Welcome to our real wedding budget breakdown series where real couples have kindly shared their wedding budgets with us; where they splashed out, how they cut back, and what their biggest tips are for managing money around your wedding. There's so much secrecy when it comes to talking about wedding spending, and we're here to break that stigma, show you what's realistic for your budget, and help you get more bang for your buck!
Note: While many of the images shown are from real weddings, they're not taken from the real wedding detailed in this budget breakdown.
Today's couple are aged 30 and 37, they live in Dubai and work in events and construction. They headed to France to meet their friends and family for a weekend-long chateau wedding.
Budget: €50,000
Guests: 121
Venue: A boutique hotel and private house in France.
Wedding Budget Breakdown
Venue Rental: €30,000
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Photography: Free
Videography: Free
Music & Entertainment: €2000
Flowers: €500
Decor: €300
Stationery: €100
Transport: €1600
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Wedding Dress €3000
Groom's Suit: €1000
Groomsmen's Suits: €1000
Bridesmaid's Dresses: €1000
Shoes & Accessories: Gifts
Hair & Makeup: €200
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Gifts: €300
Accommodation: €10,000
Fireworks: €1500
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Honeymoon: €4000
More or less than you expected to spend?
Slightly more but that was due to amount people drank and paying for day after the wedding as well.
Where did your wedding budget come from?
A quarter from each set of parents, and the rest from savings and small loan.
Biggest Splurge?
Fireworks and the catering.
Biggest Savings?
Our photographers were friends and people brought a bottle of spirits for the bar.
Honeymoon
We had our honeymoon in France and the Hebrides in Scotland.
Were you happy with what you spent on your wedding?
Yes, it was for a whole weekend, treating my friends and family for accommodation and best time of my life. Wouldn’t do anything differently and wish I could do it again!
Any Tips or Advice?
Don’t worry too much about the stuff on the tables like flowers or the cutlery or the plates. I promise no one notices as long as it’s nice. It doesn’t have to be perfect or even match a colour scheme.
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