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Wedding Expenses
Who pays for what?
The expenses below are divided according to tradition or can be altered due to local customs or special circumstances:
Bride (or her family)
• Wedding Invitations (including response cards, reception cards, all stationary and announcements)
• Wedding Consultant
• Wedding cake
• Wedding gown, accessories and trousseau
• Engagement and wedding photographs
• Ceremony expenses (excluding officiant’s fee)
• Reception expenses
• Flowers for ceremony, reception and bride’s attendants
• Transportation of wedding party to ceremony and reception site
• Lodging for out-of-town bridal attendants
• Groom’s ring
• Gifts for bride’s attendants and groom
• Bridal luncheon (optional)
Groom (or his family)
• Bride’s engagement and wedding rings
• Personal wedding attire and traveling expenses
• Marriage license
• Officiant’s fee
• Transportation of groomsmen and groom to ceremony; bride and groom to ceremony
• Rehearsal dinner expenses
• Bride’s bouquet and going away corsage; corsages for both mothers
• Boutonnieres for groomsmen
• Gifts for groomsmen and bride
• All honeymoon expenses
• Lodging arrangements for out-of-town groomsmen
• Bachelor’s dinner (optional)
Attendants
• Wedding attire
• Traveling expenses
• Wedding gift
Bride and Groom
• Thank you gifts for parents and others who helped with the wedding
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