Wedding help?

Question

My daughter is getting married end of 2008,we have £10,1000 of a buget.Do you think it will pay for the venue for 80guests ,8 attendants consisting of 2 page boys ,3 flower girls,and 3 bridesmaids.My daughter is buying her own dress,We want the venue to be somewhere nice eg THE ORANGERY in Margam South Wales .THAT IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE.The cost of invatations and hymn sheets,The Chapel,hiring a Male voice choir,hiring coaches to and from the Chapel ,and back to the venue,the cake(nothing to elaborate)buing favours,flowers for the Chapel,and the venue Clothes for me and hiring a suit for my husband.Thats all i can think of now ,thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Im getting married this year and my mum and dad set a bunget of £6000 and this is by far enough, we have quite a bit for our wedding but no choir etc. But if you want just the best and the dearest venue, cake, invitations, coaches for people, the cake, expensive flowers, etc you are looking at alot more. You also need the evening do and people to decorate the venue for you. Etc.

You need to find the prices of how much it is to get married at the venue she wants, show much per head the meals are, how much the photographers are in your area, how much the chiors are in your area, how much it is for coaches and then go from there. Dont always have your heart set on 1 place as there are places out there that are just as nice and are much cheaper. Book you venue first and then give the depsit then go and find a photographer. now these are expensive, the dearest ones in my town started from £1100 upwards, which was redicoulous as they werent the traditional ones I wanted. So ive got a lady who was recommended by my cousin who did hers and she is doing it for less than half price. The you want to get you cake booked. These are expensive also, but it all depends on what you want and if your getting one from a cake shop depening what they charge it could start from £350 upwards. But like I said I got someone to make my cake who does them form her house and she is doing it for £180 and she is great. As for the flowers I would shop around as some get you to pick the dearest or some dont even give a price unless you go to them. Some I went to started from £100 that just for my bouquet, and now even the flower girls. So i went somewhere else and they do it from £60. and £40 for flower girls and she showed me what she can do and they are lovely, better than the other places I have been to. If you getting yourwedding stationary made this goes on what your wanting as well. It was going to cost my parents £179 just for the inviteds thats not for the place cards, hymn sheets, etc. So i just went to a local card shop and got the invites and evening invites for less than £20, and they look just as good. Like I said to my mum, why pay out all this monry for only the brides and groom and there parents to keep the cards, when in years too come all the guest will chuck them in the rubbish. Its not until your planning your own wedding you realise when you get an invite how much the people have paid for them for you to through in the bin.

As for your coaches I dont know how much this costs, email a few comapnies in your area and see what they say. Im having the traditional cars that are costing just under £500.

If you need anymore help or advice please email me as Im fresh to it all and know what to do.

Answer 2

HI, first of all I would like to inroduce myself. My name is Sassy and I work in the wedding industry. First of all the average UK wedding costs £17,500, admittedly your budget is smaller but DO-ABLE
For a start as your daughter is buying her own dress that will save a lot of the budget. I can't comment on the venue as I am located in the bright lights of Manchester !
What I would advice for you invited and order of service, hymn sheets and seating plan (if you are having one ) is to make your own. It will be great fun and a chance for you, your daughter and all your friend to get together and have a chin-wag and gossip whilst doing it. Whats also great about it id that you can have the exact colour scheme to match dresses/ flowers.
Again I am not to familiar with the prices of chapels and choirs as I am only in the retail side of the industry. As for the cake, as lot of supermarkets do there own versions. A really good tip to create a budget cake but which looks expensive and classy is to get three different size ready iced cakes from the supermarket then buy some slim small glasses/vases. Let me explain...... you are going to need 8, all the same size or 4 lage and 4 small, thats up to you. The idea is that you use these glasses to hold all the different tiers of the cake up. I saw it done at a wedding recently and it looked so nice. Again flowers isnt really my forte ! You can get some really nice clothes suitable for mother of the bride from the likes of Debenhams or Narks and Spencers, must cheaper that designers. Im sure that you could get a cheap suit for the day for your husband. Around these parts you can get them for around £35-£40.
I wish I could have been a bit more of a help, Good luck ! X

Answer 3

Just about ... hiring coaches is expensive though. You can save on clothes in sales, get someone you know to make the cake. Can;t you cut down on no of 'attendants'? With prices going up between now and 2008, you'll have a bit of a struggle. Good luck.

Answer 4

I think you need to sit down and talk with your daughter about what are the most important things to her. It is very generous of you to offer the happy couple so much money to have a lovely wedding but it is just one day! Expensive venues are all very lovely but do not always make the best weddings. Please make sure that you are not just fulfilling your wedding fantasies but that your daughter and her intended's wishes are first and foremost. My mum interfered like crazy at my first wedding (with the kindest possible of intentions) and it ended up not being 'me' at all.

So work out between you what she thinks is important and money should be spent on and what she thinks is less important. Get friends and relatives involved wherever possible and chill out a bit. This is over 18 months away, a lot of things could change by then. Remember it is one day, and you sound like you are already panicking!

Answer 5

It sounds like you are really worried about this, dont worry about it. Im sure you will have enough money for the wedding. Try and shop around for things and dont forget the sales so you could get the outfit at half the price. Flowers and the extra bits like favours try and get them on sale too and you could save a lot of money and still have the wedding you want. Good luck and hope it all goes well.

Just one thing dont spend too much money on your dress as you never wear it again. My dress was £500 and got it on sale for £200. Hope you have fun sorting it all out.

Answer 6

If I was you I would contact all the relevant services that you will be using and get some quoits off them. That way you know exactly how much the wedding will cost. I would think that you have enough money in the pot but it is best to be safe than sorry.

Answer 7

If you have friends or family who can cater, take pictures, DJ music, print programs, etc., let them do it. When my sister got married she saved money by having a cousin who is a caterer to do her reception. She also saved money on pictures by having a friend of the family, who is an amertour photographer, to do her pictures and all she had to pay for was the film processing.

Answer 8

You have killed your question by saying "Hiring a suite for my Husband"You get a new dress to put in your wardrobe,(that will hang there for years,cost a lot of money and will never be worn again.And he has to HIRE a suit!!!!!!!)

Answer 9

Tell them to elope and use the money on a down payment for a house.

Answer 10

sounds nice