Reply #76: The Knot is a godsend [View All]

Just 5 months away from our wedding and I dont know what I would have done without the Knot :)

When all is said and done, (not including the ring.. I dont know how much he spent on that) we will be in the 15k range including honeymoon. Our guest list is 50. It also includes 700 in airfare to get back home to cali to get married. Here is the 1850s church we will be married in:


8k of that is the honeymoon tho. We have rented a Villa in St John.. I cant wait. Also, out of the 7k, 2300 is for the photographer, by far our biggest wedding expense.

We are paying in cash, no debt.. no help from our families.

Saved money by doing invitations ourselves, luckily my fiance works for a printing company, so that helped. My mom and I are doing the flowers and that probably saved us a grand right there. It is something Ive always wanted to do.

I also chose to get married in the Sierra foothills opposed to the Bay area, Tahoe or Mendocino coast which tend to be pricer.

At this stage in the game I can pretty much quote you the prices for every place in northern california :) Ive planned 3 weddings starting at 15k in Mendocino to the 7k one in Coloma.