Wedding Confessions: Budget, Who Paid, and Biggest Learnings

Published: July 27, 2022, 4 a.m.

Ah, the long-awaited deep dive is finally here! As someone who got married in a courthouse and in a big, traditional ceremony (to the same person, don\u2019t worry), I feel I\u2019m now qualified to do a thorough compare-and-contrast analysis of the two\u2014and share the granular details of how much our ceremony cost.\nI\u2019m diving into the budget ($25,000), the actual spend (...a lot more than $25,000), who paid, the things that shocked me, and the stuff I thought was worthwhile. I also do a deep-dive into the Wedding Industrial Complex with our guest, Anna Braff, founder of the award-winning vendor service Provenance Rentals.\nOriginally, I wasn\u2019t planning on doing any sort of deep dive about my nuptials\u2014but ultimately decided it was incredibly off-brand not to talk about one of the largest expenses a young couple faces.\n\u2014\nFollow Along\n- Watch Money with Katie here: https://www.youtube.com/MoneywithKatie\n- Read Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/\n\nFollow Money with Katie!\n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/\n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie\n- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moneywithkatie\n\xa0\nSubscribe to Morning Brew\n- Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt\n\nFollow The Brew!\n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/\n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew\n- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices