Wow—my wedding cost $600.00. Half for the dress and half for the hot air balloon.
What fun. I wanted a hot air balloon but it didn't work out. Good thing because it rained that day. My wedding, the gown down to the honey roasted nuts, was $500 total. It was much nicer than the one I attended two weeks later where the gown cost over $2000. That was years ago when $2k was big money.
Wow! ours was twice that. I couldn't get a hot air balloon in the church parking lot, so we had a horse and buggy instead. (horses must cost more then balloons)
My girls (three of them) have a $2000 budget a piece from my pocket for weddings when the time comes. Everything else they have to fund. We are simple people, so it should be doable.
My Wife’s family was not financially solid when we got married. My Wife and I arranged and payed for our own wedding, we were young and expected nothing from our equally young friends other than their sharing our happiness.
My wedding cost the fuel to get to the courthouse, oh and we did go out for lunch...