Comments on: Plan ahead for out-of-town weddings

By: Firenze Woman

Firenze Woman — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:08:11 +0000

Guys really should buy a tux! The cost to rent them is so crazy, and if you store them well they should last decades.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:07:13 +0000

Glad I could help. Becky’s got some good stuff. :)

By: Becky@FamilyandFinances

Becky@FamilyandFinances — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:50:25 +0000

Thanks for linking to my blog!

My husband and I are going to a wedding in Arizona at the beginning of May. That is going to be an expensive wedding! *sigh*

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:33 +0000

This is kind of along the lines of your wedding post but my girlfriend and I are planning on getting married in a few years and we are in the same bind.

We plan on moving across the US (about 1k miles) and we figured if we get married across the US, the people that truly love us will come, haha but we don’t know how many! That’s where it’s hard to plan our budget.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:50:35 +0000

Oh. Well in that case, definitely start putting away money, since being in a wedding can be super expensive!

As you know, bridesmaid’s dresses can range anywhere from $75 to $300, depending on the dress.

When I was a bridesmaid, the bride treated us to a manicure at a beauty school. It was like $5 each or so. It was fun for us all, and it wasn’t expensive for her.

I guess my best advice is to do your best to calculate what being in these weddings will cost, and make a plan for saving up for that amount of money.

And for your wedding in October, be a kind bride and try to keep the costs down for your bridal party, of course :)

By: MARYBETH

MARYBETH — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:49:41 +0000

I found out that I was going to be a bridesmaid in both my brother’s wedding and a friends wedding well over a year before they were both scheduled. Both weddings were in town, so I needed to pay for the dresses, gifts, showers, bachelorette parties, etc. I figured that, if I saved a dollar a day for both, I would be covered. The extra-advanced notice prompted me to put $28 every two weeks into a special savings account. By the time the weddings rolled around, I had plenty of money saved, and I never felt the hit in my pocketbook!

By: ~M

~M — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:29:49 +0000

Thank you so much for posting my questions and always replying, Kacie.

Just to clarify, either my fiancé or I are in most of these weddings that I’m referring to (so expenses will usually include a bridesmaids dress, manicure, maybe a hairdo, and we usually have above-and-beyond expenses like a shower/bachelor’s/bachelorette party to contribute to but there always seems to be new expenses with each wedding that I’d like to budget for). We have two weddings this summer (he’s in one, I’m in the other) and then our own is in October, another next May (neither of us are in that one!), and one next summer (he’s likely to be in that one). Besides our own, only one of those weddings is likely to be driving distance. We did invest in a very classic/Frank Sinatra-looking tuxedo for my fiancé, which he should be able to wear to most of these weddings (except maybe the innards) if they are formal (and, of course, our own!).