The Traditional Wedding

Who Pays For What?

 

The Bride

Wedding ring for the groom

Wedding gift for the groom

Wedding Consultant

Presents for the bridal attendants

 

Personal stationery

Accommodations for out-of-town maid honor and bride's attendants

Her physical exam/blood tests

The Groom

Wedding ring for the bride

Wedding gift for the bride

The marriage license

Gifts for the best man, groomsmen, and ushers

 

Bride's bouquet, bride's going away corsage, mothers' corsages and boutoniers for all men in the wedding party

Accommondations for out-of-town best man, groomsmen and ushers

 

 

 

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His physical exam/blood tests

Fee for the clergy

The honeymoon

Optional: the bachelor dinner

The Bride's Family

The engagement party

The reception, including the food, wedding cake, beverages, decorations, music, flowers and gratuities for the bartenders and waiters.

Wedding gift for the newlyweds

Wedding invitations, announcements and mailing costs

Bride's wedding attire/trousseau

Engagement and wedding photography

The ceremony, including rental of the sanctuary; fees for the organist; solonist or choir and sexton; aisle carpets/runners and/or canopy; music; flowers; and any other costs for decorations

 

Bridesmaids' bouquets

Parking costs, coat-check fees, gratuities for traffic attendants

Transportation for the bridal party, both to the wedding ceremony and from the ceremony to the reception

Bridesmaids' luncheon

Wedding albums

Videographer's fee

Personalized napkins, matchbooks and guest towels

 

The Groom's Family

Clothes for the wedding

Their travel expenses

Wedding gift for the newlyweds

The rehearsal dinner and any other expenses they elect to assume

 

Wedding gift for the newlyweds

The rehearsal dinner and any other expenses they elect to assume

The Maid of Honor

Her travel expenses

Wedding attire

Wedding gift for the newlyweds

The Best Man

His travel expenses

Wedding attire

Wedding gift for the newlyweds

The Attendants

Their individual travel expenses

Wedding attire

Wedding gift forthe newlyweds

The Groomsmen and Ushers

Their individual travel expenses

Wedding attire

Wedding gift forthe newlyweds

Guests

Their individual travel expenses

Wedding gift forthe newlyweds