel, flights, cake, awesome cake topper.....etc. Way more than I wanted to pay. Wedding planning kind of gets away from you. But we are paying as we go. No credit.

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

cool thanks for the rent a dress idea

. yea I like the idea of pay as go no debt for wedding afterwards.

EmiliaC01 · September 2013

Southern - sent you a PM

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

Emilia- answered

nsilva2930 · September 2013

Well we didn't really have a budget either like PP but overall we ended up spending about $15k. That was dress, tux, 2 flower girl dresses, flowers, hair and makeup, photography, suite room for 5 nights at Flamingo, the flight for myself and new hubby, ceremony at Flamingo Gazebo, nice dinner and drinks at PJ Clarke's and DDB which we stocked with lots of beer. Overall I think we did very well. That budget also included all of our spending money for the week.

We were given $5k from hubby's family and $5k from my family. Thank god we only had to pay for about $5k.

alicialfisher · September 2013

Our budget is $10k for 50-55 people. It's looking like, with our travel and hotel, we'll probably come in more around $12k or $13k, which I'm fine with if we end up having the amount of people we think we will. If it's less, maybe we'll be closer in.

Jixxt · September 2013

Our budget is 25k for about 50 people, for ceremony, F&B, reception/decor, welcome dinner and the thank you brunch but not including flights (we have to pay for my in-laws flights too!) or dresses/tuxes- We have kids coming so it is turning out to be a bit more as we need to have private venues (not having the kids there is not an option).

Knottie1450123632 · September 2013

cool and I agree kids aren't an option

kellamity · September 2013

Ours was 7,000 for 20 people, not including hotel rooms, flights, and other travel costs. My fiance originally wanted it at 6,000 but was okay with 7. I think we're spending closer to 8 or 9k but I'm trying not to think about the actual number.

lasvegasveganbride · October 2013

We agreed on 20-25k but we ended up pushing back our day so we could spend a little more.

Food is something I REFUSE to skimp on so that's most of our budget. I feel like I owe good food, good dancing and good cake to people!

wrigleyville · October 2013

Our budget was 10K. That includes travel, hotel, and meals for my parents since they live on SS.

We're coming in under-budget, with a grand total of 6K, including tips. This includes absolutely everything except the honeymoon. I got all of our attire on sale, used a coupon for our STDs and invitations, booked a fairly inexpensive ceremony package, booked Todd for just a few hours, and we're having an in-suite reception (cheaper than most restaurants I checked out).

We skipped favors, personalized items, and random things like that. They're a waste of money. Nobody's going to wear their "Bridesmaid" bathrobe after the wedding, and nobody wants anything with our names and wedding date engraved on it or cares if the chocolate has a personalized wedding wrapper. Those things are cute, but they wouldn't make or break our day, so we skipped them. They're just expensive props for pictures, in our minds.

The most important things to us were food, alcohol, and photography. Our guests will remember how we treated them, and the pictures are a permanent keepsake, so we used the bulk of our money on those items.

vegasgroom · October 2013

Ours got a little excessive in hindsight, but from a ceremony/reception standpoint, we spent about $500/pp once you factor in open bar, dj, photo, video, rehearsal dinner, so on and so forth. I could have had a nice new car but you only get married once. :-)

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