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magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• troed@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I agree the "rock" hints strongly at it, but unless they're american* weddings aren't very expensive. That whole lavish show-off thing the rest of us just ignore.

  *) hmm, maybe indian too

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Currently planning what seems like a fairly mid sized wedding in the UK

    It’s already looking like it’s going to be over double the cost of a roughly equivalent wedding one of my friends had only 3 years ago

    Based on some of the price lists of suppliers for the following year we’ve seen, they’ll be getting even more expensive. The industry is getting quite out of hand

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My wife and I looked at places a couple of friends got married at a couple of years earlier when we were planning on our wedding and those venues had doubled in price since then. A couple of years later our venue doubled in price. The wedding industry really seems intent on pricing itself out of existence!

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  • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Dutch wedding receptions aren’t cheap either, the main difference is that here it’s much more common to keep it small and not have a reception.

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    • troed@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly - there's no general custom to throw one in "keeping up with the Joneses"-style.

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How much does it cost compared to the ceremony itself?

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It depends a lot on what you do, I am currently looking and its annoying how few mid price options there seem to be. Like its either go down the pub with your mates for £150, or £20k invite a bunch of people you barely even know.

    Why so little in the 4 figure price range? Seems like for that you need to just organise something yourself and say its just a party.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I wonder if it would just be cheaper to get catering to the Church hall, kind of like how they do with funerals and ordinations

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah pretty much, a community hall of some form that would let you do as you like with it kind of thing. Had a friend do that but she also wanted all the guests to bring their own dish to share for the meal. Given that she asked for money as a gift from people I am pretty sure it was the worlds only profitable wedding.

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