Welcome to our real wedding budget breakdown series! We're taking the awkwardness and stigma away from talking about weddings and money and baring the real numbers behind real weddings. There's no right or wrong amount to spend on your wedding, but hopefully seeing how other couples cut back and splashed out, will help you plan your own wedding finances - whether you have €5,000 or €50,000 to spend on your big day.
Today's couple are both 31 and work in marketing, they hosted their wedding at a high-end hotel in Dublin.
Budget: €50,000
Guests: 120
Venue: A luxury hotel just outside Dublin city centre
Wedding Budget Breakdown
Venue: €15,000
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Photography: €2000
Videography: €2000
Music & Entertainment: €5250
Flowers: €2850
Wedding Cake: €895
Decor & Rentals: €1000
Stationery: €800
Transport: €900
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Wedding Dress €4500
Groom's Suit: €1200
Groomsmen's Suits: €4200
Bridesmaid's Dresses: €1200
Shoes & Accessories: €1750
Rings: €4000
Hair & Makeup: €1250
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Gifts: €750
Accommodation: €1200
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Honeymoon: €10,000
More or less than you expected to spend?
It was what we expected.
Where did your wedding budget come from?
Savings and parents.
Biggest Splurge?
Entertainment!
Biggest Savings?
My fiancé designed our invites so we just paid for printing!
Honeymoon
New York and the Bahamas.
Were you happy with what you spent on your wedding?
Yes we were happy, we wouldn't have done anything differently. I just wish we could live it all again!
Any Tips or Advice?
Enjoy every moment, it goes by so quickly! And don't sweat the small stuff, it's just one day!
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Feature image: Photo by Anna G Photography via One Fab Day | All images are from a mix of real weddings, not the one featured in this budget breakdown.
