Wedding Cost Poll

2013bride13 · by **2013bride13** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:09 pm

thanks how sweet and good luck.

by **bennyMc** » Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:56 pm

bettyboo1 wrote:Hi bennymac:

Did u include ur engagement ring in that??

I

No!! Jesus looking at €40k+

I never would have said that I would spend that much money on my wedding or thought I could manage too!!

by **cantwait4nov** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:03 pm

our planning has just got underway we've set the budget at 20 -25k excluding honeymoon and rings soooo excited :o)ll

by **MrsOD2bsoon** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:59 pm

25k budget 180guests

by **Ilovetoast** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:04 pm

Ours will be 20k, thats including rings and honeymoon! :xox

winklefairy · by **winklefairy** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:19 pm

Right at the beginning of the planning, was hoping to keep it well under €20k, thought that'd be no problem but after reading this it seems it might be a bit of a challenge. DIY all the way for me...all very exciting though! :yelrotflmaosmilie:

by **johnsgirl** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:46 pm

Hoping to be under 15k for wedding & honeymoon. friend is doing photos as gift, not having video or band just a DJ

by **delboy52** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:56 am

Its looking like 25k
Del

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diydaisy · by **diydaisy** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:05 pm

About 15k for us. We're having 205 guest and that takes up 10k of it.
The other 5k includes EVERYTHING else, even honeymoon.

longtimeyet · by **longtimeyet** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:37 pm

hey diy85, i just sat down with h2b and we are working out at 18k not including the honeymoon for 150 guests. How'd you manage to keep it in so cheap?

diydaisy · by **diydaisy** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:52 pm

longtimeyet wrote:hey diy85, i just sat down with h2b and we are working out at 18k not including the honeymoon for 150 guests. How'd you manage to keep it in so cheap?

I'm doing a lot of stuff myself. I'm doing my flowers (used to work in a florists), invites, mass leaflets, make-up & cake.
My sister is doing hair.
My aunt lives in america and flies regularly so she gets frequent flyer miles. She's got us FREE flights to LA, Hawaii and Seattle. We got good deals on the accommodation ourselves.
My dress I got in Oxfam Bridal on George's Street, Dublin. They have a mix of secondhand and new dresses so despite it being a second-hand shop my dress is brand new. Cost €325. Obviously you have to find something that fits you so it's not ideal but I'd definitely recommend it. You have to make an appointment like any other bridal place and you have the place all to yourself.
My veil is my something borrowed from a friend.
Photos are being done by a guy i know and i'm not getting them printed yet. When I have some money I'll get them done.
We're using some of the richer relatives cars as our bridal cars.
My wedding singers are friends of mine who do that professionally.
Then basically looking out for stuff on sale when it comes to jewelery, shoes, bridesmaid dresses etc
For me it's more important to have people at my wedding so i'm prioritizing that. Instead of spending €250 on shoes I'll get them for €50 and 4 more people can come to my wedding.

It should be noted that I'm unemployed since Christmas and that means
a)I can't afford to spend big
and
b) I have plenty of time to shop around and go all 'make and do' on my invites and the like.

Also Ebay is your friend. It's great for all the stuff for the flowers. I spent €18 on ribbon, wire, tape, pins etc and it's all i'll need for the flower stuff apart from the actual flowers.

Finally...
Talk to everyone you can about each aspect and see who knows people and get you a deal. If you don't ask, you don't get.

Good Luck

by **madcowbride** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:27 pm

I am just starting out and hoping to do it all around 22K Hopefully we can keep it in budget.

longtimeyet · by **longtimeyet** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:50 pm

well done

i'm definitely gonna take a leaf out of your book and try to look around a bit more for stuff.. it just goes to show it can be done.. best of luck

atina · by **atina** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:13 am

Wow DIY85...fair play to you i have to say that all sounds fantastic...wish i was as creative, our budget scares the sugar out of me started off with a plan of 20k now were up to 34k...maybe i will look into doing some of the smaller things myself, im not really that arty tho!! :duh:

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