Brides Wedding
Expenses
Here
is the traditional list of expenses expected to be paid
by the bride's family:
·
The engagement party.
·
The wedding gown and trousseau.
·
The cost of a wedding consultant, if one is hired.
·
Wedding invitations/announcements/ceremony programs, etc.
·
Rental of the ceremony and reception sites.
·
Decoration of both sites.
·
Fees for the musicians.
·
Transportation of the bridesmaids to the ceremony and reception.
·
The entire cost of the reception, including the cake, food, beverages,
caterer's fees, tips, etc.
·
All photography, including the bride's engagement photograph.
·
Lodging for the out-of-town bridesmaids.
·
All flowers (except for those worn by the bride, groom, groomsmen, parents,
and grandparents)
Traditional
expenses of the groom and his family
· The bride's rings.
·
The marriage license.
·
The clergyman's fee.
·
Rehearsal dinner/party.
·
His wedding attire.
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Gifts for the best man, groomsmen, and ushers.
·
Boutonnieres for the groom, the best man, his
attendants, both fathers, and grandfathers.
·
The bride's bouquet and going-away corsage.
·
Corsages for both mothers and all grandmothers.
