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Who Pays for What?
WEDDINGS – WHO PAYS WHAT?
Before you decide on a budget for your wedding, it is important to know who is going to pay for what. Create a detailed budget plan, and try to stick to it. Keep a planned account of your estimate and actual costs, and tot it up as you go along. Some costs will be over your estimate and some under. Plan on a 10% contingency for those unforeseen items.
Couples today, particularly those who are older or second-timers, pay for their own wedding or both sets of parents contribute towards the costs. Some relatives and friends offer their help, particularly if they are skilled, say, in making cakes or invitations. However, there is still a tradition out there of splitting the costs. So who traditionally pays for what?
The Bride
A ring and a gift for the Groom
Hair and make-up
The hen night (very rare today)
The Groom
A ring and a gift for the Bride
Wedding suit and best man’s suit
Marriage expenses
Bouquets, buttonholes and corsages
The stag night (very rare today)
Gifts for best man, bridesmaids, pageboys, ushers
Transport for Groom and best man to marriage ceremony and bride and groom to reception
Honeymoon
Bride’s Parents
Bride’s bridal wear
Bridesmaids & smaller attendants
Press announcements
Wedding stationery
Photographer
Flowers for ceremony and reception
Transport to marriage ceremony
Reception
Wedding cake
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