WHO PAYS FOR WHAT?

You may have heard of the old-fashioned rule that certain people have to pay for certain wedding costs. While it’s by no means mandatory for the bride’s family to pay for the engagement party and the groom’s parents to foot the bill for the rehearsal dinner, a working knowledge of how a wedding bill typically shakes out will help everyone navigate through the details. The more modern approach allows for division of costs between the couple and/or both sets of parents. Nowadays, with the cost of weddings growing and many couples marrying later when they are more likely to have careers and incomes of their own, more brides and grooms are contributing to, or even picking up entirely, the cost of the wedding. Here some of the more traditional guidelines that you can adopt or modify to suit your particular needs.

BRIDE/BRIDE’S FAMILY

• Invitations, personal notes and mailing expense. • Cost of the reception. • Cost of the ceremony. • Photographic and videographic expense. • The groom’s wedding ring. • Favors. • Attendants’ bouquets. • Transportation for the wedding party. • Wedding dress, headpiece and accessories. • Lingerie. • Wedding consultant’s fee. • Groom’s gift. • Guest Book. • Accommodations for out-of-town bride’s attendants and guests.

GROOM/GROOM’S FAMILY

• Groom’s wedding attire. • Rehearsal dinner. • Marriage license. • Bride’s rings. • Honeymoon. • Wedding gifts for the bride, best man, groomsmen and ushers. • Flowers for the bride’s bouquet, corsages for the mothers and grandmothers. • Alcohol at reception. • Accommodations for out-of-town groomsmen, ushers and guests.

ATTENDANTS/USHERS

• Wedding gift for the couple. • Bachelor party and/or bachelorette party.

Display Fun and Creative Signs

for your guests to engage in the celebration of your wedding. They can begin at the wedding ceremony with Mr & Mrs... Large oversized initials along with a LOVE sign or Bride and Groom this way!