Welcome to our real wedding budget breakdown series! We're taking the stigma out of talking about your wedding budget and sharing how much real life couples spend on their big day. We've surveyed couples who spent €2000 and those who spent €200,000, couples with 30 guests and couples with 300 guests. When it comes to how much you spend on a wedding, there's no magic number!
Today's couple are both 29 and from Limerick, one works in education, the other is an engineer - they tied the knot with a hotel wedding for over 200 guests.
Budget: €28,000
Guests: 220
Venue: Hotel
Wedding Budget Breakdown
Venue & Catering: €14,000
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Photography: €3000
Music & Entertainment: €3500
Flowers: €800
Wedding Cake: €300
Decor & Rentals: €1000
Stationery: €300
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Wedding Dress €2000
Groom's Suit: €500
Bridesmaids Dresses: €1200
Groomsmen's Suits: €500
Shoes & Accessories: €500
Rings: €2000
Hair & Make-up: €600
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Gifts: €200
Accommodation: €500
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Honeymoon: €4000
More or less than you expected to spend?
Definitely more than we expected!
Where did your wedding budget come from?
We paid for the wedding with a mix of savings and contributions from our parents.
Biggest Splurge?
We didn't really have any big splurges, other than the expected expenses like the meal or the band.
Biggest Savings?
We saved a lot on our photographer and our stationery.
Honeymoon
We went to Madeira for our honeymoon!
Were you happy with what you spent on your wedding?
We are happy with what we spent and while it was more than we'd initially expected, we wouldn't do anything differently!
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Feature image: Mark Barton Photography via One Fab Day | All images are from a mix of real weddings, not the one featured in this budget breakdown.
