What is the budge for a 50 people

That's kind of like asking what it costs to take 50 people to a restaurant. Are we talking McDonald's or the Ritz?

Basically, the cost of your reception is typically about half the cost. So look at venues and food and beverage options, and figure out what the cost is likely to be for that part of the wedding, then double it.

Mine is looking like 28k for 170pp.

*My dress was $200

*My ring was $400

*My venue is my parents backyard.

*FH and his friends are making most of the food.

*Booze is at wholesale cost through FHs resturant

I tried making this super inexpensive and then found out how many very expensive things mattered to my mother (formal invites, tons of flowers, service on a national holiday, junk with our names on it for people to take home, 40 of her friends coming) And it got out of hand pretty quickly.

It's going to be beautiful and I'm thankful, but I could have totally done this justice with 6k and killed it.

I'd never heard of that website costofwedding.com until this thread and just for fun put some info in... That's VERY accurate!

In my area, the average all-inclusive reception with an open bar, in season, on a Saturday night is going to be $165 - $200 PP. So for you, the reception alone would cost $8,250 - $10,000 (but that would give you a gorgeous cocktail hour with apps and a gorgeous reception). Remember, you'd have to add another (approximately) 4K for photography and a DJ. These figures doesn't include an officiant or flowers. So, if you're getting married at a conventional wedding venue in my area on a prime date and with an open bar, you're looking at $12,250 - $14,000 (and that doesn't include your gown, alterations, pro hair and make-up, or the cost of a rehearsal dinner).

There are all kinds of way to cut that. To begin with, maybe you don't live in the expensive suburbs of NYC. I've read, on this forum, the stories of brides who think $40 PP is top of the line, and in their area, that might be the case. I've read posts from brides who found catering for $19 PP. It all depends on where you live and what your market bears.

Some general advice that applies to every bride who is on a budget -- consider having your wedding on a Thursday or Friday night. That will cut your venue bill. A Sunday brunch wedding consists of food like eggs, omelets, sausage, bacon, fresh fruit, bagels, waffles and champagne cocktails/Bellinis/Mimosas/Bloody Marys (any or all). That will save you a lot of money. Consider an out of season wedding -- something in January, February, or March (May begins the wedding season...could you push it back to early April -- something prior to Easter?). There's money to be saved that way.

Or, get quotes from restaurants that have rooms available for private parties. That might be your best bet.

ETA: Please don't seriously consider any advice that includes, "FH and his friends are making most of the food." It's not only a massive undertaking that will have wedding guests and VIPs sweating and working (even if the groom is a professional, who wants to work on their wedding day?), but the health risks are potentially lethal when it comes to friends covering the catering. If you can't afford to hire a caterer, then you're having a wedding you can't afford to have, and you're putting your guests at risk by doing so.

@Cecilia B- HOLY WOW, im from RH too.

Anyways, I cant advise you on your budget but for venues, I'd look at are Beaty Barn (around 2k), the Children's Art Museum DT RH. or the Watershed

Dixie Pig has good catering prices.

This is completely dependent on where you live and what kind of wedding you want to have. Catering is going to be your biggest expense, and that varies greatly depending on the type of food you serve. Figure out how much you can afford, and then do some research to see if you can properly host 40-50 people. If you can, great! If not, try to cut the guest list down until you're able to properly host them.

Honestly your budget is whatever you want it to be.

Depends on so many factors. In LI,NY we had a pretty modest-DIY wedding with some and 62 guests. That cost us around $20,000. Made all of the bouquets, centerpieces, table numbers, cake topper, no videographer, 1 DJ no MC.

We are having 40 guests and around $10k including everything outside of a honeymoon. We could have easily cut about $1k off if we had made some smarter decisions, but that is neither here nor there

Depends on what kind of wedding you would like to have. There are a million what if's. Are your parents paying, are you paying, are they helping to pay...that for us was huge when it came to the size of wedding. (Parents not paying...parents friends and extended family we don't know are NOT coming). Are you doing a lot of DIY or are you paying vendors to do the whole thing. Do you have a wedding planner or are you planning the whole thing. A million factors go into the budget and final cost.

My wedding is 56 people for our final list. We cut it down from approx. 80 to the 56...and our budget is $7,000. That is for everything but the dress, rings and honeymoon. That is considered very modest where I live. We decided small, inexpensive wedding and wonderful honeymoon. Now granted, we are paying for everything ourselves. Not a dime from anyone else, so that really dictated our budget. All said and done with wedding, dress and honeymoon we are at $20,000.

I will be doing all of the décor myself and the venue will be doing the food and alcohol. No flowers at all and we found very inexpensive vendors through friends that used them at their weddings.

I could have easily had a $50,000 wedding if I had wanted to go top of the line on everything and crazy with theme and décor.

How much does a car cost?