Wedding costs...

[DLev]

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[Longhorn_in_LA]

Wedding Invitation etiquette question -

Let's say I do a wedding in California, and all my family/friends (on my side) are in Texas. Do I still invite say 50 friends/family from another state knowing only 15 or so will likely make it to the wedding?

I assume the answer is 'yes', but thought I would throw the question out there anyways.

 

[Roger]

yes invite all of the out of town people that you would invite otherwise and have little or no expectation of who will come.

 

[LdyLnghrn]

When my neighbors got married, they had a smaller traditional wedding cake (a couple of tiers, and the cake top) for the photos, and then ordered sheet cakes from Costco (which makes very good cakes, BTW) to cut and serve the guests. The sheet cakes were decorated very nicely, were easier to cut/serve, tasted very good, and cost about $15/each. She figured that she saved at least $300-400 on her cake, by not ordering a larger tiered cake to serve an equivalent number of people.

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[Xminus6]

yes, the presentation cake with sheet cake serving cakes is a winner. sheet cake tastes way better than wedding cake anyway. we also picked a location that had its own garden for our reception. while the location itself was not cheap, it allowed us to go with less elaborate flower arrangements.

 

[kjgirl]

Sheet cakes are good idea. I know some people that would have a very small tier cake at the bridal table and then serve sheet cake to everyone else.
Cupcakes are a new trend in weddings too.

 

[Napoleon]

After re-reading things, I thought I would move this from the Invitation List thread to this thread. It's more appropriate.

A friend of mine got married in Rhode Island outside on a farm/B&B.

COST CUTTING MOVE-

CUPCAKE TREE!!

It was much less extravagant than this one. Probably cost about $50-$70 for about 50 cupcakes. Most cakes cost $1,000-$2,000 or more!

Get a cupcake tree and invite 10 more people.

 

[Napoleon]

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[Aces_Full]

The photograher got our ***. Paid about 2500 and got two little books and a video i've never watched. And if I wanted all the pictures she took at the wedding, had to pay more.

And I have no idea how much our cakes ended up costing. Atleast make sure you eat some of that expensive *** cake at your wedding. With all the pictures and formalities, I never even got to taste my groom's cake.

Now don't get me wrong, I had a fun time at my wedding. But you pay through the nose for every bit of that fun.

 

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