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There are very few fixed costs. Toni and I had exactly the wedding we wanted for not much money.
I think the cost to me works out at about £5-6k. That was money I had saved up for a rainy day.
2k of that was the venue, and 1k was the bar tab.
I could have done it cheaper - just gone to the registry office instead of hiring Tower Bridge, but I had the cash and it's an amazing place so I pushed the 'fuck it' button. If I had had to borrow money to do it I would not have done. Having that venue imposed a 50 person guest limit (though we made the reception a free for all) so that enabled me to save on transport. The Routemaster bus I hired to get everyone to the reception was actually the cheapest way of doing it as well as one of the coolest.
Limos for the bridal party were an essential thing as there was no way I'd hear the end of it from my mother in law if I had booked cabs for them, so that pushed the cost up by £500. However as she paid for all the reception food I was happy to do it. The best man and I went on the tube!
I saved on entertainment costs thanks to the generosity of Caspar who lent me the Rollapaluza DJ equipment, the Bright Times DJs who played the records. The wedding cake was also a present, and my wife's dress was her mother's 1964 Chanel wedding dress, altered to fit her.
It was bloody brilliant, and everyone enjoyed it a lot.