Who Pays For What At Your Wedding? Well, There’s No Right Or Wrong Answer These Days, But Here’s The List Based On Tradition
While it may be a stressful and potentially uncomfortable conversation to have when planning a wedding, you need to consider your budget and if any family members are planning on contributing to the expenses.
These days, there is no right or wrong answer as to who pays for what, but traditionally, the bride’s family, the groom’s family, and the bride and groom themselves each had their own list of expenses that they were responsible for.
While these traditions don’t need to be followed, they can be a nice starting place for ideas when determining how to plan out your wedding budget.
Bride’s Family
Since the bride was traditionally seen as the star of the special day, the bride’s family was typically responsible for multiple wedding aspects, starting right after the proposal.
Engagement parties, invitations, and wedding planners are things that the bride’s parents or family would tend to pay for.
They would also likely offer to cover the cost of things like the bride’s gown, the wedding venue, and the wedding cake.
Groom’s Family
While the groom’s family traditionally had less financial responsibility for the wedding itself, they still would tend to cover things such as costs for the rehearsal dinner, the marriage license fee, and lodging for all of the groomsmen.
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Bride
Traditionally, brides would pay for things that directly go to their bridesmaids and their future spouses.
For example, any costs for gifts for her maid of honor and bridesmaids would come out of the bride’s pocket, as well as any gifts that she wants to give to the groom. Additionally, the bride would also pay for her own hair and makeup to be done if she chose to hire a professional.
Groom
In the past, the groom would typically pay for the bride’s bouquet, the engagement and wedding rings, any gifts for his groomsmen or his bride, and the marriage licenses and officiant fees if, for some reason, they were not covered by his family.
Additionally, the groom would be expected to pay for the honeymoon following the wedding, whether that was an extravagant vacation or a quaint weekend trip.
These days, it is most common for the bride, groom, and their respective families to come together and split costs however they see fit.
Wedding expenses have gone up a very large amount over the years, and we cannot expect everyone to be able to contribute in the way that they used to. Any and all offers for financial assistance at your wedding are gracious ones and should be highly appreciated!
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