Are you planning a wedding? Here is what traditionally each family pays for. As a modern time typically the groom and bride share the costs together.
The Brides Family:
- Wedding dress, veil, accessories
- Trousseau and lingerie
- Invitations, announcements, enclosures, and personal stationary
- Bouquets/corsages for attendants
- Flowers for the ceremony and reception site
- Engagement and wedding photographs
- Rental Fee for the ceremony and reception hall
- Rental Free for the church or chapel or venue
- Fees for the sexton, organists, and soloist
- Rental Fees for aisle carpet and other equipment
- Transportation for the bridal party to the ceremony and reception sites
- Groom’s ring
- Wedding gift for the groom
- Complete reception: all food, beverages, music, decorations, gratuities, and other services
- Gifts for the Bride’s Attendants
- Hotel lodging for any attendants and friends from out of town
- Gratuities to police or attendants directing traffic and/or parking
- Bridesmaids luncheon
- Rehearsal dinner
- Corsages for mothers, grandparents, and special guests
Groom and His Family:
- Bride’s engagement and wedding ring
- Marriage license
- Ceremony official fee
- Brides flowers (bouquet and going away flowers)
- Wedding gift for the bride
- Hotel lodging for the out of town ushers
- Gifts for the best man and ushers and groomsman
- Wedding night suite
- Rehearsal dinner
- Honeymoon
- Blood Tests (Not all states require this)
- Gloves, ties, and ascots for men in the wedding party
Attendants:
- Personal wedding attire (except flowers)
- Personal traveling expenses (except hotel)
Topic: Who pays for what in a wedding?
