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After extensive research last night, I booked 2 one way tickets from New York to Oakland for a wedding Mr. Bee and I are attending July 4th weekend. The cost? $663.80. 
(The price jumped up $120 in the 2 hours it took me to research and make a decision.) Luckily we were able to fly back for free on credits we’d accumulated.
People in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties live in a perpetual wedding season. Don’t get me wrong - of course I want to be there when my friends walk down the aisle and say “I do.” It’s a once in a lifetime event and I love weddings. But almost every wedding we’re attending this year requires out of state travel and now that we’re married, Mr. Bee and I attend every wedding together… which translates into $$$.
With airline tickets, hotels, car rentals, gifts, etc., Mr. Bee and I have already spent about $4300 on 3 weddings this year. With 2 more weddings and a bachelorette party to go, we’re looking at another $1800 for a yearly total of $6100! That’s a pretty significant chunk ‘o change (and I didn’t even buy a single new outfit 
)!
What do you do when the cost of attending weddings becomes too high? Do you not attend and just send a gift? Find a way to go no matter what? I don’t know if we can *afford* to go to anymore out of state weddings this year… but I would still find a way no matter what.
I’ve heard of people being invited to and attending over 13 weddings in one year! Luckily Mr. Bee and I are pretty friendless.
How many weddings are you attending this year?
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i seem to be hitting a wedding drought this year; only attending 3.
would you mind terribly if i asked you to post a bunch of stuff from the oakland wedding? i’m from the bay area and would love to see how it turns out.
Question: (though not really relevant to this entry)
Is it okay to wear a gold dress to a wedding? And how much of white is inappropriate? Some day don’t wear any white, and others say white skirt is okay.
If you could clear this up, that would be great!
i think wedding season has passed long time ago for me. i only have my wedding this year!!! one year, i had 7.
It’s definitely ok to wear gold to a wedding - I was going to wear a gold dress to my brother’s wedding but it didn’t fit (I ordered it online). =(
And if it were me, I’d stay away from white altogether. Why compete with the bride in any way? It’s her day to shine.
We are attending 8 weddings this year (4 family, 4 friends). This reason alone has me pushing my own wedding to next year!
We are attending 8 weddings this year, in addition to planning our own. We have been averaging 6-8 weddings a year the last couple of years. Luckily for us, most of our friends are local so we don’t usually have the added travel expense of attending out of state wedding. We try to attend the weddings despite the cost since it’s an honor to be invited to someone’s special day. 
Although my FI and are attending a gazillion weddings this year - we are attending 3 weddings of our close friends this year. Including ours it will be 4. not to mention 3 out of the 4 will be exactly one month apart from each other. oh the insanity!
hey you’ll be in bay area! right around the corner from me!
11! and we have 2 saturdays with 2 weddings on each day…we won’t be able to go to most because they’re out-of-state and the husband will be out of town and i’ll be in grad school classes…sheesh!
12 weddings … all friends. geebus.
i’ve got 2 friends getting married this yr - both on the same day! so i’ll be going to 1 and then send a gift for the another. not too many weddings this yr for me aside from my own. works out good for me!
9 weddings… one is mine! and two I’m a bridesmaid… it’s crazy travel wise!
Wow … that’s so many! I am going to two and I am a bridesmaid in one of them … but I am just now graduating college - I’m sure it’ll pick up even more!
4 weddings so far, 3 in september in consective weekends!
just one, mine
I think just one. I say ‘think’ because I haven’t received the invite yet.
I have one july frist to go to then one Augest 5 soo yeah i feel ya:) then my bro is getting married in dec…
2 in 2005
1 in 2006 (ours!)
2 in 2007 (so far)
We’re very young (only 24) and one of the first to get married amongst a very career oriented group of friends. I don’t think we would have had a destination wedding if we were in the middle of “wedding season”.. it would have been too much to ask of our guests!
Actually, after looking more closely at your numbers… you are shelling out more for that Oakland wedding than you would for our DW!
4 weddings this year.. one down 3 more to go… and we already know we have 2 more wedding to go to in 2007
so far, the only wedding we have this year is OURS!
i’ve attended quite a few out of state weddings, but they’re never in fun places — houston; columbus, ohio; durham, NC (it was a chance to see duke again, so that was fun)…
3 weddings this year….2 friends, 1 relative on FI’s side. It will be June, July and August, every first weekend of those months!!
just a tip-those website save your searches. so if you look up a trip and it’s 350, and often you can’t get the same price (or certianly any lower) when you search again. everytime you do a search on expedia or whatever, clear out your cookies and temorary files (it’s under internet options, on most pcs). have a nice trip!
Between me and the bf, we have SEVEN weddings just this year alone, and already, three next year, and I’m the BM in one of them (maybe 2). It’s getting expensive….
I’m apparently totally into wedding age with my friends. My Fiance, one friend and I got together and wrote down OVER 25 COUPLES getting married this summer that at least two of us knew personally. Crazy!
I’m only able to make it to three wedding this year (including mine). I very much wish I could go to more…but with our wedding this year we really can’t afford to travel to all the weddings. I’m kind of glad with two of them because they were the same day both in Western Washington and I wouldnt’ have been able to decide which to attend (well, I wouldnt’ have a problem if my Fiance had gone with me since he’s only friends with one of the couples). Anyway, Traveled to one wedding (had to go to that one…best friend and one of my bridesmaids).
OH, and for me…that amazingly high number of friends getting married is starting early. Probably will end earlier in my life too. I’m only 20.
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Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
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