Expected Wedding Expenses?

 

 

Bride & Her Family's Expenses

  • Bridal consultant and/or secretarial services.
  • Wedding dress and all accessories.
  • Floral or other decorations for ceremony, reception, Bridal bouquet, bridesmaids flowers, corsages, and etc,.
  • Invitations
  • Announcements
  • Postage
  • Photography - formal and candid videotape.
  • Music for ceremony and reception.
  • Transportation for the bridal party to the ceremony and to the reception.
  • All reception expenses.
  • Bride's gifts to her attendants.
  • Bride's gift to groom.
  • Groom's wedding ring.
  • Fee for services performed by sexton.
  • A traffic officer, if necessary.
  • Accommodations for bride's attendants, if required.
  • Bridesmaids' luncheon, if one is given by the bride.
  • Rental of awning for ceremony entrance and carpet for aisle.
  • Transportation and lodging expenses for pastor or rabbi if from another area and if invited to officiate by the bride's family.

 

Groom & His Family's Expenses

  • Sharp photography.
  • Bride's engagement and wedding rings.
  • Groom's gift to his bride.
  • Groom's gifts to his attendants.
  • Boutonnieres for the groom's attendants.
  • Ties and gloves for the groom's attendants, if not part of their clothing rental package.
  • The bride's bouquet in areas where local custom requires it.
  • The bride's going-away corsage.
  • The minister's or rabbi's fee or donation.
  • Expenses of the honeymoon.
  • All expenses of the rehearsal dinner.
  • If one is held, all expenses of the Bachelor dinner.
  • Accommodations for the groom's attendants.
  • If required, Corsages for immediate members of both families unless the bride has included them in her florist's order.
  • Transportation and lodging expenses for groom's parents.
  • Transportation and lodging expenses for pastor or rabbi if from another area and if invited to officiate by the groom's family.

 

Bridesmaids & Honor Attendants' Expenses

  • Sharp photography.
  • Apparel and all accessories.
  • Transportation to and from the location of the wedding.
  • A contribution to a gift from all the bridesmaids to the bride.
  • An individual gift to the couple.
  • A shower and/or luncheon for the bride, if given.

 

Best Men & Ushers' Expenses

  • Responsible for their own transportation and lodging