How much does a wedding cost preferably cheap, expensive and middle of the road prices??

Answer 1

You can get married and just pay the costs you HAVE to- that's the charges for the registrar etc. Can't remember how much it was even though i only got married in April! In a registry office it is cheaper Mon - Thurs i think, more on Friday and even more on Saturdays as that is most people's choice. If you didnt have a party afterwards and wore your usual clothes, that is the cheapest option and probably around £100.

Middle of the road would be - what? depends on the people.... about £1,000. This would mean you would have to get family involved doing food, maybe have a party at someone's house instead of having a venue, only a few items of new clothing.

Mind you - i forgot wedding rings - they can be expensive!

Expensive - the sky's the limit!

Our wedding, which was lovely but not extravagant, probably cost about £8 - 10,000. This includes everything - venue, lunch and buffet supper at venue, music, flowers, clothes, registry office, rings, one night at venue......everything.

Make a list of what you want to have and then see how you can get it cheaper. e.g. wedding cakes can be £200 - 400 which i think is crazy, we had a friend make ours - it was chocolate and gorgeous and she gave that as her present so didnt cost us at all.

Have a lovely wedding.

Answer 2

The cheapest would be as much as the registry office and/or priest charges for the ceremony (should be at most £200). That's all that's legally required for a wedding. Everything else (including the dress, flowers, etc.)is just additional cost that people (usually mostly the bride) want to make it feel special.

There is no limit on how much people can spend for a wedding. Invite 300 guests at £100 a head to a fancy meal and reception at some posh country manor, and stick in the drinks, decorations, £5000 for the bride's dress and accessories, photographer, music, bridesmaids' outfits, blah blah, and it could all balloon up to massive proportions.

However, I think the average wedding costs in the neighbourhood of £10k to £20k.

Answer 3

Weddings are very expensive things. A really cheap wedding would be at a register office where you have to pay a small fee to register your notice to marry and then pay for the ceremony. Anything else is optional so in theory it could be done for under £100 (wouldn't be very special though!)

A lot of people are opting to go abroad for their weddings so they dont have to feed elderly relatives they've not seen since they were five. This would cost about £2000 plus the price of your photographer, cake, outfits etc.

I had a traditional civil ceremony wedding in a private members club in London for 150 people with one bridesmaid which is mid range.

The rough breakdown was:

Hen night and limo £500
Stag night paintballing £500
Hire of suit for groom and best man £300
Groom's shoes £100
Wedding dress £500
Tiara £50
Veil £70
Make up £70
Shoes £60
Underwear £100
Hire cars £400
Flowers for bride £180
Rings £2800
Bridesmaid dress £80
Hairdresser £180
Cake £300
Gifts for mothers £100
DJ £500
Honeymoon £1500
Ceremony £100
Hire of Venue £1000
Meals for guests £2800
Flowers for Venue £900
Party favours £45
Champagne and drinks £2025
Canapes for guests £1050
Photographer and photos £1000

So roughly £17,000 all in which is pretty good value for London actually.

Answer 4

it can cost as much as you want it too. mine cost £3000 but i got a new dress from a bridal boutique, a sitdown meal for 45, made to measure bridesmaid dresses a proffesional photographer flowers and cake. i managed to do it cheaper than the average because i shopped around, made my own invites/stationary table favours etc. had a civil ceremony at the hotel we had the reception at and got married on a weekday so managed to haggle over the price and got the honeymoon suite thrown in free. also as everything was in the same place we didnt need cars - v.expensive. we arent big party people so we didnt have a big evening party, we had a late afternoon ceremony which ran into the evening, it would have cost around £1500 extra for this i think. this price doesnt include our honeymoon - a long weekend in the in-laws caravan! we couldnt afford a mega honeymoon and get the wedding we wanted too, we decided we could always save up for a holiday of a lifetime for an anniversary or something.

Answer 5

Depending on which one you read, recent reports and magazines cite the average cost of a UK wedding at anywhere between £15,000 and £17,500 – an average of £16,250. The attached link takes you direct to an article on Weddingsday.co.uk that breaks the cost down by item. From there you will also be able to access a whole host of other information which will advise how best to budget for the Big Day and how to cut costs along the way. If you register (for free) you will also be able to access the free 'Wedding Budgeter' planning tool. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Mine was a middle of the road
mine was about $8500 I can't tell you the exact amount
We planned the whole wedding ourselves Here is an estimate
Wedding gown $1100 with vail and slip and shoes
Photographer $1200
Dj $500 invitations $200 did on computer
Centerpeices decorations favors cameras for tables
candy dishes candy$500
Caterer $1500 Real cheap friend of family
Linens $800
Table rentals and plates $500
Flowers we got them from local super market on sale $600
feeding all fo our helpers $100
Cake $300 friend
Liquar provided by grooms parents $ 800
Wine glasses plastic cups $250
Hall FREE
OUTSIDE WEDDING OFFICIANT FREE(my grandfather)
Email me if you need some ideas

Answer 7

National Average in the USA right now is floating at around $22,000.
Typical though, runs between $2000 and $12,000. $2000 is the inexpensive side (with ceremony & reception) ($15 - $150 for courthouse marriage and no reception, dependant on where you live), $7000 is probably about the middle of the road, and then the National Average is probably closer to the high middle. The most expensive are generally hosted by socialites, celebrities, and those who live in highly populated coastal regions (New York City, San Francisco, etc)

Hope that helped.

Answer 8

My hubby and I got married on the (relatively) cheap as we were too old and too cynical to get involved in all the usual trappings. We got married in a registry office (less than £100 I believe), had a small reception at my parents' house. My Mum did the flowers and family and friends helped with food. I wore an outfit from TK Maxx and hubby wore a suit which he subsequently used for work. We then hired a local social club for the evening and the cost of that, together with the hire of a DJ and the food came to round about £1,000. Altogther, it cost less than £2,000 and we had the most wonderful day. It doesn't matter what you spend, as long as you realise that it's the act of marriage which is important, not the 'display'.

Answer 9

all depends what kind of wedding you want,you can get a great deal on the wedding dress and the grooms clobber try Asda thy have got some great choices starting at £60 for a wedding dress it is a great bargain the dresser come in white cream and oyster. If you are looking at a register office the price is under £100,and a church day will be the same

Answer 10

Mine is on the cheap side, we get hitched in Feb. I got my dress and accessories for under £50 on Ebay, the booze is being provided by my father in law, the party is being organised by my mother in law- and cost £90 to hire the village hall for a day and we are paying £40 for the ceremony for our certificates etc.
My friend Jenny is having an £8,000 wedding, and my friend Sharon had one that cost over £15,000...so I would say that if you want to go cheap, £250 should be plenty. Here's how to accomplish it:

Ask friends and family to make food to bring along. This will give a large variety instead of the usual stuff.
Ask people to take on roles. If you have a relative that is a budding photographer, let them do it! If someone is a great cake maker, ask them! People love coming together and working together at weekends.
Try shopping around for party venues. Local golf courses often have function rooms that are beautiful but inexpensive and set on beautiful country side.

Good luck!