13 Wedding Costs That Are A Complete Waste (And You Can Save Money Skipping)

Weddings are super expensive. So if you want to save some money, you need to think about what’s important to you and what you could go without. In order to help you figure it out, here are some real couples explaining what they feel like they spent way too much money on for the wedding:

“The party favors. Some people have pens made or matchbooks, little bottles of bubbles, we had little things of candy. Nobody took them.” — Jklsns

“Renting suits (because you can spend the same amount or less to just buy suits, especially if you catch a sale).” — XeneKale

“My wife and I were content taking a cab from our wedding venue to the hotel. My Father-in-law rented a $650 stretch limo. For a 5 mile ride.” — theo_sontag

“My brother who was getting married a few years ago, realized one of the most expensive things was a nice looking backdrop wall for guests to take photos. So he, my sister-in-law and their bridesmaids spent many days hand making one by cutting paper flowers in different shades of white. It was gorgeous. And then right after the wedding he sold it off for $5,000.” — maomaoIYP

“Damn centerpieces. So pointless but you have to have them for some reason – hubby and I were fine with spending on a nice venue and good food/wine and things people ACTUALLY enjoy, but we went bare minimum for centerpieces. Seriously, has anyone ever left a wedding thinking ‘wow those centerpieces were really something!’” — Caz1542

“Chair covers – £3.50 each seems reasonable, then for some reason you need 250 chairs for 180 guests – £875. Would you like someone to dress the chairs? Always seems to total £1000. To rent chair covers!” — Del-sal

“For me it was the cake, but my husband wanted to splurge on that as we saved so much elsewhere. £250 for a two tier, lopsided cake that she decorated terribly compared to what we talked about (which wasn’t even that complicated, just a simple white butter cream iced cake with small dot details). I was really disappointed and to make it worse, we could have gotten a much better version of the cake for £80. From the vendor I originally wanted to go with.” — ChrissiTea

“Invites. Wish we did e-vites.” — hist0ryRepeats

“Flowers. Stupid expensive. Added very little to the ambiance of the already cool venue.” — blinkanboxcar182

“Wife flew in all her friends and family to San Francisco from Japan… business class. 14 people. I asked why can’t you just fly them economy? She was appalled that I even asked. Oh well, her money.” — ClitSmasher3000

“Silverware, By the time you add it all up you could have purchased half decent sets at Walmart then sold/kept/donated them. And table cloths, buy some they are cheap and you can use them for years. When it comes to rentals keep this in mind… Even if it costs more you may be able to save some money if you buy it then resell it.” — [deleted]

“Upgrading the decorations. They show them to you side by side so you see how the cheap ones look crap but the people at the wedding only get to see the ones you choose and have nothing to compare it to. Same reason shops put cheap TVs next to the expensive ones.” — stupidperson810

“My wedding ring because I hate the feeling of jewelry and have never worn it. “ — tandoori_taco_cat