A 300 dollar wedding
By poppoppop111
@poppoppop111 (5731)
Canada
January 8, 2013 11:12pm CST
Everyone talked about how expensive weddings are but I am too cheap for a big wedding. We were going to Jamaica for two weeks so figured why not plan the wedding for then. I planned the wedding two weeks before going and we got married on the beach. The whole wedding cost me 300. Plus my dress which I had bought about a year prior when we got engaged. But it was the perfect wedding and for a price I liked since I am so frugal.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Jan 13
That is a very good price! I know my older sister and brother both spent $10,000 on their weddings, my younger sister is spending $8,000 on hers and mine cost about $150. Lol. Big price differences I know, but I had a very small and simple wedding... Not that I wanted that, but that's all our budget could afford. Can't spend more than what you have.
@leeandrew (1225)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Wow! A three hundred bucks wedding? Goodness, I can't do that here in my place where I have loads of friends and relatives to feed just for the wedding though. I bet you only have a handful of visitors.
Well, no matter how expensive weddings are... I still want to renew my vows and have that wedding again. hahaha.
Happy for you. Congratulations.
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
9 Jan 13
I actually only had one guest and that is because she made me feel guilty about not having her there. She is my best friend and I had moved away and haven't seen her in a year so it was really nice having her there.
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@leeandrew (1225)
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
One guest? what happen to your family then? hahahaha. Sorry. This is my first to know someone got married with only one guest. You totally amazed me. Hope it did went very well.
By the way... how about the gifts? did you receive gifts from friends still even though you did not include them in your wedding?
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
9 Jan 13
My sister in law had two very elaborate weddings. My husband and I were blessed to spend under $300. We were married at his parents home, an aunt made my bouqet, a friend made a 3 teired cake for $20 and the rest of the family prepared the edibles, vegetable trays and such. My dress was something I could wear again and only about $50. The frills, ribbons, my hair decoration, etc was under $100.
We had been together for a few years so we didn't really need anything so family brought incidentals as gifts. Laundry basket, dish towels, the likes. It was simple but lovely. That was over 20 years ago and we are still together. We even work together.
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@Renhard (3471)
• Jamaica
9 Jan 13
Wow I live in Jamaica, its great to hear the name mention by others really. Anyway I have never heard of such a cheap wedding and to be honest I dont really fancy expensive weddings. I have always wanted to have a relatively cheap wedding and I thought that was impossible, but thanks for shedding some light.
I want a cheap wedding because, I really wanted to get married somewhere near the end of college or in college but due to college expenses, I can't really focus too much on that. I just hope when time comes I can prepare a wedding such like yours without any problem.
May I ask though, around how many people did you invite to the wedding?
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@natliegleb (5175)
• India
9 Jan 13
wow its quite good with affordable cost and it covered all the expense and at the same time ,the look and unique factor was there,it is great to hear for sure
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
9 Jan 13
That is a good idea. Hubby and I got married twic,e because none of my family was in Arizona, but our first wedding cost less than that! We had a few friends over to the clubhouse at our condo, where we served cake, coffee, and some other light snacks. it was really nice, and we loved it.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
9 Jan 13
That's nothing. My husband and I spent under $100. Almost 18 years later we're still happily married.
@hushgal (57)
• Kenya
9 Jan 13
This is exactly what getting married means - you and your spouse learning to stay happy together, because a wedding is just an occassion and it does not matter how much is spent to make the guests happy, but a marriage is a journey where only two people walk together for the rest of their lives. Wishing you many more happy years.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
16 Mar 13
I want to get marry on the beach here in Jamaica also but the hotel wedding planners estimate cost is like $4000USD . I try breaking it down but all I want keep costing the same , I even try calculating it myself and its the same 4000 are more .
Which beach did you used ? did you have an reception?
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
15 Jan 13
Wow that is a good price for your wedding. I too didn't spend as much on our wedding, but that was because it was done in my church back at home and a lot of people offered to do the services for free and in the end we only paid 1500 dollars for our wedding and wasn't even big either.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
10 Jan 13
I do not think that the expense of the wedding gives the true meaning of the event. It is about the love shared by two people that should mean the most. Awedding cab cost a dollar and be just as wonderful as one that cost 1,000.
@nykalex88 (243)
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
A very nice and practical idea. Me and my partner will be planning our wedding when we have enough cash. We are really struggling today with our day to day expenses that sometimes, I forgot the plans for our wedding. I know that she really want it to be happen and I am just making it sure that she will be so happy during that day. How I wish that we will just go for a very simple and affordable wedding.
@ZoeJoy (1392)
• United States
9 Jan 13
I didn't spend much on my wedding either.
I tell my grown kids, who are still single, don't spend a lot on your wedding. Spend the money on your marriage. In other words, invest in your marriage. Spend the money on a down payment for a house or something else for your future. A wedding is one day, a marriage is a life time.
So they know that my husband and I would rather give them money to help them with a down payment for a house, rather than helping them with the costs of their wedding.
@maribelcruz (13)
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
Well, it's nice to hear such an elegant wedding. Although, I didn't have the chance to experience such a wonderful wedding. I also have a dream wedding but I think it doesn't matter anymore, what is important is how's life after getting married.
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
9 Jan 13
I could not manage to put together a wedding with that sort of budget. My dress alone will likely cost at least three times that amount. Then,there is the food, decorations, flowers... Even though our budget is and will continue to be tight, we will just have to find an extra few thousand somewhere to be able to put together the sort of wedding I want.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Wow! That was amazingly inexpensive! I got married in 1994 and we spent $8000 back then! And I was not even too extravagant in spending for the entourage's clothes and souvenirs.
@rafiholmes (2896)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 13
wow..thats cheap..im hoping to have one someday around that budget too ..hheheh if possible..