Wedding Etiquette - Guidelines For Who Pays The Bill


Although it is beautiful, most weddings are expensive, especially if the bride and groom are the extended family and a long list of friends. When planning a wedding, keep in mind that the number of "rules" were developed to serve as guidelines. This, of course, N is set in stone.

Today, in addition to traditional weddings where the bride family pays most of the costs, we see a wedding where the bride and groom pay for everything. Thus, understanding the proper etiquette for a wedding budget can be confusing. In helping you plan your upcoming wedding, we wanted to provide information specific to the more traditional wedding, specific about who pays for what.

Bride and Bride's Family

(1) Catering, crockery hire, rent a table

(2) wedding program, invitation, printed napkins

(3) music, including church organist / pianist, live band, DJ or

(4) reception and / or renting the church

(5) wedding photography and videography

(6) wedding cake and wedding favors

(7) decorations for the church and reception

(8) bride dress

(9) The groom's wedding ring

(10) bridesmaid gifts

The groom and the groom's family

(1) rehearsal dinner

(2) canonfees [ [/P >

(3) Limousine rental

(4) Honeymoon

(5) of wine, spirits and beer for the reception

(6) groom's suit or tuxedo

(7) marriage license

(8) bride's bouquet

(9) Boutonnieres for groom, groomsmen, introduces

(10) Corsages for bridesmaids and mothers of both bride and groom

(11) gifts for the groomsmen, is introduced, the godfather

(12) Bride's wedding ring

(13) Accessories (ties, gloves, etc.)

best man and groomsmen

(1) Individual wedding suit or tuxedo

(2) bachelor party

bridesmaid dresses and bridesmaid

(1) Individual formal wear

(2) bachelorette party

(3) bridal shower

Remember, the above-mentioned are considered proper etiquette for a traditional wedding, but it should never be afraid to change them, because it suits your circumstances. With this information, you have a better sense of how to manage the budget, without feeling bad about asking for help if needed.

with the objective of any wedding is to create a festive, fun, and memorable occasion. So while you can track your budget label, the bride and groom's family should be flexible, willing to help when and where needed. For any pair, to a successful marriage to begin with careful planning, paying close attention to the large and small details.

One of the most unpleasant aspects of a wedding is money. Keep in mind that some situations it may be that, on one side of the family is in a better financial position to help the other side. For the bride and groom, it is important to be realistic about the number of invited guests. As an example, the normal rules of etiquette for a wedding budget will be built about 150 to 200 guests. For this reason, when the guest list is larger, the bride and groom should be willing to help financially.

In short, the bottom line is that the budget of the wedding etiquette for the wedding was not difficult, but it does require some degree of flexibility. Establish a budget from scratch, which will help families work on the budget as well. The result will be that all on the same page about what to expect, so the focus can be exclusively on the unity of the bride and groom, ensuring the event was amazing and nothing less, regardless of your budget.