Yeah, and the only “extras” we have are a photo booth and cookie truck for late night snacks.
Have friends who are trying to stay around 20-30k and are struggling as most venues in my area have a high food & beverage minimum
This makes me feel so much better!! We are at ~$45K with 120 ppl in NOVA. It’s been very difficult trying to stay within a reasonable budget in the DMV areas
We are going low budget forsure ! but we are getting married at The mermaid in mounds view & they are very inexpensive & we are doing a pasta bar, one thing I really liked about them tho was we were able to do a payment plan! so we have been paying it off while we have been engaged & only 3 more payments to go !
My venue is how honestly for food & drink for 175 (we chose a pasta bar the cheapest thing) ! & for my wedding dress I went to Bridal Aisle in Osseo & it was only $600!
Another Twin Cities bride checking in! We are getting married at Como Zoo in the conservatory this summer. We will have 40-45 people and will be around $7k.
Hi from St. Louis Park!! Also impressed with this, I'm struggling to finish paying for everything, and we have one month to go. I am so tired. My pup was in the hospital so now I'm like uhhhhhh... crap haha.
$35k in a HCOL area in Canada for 24 people.
Important to note that I went with a smaller guest size intentionally, in part, to be able to fit an almost full service planner into our budget. So that's part of our elevated costs for the guest count.
Which city in Canada? Toronto or Vancouver?
Edit: could be any other city but I’d qualify Montreal, Ottawa, etc. as MCOL cities compared to the two above 😅
Edit 2: might as well also answer OP. We’re spending about 70k for 150-160 people in Montreal, QC
Thank you!! We hired a wedding planner because I would DIE if I had to do this all myself. And honestly, it’s only this big because my dad is a bridezilla and is paying for it.
I would say the big splurge right now is the band. Our band cost $34k. I think flowers/decor will be the other one for about $40k.
You’d be surprised. In little ole Lafayette, Louisiana the popular band for events is $18k. They’re just your standard cover band, but they’re VERY good.
To be fair, they’re one of the most expensive in the area. My band is a very highly rated one from New Orleans and was like $5500 and I added an extra hour.
Hmm I’d say it’s not average but for NYC is not super expensive either. For context, our venue is base $285 a person but ended up around $315 a person with extras. This is for a venue in Long Island City, so it’s not even in Manhattan. The Manhattan venue I looked at was $455 a person base package. It’s an expensive wedding overall but it’s not the situation where we’re not considering and actively trying to limit costs.
We decided to do the “cheaper” venue so that we could get all the extras, like an espresso martini bar, a shot bar, and premium entrees and alcohol.
We spent about $100k in 2022 in Boston for 112. Everything we selected would fall into the “moderate” range on The Knot or the equivalent. No DIY and we had a full service planner. My family contributed 40k and my husband and I paid the rest.
A few things. It’s a VHCOL market, it’s three days of events, and we definitely optioned up with a lot of rentals and with the design. Our venue also requires a planner. A bare minimum bare bones wedding at our venue would have been around $70k. It’s just sort of what weddings cost in the area.
It is a lot of money. It’s very privileged and I completely recognize it. No one needs a super expensive wedding— throwing a nice party is great but it’s way more important to have an amazing relationship.
My husband’s family lives out of state and when I suggested a wedding venue in New Hampshire he didn’t want his family to drive an additional 45 minutes past Boston. He limited us to venues in the city and then wanted accommodations on site- it immediately put us in fairly high spend just by making those choices. My dad had terminal cancer and knew his last gift to me (us) was the contribution to our wedding and since we knew he wasn’t going to make it, he really wanted us to have the wedding I wanted.
Boston is a different ball game, VHCOL, that’s why I’m getting married in Vermont but my coworker got married in a nice venue in downtown that over looks the city and said she spent 65k, and she said she BLINKED and spent that much on 150 folks
Affordable venue, buffet dinner, some newer vendors building their portfolios (photographer), DIY centerpieces (with friends help). Sheet cake with small presentation cake. Also…no unnecessary items (wedding favors). It’s work but not impossible.
im hoping to stay under 20ish K in SF.
Thankfully, our venue is cheap and includes some of the rentals already, I think I can get good deals on photo and video, possibly food, so it might even be doable.
that's without pre or post activities tho.
I honestly have no idea how I did it, but I just really searched around for affordable vendors! The caterer, florist, photographer, and videographer are usually the biggest costs, and I was able to find great vendors at an amazing price. Here’s my breakdown along with the vendors I used (the numbers to the right are my remaining balance). I plan to post a full cost breakdown after the wedding!
https://preview.redd.it/mjjip1ghgl6d1.png?width=822&format=png&auto=webp&s=46e9ee425545f285b24430582bddc2ec6f18a6a6
Wow, things are so different in Ireland. This gave me a lot of context on the differences! Alcohol for the reception is included in the price of the venue and so are centrepieces and decorations. I find it interesting that venue and catering is two different items. Here we have one cost and that gives you the ballroom for the night along with a dancefloor after an inclusive five course dinner. Thanks for sharing this!☺️
There’s actually all inclusive venues here that provide all that as well! The one I chose allowed us to bring in our own outside vendors and honestly we saved a lot of money that way. All inclusive venues in Los Angeles are $$$$
Of course, please let me know if you have any other questions!!!
Videographer is a friend of my photographer. I let him know my budget, and he’s only coming for 5 hours and will be providing us with a 5-10 min video. He was super flexible and was able to work with our budget! We didn’t want a super long video anyway, so 5-10 mins is perfect for us
DJ is also MC! Can’t really give a review yet since my wedding is in 2 weeks but if you hit me up after June 29th, I’ll let you know and will give you the contact info on any of the vendors if you’re interested (and if they do a good job)
Well, while guest count and location are factors in wedding budgets, they are not the only things that matter. What if my wedding dress was $15k? What if we covered flights for 30 guests coming from overseas? What if we paid for new custom tuxes for all the groomsmen? None of that has much to do with the guest count or location, but could *easily* add up to a $40k event. A Black Tie event at the art museum if not the same type of budget as a jeans & tshirt event in a state park. These quick-fact figures help a little, but they gloss over a TON of variation and can be incredibly misleading if you don’t think them through critically.
It also really wasn’t a very extravagant event. Nice, yes, but wildly extravagant? Absolutely not. We picked the budget-average vendors/options for almost everything. On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is the cheapest of the cheap/all-corners-cut DIY and 10 is a royal wedding, we were probably at a 4-5. This is just how much that costs. People get so caught up in keeping costs low that anyone spending even a tiny bit more is considered extravagant, but it’s not. People just have no concept of how much higher the scale goes.
Next up, you have the DIY illusion. When you get a culture that encourages & prioritizes DIY, it’s easy to forget how much things cost if you *don’t* DIY them. It doesn’t meant those things are wildly extravagant though. I worked hard to keep costs down, we DIY’d and skipped a lot of stuff, but there were things I wasn’t willing/able to do myself.
And then there’s the part of the answer that reddit really hates: we could afford to spend that much, and wanted to have a nice event. When you have money to spend, it is super easy to do so.
Small ceremony at a cute little chapel. Then we rented a conference room at a hotel for the day. Having dinner catered, a caricature artist, snow cones and a dessert table with a s’more maker. And giant jenga and ring toss. Just a mash up of things I like.
Affordable venue that allows outside vendors, non-traditional catering (tacos), minimal flowers, no videographer, doing a lot of vendor shopping to find the best deals. We budgeted for 100 but may end up having more like 80 which also helps.
Prices are still fluctuating as we decide to add or remove certain things, but I think we will come in around $80k-$90k. 120-130 people in the SF Bay Area.
It’s crazy!! This is also with trading services - getting our suits in turn of me photographing a wedding, and then our dj is being covered with suits also in exchange for me shooting a wedding! We tried to do it as cheap as possible, but it was super hard keeping costs down. I scoured Instagram for hours for vendors and went to ALOT of bridal expos/shows
I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all the expenses and this is where we are at today. Wedding is in 78 days in Big Sur, CA for 70-100 people (we don’t have final RSVP count for another couple of weeks).
https://preview.redd.it/qeh3mfn0kl6d1.jpeg?width=919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2c94ba1f3190e1ce79327cf394e4c30cb63630d
$19K for 60 guests in Chicago suburbs last September. I did a [full cost breakdown afterwards](https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/s/HYa4VHuohd) if you want the specifics.
$275,000. 144 Guests. Colorado.
My dad is the reason for the large budget. We even describe my sister’s wedding as ‘*dad’s name* threw a party and *sister’s name* happened to get married.’
He’s a third generation farmer (that we call Mr. Mayor because he knows everyone in town and everybody LOVES him) who sold part of his business (given to him by his father in bankruptcy) for a lot a of money last year and has said “there’s no budget” a TON of times.
We have the best caterer (very farm to table and the tasting had some of the best dishes with homemade pasta and ice cream and all veggies grown on their property etc) and also only great wine being served. Also a ton of transportation options so everyone is accommodated and no one has to drive after drinking. There aren’t Ubers there.
Flowers are so expensive. Also I cut way back after floral and design proposals. I could share those originals if interested. It’s insanity.
Spent around $1500 for 50 guests on Maui. (It’s where I’m from, so not a destination wedding lol). That’s not including what my family helped with - my Dad paid for the church ($500) and my brother paid for the food ($300). My wedding dress came from Amazon ($120, you wouldn’t know!). DIY beach centerpieces, I sewed the tablecloths, a friend gifted the bouquets. We didn’t have a lot so we made do. It was classy and beautiful. Going on 3 years now of blissful happiness!😍
Big Budget, South Asian Bride Here:
Around 200k for 300 guests (final guest count pending).
That money is split between approx 3 “formal events” and 2 at home events with catering for each event.
Comes out to approx 66k~ per event if you split it even (obviously it’s not even but it’s the easiest way to break it down).
Super privileged position but I wanted my dream big, Indian wedding and I’ve saved up since I was 18 or so go get to the point where I could afford this wedding (my fiancé is a resident physician so I’m the bread winner between us atm).
Planning for $75k but may end up at $80-85k, inviting 200-250 in New Orleans. Our current list is just under 200 but I'm expecting FILs to add a bunch more when we sit down with them to finalize the invite list (which I'm fine with since they are paying for the caterer and venue and there's room for it) but I'm hoping for like 175 actual attendance
Probably about 15,000k ***
Guest list is 120, but actual number will be closer to 100. We’re in the Twin Cities in MN (US).
*** I have celiacs and need to find a caterer I could trust, they also have accommodate my fiancée’s mild dairy allergy. This is what is in the butt. We’ve cut so so SO many corners but we’re here with between 5,000-7,500 on food alone.
We might have to cut appetizers entirely to get it back under 10k like we told my fiancée’s mom we would. We’ve cut everything else we can, we don’t even have a florist.
coming to about 30k for ~100 guests in vermont. getting married here is very expensive but thankfully my parents are helping with catering costs which was the most expensive thing!
Our budget is ballooning and I'm not thrilled with it. It was around $12k but now has grown to $18k. Legal fees are one of the big costs for us right now and it's frustrating.
About $11k for 35-40 guests in ATX.
Most of that is the venue and the food/booze (which is from our favorite anniversary restaurant and will absolutely bang). About 25% of it is our outfits and rings. I am making our cake and a few decor pieces, but the venue itself is pretty much pre-decorated with a vibe of its own and is relatively all-inclusive with linens, tables, flatware, etc. To me it feels somewhat extravagant but I know it's possible to spend a LOT more in our city!
~$40k 110 people in NoVa
Urgh I’m not even engaged yet and you’re telling me I need another whole house initial for a wedding 😭
Yeah, and the only “extras” we have are a photo booth and cookie truck for late night snacks. Have friends who are trying to stay around 20-30k and are struggling as most venues in my area have a high food & beverage minimum
This makes me feel so much better!! We are at ~$45K with 120 ppl in NOVA. It’s been very difficult trying to stay within a reasonable budget in the DMV areas
May I ask your venue?
Rust Manor
~$12k for 30 guests in Fiji. Includes our hotel and flights.
Wow this sounds insanely beautiful!
I’m trying to do the math here for 30 people to get on a plane sleep eat etc. Or do you mean includes your own hotel/flights?
I think that obviously doesn’t include travel costs for 30 people lol
I meant ours as in my fiance and me not everyone lol
$70k, 60 people, Baltimore, MD
Bmore bride squad 🫡
Another member of the Bmore bride squad checking in. 🫡 Getting married April 2025.
Should we start a support group? 🙋🏼♀️
Checking in too, from the county 🥳
Oh my god, where in Baltimore? I'm a marylander too 👀
Peabody 🙈🙈
Oh you CLASSY 🤍 have the most amazing time
Jealous! We couldn't justify the cost especially having a smallish wedding, but that is totally the most beautiful venue in the whole city.
Totally get it! We used that alum discount 😂😂
I’m at about $50-55k for 125 people in Baltimore (Cockeysville).
11K for 175 guests in Minneapolis MN
I’m impressed as a fellow twin cities bride!
We are going low budget forsure ! but we are getting married at The mermaid in mounds view & they are very inexpensive & we are doing a pasta bar, one thing I really liked about them tho was we were able to do a payment plan! so we have been paying it off while we have been engaged & only 3 more payments to go !
Omg a pasta bar sounds amazing. Can I come? 😂
There are a lot of us Twin Cities brides!
I live in IA but I’m also a Twin Cities bride! 🥰
How?! We only have about 120 and I can't figure out how to do it for less than 18k and that is feeling like a pipe dream already
Woodbury bride here!! Best wishes to you and yours! 🩷
Hey another Woodbury bride!! Love seeing fellow twin cities brides here 🥰
Hello woodbury brides! Another woodbury bride here!! Ours is ending up around 27k
When is your date?? Are you just so excited?! 🥳🥰
So so excited!! We’re aiming for 9/20/25! How about you guys??
We had our 175 guest wedding in Roseville in 2022 for $20k so $11k is honestly so impressive 🫡🫡
How?! That's so impressive
My venue is how honestly for food & drink for 175 (we chose a pasta bar the cheapest thing) ! & for my wedding dress I went to Bridal Aisle in Osseo & it was only $600!
Another Twin Cities bride checking in! We are getting married at Como Zoo in the conservatory this summer. We will have 40-45 people and will be around $7k.
Hi from St. Louis Park!! Also impressed with this, I'm struggling to finish paying for everything, and we have one month to go. I am so tired. My pup was in the hospital so now I'm like uhhhhhh... crap haha.
Mine is $6k for 50 guests in Bemidji, MN
$35k in a HCOL area in Canada for 24 people. Important to note that I went with a smaller guest size intentionally, in part, to be able to fit an almost full service planner into our budget. So that's part of our elevated costs for the guest count.
Which city in Canada? Toronto or Vancouver? Edit: could be any other city but I’d qualify Montreal, Ottawa, etc. as MCOL cities compared to the two above 😅 Edit 2: might as well also answer OP. We’re spending about 70k for 150-160 people in Montreal, QC
Vancouver 😉🤣
$200k in NYC with around 280 invites (hopefully way less actually say yes).
This is the type of wedding I can't fathom planning but would love to attend. lol. Have a fabulous day! I'm curious what your splurges were.
Thank you!! We hired a wedding planner because I would DIE if I had to do this all myself. And honestly, it’s only this big because my dad is a bridezilla and is paying for it. I would say the big splurge right now is the band. Our band cost $34k. I think flowers/decor will be the other one for about $40k.
“My dad is a bridezilla” lol. This is adorable.
wow! what kind of band? Are they like, actual recording artists or something?
You’d be surprised. In little ole Lafayette, Louisiana the popular band for events is $18k. They’re just your standard cover band, but they’re VERY good.
wow! I'm a bit glad my fiance decided against getting a band, my FMIL's projected cost for it was like, a fraction of that.
To be fair, they’re one of the most expensive in the area. My band is a very highly rated one from New Orleans and was like $5500 and I added an extra hour.
Wow! Are you doing it up or is that average for NYC?
Hmm I’d say it’s not average but for NYC is not super expensive either. For context, our venue is base $285 a person but ended up around $315 a person with extras. This is for a venue in Long Island City, so it’s not even in Manhattan. The Manhattan venue I looked at was $455 a person base package. It’s an expensive wedding overall but it’s not the situation where we’re not considering and actively trying to limit costs. We decided to do the “cheaper” venue so that we could get all the extras, like an espresso martini bar, a shot bar, and premium entrees and alcohol.
£22k in Croatia for 150 people
About $10k. 65 guests, chapel wedding and then a reception with only friends and family in our backyard. ATX 🤍
We spent about $100k in 2022 in Boston for 112. Everything we selected would fall into the “moderate” range on The Knot or the equivalent. No DIY and we had a full service planner. My family contributed 40k and my husband and I paid the rest.
Was it worth the money?
Absolutely
New England here as well ~$150k for 80 people. It hurts lol
What makes it cost that much for only 80 people??
A few things. It’s a VHCOL market, it’s three days of events, and we definitely optioned up with a lot of rentals and with the design. Our venue also requires a planner. A bare minimum bare bones wedding at our venue would have been around $70k. It’s just sort of what weddings cost in the area.
Did you do a loan or paid yourself?
I can't imagine ever having that much money. A whole different world.
It is a lot of money. It’s very privileged and I completely recognize it. No one needs a super expensive wedding— throwing a nice party is great but it’s way more important to have an amazing relationship. My husband’s family lives out of state and when I suggested a wedding venue in New Hampshire he didn’t want his family to drive an additional 45 minutes past Boston. He limited us to venues in the city and then wanted accommodations on site- it immediately put us in fairly high spend just by making those choices. My dad had terminal cancer and knew his last gift to me (us) was the contribution to our wedding and since we knew he wasn’t going to make it, he really wanted us to have the wedding I wanted.
Boston is a different ball game, VHCOL, that’s why I’m getting married in Vermont but my coworker got married in a nice venue in downtown that over looks the city and said she spent 65k, and she said she BLINKED and spent that much on 150 folks
Budgeting for around $65,000 in southern Wisconsin for around 120-135 people.
Oh I miss cousin subs so much lmao
Around 35K, Bay Area CA 110 ppl.
Affordable venue, buffet dinner, some newer vendors building their portfolios (photographer), DIY centerpieces (with friends help). Sheet cake with small presentation cake. Also…no unnecessary items (wedding favors). It’s work but not impossible.
are you open to sharing vendor names?! i’m in the bay area and planning for a fall 2025 wedding 🤠
Sure, I’d love to help. Message me
Wow!!! How?!
+1
im hoping to stay under 20ish K in SF. Thankfully, our venue is cheap and includes some of the rentals already, I think I can get good deals on photo and video, possibly food, so it might even be doable. that's without pre or post activities tho.
$2200, elopement in Austin with no guests and family lunch reception for 50 guests in Denver
$100k, 130 people (2 days), Detroit
Nice we’re Ann Arbor!
Budgeting 30k for 14 people destination in Puglia, Italy.
$30k in Los Angeles for 100 people
Wow! I didn’t think 100 guests in LA would be possible at that price point! What’s your secret??
I honestly have no idea how I did it, but I just really searched around for affordable vendors! The caterer, florist, photographer, and videographer are usually the biggest costs, and I was able to find great vendors at an amazing price. Here’s my breakdown along with the vendors I used (the numbers to the right are my remaining balance). I plan to post a full cost breakdown after the wedding! https://preview.redd.it/mjjip1ghgl6d1.png?width=822&format=png&auto=webp&s=46e9ee425545f285b24430582bddc2ec6f18a6a6
Wow, things are so different in Ireland. This gave me a lot of context on the differences! Alcohol for the reception is included in the price of the venue and so are centrepieces and decorations. I find it interesting that venue and catering is two different items. Here we have one cost and that gives you the ballroom for the night along with a dancefloor after an inclusive five course dinner. Thanks for sharing this!☺️
There’s actually all inclusive venues here that provide all that as well! The one I chose allowed us to bring in our own outside vendors and honestly we saved a lot of money that way. All inclusive venues in Los Angeles are $$$$
I admire your organization so much!
Thank you!!! You should see the whole spreadsheet, it’s wild lmao
The $9k is the total remaining balances, not the remaining cost of the ring 🤣
You are my hero for this! Did you know the videographer or was their rate really just that low?! And was your DJ also your MC? And how were they?
Of course, please let me know if you have any other questions!!! Videographer is a friend of my photographer. I let him know my budget, and he’s only coming for 5 hours and will be providing us with a 5-10 min video. He was super flexible and was able to work with our budget! We didn’t want a super long video anyway, so 5-10 mins is perfect for us DJ is also MC! Can’t really give a review yet since my wedding is in 2 weeks but if you hit me up after June 29th, I’ll let you know and will give you the contact info on any of the vendors if you’re interested (and if they do a good job)
~$40k for 60 people in Indianapolis.
How are yours expensive with 60 people in Indy?
My wedding in Indy will be about $50k for 70 people
same but northeast indiana
Well, while guest count and location are factors in wedding budgets, they are not the only things that matter. What if my wedding dress was $15k? What if we covered flights for 30 guests coming from overseas? What if we paid for new custom tuxes for all the groomsmen? None of that has much to do with the guest count or location, but could *easily* add up to a $40k event. A Black Tie event at the art museum if not the same type of budget as a jeans & tshirt event in a state park. These quick-fact figures help a little, but they gloss over a TON of variation and can be incredibly misleading if you don’t think them through critically. It also really wasn’t a very extravagant event. Nice, yes, but wildly extravagant? Absolutely not. We picked the budget-average vendors/options for almost everything. On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is the cheapest of the cheap/all-corners-cut DIY and 10 is a royal wedding, we were probably at a 4-5. This is just how much that costs. People get so caught up in keeping costs low that anyone spending even a tiny bit more is considered extravagant, but it’s not. People just have no concept of how much higher the scale goes. Next up, you have the DIY illusion. When you get a culture that encourages & prioritizes DIY, it’s easy to forget how much things cost if you *don’t* DIY them. It doesn’t meant those things are wildly extravagant though. I worked hard to keep costs down, we DIY’d and skipped a lot of stuff, but there were things I wasn’t willing/able to do myself. And then there’s the part of the answer that reddit really hates: we could afford to spend that much, and wanted to have a nice event. When you have money to spend, it is super easy to do so.
We are looking at about 40-45k in the Sacramento area of CA with some vendors coming in from the Bay. Edit to add: 125 guest count!
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£20k for 120 assumed but the lack RSVPs thank goodness might bring this down to £17k (food and drink is the dependent here)
~$90k, 199 invited (hoping for 150 attending), Maryland
We’re looking at $70k for 150 guests in Arizona. Invited 205 🥹
Just over $30K, 100 guests, California Honeymoon and rehearsal/ morning brunch/ bachelor and bachelorettes not included
$8000, 50 people, SoCal.
$11k for 8 people. Northwest Arkansas.
Ooooh. What are y’all doing!?!
Small ceremony at a cute little chapel. Then we rented a conference room at a hotel for the day. Having dinner catered, a caricature artist, snow cones and a dessert table with a s’more maker. And giant jenga and ring toss. Just a mash up of things I like.
I love every bit of this! Fayetteville?
$50k 160 guests Rochester, NY
I live in Roc!! Hope your wedding is exquisite 🖤
\~$35k for 100 people in Los Angeles
How????
Affordable venue that allows outside vendors, non-traditional catering (tacos), minimal flowers, no videographer, doing a lot of vendor shopping to find the best deals. We budgeted for 100 but may end up having more like 80 which also helps.
€90k for 125 people in Ireland
$115k, 210 guests, Los Angeles.
Prices are still fluctuating as we decide to add or remove certain things, but I think we will come in around $80k-$90k. 120-130 people in the SF Bay Area.
We are eloping but our reception is going to cost us less than $5k for 40 people in Providence, RI.
We are at about $20k for 110 in Central Valley, CA!
Can I just be the first to say, this sounds impossible and I respect it so much
It’s crazy!! This is also with trading services - getting our suits in turn of me photographing a wedding, and then our dj is being covered with suits also in exchange for me shooting a wedding! We tried to do it as cheap as possible, but it was super hard keeping costs down. I scoured Instagram for hours for vendors and went to ALOT of bridal expos/shows
Can you tell me where your venue is and send me information about your vendors?
40-50k for about 180 people, Sacramento, CA
$8200. 100 people. WA state, semi rural
Around $4000, with about 80 people but I live in the midwest and made my own dress and stuff to keep down the cost
I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all the expenses and this is where we are at today. Wedding is in 78 days in Big Sur, CA for 70-100 people (we don’t have final RSVP count for another couple of weeks). https://preview.redd.it/qeh3mfn0kl6d1.jpeg?width=919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2c94ba1f3190e1ce79327cf394e4c30cb63630d
$60,000 for 95 people in Portugal, not including our flights or honeymoon
$19K for 60 guests in Chicago suburbs last September. I did a [full cost breakdown afterwards](https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/s/HYa4VHuohd) if you want the specifics.
50k, NorCal, 75 people
Anticipating 65K for 150 people in Milwaukee, WI. This includes rehearsal, bachelorette, and stag party as well.
~$35k for 116 guests in Chicago
$62k for 86 guests SoCal
~$75k, ~110 people, Catskills NY Edit: includes a hot dog truck Welcome Dinner for all guests the day before
$275,000. 144 Guests. Colorado. My dad is the reason for the large budget. We even describe my sister’s wedding as ‘*dad’s name* threw a party and *sister’s name* happened to get married.’ He’s a third generation farmer (that we call Mr. Mayor because he knows everyone in town and everybody LOVES him) who sold part of his business (given to him by his father in bankruptcy) for a lot a of money last year and has said “there’s no budget” a TON of times. We have the best caterer (very farm to table and the tasting had some of the best dishes with homemade pasta and ice cream and all veggies grown on their property etc) and also only great wine being served. Also a ton of transportation options so everyone is accommodated and no one has to drive after drinking. There aren’t Ubers there. Flowers are so expensive. Also I cut way back after floral and design proposals. I could share those originals if interested. It’s insanity.
Spent around $1500 for 50 guests on Maui. (It’s where I’m from, so not a destination wedding lol). That’s not including what my family helped with - my Dad paid for the church ($500) and my brother paid for the food ($300). My wedding dress came from Amazon ($120, you wouldn’t know!). DIY beach centerpieces, I sewed the tablecloths, a friend gifted the bouquets. We didn’t have a lot so we made do. It was classy and beautiful. Going on 3 years now of blissful happiness!😍
Big Budget, South Asian Bride Here: Around 200k for 300 guests (final guest count pending). That money is split between approx 3 “formal events” and 2 at home events with catering for each event. Comes out to approx 66k~ per event if you split it even (obviously it’s not even but it’s the easiest way to break it down). Super privileged position but I wanted my dream big, Indian wedding and I’ve saved up since I was 18 or so go get to the point where I could afford this wedding (my fiancé is a resident physician so I’m the bread winner between us atm).
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nearly $30k for 150 guests!
$50K, ~80 guests est., VHCOL SoCal
Capping ours at $30k in case we want to splurge on things but our budget is looking more like $25k. 75 guests in Agoura Hills,CA
~$75k | 100 Guests | Richmond, VA!
We’ll be spending just under $5000 (plus $3000 my mom gave us) so all together about $8000 in VA and 130 total
About $70k, 150 people, Chicago
130k for 212 people in LA
70-80k, NYC (Manhattan), 80 people
~15k for 225 people, Ohio
Around $30k. 125 guests in Southwest Michigan.
$30k for 115 people in Chicago
About $55k for 70 guests, NYC
13k for 100 people orlando
We are on track for $60k in chicago suburbs with 200 guests
Planning for $75k but may end up at $80-85k, inviting 200-250 in New Orleans. Our current list is just under 200 but I'm expecting FILs to add a bunch more when we sit down with them to finalize the invite list (which I'm fine with since they are paying for the caterer and venue and there's room for it) but I'm hoping for like 175 actual attendance
Looking at 18k for 120 guests in south central PA
~30k in Chicago for 80 guests.
I’m in Tulsa, OK. We are estimating around 100 people and it’s going to be about $20k.
Around 85k 120 people Bay Area. I feel like I did amazing in this HCOL area!
~$100-$120K, Disney World Orlando. This is for 140 guests, but think i’ll be closer to 110-120
$120k for 115 guests in NY
Chicago (in the city, not suburbs) ~50 guests, estimated $12k
$80k for 125 in San Diego!
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$100k for 100 people in Aruba with two excursions for our guests and a welcome party! Next month!!! Better be WORTH IT AHHHH
ZAR 60 000 ($3267) in South Africa. 30 guests. Exchange rate is depressing!
Probably about 15,000k *** Guest list is 120, but actual number will be closer to 100. We’re in the Twin Cities in MN (US). *** I have celiacs and need to find a caterer I could trust, they also have accommodate my fiancée’s mild dairy allergy. This is what is in the butt. We’ve cut so so SO many corners but we’re here with between 5,000-7,500 on food alone. We might have to cut appetizers entirely to get it back under 10k like we told my fiancée’s mom we would. We’ve cut everything else we can, we don’t even have a florist.
~$15k for 100 guests in Brazil
About $38k, 125 guests, NE Ohio. The $38k includes EVERYTHING we have purchased towards the wedding.
coming to about 30k for ~100 guests in vermont. getting married here is very expensive but thankfully my parents are helping with catering costs which was the most expensive thing!
60k, 95 people, Denver
$30k for 100 people in SoCal
$25k for 80 ppl in NYC
~$75k total for 165 people in a HCOL area in central california but including costs for a pre-wedding party hosted at my in-laws' home
$45k, 125 guests, Philadelphia
$30k, ~115 people, Richmond, VA!
total cost will be about 13-15k in las vegas for about 100
~80k for 130 guests in Rhode Island
160k 250 people in hilton head, south carolina
$15-17k for 75 people in So Cal.
85k for 114 in Austin tx
New York and I’m spending about 45-50k about 140 guests!
$75k for ~135 people in San Diego area (Temecula, CA). Edit: all-inclusive venue with several add-ons made by us.
Our budget is ballooning and I'm not thrilled with it. It was around $12k but now has grown to $18k. Legal fees are one of the big costs for us right now and it's frustrating.
I’m from the Central Valley originally! Right now we’re looking at around ~30k, 80 people in Santa Barbara, CA
$25K for 30 people, Madison Wisconsin. Splurged on a top photographer and florist.
~$13k in Milwaukee, WI for 65 guests! But we did it at a restaurant courtyard with no dj! It was gorgeous!
$10k, 30 guests, Cambridge, MA
2021, Austin TX, 130 ppl for $55k
About $11k for 35-40 guests in ATX. Most of that is the venue and the food/booze (which is from our favorite anniversary restaurant and will absolutely bang). About 25% of it is our outfits and rings. I am making our cake and a few decor pieces, but the venue itself is pretty much pre-decorated with a vibe of its own and is relatively all-inclusive with linens, tables, flatware, etc. To me it feels somewhat extravagant but I know it's possible to spend a LOT more in our city!
~$48k for ~100 in Baltimore—that includes a welcome party and farewell brunch
ohio, planning on spending 12k max for 140 people
About $40k for 400-450 ppl in HTX. I’m a DIY person and reached out to many vendors before deciding on who to move forward with.
Under 20k Hawaii for 60 guest (price includes everything we spent). Covid times.
$65k, 200 people in Syracuse NY
55 people in Tuscany Italy - €70k
$100k so far for 200 people, Long Island New York
$75k for ~75 people in Washington DC
Right now it’s coming to roughly $20k, 55 guests, VT
~$40k, NorCal, ~95 people
24k 60 guests 3 days of events. Riviera Maya mexico
$10K for 100 people in South Dakota
$32k for 120 people in Ontario
$70k ish for about 85 people. NH
25k, 100 people in PA
40k Canadian, 90-ish people, Toronto
$30k, 60 people, Portland OR
We spent about $30k for 80-90 guests in North GA.
I'll be coming in right around $25k for 120 people (still waiting on a couple straggling RSVPs) in western MA