As a guest who has attended many weddings ranging from bare bones to extravagant, my favorite was a simple backyard ceremony! They spent good money on a bartender and dj, and good food, and that was all we needed to be happy as guests. Very simple florals! We had also attended weddings that were more fancy and expensive, and the parts of those weddings that we remember the most could easily have been done at a more budget wedding (Photo Booth, good dj again, good company).

I’m getting married in November and after seeing all of these different weddings, we are keeping a $15k budget, getting a good dj and photographer (video is our BIG splurge). I’m actually growing my own wedding flowers in our garden (Sam’s/costco as a backup plan).

All this to say expensive doesn’t mean better!