> What planet are you living on where a wedding only costs $2,000, and no more than $10,000? In the US, the average wedding cost is $30,000 The idea of spendin

> What planet are you living on where a wedding only costs $2,000, and no more than $10,000? In the US, the average wedding cost is $30,000 The idea of spending $30,000 on a wedding seems insane to me, and it reminds me of the Dave Ramsey quote “If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else." > That being said I personally think that's ridiculous and I'll do my damnedest to try to keep mine under $5k, but I know it won't be easy, and there will have to be many things sacrificed. My wedding (2 years ago, in the midwest) had about 100 guests and cost us about $5000 total (doesn't include the rehearsal dinner or the bar tab, which our parents covered). There were probably some things that we could have spent even less on, but it would have required us doing more things ourselves. A few things we did that might be different than the norm: * My wife, mother, and grandmother made many of the decorations themselves * The reception venue was less expensive because we had the wedding in April, because it wasn't during "wedding season" * We had the grocery store make our cake for us * We didn't pay anything for the ceremony location (there are many beautiful public venues that you can book for free) * My wife chose a dress that was beautiful, but wasn't obscenely expensive. She also recovered about half of the cost by selling it afterwards.