I got married recently and we held a small-ish wedding lunch reception for around 90 guests! The actual day itself was definitely tiring, not to mention the wedding preparation leading up to the big day. But I think it went pretty well and my partner and I are both glad that we can move on to enjoying married life. And plan our upcoming honeymoon! I'm very excited to travel again after 2 years😆
Weddings don't have to be expensive affairs. My partner and I both agreed that we would hold a reception for the elders and our family and that it was more important to make the occasion an enjoyable one, rather than a lavish affair.
We started out with a arbitrary budget of ~27k (excluding the honeymoon) and the goal was to keep within this budget as much as possible.
Here's the breakdown of our wedding related expenditure. Do note that this excludes...