How Much Are Wedding Costs in Your Country ?

al-Hasani · Feb 13, 2015

This depends on your social class, customs within the family, your family's economy etc.
It's not uncommon for weddings in the GCC to be very big. I am here talking about several hundred participants and sometimes several thousands.

The dowry is also a pain in the *** to put it mildly.

Overall weddings in the GCC (KSA included) are probably one of the most expensive ones in the world on average.

Weddings are more expensive in Qatar and UAE though than in KSA.

In 2003 the average costs of a wedding for the husband and bride was SR165,000 each. That was back then about $44.000 in today's money. Prices have only gone up since then. 12 years have passed after all.

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I don't actually know the current average costs (precisely) but I assume that they are significantly more expensive. So you can all imagine that it's exceeding $55.000 per person. So in total (both husband and bride) probably above $100.000 all included. Meaning dowry, renting, furnishing, food, wedding ceremony and honeymoon etc.

So I have to definitely say $50.000 + on your scale @Hakan . No wonder that many in the GCC prefer marriages with foreigners due to the insanely high costs and expectations.

Kambojaric · Feb 13, 2015

I think @Hakan wants to get married and his decision on Which girl to marry will depend on how expensive weddings are in her country

Indos · Feb 13, 2015

Dr. Stranglove said:
depends upon how many guests are invited in most cases that i know i repeat that i know
its between 7000$-15000 not including the dowry @Hakan

how so ??

Strong Character and intelligent. He is also handsome. Dont want to bow to his wife, always act powerful. But I think he should be more soft a bit. Not something that I suggest here in term of raising healthy family.

metronome · Feb 13, 2015

Indos said:
This kind of culture also happen in Indonesia, I like the wedding that only invite "private" guest like family only. People will feel ashamed if they cannot have a big party for their daughter wedding. Minimum we should invite 200 guest and the highest cost is food. Thats why I prefer female from my own big family now, so we can decrease food cost

Intermezo from Indonesia for Indian here

Miss India Indonesia (Mansi Sharma), even more beautiful than the woman that you bring to Miss Universe Competition this year ...............

indeed, in a lot of cases it's a cheap show of wealth.. but the small non traditional ones are the most fun, no need to go overboard but have a nice real fun party with people that matter

she's pretty :smitten:

but what is this 'miss India-Indonesia' ? :what:

ethnic Indian-Indonesian beauty contest or.. :what:

??

Indos · Feb 13, 2015

metronome said:
indeed, in a lot of cases it's a cheap show of wealth.. but the small non traditional ones are the most fun, no need to go overboard but have a nice real fun party with people that matter

she's pretty but what is this 'miss India-Indonesia' ? ethnic Indian-Indonesian beauty contest or.. ??

Yup, ethnic Indian who is Indonesian. The competition is held each year. The Indonesian winner will participate in Miss India World Wide competition ( Indian American, Indian Malaysian, etc). Your ethnic are spreading across the world.

The SiLent crY · Feb 13, 2015

Hi dear @Hakan

It depends on many things .

Some wedding celebrations cost tooooo ... much here and some prefer to start their life without such celebrations or just a small party .

I myself prefer to keep distance from luxury as I believe its the most important reason people ruin their lives instead of enjoying .

I hope my wife agrees on not having any party or celebration for marriage and start our life with contentment because neither wealth nor luxury bring happiness and good future .

Hakan · Feb 14, 2015

Lord Zen said:
@Hakan Are you getting married bro ?

No. But within the coming years. :happy:

Bamxa said:
I think @Hakan wants to get married and his decision on Which girl to marry will depend on how expensive weddings are in her country

That would be a factor

Im asking how much others spend so that I don't get ripped off.

SvenSvensonov said:
Don't know, don't care... it's the bride's parents that pay for the wedding!!! I'm off the hook for that.

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I get to pay for the honeymoon though.

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Gabriel92 said:
Yup... if you want a good life,do not marry.... you'll always have your money for you,no kids,no problems.
It seems that the life wasn't nice with me.

A man said his credit card was stolen but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did.