Who's paying for what?

[RACS218]

Who's paying for what?

Did you know that an average wedding designed for 200 guests maximum can costs around $20,000?

That maybe a lot especially for average couples. Studies show that the first step in planning a wedding is determining who's paying for what to avoid disagreements during the planning stage and possible misunderstanding between couples.

In the US, the following are the expenses usually paid by the bride and her family:


Wedding gown, accessories, and shoes
Wedding invitations
Bridal consultant's fee
Videography
Photography
Ceremony and reception costs
Gifts to the flowergirls and bridesmaids
Transportation and/or accommodations for the bride's family, flowergirls, and bridesmaids On the other hand, the groom and his family will normally shoulder the following:


Groom's attire including shoes and other accessories
Groomsmen and ushers attire
Wedding and engagement rings
Transportation and/or accommodations for the ushers, groomsmen, and groom's family.
Honeymoon expenses
Rehearsal and bachelor dinners.
Marriage license, physical exams, and blood tests costsHappy Planning!! :)

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[70707Bride]

We never really sat down and decided who's paying for what. FMIL said she's help pay for whatever we wanted. I just bought my dress yesterday (Yay!). We just wait to get to the next step then decide, its just easier that way for us since no one has money right now!

[StaceyMc]

My FH and I are paying for most of our wedding. My mom and dad bought my dress and mom did the flowers. They will also help us with the invites and have offered their home as the site of our rehearsal dinner. Joe and I will provide the food.

[kevinsbride2B]

I personally will be paying for most of the wedding and my Grandparents will be backing me for anything else. Kev is goign through a custody thing right now and you can imagine how much a lawyer costs. Kevin's parents are helping him with that and said that they won't be paying for the wedding because of that.

So I have my little savings acount. I feel like a kid with a piggy bank!

[LaceyinPgh]

Sean and I paid for 95% of our wedding ourselves. I wouldn't have had it any other way. My mother purchased my dress (at her insistence), my in laws paid for the band and dj, my father paid for the food and bar tab of his guests.

[bnd94]

We are paying for 100%

[Valmai]

We are paying for everything ourselves, my SIL did offer to pay for my flower girls clothes etc but its not the tradition over here so id rather do it while we can!x

[ikkin510]

My parents gave us a good portion of our budget. They gave us just over $5500. FH and I are only needing to put about $1000 in on it. We are paying for our honeymoon ourself also.

[Jenn060306]

My parents paid for the reception which included hall, food, bar, dj, decorations. Mark and i were supposed to pay for my dress, the flowers, band, but they picked up the dress and the flowers and marks dad paid for the band. We ended up only paying for the rings, gifts for bridal party, photography, and the cake.

[mariaandmanish]

DH and I paid for it 99%. My parents paid for my henna and bangles, because traditionally we were not allowed to pay for that (tradiitonal religious reasons). And my inlaws paid for my jewelry, because again, we were not allowed to pay for that. Other than those things, we paid for everything.

[hummingbird521]

My husband and I paid for everything except the wedding cake. My parents insisted on paying for it. But we appreciated it very much.

[ton_chicka]

My parents are paying for most of the wedding... and we are paying for the rest so we will pay the different..

My Maid of Honour and Bridesmaids (and Jr Bridesmaids) are paying for their own attire as will at the Best man and groomsmen.

Also the groom's parents are going to buy wine for the reception.. and booze for the open bar cocktail hour (between the church and reception - while the wedding party is getting pictures taken).

That's the plan... (subject to change... haha)

[septemberbride06]

We never really sat down and decided who's paying for what. FMIL said she's help pay for whatever we wanted. I just bought my dress yesterday (Yay!). We just wait to get to the next step then decide, its just easier that way for us since no one has money right now!

I agree. this is how it worked for me also.. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier.

[LizabethDavis]

We paid for most of our by ourselves. FIL paid for the photographer, my step-mother paid for the girls to get their hair done, as well as mine and the attendants paid for their own attire. I couldn't even begin to tell you how much it actually ran us...I try not to think about it.

[chrissgurl2007]

We are paying for everything pretty much ourselves because we don't want to depend on anyone from the start of our marriage yes my parents and his want to help but we like the idea of doing it all ourselves!

[70707Bride]

I was just informed that FH's mom will pay for the reception dinner. We have decided that we'll pay for as much as we can. Neither one of our families could afford all of ours together. Neither can we, but we're gonna try to pay for deposits at least. Which we still need a reception place, have to book a photographer and florist still :bbredface: . I think we'll try to do some of that on Tuesday.

[Gsr-Jenny]

My parents are paying for everything the only thing we're paying for is our honeymoon..I'm the 1st daughter and they always gave me everything, but I'm not trying to break their pockets either I'm trying to not spend more than 20,000. His parents didnt offer to pay for anything they didnt even help my parents for the engagement party so my parents said they would take care of everything they are not depending on what his family will or will not offer.

[JennF]

We're pretty much paying for everything ourselves. His family has taken care of some of the deposits since it's easier for them to do it than it would be for us at a distance. But we're paying them back for that.

If his family offers to pay for some bits and pieces, then we'll certainly accept (since they wouldn't offer if they weren't wanting to help.) But we'll be fine either way.

[nic1124]

I want us to pay for as much as possible. I, myself want to at least pay for all of my stuff like dress, jewlery, hair, makeup, etc. Plus I know I'm gonna need to help my friend who is one of my 2 MOH's. My dad is going to cover the reception (which is a HUGE chunk) and dj or band. Hopefully we can pay for the rest.

[SerendipityCrafts]

We paid for everything with the exception of my shoes.

My mother insisted on paying for something and when I kept avoiding the issue she announced that she was going to pay for my shoes. So, I handed her the bill ..... it was for .99 cents USD (I won an EBAY auction). I made her pay me the equivalent in Canadian currency - $1.15 LOL