I want to do some research on how much a wedding cost. I would love to get married Summer 2010 but that may not be enough time to save up. Could you give me some ideas of how much your weddings cost and where you had them?
Our wedding is on April 17th, 2009 and we are expecting it to cost around $25,000, not including $10-$12K on our honeymoon that we are paying for ourselves. We are very lucky in that my parents want to pay for the majority of wedding expenses (we are paying for our own rings, invites, and DJ but they are pretty much footing the bill for everything else), which allows us to have the wedding of our dreams and not start married life in debt. Our wedding will have about 80-90 guests, it is more important to us to spend the same amount of money on fewer guests so that the wedding could be nicer and more elegant, rather than spreading the same budget out on 150-200 guests.
Also, I live in NYC metro area, which is super expensive compared to the rest of the country.
The average wedding in the US today is about $20,000.
I think you can definitely pull off a nice wedding by summer 2010, you have over a year and a half to plan! Don’t put it off longer, you will just be really antsy anticipating a wedding that’s so far away. Consider your budget and go from there: biggest way to save is cut the guest list, that way you can still afford the beautiful wedding you deserve.
Good luck and congratulations!
