How much is your wedding budget? Part 7

[fidelity88]

^sana ganyan din mangyari sa amin. We haven't informed our parents yet regarding sa plans namin na intimate wedding lang talaga. Kasi ayaw naman namin na nganga after the wedding. hehe. I hope maintindihan ng mga parents namin. para tipid din sa budget.. or makabawas, somehow.

[Little Miss Dream Girl]

Hi to all! 

Am starting to make a costing sheet… Anybody here using an online wedding budget calculator to track wedding costs? If yes, which site do you recommend?

[Lemoncee]

Waahhh!!! Tuloy na tuloy na kasal. May budget na kami hahaha. So far 60% na nabayaran namin na suppliers. Hahahaah 4 months to go kaya pa!

[chellai_kawaii]

We started our budget una from 250k but it went out to 350 na. Pero mukhang lolobo pa kasi dami pa namin kulang. Wag naman sana. *crossed-fingers*

[msdianne]

70% Fiancé
30% Mine

However, his family wants to shoulder daw. But I opt not to because feeling ko they will dictate how my wedding will be. But now naisip ko sana pumayag na ako. Kasi aabot kami talaga ng 1M plus. But thing is I kept the wedding as simple but elegant at the same time fun. Ako lahat sa salary ko ako kumuha but on his he needed to get sa savings. But feeling ko nagphelp din yun sa family niya

[Awesomecakes]

Our initial budget would be around 300-400k pero parang we'll exceed pa. Pero kaya yan! Positive lang! Haha

[Lemoncee]

Original budget is 250k for 100pax qc area na alam natin mahal talaga. Ngayon 350k na budget namin at 56% na ang payment. June bride here. Hoping and praying that this wedding will be successful.

[hermione28]

sis Lemoncee - kamusta na budgeting? wow buti ka pa 350k, complete na yan noh?

Kame naka 400k na, major suppliers palang, wala pang florist & stylist yan, yung kausap ko, baka mag deal kame at 100k, so half million na major suppliers ko!

At ito pa, sa peso palang yun. 
I mean yung gown at shoes ko 50k plus dito ko binili sa dubai, credit card, so I paid for it nung lumabas ang bill. technically di sya kasama sa budget namen for suppliers. Pati pala yung wedding ring namen dito din sa dubai, credit card din, that's around 60k din na hindi kasama sa budget namen for suppliers.

Gosh, medyo na overwhelm ata ako sa preps! 

[pinaydiaspora]

Inflation rate really sucks.. Pati rate ng wedding suppliers sumasabay 

[premiemommy]

hi mga sis mag kano kaya pwede magastos pag civil wedding?
plan lang kase namen family lang actually mga parents lang para witness . konteng handaan lang wala ng reception kase buntis ako at highblood kaya hindi pwede stress.gusto ko lang makasal kame bago ako manganak para ok na lahat wala ng babaguhin pag dating sa papers ng baby ko. after this tsaka kame mag ipon ng pang simbahan,gusto kase ni hubby simbahan pero hindi namen ma afford kung buntis ako kaya sabe ko pwede na pag ipunan sa susunod.

its 5k enough? kasama na requirements?

[Purple_Power]

^^Naging same situation tayo, preggy ako na need makasal agad. Well it is because for the benefits I am dependent to husband. Kung civil itself lang ah! alam ko 5k below eh! yun ang naalala ko with requirements. Yung wedding ring kayo na bahala if magprovide kayo or not. Tapos kumain kami sa Shakeys nag order ng monster meal.

[premiemommy]

hi purple_power
ilan ang invites nyo sis, at ano mga requirements ang inasikaso nyo?

[Purple_Power]

^Sayang kakaalis lang ni hubby kasi siya naglakad nun kaya most likely nakalimutan ko na. Yung invites naman immediate family lang talaga ginawa namin. Then ang plano namin of course mga witnesses lang talaga as in literal na isang Ninong at isang Ninang. Kaso dahil ang sumama na naglakad ng papers namin eh yung Tito ng hubby ko na dating naging driver ng isa sa mga councilor ng QC ang kinuha naming sponsor yung isang Councilor ng QC and VP Joy Belmonte. Kaya hindi kami makadecide kung ilan ang head count kasi siempre hindi naman kami sure kung sino mga kasama. Although during that time Only Joy Belmonte was present though siempre hindi na siya sumama sa reception kaya mga staff lang niya naiwan. Yung representative ni Councilor then 2 ata na staff ni VP Joy, I think nasa 13 persons kami since sa akin pa lang yung medyo marami because my bro and his family joined with us rin.

[premiemommy]

hi sis purple_power, umattend paba kayo counseling ba yun? or pwede hindi na,maselan kase ako e,nag hb kaya hindi pwede mapagod at stress.

[Purple_Power]

nope we never attended seminar. saan ba kayo mag civil wedding?

[premiemommy]

sa munisipyo dito samin sis, sa judge para kame lang

[mapoo]

Hi mga sis. I don't know if this will be related or not. We got engaged January 2016. We're getting married sa Sept. Si h2b only son and nafifeel ko din na pressured sya kasi parehas kameng walang ipon for this wedding. Sabi ng ILs ko, all expense will be paid by them naman daw. Okay lang ba yun? Actually sila talaga may gusto kasi na gawin na this 2016 kasi overseas sila and minsan lang umuwi. Pinipilit ko mag ipon para at least yung mga expense na kakailanganin din ng family ko for the wedding like transpo ng grannies from province at para sa kung ano anong maliliit na gastos pa na kakayanin ko. Yung bahay after ng wedding courtesy of ILs din so medyo nahihiya ako. Hehe. Though kusa naman nilang binigay lahat. I'm just 22yrs old kasi and didn't expect na magpapakasal kagad pero I'm very sure na si h2b to be na talaga so di na din ako umapela sa pag propose nya. I don't even know until now magkano budget for the wedding kaya di ko alam anong suppliers hahanapin ko. Nahihiya kasi ako magtanong na kung magkano budget nila for our wedding. Huhu.

[pinaydiaspora]

^ Sis I know its akward but you need to know how much your ILs are willing to spend for your wedding. Mahirap mag budget or to even look for suppliers if hindi nyo alam price range ng afford niyo. If you can't ask them, your fiance should. Its his parents we are talking about by the way. It may be uncomfortable but at least you guys would know kung ano klase level ng wedding ang pwede niyo gawin. Just imagine you guys tried to book suppliers on the mid-range to high-end level that could sum up to 1M but then your ILs would tell you they can only afford to give you a 350K worth of wedding diba? All-in na yun. Paano na espc if you guys started to book suppliers? Where will you get the extra money to pay for them knowing wala din kayo ipon? Asking won't hurt, ang importante alam ninyo. From there you can work it out.

[mapoo]

Thanks sis. Yun nga e. Sabi ko si h2b na muna magtanong kasi baka sobra sobra sa budget mga ibubook ko. Thanks sis. Di pa kasi ako prepared financially sa wedding na to pero gusto na ng parents so okay na lang din. Sabi din kasi side ni lalake dapat ang gumastos. Well, big chunk daw dapat sa lalake kung meron man manggagaling sa bride.

[pinaydiaspora]

^^ Traditionally that's how it is.. The big chunk of the wedding expenses is shouldered by the grom and groom's family. But depende sa inyo yan. In our case we made it a point to shoulder all our expenses, since we both have stable jobs, though he still insists on having more. We decided to have that since we want to make all the decisions. We ask for our family's opinions but bottomline kami oa din masusunod. Paying for your wedding expenses definitely gives you that absolute authority, in my opinion hehe We do, however, have some sponsored items and it helped a lot when it comes to our budget.

^ I have to agree! Although we're still 9 months away, the expenses already ballooned to 25% so we have to adjust and be reminded of our priorities every now and then.