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Reader Email: Big Budget Brides

June 26th, 2007 @ 11:28 am by Mrs. Bee

An email we received yesterday:

I think it would be a refreshing change of pace to see a bride with the ability to spend on a whim, at least in regards to her wedding. I have yet to see one on weddingbee. Indeed, plenty of brides don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on weddings but, plenty of them do. Many people aren’t DIY-inclined and aren’t forced by monetary constraints to be so. It’s frustrating as a daily bee reader and archiver peruser to only see conversations about how to save and what to scrimp. 

Please don’t get me wrong and think I’m implying that there is anything wrong with being resourceful or spending less.  I enjoyed immensely reading about DIY and money saving ideas/tips, but that isn’t a reality for everyone and I believe that this site could ultimately be more useful if it catered to the bride with a larger, even significantly larger spending budget.

We’ve actually had several bees with very large budgets (as well as bees with smaller budgets and most with “average” budgets), but it may not have been apparent because we usually tread very carefully around the topic of money.  Nothing gets people more riled up than budgets/money, so we try to be really cautious when those subjects come up.

One of the most common requests we get is to feature more budget weddings and ideas, but we’d love to include big budget weddings as well.   While budgets certainly affect wedding planning, we’d like to think that most of the stories and experiences shared on Weddingbee are something that all brides can relate to.

Please let us know what you think - would you like to see big budget brides on weddingbee?

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120 Responses to “Reader Email: Big Budget Brides”

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Erika

I think weddingbee has showcased a whole range of budgets.

 
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noel

Honestly, it seems as though most of the bees have very elaborate weddings. Especially the city bees. You can tell from the pictures that most of the bees have large budgets. I was even going to ask if we could have brides with smaller budgets, and simpler weddings…..I suppose everyone will have their own feelings about this.

 
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vy

I agree with you. Most of the bees are DIY-mode or have large budgets so I don’t feel relate to them at all. However, I continue to read the blog because I am bored…hahaha….

 
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linda

I think seeing all ends of the spectrum will inspire all of us to help make our own weddings beautiful.

For example: just because a person spends $$$$ on a centerpiece, doesn’t necessarily mean it would cost that much to replicate.

 
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Amanda

I think there is a wide variety of “bees” blogging on this side. There have been several bees with large budgets, or whose parents are picking up the tab for their wedding!

I’ve read blogs from several brides who have expensive designer dresses, (or even two dresses!) and spending hundreds of dollars on their wedding shoes alone. These are certainly not brides trying to “scrimp.”

Take a poll to see what the average weddingbee reader is looking to spend on their wedding, and use that as an indicator if you need to have more big budget brides.

 
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Sara

I would love to see more large budget bees showcased. Their weddings can give tons of ideas.

 
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kaci

I think that Weddingbee is great for having all sorts of budgets. The fact is, those that are having the 850K wedding probably aren’t going to sit and blog about it all day. If you want big budget, watch Platinum Weddings…if you want reality…go to weddingbee!!
my 2 cents.

 
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Shea

I don’t really think of budget when I read this site. I like to visit weddingbee to learn more about weddings and to get inspiration and ideas for my own ceremony and reception coming up.

 
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jen

I can’t help but wonder what dollar amount the letter-writer had in mind. I would estimate that most of the Weddingbee weddings are far from low-budget. When I want my fix of over-the-top weddings that I can’t afford, I go to a bookstore and droll over the fancy bridal magazines. Call me crazy, but something makes me uneasy about someone being “frustrated” that the topics here aren’t big-money enough. Am I the only one who feels this way?

 
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Chrissie

I have the opposite perspective: our wedding budget was $7K. I really like reading Weddingbee, but it was obvious that most of the bees were spending so much more. True, it wasn’t specifically mentioned, but when Tiffany, Jimmy Choo and European honeymoons come up, it’s pretty obvious that these weddings are on a bigger budget.

Not that I don’t enjoy Weddingbee, but I read posts like those just for guilty pleasure. The DIY posts are much more applicable to me personally.

 
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Didi

I do NOT want to see “spend on a whim” wedding planning on Weddingbee. You can easily plan a wedding if money were no object and most wedding sites/blogs cover that aspect of wedding planning. The reason that I’m a devoted reader to Weddingbee is for the budgeting tips and DIY ideas.

 
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bunnybride

I think there are a spectrum of budgets on this site. If all are considered low-budget, then I wonder if the “large-budget” brides would even be on this site or if they would have all their options laid out by their coordinator during their planning phase.

 
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katherine

I agree with noel. There are a lot of bees who seem to have very expensive weddings. When I read what bees are spending on their shoes or their clutchs, I can’t help but assume they have a large budget. If I was interested in irresponsible spending, I would read the tabloids. Weddingbee is perfect as is and I think if you find brides with bigger budgets the rest of us will start to think our weddings aren’t good enough.

 
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Nopinkertons

I agree, I think weddingbee features plenty of big-budget weddings. Designer dresses and custom letterpress invitations are things that appear on weddingbee all the time and are not, by any stretch of the imagination, “budget” items. I think the writer is assuming that a bride would only DIY because she is trying to save money, but this is not always the case; DIY is also a great way to really personalize a wedding. And, of course, some people are crafty and simply like to DIY.

I agree with jen, if I want to see pictures and stories of weddings with enormous budgets and no DIY, I’ll read the bridal magazines. Weddingbee’s uniqueness is that DIY touch, whether it’s for budget reasons or otherwise.

 
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hm

i think it was pretty obvious who is a city bee and who is a country bee.

 
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kristine ann

I like weddingbee alot and feel there’s a variety of weddings on this site. I myself am not planning a wedding yet, but I like going to this site for ideas. My dream job is also to become a wedding planner so I love to see what others are doing and what’s going on in the wedding world. Lots of us like this site for the variety, I definitely don’t think there’s only budget - brides or unlimited budged brides. This is just a great site for ideas and advice.

 
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BD

I like seeing the DIY projects, but I’d like to see more big-budget ideas too. I may not adopt all of them, but seeing what a big-budget bride does might inspire me to spend my budget (whatever its size) more creatively.

 
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Fallon

I’m a NYC bride trying to plan her wedding for $20,000. I read this blog daily because it offers lots of great tips for saving money and I enjoy that but at the same time I know that a lot of these brides have larger budgets than mine. It doesn’t really bother me that they have more money because it is really the inspiration for a beautiful wedding that I am after. I don’t really think that we need to see “platinum weddings” on weddingbee since they are all over the media but I would like to see more women really stretching those budgets to fit their dreams.

 
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Amanda

We are a little more budget-minded. Our wedding budget is about $14k. My parents are picking up about $3k of that, and the rest is up to us, 2 grad students. We’re not going to take on any debt for this. However, the wedding is not in a big city, it’s in upstate NY.

While I don’t mind reading about those who can spend lots on their wedding, I, too like to see some of the DIY ideas, or how people stretch their budgets, like Fallon said.

 
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Natalie

I’ve been able to tell from various posts and pictures that there are some big budget bees out there (at least from my point of view, they are big budget). And I understand how you are careful about the $$ topic, because sometimes those extravagant reception lighting posts ended up getting me more jealous than inspired. Yes, I have emotional issues with my budget. I also agree with the previous commenter that usually the blogging-type brides seem to be more the budget/DIY ones.

 
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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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