How much does a wedding cost nowadays including everything? What is a reasonable amount?

[Bobabuba]

[BCRanger10]

It depends on where you live and what resources you have available. My wedding only cost about $8,000 though.

[Anonymous]

If you're just looking for a number to work with, it's $15,000 not including the engagement ring. For a fancy wedding $75,000 and for an over-the-top wedding $150,000.

[Nikki1989]

We were married for $65.

Catering was BYO, and it was all outdoor overlooking a gorgeous lake. Perfect!

[MannMitAntworten]

Well, the price of a marriage license, someone to marry you two and a witness. The rest is bragging rights and your Dad’s poor wallet taking a shellacking.

[OlderAndWiser]

The cost of a wedding is determined by many factors.

1. Will you have a rehearsal dinner? How many guests? At a restaurant? Buffet in your back yard?

2. The cost of the wedding dress. My now wife bought her dress in China for $75 and most people thought it had cost $2,000-3,000.

3. Th cost of the engagement ring and wedding bands.

4. Whether you will have a church wedding with floral decorations, one piano player or a string quartet, professional photographer/videographer.

5. Will you have a wedding reception and, if so, how many guests? Caterers prices are usually quoted "per person" or "per guest."

6. Will you have live music at the reception?

7. Will you have a dinner or just hors d'oeuvres?

8. Will you have a bar at the reception and will it be an open bar or cash bar?

9. Will you have a quiet honeymoon retreat not far from home or an extended cruise?

You can get married in your backyard by a notary, followed by a cookout, and can probably do it for a few thousand (engagement ring and wedding bands.) Or you can have 130 guests at a church wedding, string quartet, reception at the country club, six-piece band, dinner and dancing, cash bar, and week-long honeymoon about three hours away on Hilton Head Island, all for the price of approximately $25,000. And it was widely received as an extravagant affair.

[DishLady]

As much/as little as you want it to cost.

[slatyb]

As much or as little as you want to spend. My wife and I got married at the courthouse with two witnesses. She found a Priscilla of Boston wedding dress at a resale shop for $10. Fit her like it was made for her. Then at another thrift shop she found a pair of unworn J. Crew. satin wedding pumps for $2, but they were 25% off. The judge charged $100, we took the witnesses out to dinner ($300). Then we flew back to Dallas and had a party for all our friends there ($3000).

My advice is not to spend a lot of money, and definitely don't borrow money to pay for a wedding. Your guests will remember being there with you. They won't care so much about the food as long as it's edible. Have sit-down service or a buffet. My brother and his wife rented a large house on the North Carolina Outer Banks and had a bunch of family and close friends stay there. We spent a week going to the beach and enjoying life, then they got married on Saturday, had catered barbecue at the house, and went on their honeymoon. The total was probably under $5000.

[thatshydork]

Well my brother just got married. The venue they had costed around 6,000 USD. The costs of the food, desserts, and drinks for not only the wedding but the rehearsal dinner that’s pretty easily around 500-600 USD. Then there’s the cost of renting the chairs, buying the flowers, and bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts. The chairs each individually cost around 60-70 USD to rent and there was 130 people at the ceremony, meaning the highest amount they would’ve paid excluding tax would be at most 9,100 USD and at least 7,800 USD. There were 11 groomsmen and 11 bridesmaids so let’s just assume that the gifts cost all together 500 USD. Wedding bouquets can vary widely in price range so we’re just going to skip those. Excluding the cost of the wedding dress, flowers, the photographer, the videographer, and my brothers tux, that’s at most $26,200.

[RageBabe]

I reside in the UK, and the average cost of a wedding, including the engagement ring and honeymoon, is around £26,583, according to BRIDEBOOK.

[Alex-Snow]

My sister went to her friends recently and told me that the wedding cost around $40,000... Yikes is all I can say

[bowenw]

The sky is the limit, or you can do it cheap.

[RingOfFire]

Whatever the cost is it pales in comparison to the cost of a divorce. 😩

[In_Trance]

That depends on what area you live in but I'm sure a quick Google search will show you the average price of a wedding

[LiamJHayden]

Too much, and the markup is insane on most things.

[MrJMM]

Weddings are scams for the industry. But it's very expensive.

[Anonymous]

Maybe a hundred thousand?

[Jeff51]

Inexpensive is 15g. No unlimited drinks.

[jahaims]

Google it