Wedding Expenses
Who Pays for which wedding service has become more and more flexible.
What does the Grooms family pay for and what does the Brides family pay for? And who pays for the Reception and rehearsal dinner. If you are having a traditional wedding, and are wanting everything to be in order, then these are important questions you need to answer now.
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Who Pays For Which Wedding Expenses
Bride
- Personal stationery
- Wedding ring for groom
- Wedding gift for groom
- Gifts for attendants
- Physical examination
Groom
- Bride's rings
- Honeymoon
- Formalwear and accessories
- Wedding gift for bride
- Bridal bouquet and going-away corsage
- Boutonnieres for all men in wedding party
- Mothers' corsages
- Physical examination / blood test
- Gifts for best man, ushers
- Gloves, ties or ascots for men in wedding party
- Marriage license
- Lodging for out-of-town attendants
- Fee for clergy or judge
Brides Family
- Wedding gift for newlyweds
- Entire reception
- Rental of sanctuary or chapel
- Bride's wedding attire and trousseau
- Invitations, announcements & postage
- Engagement and wedding photographs
- Organist, soloist and sexton fees
- Aisle carpets and/or canopy, and any additional decorating costs
- Bridesmaids' bouquets
- Flowers for reception
- Transportation for bridal party to ceremony and reception
- Security and insurance gifts
- Wedding coordinator's fee
- Wedding cake
- Parking costs
- Coat check fees
- Gratuities for bartenders and waiters
Grooms Family
- Traveling expenses and hotel bills
- Wedding clothes
- Rehearsal dinner
- Wedding gift for the newlyweds
- Shipment of wedding gifts to bridal couple's new home
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