S/O of wedding cost - who and how did you pay for your wedding?

Ashley Pharez · July 2009

Did your parents foot the entire bill or did you and DH pay for part or all of it?

ljlkm · July 2009

DH & I paid for the whole thing.

PlannedChaos · July 2009

DH and I paid for everything, but we eloped. At the reception we had when we got back, we paid for the cake, and my mom paid for all the food/decorations.

mommy411 · July 2009

We paid for the whole thing

Aekn · July 2009

My parents gave $10,000.00, the rehersal dinner and our honeymoon - we paid for the rest.

risysmama · July 2009

My parents contributed some (dad gave us $$, mom paid for our attire) and we paid the rest.

phishphood · July 2009

DH and I, DH's parents, and my parents all paid about 1/3 of the total cost.

TheMRS0127 · July 2009

We all chipped in. Us, my parents, his parents and grandparents

Ktindall · July 2009

My parents paid for the entire thing. They gave me a budget and whatever I didn?t use I got to have.

His parents paid for the rehearsal dinner and the car tab from the wedding

SouthernBellelovesaYankee · July 2009

We are paying some, my parents are footing most of it. FI's parents paid for the ceremony/reception site.

KatieRL1979 · July 2009

ljlkm:
DH & I paid for the whole thing.

This.

MrsG.060708 · July 2009

My parents paid for our harpist; my parents and grandma split my bouquet and flowers for the parents/grandparents. DH and I paid for everything else.

Fish4Fun · July 2009

In-laws and my parents split it. A big reason we kept the budget low was so that no feelings would get hurt. My family is all about sparkle and glitz, but the Alabama family is the complete opposite. I made my family tone it way down and do things the Bama way.

MrsRush · July 2009

DH and I paid for it all ourselves... our parents paid for the rehearsal dinner

Rockafellow2b · July 2009

My parents bought my dress and various stuff along the way, his parents paid for the rehearsal dinner, we paid for the rest...and after two years...we're almost done paying for it.

esutton76 · July 2009

My parents gave us $1,000 for our wedding (they did this for all my siblings) and then we paid for the rest. We paid everything in cash too.

me&mymonkey · July 2009

DH and I paid for almost all of it ourselves. My mom bought my dress (about $500 or so) and FIL paid for the rehersal dinner (no clue how much that cost but it was at a pizza place not a formal dinner).

lzybeanie · July 2009

We were one of the lucky ones whose parents still believed the bride's family pays for the wedding. So my parents foot the entire bill. DH's parents did the traditional engagement party and rehearsal dinner contribution. DH paid for the honeymoon. But we used some wedding money to pay it off too. I paid for a few incidentals myself. We were really lucky (and grateful)!

NHMountainBride · July 2009

My mom gave us some money. We chose to have a small wedding and use the majority toward a down payment on a house.

AmyCC1980 · July 2009

My mom paid for the wedding (locaton, food, drinks, music, ect), favors, and my dress. DH and I paid for our rings, gifts for the groomsmen/maids, honeymoon and the alcohol at the rehearsal dinner. ILs paid for rehearsal dinner.

jenerally · July 2009

ours was $6 ... we got 2 from his parents, 2 from my parents and 2 from ourselves.

kmf143 · July 2009

Dad/Mom/His Mom/His Grandparents..we got lucky.

Ashley Pharez · July 2009

So traditionally speaking who pays for the rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon?

Loops925 · July 2009

Dh and I, family and friends sponsored the wedding, and our parents provided the food.

M&D06 · July 2009

My parents gave us $5,000 and we paid for the rest. Traditionally, husbands parents pay for the rehearsal dinner..not sure about the honeymoon.

MissLMS · July 2009

My mom bought my dress, my dad gave us $15,000 and then we spent about $5,000 of our own money. My IL's paid for the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon.

sun_shined · July 2009

My Dad took care of everything, aside from the honeymoon and the ring- DH handled that.

Belle15 · July 2009

DH and I paid for it all of it. We didn't want anyone putting their two sense in with the planning aspect. We wanted everything to be how we wanted and not to have any issues...DH was a total groomzilla..lol

My inlaws offered to pay for the rehearsal dinner, we declined, and my parents gave us a generous gift.

TennisWife815 · July 2009

Our parents gave us a budget and anything above that we paid the difference.

maddmask · July 2009

My parents paid about a quarter of it and DH & I paid the rest. My parents may have paid more but I have three other sisters who have yet to be married so I'm grateful my parents pitched in that much!

lzybeanie · July 2009

excitedforlittleone:
So traditionally speaking who pays for the rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon?

'Traditionally' the groom's family pays for the rehearsal dinner. Groom pays for the honeymoon. But I wonder how much longer that will be considered 'traditional.' When does something newer become the new tradition?

jewelsonu · July 2009

dh and i paid for most of it. phtographer was our wedding gift, my mom paid for 1/2 my dress and she did all the flowers(she is a florist)

HockeyWife4Life · July 2009

My parents gave us $2,500 and my IL's gave us $2,500. DH and I came up with the remaining $20,000. We didn't have any wedding debt though, we paid cash for everything.

Elisa312 · July 2009

DH and i paid fo all of it. cash.

eriqua1 · July 2009

My mom bought my dress and everything that went with it (shoes, jewelry, veil) and gave us $5k. DH and I paid for the rest, including the rehearsal dinner. Traditionally, the groom's parents are supposed to pay for the rehearsal dinner, but this wasn't an option for us. Nothing was contributed by my ILs or by my dad.

wifeypooh · July 2009

My parents gave about $6k and my FIL gave about $4k (ILs don't have a lot of money but FIL happened to get his disability backpay and gave us some of it!). We paid the rest.

loquita1 · July 2009

DH and I paid for it mostly. We are mexican so we had the dollar dance and my mom gave us $1000. in mexican money cause we were going to cabo for our honeymoon. that paid for our lodging and lots of stuff. we did the timeshare presentations and came back w $500 bucks plus all of our activities paid for! lol

our wedding was about 6 thousand give or take...my mom and I made everything except the food and venue. lots and lots of planning!

Quiksilver620 · July 2009

my parents paid for all of it

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