i.e., photography, dress, food, paying for other people, etc.
What do you think is the most important budget item for a DW?
Started by Alyssa, Aug 23 2007 01:29 PM
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Alyssa
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:29 PM
DW are so different than traditional weddings! i am wondering what is the most important budget item to you?
i.e., photography, dress, food, paying for other people, etc.
i.e., photography, dress, food, paying for other people, etc.
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:30 PM
hehehe---- our own vacation/travel!! 
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:30 PM
Our biggest is the cost of travel for us, parents, and the bridal party. that's a big one!
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:32 PM
For us, I'd say it was about 50/50 between the food and the rate on the room for the guests. That's what we negotiated the hardest and worried about the most when we were picking a place.
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:32 PM
A fabulous suite is what I would spare no expense on. The standard rooms my guests had at Dreams were great but our suite kicked ass!
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:32 PM
Wow... that's a good question. For us, it was the cost of rooms bc my inlaws were paying for guest's hotel stay for the night of our rehearsal dinner and wedding... but as far as personal preferences, the one thing i didnt hesitate to spend money on was the photographer bc to me, pictures are what you are left with when all the food is eaten, guests are gone, dress is packed away, etc.
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:34 PM
I will say this---- other than our own travel being the biggest expense- our next two items to focus on would be food and entertainment. Overall, we want to "spoil" guests as much as possible for the wedding...
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:36 PM
Our biggest expense was food, then music, then photography, then honeymoon, then alcohol...
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:36 PM
other than the initial travel expenses, photography is really important to me!
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Posted 23 August 2007 - 01:38 PM
Most important was securing a decent rate so my guests could afford to come, and us since we have 5 kids, but I think that is a given with most of us. So setting accomadations aside, most important was my pictures, this was the most alone Everton and I were our entire trip, and we have beautiful pictures to go along with our memories. I also was happy I budgetted all the little extra's for our guests that made them feel appreciated.
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