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Don’t get married 
so expensive for what it is. Took us years to pay off our wedding debt and it was a relatively cheap wedding by today’s standards.
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I’m not spending that much on one day 
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So that’s why people agree to go on Don’t Tell the Bride.
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How much for a wedding!?
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Our wedding is coming up in January. We could reduce the figure above by doing it in Bangkok. Now we have 260 guests but are below 35k (which is still crazy for a single day somehow isn’t it…)
My tips: plan early and calculate what you can really put away, not being sad about the money later. Then go from there, write down all items and get average price tags, run through the lists and cut/add (and also think about the number of guests - through the meals this is the largest cost driver)
Foremost: try to enjoy the process as a couple activity and keep in mind everyone will be happy for you regardless if some plan doesn’t work out.
We experienced some real downers but then try to remind us to make this our special day in our lifes.
Given £7,000 is the wedding ring and honeymoon the ‘day’ is £25,000.
Difficult to get your head round such big number so I’d divide it by the number of guests (let’s say 150 people) = £166 per head. Are you comfortable spending so much on it?
If not you can break the budget down into wants v needs which allows you to focus on the needs first - e.g. £1,700 drink - fizz for the toasts is a need but fizz for the reception a want. This will make it easier to make decisions.
What is the average cost of a Punjabi wedding? Lol. 
I would definitely update the costs for a reliable and proven photographer or videographer to between £1800 to £3500
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The problem with estimates like this is there is so much variation up and down the country.