How much is your wedding budget? Part 7

[Cee05]

^ Hi, sis! To be honest, I only book a few suppliers during bridal fairs but it was good starting point for me since I got to gauge how much each supplier costs. Most of my suppliers kasi were based on referrals. It's best to educate yourself before bridal fairs; they release naman a list of suppliers so I suggest you research para you don't get overwhelmed when you're there na. Totoo lang, it can get really overwhelming, especially the big ones! Haha. Nakakalula, as in. I also read somewhere na what you can also do is for example you already have a supplier in mind na nasa fair rin, you inquire their regular rates & compare it to their bridal fair, supposedly discounted rates. Sometimes daw they just say it's discounted pero hindi naman talaga I got siguro mga 5-10% discount, which isn't really big but can be allotted elsewhere like tips & additional petty cash fund! Hope this helps!! Medyo graduate na kami sa bridal fairs, hehe

[mimibaja]

^haha parang ganito din mangyayari sa amin. December pa naman wedding namin. Baka manghingi ng pamasahe pati pamasko. haha ang bad ko. hehe kailangan nga siguro mag-allocate ng budget para dun.

[Lemoncee]

I back read and I found this funny. about sa mga kamag anak haha! peace!

WTH! hahaha may nanghingi talaga ng pamasahe? Sorry sis I just find this very awful. Kawawa naman ang bagong kasal.

[itsKat!]

Hi sis roxy14! just like you nagttingin pa din ako ng venue dito sa manila or quezon city at nililista ko din isa-isa! 2017 pa naman kami so i'm doing it slowly but surely

[fidelity88]

250k - 300k is our budget for our wedding. hopefully makasya! haha

[shygirlme]

^^hiyang hiya ako sa asawa ko! syempre sa kanila di naman nakasanayan yan. sa kanila pag gusto pumunta pumunta pag wala pamasahe wala. pero samin naku nakasanayan na yan! pupunta lang pag ikaw nagbigay ng pamasahe.

[moana]

aaaaw, bakit ganun, kakaloka nga haha! akala kasi siguro since kasal nyo eh madami kayo budget pati pamasahe nila eh sagot nyo na.

Nung kinasal ako sa Baler, nung naglabas ako ng invitation via fb, ni clear ko na hindi ko masasagot ang pamasahe at accomodation. Mate-test mo talaga willing magpunta eh, hahaha! Ayun, konti guests ko from Manila. Nagkasubukan ah, pero ok lang, at least di na ko talaga mag spend ng expenses nila, at nabawasan guestlist ko. :p

[shygirlme]

^^ganyan din samin! kahit ano occasion hehe. wala naman sana problema samin since plan talaga isang van sa fam ko at isa sa side ng husband ko. kaso dahil di sila makadecide kung pupunta eh di inalis na namin sa budget. tapos sa side ng husband ko sinagot pa ng inlaws ko. sana lang sinabihan kami ahead hindi yun sa reception eh magkakagulatan. syempre nakakahiya sa husband ko. gusto pa naman non lagi naka budget lahat.

[pogi02]

OMG! Grabe naman yung talagang nanghingi ng pamsahe pauwi? Kawawa yung newly-weds, nakakadagdag stress ito on the wedding itself. Just because hyped ang couple, magbibigay nalang sila.
Nakakatawa na nakakaloka itey! Hahah!

[shygirlme]

sabi nga namin kahit di na mag regalo basta makarating. hassle din kasi sa mga guests di ba? effort lang masaya na kami.  buti nga di na didiscuss ng husband ko yan. ayaw nya din kasi ng ganon kasi nga di naman siya sanay.

[pogi02]

^ Same with us sis! Mas gusto namin na makarating sila kahit walang regalo. Ang importante is yung presence nila. We invited them because we wanted them to be part of our wedding. Yun lang oks na.

[fidelity88]

Yung iba din kasi kamag-anak na gustong iinvite ng parents. haha! parang kami. pero iniisip ko kasi yung pamasahe nila baka kami lang din ang sumagot.. iniisip nga namin na mag-rsvp na lang sa kanila. 2 or 3 seats ang reserved for them para hindi sila marami kahit sa ami ang pamasahe. hehe. parents lang talaga minsan ang may gusto. mini reunion din kasi nila.

[shygirlme]

^ganyan din samin parang reunion. ang amin lang eh sana sinabihan kami na kami pa din sasagot. since may nakaslot na naman ng 1 van for them. pero don na namin nalaman eh sana nasabihan kami ahead para nasama sa budget at di hiningi sakin during the wedding.

[simang]

Haha i think most families naman ganyan. Yung mga occasions ginagawa talagang reunion. Kalahati ng guests namin ng wedding, family sa side ng father ko. At nalungkot pa sya na hindi nainvite yung mga ibang kamag-anak. We ended up having a separate reception at home the day after ng wedding to accommodate yung ibang guests ng Tatay ko. Thankful na rin kasi sya na ang gumastos non, hehe.

[fidelity88]

^yes sis. Tama. Kailangan din talaga na ianticipate yung ganun. Specially sa malalaking family. Marami din kasi ang nagtatampo pag hindi naimbita. Haha! And yun, reunion na talaga for them.

[skela96c]

Civil wedding in Antipolo (May 2015), 120guests, with live band sa reception we spent about 380k.

Our was a short engagement. 4months lang to prepare everything. At the onset nagusap kami what kind of wedding we want and how much both of us can allot. Money down, 50/50. I think its important na pagusapan yung how you want the wedding to be. Kasi if hindi clear, somewhere along the prep madidiskaril talaga ang budget. Ang tanong if madiskaril, who'd cover that? Both of you o yung nagdesisyon na may ibahin?

Bulk of the budget went to caterer, p/v, venue and band. Yan kasi ang priority namin. Since most of our guests are our friends (bilang lang ang kamag anak. Isa to sa malinaw na pinagkasunduan namin at the onset of planning), we also saved a lot by letting them gift us with things we need at the wedding. May sumagot ng booze, ng tokens sa sponsors, fishball carts (while guests were waiting), prizes sa bingo game, photobooth.  Kung i-total lahat yun, significant din ang naalis sa buget namin...at iwas pa sila mag isip ng iregalo that we don't really need.

[gelitorres]

Major expenses:
Venue & food: 450k
Church: 20k
Photographer: 110k
Videographer: 100k
Gown: 85k
Groom's attire: 25k
HMUA: 35k
L&S: 15k
Host: 20k
OTD: 35k
Rings: 70k

Major sakit din sa puso! haha! But I know that this is just a once in a lifetime event so pikit mata na talaga minsan sa expenses. Whew. We book our suppliers as early as we can to avoid the increase or rates/inflation and of course to have better chances of getting who we want. Ang sakit din sa puso pag may gustong gusto kang supplier tapos biglang mauunahan ka mag book ng iba.

[shygirlme]

Haha i think most families naman ganyan. Yung mga occasions ginagawa talagang reunion. Kalahati ng guests namin ng wedding, family sa side ng father ko. At nalungkot pa sya na hindi nainvite yung mga ibang kamag-anak. We ended up having a separate reception at home the day after ng wedding to accommodate yung ibang guests ng Tatay ko. Thankful na rin kasi sya na ang gumastos non, hehe.

naku my Nanay naman wants to have reception at home. para sa mga kapitbahay. napataas talaga ko ng kilay. sabi ko Nanay di nga namin kilala mga kapitbahay eh. buti sana kung ikaw gagastos. sorry mean ko lang. dagdag gastos lang naiisip nya non.

[simang]

Shygirlme, sa amin we were very firm na 150 guests lang ang kaya namin iaccommodate. Kaya early on the preparation my Tatay was really sad about it. My father is a social butterfly and alam ko na hindi pwede sa kanya ang 150 lang, dahil first degree relatives pa lang nya, kulang na yun. But he understood naman na yun lang ang kaya ng budget namin. A few weeks before ng wedding while we were finalizing the number of guests, he decided to just have a separate reception for his guests. And sabi nya sya na ang bahala sa gastos. Medyo naging emotional pa ako noon kasi I know that my Tatay only want to celebrate our wedding with more people (youngest na kasi kami ni husband sa family) pero hindi talaga namin sya kayang pagbigyan. Kaya we agreed na lang on what he wants. Ending, naging 3 ang reception ng kasal namin -- the main reception, one at my parents' house, and another one at my in-laws' place. Thankful na rin kasi hindi na nila kami inabala sa pagprepare at gastos for the other 2 receptions. Hehe. Pero naisip ko kung may extra money lang talaga kami.. oh well.

[shygirlme]

^ako naman we dont want to celebrate it sa mga taong di namin kilala. we are firm sa pag invite na dapat both namin kilala at kasama namin sa time ng relationship namin. meron nga nagtampo sa husband ko. kaclose nya yun before di daw nag invite. ang husband ko naman sabi pre ikaw tong di nagparamdam samin dahil may gf ka na. di ka nakilala ng wife ko. kaya di kita iinvite.