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