Is it truly worth it?

It will depend on your finances. But small intimate weddings are good nowadays. They are less expensive and you can feel their solemnity. It's better to start without debts with your hubby than to borrow money for a grand wedding. But if you can afford it, you could go all the way. This event usually happens once in a lifetime only for most women.

If I would reconsider spending that much money just for a wedding package. It's better to get married at KUA for free. LOL

In my opinion you can spend a lot less buying a wedding dress by your own and booking a restaurant, you do not need more after all.

We had a small wedding, but our granddaughter got married last year in Charleston SC. There were probably 200 guests, but it was a very expensive wedding. And that was fine since they could afford it, but I hate to see people going into debt for a big wedding.

My sweet hubby and I have been a couple for almost 45 years. Know what? We eloped. Four of our friends stood up for us when the Pastor married us and later a friend of hubby's from the University was having a little party so we went to that before we headed off.

You can plan everything on your own and can save money but then you have to do all the work

For me, it's not worth spending so much money it causes anxiety. Places charge a fortune because they know how much couples, in particular women, care about their wedding day. I'm not married. However, when my sister got married, she spent a lot. My dad gave her a certain amount of money, and said if she spent more on her wedding it would have to come from her and her future husband. So they spent quite a few more thousand themselves they had to cover. To save some money, my sister did use fake flowers as her bridal bouquets. All seven of her bridesmaids had fake flower bouquets, but they were beautiful, and I still have mine. In addition, my sister did her own makeup, and each bridesmaid paid for their own dress (which is normal in the U.S.; hopefully the bridesmaids' gifts make up for it).

I have always felt those who can afford should have a grand wedding as that gives opportunities for others to earn If you cannot afford I suggest you have a small affair

It seems like a lot of money. I hope you can find something less expensive, however, if you can't, you'll find it's worth it for the most important day in your life.

$3000 catering for 100? Some weddings of my acquantances cost 10x or more. (I am serious.)

Our wedding we spent almost 200,000 pesos. And it's all worth it. But it was just simple and intimate wedding. We invited all of our family members and friends. We have friends who are make up artists and they charged us for only Php 5,000.00, for the venue and food we spent 30,000 pesos, the photographer we spent Php 26,000.00 the hotel is just Php 4,000. The church we spent 10,000, the decorator 18,000. And the documents needed we spent around Php 5,000.00 My gown I just have it for only Php1,000.00 others are for free. If you have friends who knows photography, make up and catering maybe you can contact them maybe they can give you discounts. But all of those expenses are worth it. Because we spent it with those people we love and we cherish each of them. I wish you good luck and have fun organizing your own wedding. Better not get a wedding coordinator maybe you will spend another hundreds or thousand bucks for them.