Wedding Blog

We haven’t featured a real budget in awhile, so we’re happy to rejuvenate this feature!  Today we bring you Robyn’s small town lodge wedding.  She cut costs by having family members contribute services, skipping favors, and having a Sunday wedding.  This way Robyn was able to pull together a lovely, warm affair for 70 guests for under $15,000. 

We’re always looking for real reader budgets because they’re so helpful to brides! …

Today we’re featuring three budgets in the $25k range. Each of the brides is taking advantage of the talents of friends to save costs on invitations, videography, etc., giving them room to splurge in other areas.

DJ and Anon are both having day-of coordinators, for example. And SA and her fiance hired a brass quintet from the nearest symphony! You can see some shots of her…

Today’s Real Wedding Budgets all fall around $22,000.

- VC had 155 guests at her Los Angeles wedding.  She DIY’ed flowers, her father acted as videographer, and she spent a mere $70 on makeup.  Having budgeted in these areas, she was able to splurge on a $4k+ dress, and also spend a generous amount on gifts for her wedding party.

- BS is planning a wedding of 100-125 guests…

Today we bring you three different wedding budgets within the $10,000 - $12,000 range.

- CC in Seattle is expecting 95 guests.  She’s saved money in lots of ways, like finding her Jim Hjelm gown on Craigslist, and having friends/family act as cake baker, officiant, and coordinator.  This has given her room to spend on other fun things, such as rented linens and even parasols!

- AB is…

Today we’re jumping up a few budget brackets to bring you three different weddings in the $30 -$35K range, including one illustrated with photos!

- AL and her fiance are planning a Renaissance-themed wedding for 150 guests in Long Island, New York.  They’re splurging on entertainment (including a band, professional trumpeteers to announce them, and Renaissance dancers), but found ways to budget elsewhere, such as an all-inclusive photography/videography package for…

Because we’re turning this into a regular feature, we’ve added a link under the Guest Blogs page for you to submit your Real Budgets at any time.  Do you like our shiny new icon?

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be featuring several different types of weddings (city, rural, destination etc.) within different budget ranges ($5,000, $10,000 etc.).  We’ve already received many submissions so we don’t know if we’ll be able to post them all, but please…

(A guest post on budget from former bride KM) 

Isn’t the most special day of your life “priceless”? Well yes…and no. The reality is that there are costs involved. Most people don’t plan weddings for a living, so how does one even begin to figure out how much to spend? Hopefully the monetary details of one 2006 wedding can help provide some perspective.