Budget from your Wedding expenses experience!

[Puchok]

Guys,

Inputs please, Especially those who already got married.

Para naman magkaroon ng tips para sa aming mga di pa kinakasal co'z I know maraming ding nagbabalak na this year.

Thanks!

[glenngj]

mine i was expend more or less half a million.

200000 for the reception and foods (200 guests)
25000 for the church
20000 for the hotel
100000 for our dress(groom, bride, entourage)
50000 for the giveaways and invitations
75000 for avp, wedding coordinator, bridal car
50000 other miscellaneous

pero it depends pa din sa budget nyo sa min kasi talagang pinag ipunan namin kasi minsan lang naman tayo ikasal sa buhay natin.

[n2knee]

Guys,

Inputs please, Especially those who already got married.

Para naman magkaroon ng tips para sa aming mga di pa kinakasal co'z I know maraming ding nagbabalak na this year.

Thanks!

dipende kung gaano kabongga ang wedding. ikaw po ba ang gagasto sa mga gamit ng abay? tignan nyo po yung gusto ninyong reception at tanungin kung magkano ang per head tapos estimate nyo po yung guests. tapos dapat may budget ka rin sa church. noong ako po ang ikinasal, nagulat po ako dahil may bayad pala ang church plus yung rug na ginamit sa isle (14,000 pesos sa paoay church sa province namin). tapos hwag din kalimutan ang photographer at videographer. mahal din yan.

[CVT]

Medyo mahal kung sa hotel ang reception.... Kung gustong makatipid, puwede rin namang sa medyo de-klaseng restaurant.

Iyong damit ng inyong entourage,- hindi naman kailangan ang mag-asawa ang sumagot. Siguro, iyon lang sa nanay at tatay... Puwede ring brooch or bouquet na lang sa entourage para may semblance ng uniformity....

Simple invitation and souvenir can also be considered, together with engaging one of your family members or relatives or close friends who have the aptitude to host the event for you.... Assign the others to manage specific portions of the materials and ceremony....

IMO, ang matitipid ay gamitin na pansimula ng panibagong buhay ninyong mag-asawa .....IMO, this is the most important thing to remember/consider,- starting your new life with your partner... Money will play an important role in your relationship. A necessary evil.... So, you should not fight over it after the ceremony, happy faces, laughters and toasts are caught in pictures/videos...

5202:threadmil:

[MAXBUWAYA]

Just don't try to impress the guess and you'll be fine.
It's no about the wedding It's about you and your future anyway.


And Up to now I don't understand why Catholic church charge so much for the use of God's home!

[usong725]

basta kung ano budget nyo, maglaan ka pa ng additional 50% para sa mga unexpected expenses. usually kasi eh hindi nako-consider yung mga maliliit na expenses sa computation. buti nakatipid pa sa dress (ours & lahat ng lola, parents, abay, etc) na halos tela na lng binayaran namin kasi kakilala ng aunt ko yung mayari ng shop; host (hipag); and flowers c/o aunt who has a flower shop business. sa amin kasi lahat ng gastos, ayaw magpatulong sa parents. hirap magpasakal este kasal. hehehe

[2slow]

As much as possible try to spend less on everything. After the wedding wala kang makikita sa lahat ng gastos mo. I would rather spend more on the honeymoon or wedding ring than for the wedding day celebration itself. But thats just me.

[maetsuen]

Getting married,aw.
I am turning 27 this February and I am guy. Does age matter in marriage?
About naman sa gastos, the wedding itself kung ako ang masusunod sana simple lang para makatipid. Yung gastos sa wedding talagang hindi ako pabor dun. Sigh, wedding malapit na yata ako dyan kasi 7 years na kami.

[glenngj]

OT: kahit anong sabihin natin sa panahon kasi ngayon magastos na talaga magpakasal (church wedding). pero choice nyo pa din yan at depende pa din talaga sa budget nyo, kelangan kahit papano may matitira pa para sa inyo sa pagsisimula ng bagong buhay(bumawi ka na lang sa mga principal sponsors).. advice lang mas bigyan nyo ng attensyon yung foods at yung avp(video,album) nyo. eto yung magiging remembrance nyong dalawa at dadalhin nyo hanggang pagtanda..

[yebo]

Food: last time nagpa-catering ako (not for a wedding but for a house blessing), 150 guests 90k lang for 10 course meal. search mo sa internet for catering companies in manila, and check them all out. sama nasa catering ang tables and chairs, presidential table, flowers. pag wedding then add cost for the bride and groom's table, doves, cake, etc.

Venue: there are places that especialize in weddings and they handle the catering na din. these places are expensive though. i forgot the name, will post later when i remember them. ours was a garder wedding, baluarte de san diego at intramuros. it is rented out by the intramuros administration (palacio delgobernador, intramuros). if i remember right it was 24k including the lights, sound system and security at parking lot and gate.

Church: pag sa mga churches na sikat, like manila cathedral (18 months advance reservation!!!) tama estimate ni glenngj. sa amin 5 years ago was 12k, san sebastian church (6 months advance reservation).

Dress: if you will get those couturiers that especialize in weddings (search mo din sa internet, most will have websites) a wedding gown package (bride's gown, bride's maid, 4 abays, 2 flower girls, ring bearer and coin bearer, and groom's barong) e pinaka-simple na ang 100k. we're talking bride's wedding gown with no tail here. pag gusto ng bride na sunod sa uso ang gown nya e patay kang bata ka kasi merong gown na 500k! ours was done by jun ricaforte and it was 140k 5 years ago. adjust that to inflation, and 200k easy for the dress alone. di pa kasama dyan ang mothers and fathers ha. add 20k pag naka-tux ang groom. and this does not include shoes!

madami pa iba gastos like make-up artist, church singers (kung ayaw mo ng church choir), singers sa reception, emcee, sound system if you have a band, hotel for the bride and her entourage for the night before the wedding, wedding car (or would you prefer a horse drawn carriage circa 1800s?), wedding invitations, giveaways (can be handled by the catering na din but the giveaways for the ninongs and ninangs are especial, usually personal gifts as it is a gift from the bride and groom to their godparents), etc.

tanan na lang kayo!