how much did you spend on your wedding?

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£15k, local church and family friends field with marquee DIY festival with toilet hire, band & DJ was my mates and siblings, we self ran the bar bringing in some local kids drafted from my pub to be servers. Catering provided by a local chef, mother in law made desserts and wedding cake.

Should add, we bought and then sold on a lot of the additional things you don’t usually think of - lanterns, flower caddies, fire pits, which actually helped us clawback some spending.

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£250-300k Indian destination wedding

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Why are you a consultant may I ask. If spending £300k on a wedding, I would definitely do something much less taxing.

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planning it now and my budget is £100k

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the role is old (didn’t feel the need to update it after promotions) and the money comes from my family (that’s what my parents are giving and then anything over that will be paid out of me and my partners pocket). still in early stages of planning though so not sure what the final total will look like though aiming to keep it at or just under 100k :)

Around 50k in Fulham/Chelsea, 120 guests

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Commuter belt, church, marquee, 100 guests - 35k

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£35K 100guests

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& Please give details - overseas? Guests? Etc?

Local, probably a church wedding and a venue / restaurant. ~ 200-300 guests

£45k 100 guests

One million dollars

West Sussex, 50 guests, £30k

wow, thanks for the responses all! Any middle class consultants here lmao? All seem steep to me

Everything has a scale or a compromise…
Free bar vs guests pay
Canapés or none
Live band vs dj
Live ceremony music vs speakers
All day guest/evening guest ratio
A dress can be anything from £500 to £10000+

Spend money on the things that matter to you, everything else can be a compromise which you likely won’t remember.

£100k. Destination wedding, 120 guests.

If you are doing it local with 200-300 guests, with a reception party in the evening could be possible <40k but depends on venue, vendors, decorations, food etc.

£60k, 80 guests, West Sussex

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