How much and who pays for the wedding
In order to avoid disputes and conflicts about this, it will be appropriate to distribute spending in accordance with long-established traditions. As elsewhere, in European countries, parents provide material assistance in organizing the wedding of their children. Although lately, lovers have been striving to arrange weddings on their own, using bank loans. But still, most families consider it their duty to organize a gorgeous wedding for their children, and sometimes they decide who pays for the wedding without their participation. And that is wonderful. What will each family have to spend on?
The bride is expected to spend on:
- Wedding ring for the groom.
- Wedding Present for Groom.
- Gifts for the groom's parents
- If the parents are nonresident, the bride pays for the hotel room for them. As you can see, the expenses are not too large.
More significant financial costs are borne by the groom:
- Rings for the bride. One for the day of engagement, the other - engagement.
- Gifts for the bride.
- Pays for the wedding ceremony, the fee for registration of marriage in the registry office
- Book a room at the hotel where the wedding night will be held.
- Flowers for wedding decoration
- Wedding bridal bouquet and bouquets for bridesmaids.
- Boutonnieres for themselves, witnesses and other men.
- Romantic trip after the wedding.Parents of the bride - that's who pays for the wedding the most, it’s so customary:
- Wedding banquet.
- Daughter's wedding dress and accessories.
- Dowry.
- Order and send invitations.
- Order boarding cards, napkins.
- Pay for photo and video services.
- Toastmaster services, catering, florists decorating the hall, designers.
- If the bridesmaids will be dressed in the same dresses, the bride’s family will pay for their outfits and the dress for the girl carrying the train, rings, flowers.
- The cost of transport and parking space also fall on the one who pays for the wedding.The groom's family bears the minimum costs:
- To buy a wedding suit to the groom.
- Wedding gift for newlyweds.
- Preliminary wedding dinner.
- Sometimes, help the groom with the payment of the wedding tour.The witness and witness, too, often take part of the costs:
- To purchase outfits.
- Honeymoon Gifts.
- Honeymoon trip. Do not accept this distribution of expenses unconditionally. Take into account the financial capabilities of everyone and then decide who pays for the wedding "lion's share".