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Who Pays?

Brides Family
  • The entire cost of the reception: food, wedding cake, beverages, gratuities for the bartenders and waiters, decorations, music, flowers.
  • A wedding gift for the newlyweds.
  • The wedding invitations, announcements and mailing costs.
  • Wedding photographs
  • Bride’s wedding attire/trousseau.
  • Ceremony: rental of sanctuary, fees for organist, soloist or choir, and sexton (sometimes included in charge for premises, but if not, these people have set fees) aisle carpets and/or canopy and any other additional costs for decorations.
  • Bridesmaids’ bouquets.
  • Gifts for maid-of-honor and bridesmaids
  • Gratuities to those directing traffic as well as parking costs and coat check fees.
  • Transportation for bridal party to the wedding ceremony and from ceremony and from ceremony reception.
  • Bridesmaids’ luncheon.
  • Optional: rehearsal dinner.

Grooms Family

  • Any traveling expenses and hotel bills they incur.
  • Wedding attire.
  • Transportation for groom and best man to and from church.
  • Flowers for wedding party, including bride’s bouquet.
  • Engagement and wedding rings.
  • Gift for bride.
  • Gift for the best man, ushers.
  • Clergyman’s fee.
  • Marriage license.
  • Bachelor, rehearsal dinners.
  • Honeymoon.
  • Optional: the rehearsal dinner or other expenses they elect to assume.

The Guests

  • Traveling expenses.
  • Wedding gift for the couple.

The Attendants

  • Wedding Attire.
  • Travel expenses.
  • Wedding gift for the couple.