I get asked
this question a whole lot. I personally think that it is a wrong question to ask.
Why? For one, I don't know how much you earn and do not run your accounts.
Instead, I will suggest you ask something in line of: I have X amount, how can
I make it work for a wedding?
One thing
you should know is that no matter how much you have, you can still have a great
wedding if you are realistic on your expectations. You can't have it all but
you can have it great.
First thing first,
come up with a budget.
Read my
article here on "Creating the wedding budget" for tips on how to
create the wedding budget.
THE N500,000
BUDGET WEDDING IN NIGERIA
The first
thing is to have a realistic guest list. You can't have N500,000 and want to
host 500 people unless you don't want to feed them. Read here on how to trim
your wedding guest list.
For the
N500,000 wedding, the bride had prioritized what was important to her, which
was her makeup and the feeding. The couple agreed on 100 guests. I did not plan
the wedding, neither did I coordinate. WHAT DID I DO? During the consultation,
which took place about 6 months to the wedding just after their introduction, I
advised them on how and where to cut costs and also introduced some vendors to them.
The good thing was, they were open to my opinions and it made everything much
easier.
Here is the
breakdown for the N500,000 wedding
WEDDING
DRESS AND BRIDAL ACCESSORIES- N15,000.
WEDDING
SHOES- she wore a silver shoe she already had. (She didn't change into a
reception dress)
WEDDING
RINGS (bride and groom)- N6,500. (You can always buy more expensive rings after
the wedding when you have more money)
GROOM'S
OUTFIT- 5,000 (wore a suit and shoe he already had, so he only bought a shirt
and tie)
BRIDAL HAIR
AND NAILS- N3,500 (permed her hair and styled it into a tight bun, the doughnut
way)
MAKEUP (just
bride)- N30,000
INVITATION
CARDS -BULK SMS- N1,000
RECEPTION
VENUE (open field) -N50, 000
RENTALS OF
TABLES, CHAIRS AND CANOPIES- N20,000
DECORATION-
N40,000
DJ- N30,000
(They didn't use a live band. The DJ played all kinds of songs even for the
older generation)
CAKE-
N30,000 - 3 tiers of cake
FOOD-
N85,000 (N850 per plate, jollof and fried rice, amala, moin moin and 2 pieces
of meat; with 5 servers, chaffing dishes, plates and cutlery) Caterer:
Incredible Edibles
DRINKS-
N30,000 (water, soft drinks, with drums and ice blocks)
PHOTOGRAPHY-
N80,000 (full event coverage, one photobook, pre-wedding shoot, one DVD of all
the pictures)
Photographer:
Xtrm Creations
MC- friend
of the groom N0.00
SOUVENIRS-
N25,000
5 USHERS-
N32,500
EVENT
COORDINATION (N7,000)- La' Heiress trained two of the bride's sisters on what
they needed to do a few weeks to the wedding and also on the wedding day.
TOTAL COST-
N490,500
Was it a
successful wedding? Yes! Trust me when I tell you that it was hell getting some
of the vendors that were willing to work with the prices but that is our job
and that is where we come in.
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