Who Pays for What?

Who Pays For What?

Most couples today will be contributing financially to their own wedding as both bride and groom will have incomes.

It is no longer the sole responsibility of the bride’s parents to assume the huge financial task of paying for their daughter’s wedding. The groom’s parents may also offer to contribute, although they traditionally pay for the rehearsal dinner, the bride’s bouquet, and bridal attendants’ flowers.

The average bride spends over $25,000 on her wedding and has an average engagement of a year to

fourteen months.

THE GROOM

Wedding ring for the bride
Wedding gift for bride
The marriage license
Gifts for the best man, groomsmen, and ushers
Fee for the officiator (celebrant)
Gloves, ties, or ascots for the men in the wedding party
Personal physical examination
The honeymoon
Bride and bridesmaids’ bouquets

The Groom’s Family

· Wedding gift for the couple
Travel expenses, hotel bills
Wedding attire
The Attendants
Rehearsal dinner

THE BRIDE

Wedding ring for the groom
Wedding gift for the groom
Accommodations for out-of-town attendants
Personal physical examination
Gifts for the bridal attendants
Gift for the couple
Travel expenses, hotel bills
Wedding attire
The Attendants
Rehearsal dinner

The Bride’s Family

Invitations, announcements, and mailing costs

· Bride’s wedding attire

· Ceremony, including rental of venue, fees for organist, soloist, choir, and/ or sexton, aisle carpets and/or

· canopy, and any other additional costs for decorations

· Engagement and wedding photographs and video

· Transportation for bridal party to the wedding ceremony and from the from the ceremony to reception

· Bridesmaids’ luncheon