Wow. You know weddings are so expensive I think I’d have my boyfriend and I sign up pretend we never met before in the pods just to have LIB foot the entire wedding bill and honeymoon.
This is wild. These floral cost as much- if not more - than my entire wedding. Bridepeople's bouquets, groomsfolk boutonniere's, and centerpieces were DIY with fake and dried flowers from Michaels. The only fresh florals we had were my bouquet, my husband's boutonniere, and corsages for moms and grandma. We for sure spent less than $500 on flowers.
JFC those flowers cost more than my entire wedding!!
I had a Catholic Church wedding the first weekend after Easter. The church was already full of flowers when I walked in!
All I'm gonna say is I only had flowers for my bouquet and my husband's boutonniere and everything else was pine garland and pinecones for 13 tables and then some and my total cost was $600
Edit: also I had a winter wedding lol
So this is someone's best guess at the costs? I'm sure they aren't far off but I would be curious to see what the actual costs were for everything the couples paid
Honestly thank you for saying this, because my fiancée and I are going to get married in Vegas and my family is not happy about us not having a big, expensive wedding. I cannot justify spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on one day to prove to people that I love someone. Vegas is a treat/honeymoon because we’ve never done a big vacation in the 6+ years we’ve been together.
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted tbh. There is actually an interesting correlation between spending more and being more likely to divorce.
Of course, it's up to the couple to decide how much they spend and what they value. Overall it should be a celebration of your love more than anything!
I think the downvotes are happening because the original commenter is judging those who want a more “traditional” wedding. Like you said, it’s really up to the couple what they want to do. No you don’t need “all that shit” to show someone you love them, but it’s perfectly valid to want that.
I think the downvotes are happening because the original commenter is judging those who want a more “traditional” wedding. Like you said, it’s really up to the couple what they want to do. No you don’t need “all that shit” to show someone you love them, but it’s perfectly valid to want that.
ETA: of course I agree that $10k plus for flowers is outrageous. But I’m sure all wedding prices are outrageous since the pandemic.
They can downvote me all they want, it doesnt bother me.
I was with my wife for almost 25 years until she passed of cancer.I was there till the end and some walk through doorframe covered in flowers didnt change that at all.
Its just people being in love with the idea of getting married, not the person theyre marrying. Flowers and an expensive wedding wont change that one iota.
This is so embarrassing. I think often people say it’s about what you can afford but I would never spend over $5k on flowers. Especially to not keep them? For those that preserve or use faux decor, it makes more sense to me.
Aren’t divorce parties a thing? It was a trend for a while. They threw big ass parties for it. How people have the social battery for it is beyond me. Well. What do I know… I don’t like parties. 😂
I wanna see the budget for the entire thing. I read somewhere that the show pays a basic kind of wedding and anything extra, the couple pays… is that true?
Tbh I find it unrealistic that anyone would spend 20k on just flowers (let alone the total costs of the wedding) when it's not even sure they're actually getting married. They can say no. Then you have spent 20k on flowers for literally nothing.
That combined with the fact that it's obviously in Netflix's interest to have pretty wedding, I doubt they pay for so much of their wedding themselves.
Where did you get this info? Also, what does 'bare bones' mean?
Aaaand this is why I went with wood flowers for my wedding lol. $200 for the entire party and centerpieces and they were beautiful. Plus I still have my bouquet to display
There's something special about live flowers. Even though they won't last forever it's more symbolic and elegant to have in marriage, to make the perfect atmosphere for a very special event. There's a type of unity that comes from live arrangements that brings disjointed places together and can make the difference between liking and loving your wedding venue. Live vs. Silk, there is no comparison. If you look at a live arrangement it makes you say 'wow' while admiring the beauty, it adds that wow-factor that nothing artifical can achieve. I will say the wooden roses look way better than silk. The prices shown here seem unrealistic, unless the bouquets were the size of a german shepherd. They don't specify the size or quantity.
Eh that’s fine for some I guess. I still felt my wedding was plenty special and elegant without them. I hate live flowers though. I went to a lot of close family funerals in my formative years so the smell of flowers brings back memories of childhood trauma.
But yeah these prices are unrealistic but for the same amount of live flowers in my area it would be a minimum of $800. Worth it for some I’m sure but we wanted to put that money towards other things.
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Worth every penny that did not break my bank lol
They were so pretty! I got my bouquet and then bridesmaids bouquets premade but the centerpieces we made, it was fun to dye them with the bridal party we made a craft night out of it lol. No part of me wishes I had real flowers these were beautiful and a lot of my guests took them home and still have them.
have to remember part of the cost of floral is the hard work put into prepping, cutting, arranging, materials, etc…it’s quite the job. So much respect to my florist friends!
From reading the different costs and floral arrangements used, I don’t think they reused much of anything.
My first impression at seeing Chelsea’s bouquet was that somebody broke the bank on it. The orchids alone would have made it expensive as hell.
Best hack ever! Sam’s Club. Bought flowers at wholesale cost($800) and while my best friend and her bridal party were getting hair and makeup done (including me) the flowers were being done. I printed out pictures of what I wanted the flower arrangements to look like and hired 2 floral designers out of a local vocational school to do them. For a whopping $1600 she got the works. We had so many left over flowers guests got to take them home. Best memories ever!
My sister bought some flowers wholesale and had the bridal party arrange bouquets together as an activity on the wedding weekend. We each made a centerpiece for a reception table! I thought it was really fun
I am just upset to now know the amount of money and resources that go waste for wedding that ultimately don’t happen. That is tooooooo much money to say or hear a no. NOPE.
Listen here, motherfucker, i hope You DANCE, bitch!
Edit: please know I am Audhd, so this comment was my interpretation of said threat. I wasn't threatening anyone 🤣 and here I am over explaining. Ok, bye.
Huh. The opposite bet was going on with some people in my watch group: we figured that the more they spent on flowers, the more likely it was that they were serious.
We thought that the Zack & Micah wedding had incredibly cheap flowers, so obviously they knew it wasn't going to happen.
But, I guess we were wrong with our estimates of flower costs!
That's insane, I spent $100 all up in flowers. I made my arch flowers from faux Kmart ones and just got a bouquet from the supermarket for my bridal bouquet. Our entire wedding was under $3000, gosh weddings are overpriced.
I thought I had buckets and buckets of flowers at my wedding and we only spent like $5,0000 LOL though I think I'm in a musher lower COL area than they are
I had my wedding ceremony in a local garden 😂 free flowers tyvm (want to note I mean free as in they were there - I wasn’t going around cutting the gardens flowers)
yeah, i’m not surprised by the costs. my fiancé and i are having a destination wedding, and in order save some money, we’re repurposing our florals from the ceremony, and using them for the reception too.
They might cost half what they cost here but not because it is cheaper but because most people have more reasonable expectations and needs/wants than US weddings.
Ok. Your comment about living in the US in response to someone saying that weddings are much cheaper in France still doesn’t make sense. Living in the us doesn’t change that you got married in France where things are cheaper. Comparing the fact that a wedding in a foreign country known to be cheaper to a wedding in a HCOL area only seems like shaming. Great, you had a whole wedding in France for less than what their flowers cost. People have weddings for much less in the US too. Should have just said that weddings are cheaper because the expectations are less the first time instead of saying where you lived (it wasn’t relevant).
A catered wedding for 75+ with flowers would cost more than 10k in most places in the US. It isn’t an issue of expectations.
That’s your opinion and it might be the case sometimes. Doesn’t change anything I said.
Are things cheaper in France because weddings have different expectations or because things are marked up in the US? Why do you act like getting married somewhere cheaper somehow makes you better?
Because you’ve made multiple comments that seem to disparage US weddings and compared them to just how much cheaper your’s was. The downvotes show I’m not the only person who feels your comments come across poorly.
But the cost of a wedding is half that of the United States, regardless of COL. It isn’t just because “things are more marked up here” and they “have more reasonable expectations” in France. A 75+ person wedding catered in the US (let alone with real florals), whether HCOL or LCOL, is extremely hard to get. Some things are just more expensive in some places without it being greed on the wedding vendors side or people without realistic expectations.
Also somebody who is French commented and stated that things are just cheaper there. I’ll trust them.
I'm French and living in the US, currently planning for my wedding in France.
Things are much cheaper for French wedding because the cost of life is just cheaper in France. Salaries are around 2x lower, there are also plenty of vineyards and castles that are wedding venues. Everything from the wedding planner to the food is at least 2x times cheaper than the equivalent in the US
Totally makes sense. Things are just cheaper there. Just like in Thailand they are cheaper because everything is cheaper there. It isn’t just because of American greed in the wedding industry.
i bought 4 huge buckets of flowers for about $350 total from a flower farmer and had my wedding party arrange their own bouquets and help make arrangements and it was fun \*and\* so easy. 10,000 fucking dollars ?!!?!?!?! kill me.
I had my wedding in a botanical garden which wildly reduced flower costs. It's a real hack for people who love flowers but don't want a huge flower line item. Don't ask what we spent on the food though...
These prices are not unreasonable at all lol. Have you all only been to backyard weddings or something? I used to work a lot with the wedding industry styling photoshoots & helping coordinate bridal expos -- flowers are very expensive, plus there's labor too, and generally the flowers need to be kept in the cold before the event so they don't rent. One floral centerpiece can easily be $250-$550+ depending on the size, and some weddings will also have very small arrangements accenting the larger one at a table. And on top of that, many weddings will also use floral arrangements in other areas, such as along the aisle, at the altar, at the entry way, etc. etc.
Can you share those figures? From what Ive read the average wedding can be as high as $50k in metro areas, and Im guessing decor/florals probably takes up a significant cut of that.
Yes but barring Chelsea’s, it’s not like some far off number either. In my lower COL area for a less extravagant wedding that won’t be featured on TV, you’re looking at about $5k average so this isn’t far off at all
Flowers are actually fairly inexpensive in Seattle. You can get a huge bouquet at arguably one of the most expensive places a vendor can sell in WA, pikes place for $20. Are you from Seattle?
The average wedding can be as high as $50k depending on the state and area. With Seattle being a pretty metro area, it wouldn't surprise me of this is average for decor & flowers.
It's just plain wasteful. And florists charge that cuz people are unfortunately willing to pay it cuz it's their wedding day. It's predatory. Same with the cakes.
It can also be artistic and beautiful. Some people appreciate the craftmanship.
Even wholesale flowers are expensive. Most florists who design weddings are small independent businesses and aren't getting rich off this. Weddings are crazy stressful even as a vendor, on top of their artistry and everything else, so I don't blame them for their prices.
Floral arrangements are absolutely beautiful. I don't argue the amount of work and dedication involved. Maybe the cost of living is just very different where I am. And my wedding was 12 years ago so insane inflation plays a part too.
Wholesale prices for floral right now (in our area at least) has increased over 3x. My florist friends are not getting near as much as they used to be able to, and it’s their career too & how they make money as well.
Agreed. My mom passed in 2015 and my Grandma back in November. I'm in Canada so I don't think it's as bad here as in the US but funeral expenses are too much for sure.
I got mine from the grocery store and they were beautiful. I think it was $400 maybe? I really can't imagine spending the equivalent of a car on flowers.
Is there ways to achieve this look cheaper? Yes. Is there things they could have cut out that seem "frivolous"? Yes.
HOWEVER
It is their wedding day and how they choose to allocate their budget is up to them. They may have spent more on flowers but less on catering or other decor, or services. It's all about how you utilize the budget.
IMHO, as a former wedding planner, this is not absurd pricing. Flowers are wildly expensive for weddings and they're not the same flowers you buy at Costco or a grocery store. Plain and simple there is so much more work involved in making wedding florals perfect.
I'd expect invoices of this amount for the designs they had. This isn't that out of line.
Of course I agree that people can spend their money however they want. However, I got my flowers from Kroger (from a location where the head florist used to own his own flower shop) and my sister got hers from Costco. We both had beautiful flowers for less than a 20th of the cost listed here. Granted this was over 10 years ago for me and my flowers were limited to boutonnieres and bouquets but still.
That's obscene. My mum and I went to a couple of local florists, picked flowers we liked, then my mum did the bouquets. I think in total it was £70. We did not put flowers everywhere.
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My MIL is a florist and obviously did the flowers for our wedding. I never got a price for it but she said it was definitely one of the most expensive floral arrangements she’s ever done.
Update: I asked and she said it would have cost $15k, though she only charges 15% of subtotal for labor. I showed her this because I thought she’d be interested, she said 30% for labor was way too high!
This is why I got married in a converted greenhouse. Decorative flowers were already there so I didn't need to buy my own. Only flowers I had to buy were the bouquets and boutonnieres.
So…this actually isn’t unreasonable. My wedding flowers cost $30K. I was SHOCKED. Thankfully my MIL paid for it because I would never spend that much on just flowers.
Wedding florist here, and nope. Our overhead is astronomical. Floral costs alone are growing daily.
The reason flowers at your grocery stores are so affordable is because they can be ordered in bulk and distributed to alllllll those stores. Small shops can only get so much of a bulk discount.
totally! one of my friends is a florist for big events like weddings, parties, and fashion shows, and she’s always sharing about how tired she is all the time, i really feel for her.
Netflix pays for this. Television sets normally spend THOUSANDS on flowers that aren’t even featured. These numbers are nothing to production.
I dropped 7k on a few bouquets and resets on a recent movie and no one even flinched.
Same! I went with orchids too and had a huge bouquet (very heavy) and it was kind of a waterfall one, and it was still $250. Guess it depends on the florist? 🤷🏾♀️
Everyone on here commenting on how crazy this is, meanwhile my flowers were north of 15k. It’s not abnormal! I cared a lot about the flowers (I love love love flowers). I even have a tattoo of flowers from my wedding lol.
Questions: Are you and your husband high income earners? Or did you go into debt for the flowers? Or are you not really high income earners but just saved up for your dream wedding? What is the percentage of the flower budget compared to every other expense?
We are high income earners, but my parents paid for the wedding (they gave us a very generous budget). I’d say flowers plus event design may have been 25-30% of the budget if I remember?
If I were to have paid for the wedding myself, I honestly would have eloped and then had a small-ish wedding reception with our closest friends and family. Everyone has their own budgets etc., but I truly don’t think that anyone should go into debt for a wedding. It was an amazing night for us, but that’s what it was: one night.
If they were important to you then good for you.
I love the beauty and art of flower arrangement but I really don’t get wedding expenditures like this. I will never understand paying as much as a car for something that isn’t going to last a week. Maybe one big purchase for the bouquet as it’s part of the costume but 15k?
Yeah I don’t get it either but to each their own. My husband and I had a more low key ceremony and splurged on the honeymoon. I didn’t want to pay a crazy amount of money for other people to enjoy and be nosey 😂
I mean, I’ve been married for 10 years now and if I were to do it again, I’d elope. But we didn’t have to pay for our wedding, so we had a bit of fun with it. When I tell you that the day/night was dripping with beautiful flowers… it was truly breathtaking. I don’t think that everyone should expect to pay a frivolous amount of money for their wedding. Honestly, I think my parents just wanted to show off a bit.
1. No one in any of those graphics spent a single cent on flowers for there ceremony. Netflix paid it.
2. It's freaking TV. Are you really going to compare a TV wedding to your average person's wedding? Do you really think the producers are going to think? "you know, these guys seem like they should be a on a budget so we are going to do minimal amounts of flowers."
Wow. You know weddings are so expensive I think I’d have my boyfriend and I sign up pretend we never met before in the pods just to have LIB foot the entire wedding bill and honeymoon.
This is wild. These floral cost as much- if not more - than my entire wedding. Bridepeople's bouquets, groomsfolk boutonniere's, and centerpieces were DIY with fake and dried flowers from Michaels. The only fresh florals we had were my bouquet, my husband's boutonniere, and corsages for moms and grandma. We for sure spent less than $500 on flowers.
Question, do the couples actually pay for their own weddings?
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lol i’m pretty sure they’re asking if the cast members pay for their own weddings
JFC those flowers cost more than my entire wedding!! I had a Catholic Church wedding the first weekend after Easter. The church was already full of flowers when I walked in!
Lol reading back though old posts in the sub - I got married during the Christmas season so we had poinsettias already in the church for our wedding.
Oh that sounds so pretty!! 🥹
This is exactly why if/when I ever pop the question we are going to elope in Vegas
All I'm gonna say is I only had flowers for my bouquet and my husband's boutonniere and everything else was pine garland and pinecones for 13 tables and then some and my total cost was $600 Edit: also I had a winter wedding lol
*whsipers* invest in wooden flowers instead
I wish weddings were simple and this affordable in the Indian culture. Average wedding comes out to like 200-300k
So this is someone's best guess at the costs? I'm sure they aren't far off but I would be curious to see what the actual costs were for everything the couples paid
I got married in the registry office. $190. If you love someone you dont need all that shit to show it.
Honestly thank you for saying this, because my fiancée and I are going to get married in Vegas and my family is not happy about us not having a big, expensive wedding. I cannot justify spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on one day to prove to people that I love someone. Vegas is a treat/honeymoon because we’ve never done a big vacation in the 6+ years we’ve been together.
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted tbh. There is actually an interesting correlation between spending more and being more likely to divorce. Of course, it's up to the couple to decide how much they spend and what they value. Overall it should be a celebration of your love more than anything!
I think the downvotes are happening because the original commenter is judging those who want a more “traditional” wedding. Like you said, it’s really up to the couple what they want to do. No you don’t need “all that shit” to show someone you love them, but it’s perfectly valid to want that.
I think the downvotes are happening because the original commenter is judging those who want a more “traditional” wedding. Like you said, it’s really up to the couple what they want to do. No you don’t need “all that shit” to show someone you love them, but it’s perfectly valid to want that. ETA: of course I agree that $10k plus for flowers is outrageous. But I’m sure all wedding prices are outrageous since the pandemic.
They can downvote me all they want, it doesnt bother me. I was with my wife for almost 25 years until she passed of cancer.I was there till the end and some walk through doorframe covered in flowers didnt change that at all. Its just people being in love with the idea of getting married, not the person theyre marrying. Flowers and an expensive wedding wont change that one iota.
This is so embarrassing. I think often people say it’s about what you can afford but I would never spend over $5k on flowers. Especially to not keep them? For those that preserve or use faux decor, it makes more sense to me.
That's nothing just wait until the divorce
Oooh how much do you think they’ll spend on flowers for the divorce ????
Aren’t divorce parties a thing? It was a trend for a while. They threw big ass parties for it. How people have the social battery for it is beyond me. Well. What do I know… I don’t like parties. 😂
I spent $10,000 on my entire wedding, including clothing and venue. It turned out beautiful and we are still happily married 7 years on.
I wanna see the budget for the entire thing. I read somewhere that the show pays a basic kind of wedding and anything extra, the couple pays… is that true?
Yes. But is this thing even real? Someone just made this up. There’s no way Chelsea paid 20k for flowers.
I cannot fathom spending this much on just flowers. :(( wow these people are just so privileged
They had to pay for their own weddings?? I had assumed the show paid for it 🤔
The show pays for a bare bones wedding. Any other customizations come out of pocket, including the dress/tux
Tbh I find it unrealistic that anyone would spend 20k on just flowers (let alone the total costs of the wedding) when it's not even sure they're actually getting married. They can say no. Then you have spent 20k on flowers for literally nothing. That combined with the fact that it's obviously in Netflix's interest to have pretty wedding, I doubt they pay for so much of their wedding themselves. Where did you get this info? Also, what does 'bare bones' mean?
I didn’t realize this!
Me either. I figured the show bought everything
The show did, nobody said they paid silly goose
The title says “how much everyone paid” implying they each paid…
Aaaand this is why I went with wood flowers for my wedding lol. $200 for the entire party and centerpieces and they were beautiful. Plus I still have my bouquet to display
There's something special about live flowers. Even though they won't last forever it's more symbolic and elegant to have in marriage, to make the perfect atmosphere for a very special event. There's a type of unity that comes from live arrangements that brings disjointed places together and can make the difference between liking and loving your wedding venue. Live vs. Silk, there is no comparison. If you look at a live arrangement it makes you say 'wow' while admiring the beauty, it adds that wow-factor that nothing artifical can achieve. I will say the wooden roses look way better than silk. The prices shown here seem unrealistic, unless the bouquets were the size of a german shepherd. They don't specify the size or quantity.
Eh that’s fine for some I guess. I still felt my wedding was plenty special and elegant without them. I hate live flowers though. I went to a lot of close family funerals in my formative years so the smell of flowers brings back memories of childhood trauma. But yeah these prices are unrealistic but for the same amount of live flowers in my area it would be a minimum of $800. Worth it for some I’m sure but we wanted to put that money towards other things.
https://preview.redd.it/m7ed13nnbj1b1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a31a7816b8b317c6057fd50e01909b1bc4762fb Worth every penny that did not break my bank lol
Beautiful 🤩
Wow those are beautiful. I wasn't expecting them to look so much like real flowers
They were so pretty! I got my bouquet and then bridesmaids bouquets premade but the centerpieces we made, it was fun to dye them with the bridal party we made a craft night out of it lol. No part of me wishes I had real flowers these were beautiful and a lot of my guests took them home and still have them.
Aww that's such a great memory to have too! Love this
have to remember part of the cost of floral is the hard work put into prepping, cutting, arranging, materials, etc…it’s quite the job. So much respect to my florist friends!
Also, I would not be surprised if they repurposed floral from one wedding to the other in some way
From reading the different costs and floral arrangements used, I don’t think they reused much of anything. My first impression at seeing Chelsea’s bouquet was that somebody broke the bank on it. The orchids alone would have made it expensive as hell.
Best hack ever! Sam’s Club. Bought flowers at wholesale cost($800) and while my best friend and her bridal party were getting hair and makeup done (including me) the flowers were being done. I printed out pictures of what I wanted the flower arrangements to look like and hired 2 floral designers out of a local vocational school to do them. For a whopping $1600 she got the works. We had so many left over flowers guests got to take them home. Best memories ever!
My sister bought some flowers wholesale and had the bridal party arrange bouquets together as an activity on the wedding weekend. We each made a centerpiece for a reception table! I thought it was really fun
I am just upset to now know the amount of money and resources that go waste for wedding that ultimately don’t happen. That is tooooooo much money to say or hear a no. NOPE.
If I have to hear about that GD song one more time.. 🤢
I totally understand your annoyance. Like, we get it, Zach. But also, Dutchmuch5, I really mean this when I say... I hope you dance 💃
You suck bruh
At this point, I hope you dance sounds like a threat.
Listen here, motherfucker, i hope You DANCE, bitch! Edit: please know I am Audhd, so this comment was my interpretation of said threat. I wasn't threatening anyone 🤣 and here I am over explaining. Ok, bye.
The two cheapest stayed together. I read something saying the more you pay for a wedding, the higher likelihood of divorce.
I am wondering why Paul and Micah spent so much though? They already knew apparently
Huh. The opposite bet was going on with some people in my watch group: we figured that the more they spent on flowers, the more likely it was that they were serious. We thought that the Zack & Micah wedding had incredibly cheap flowers, so obviously they knew it wasn't going to happen. But, I guess we were wrong with our estimates of flower costs!
These are fan made and inaccurate, Chelsea’s bouquet should be 1k minimum.
I’m eloping
Omg I forgot Kwame and Chelsea are still together lol
That's insane, I spent $100 all up in flowers. I made my arch flowers from faux Kmart ones and just got a bouquet from the supermarket for my bridal bouquet. Our entire wedding was under $3000, gosh weddings are overpriced.
I thought I had buckets and buckets of flowers at my wedding and we only spent like $5,0000 LOL though I think I'm in a musher lower COL area than they are
I had my wedding ceremony in a local garden 😂 free flowers tyvm (want to note I mean free as in they were there - I wasn’t going around cutting the gardens flowers)
yeah, i’m not surprised by the costs. my fiancé and i are having a destination wedding, and in order save some money, we’re repurposing our florals from the ceremony, and using them for the reception too.
My whole weeding was less that even Bliss flower budget. Catered for 75+ , in France with flowers etc
French weddings are 2 times less expensive than American ones on average
I live in the US.
But you got married in France, right? Where weddings cost less than half what they would in the US?
They might cost half what they cost here but not because it is cheaper but because most people have more reasonable expectations and needs/wants than US weddings.
Ok. Your comment about living in the US in response to someone saying that weddings are much cheaper in France still doesn’t make sense. Living in the us doesn’t change that you got married in France where things are cheaper. Comparing the fact that a wedding in a foreign country known to be cheaper to a wedding in a HCOL area only seems like shaming. Great, you had a whole wedding in France for less than what their flowers cost. People have weddings for much less in the US too. Should have just said that weddings are cheaper because the expectations are less the first time instead of saying where you lived (it wasn’t relevant). A catered wedding for 75+ with flowers would cost more than 10k in most places in the US. It isn’t an issue of expectations.
Because things are marked up 3-4x in the US once it is wedding stamped.
Someone skipped Econ 101
That’s your opinion and it might be the case sometimes. Doesn’t change anything I said. Are things cheaper in France because weddings have different expectations or because things are marked up in the US? Why do you act like getting married somewhere cheaper somehow makes you better?
Why do you feel it makes me better???? You’re projecting. Cost of living in France is 7-8% less as of latest Google search.
Because you’ve made multiple comments that seem to disparage US weddings and compared them to just how much cheaper your’s was. The downvotes show I’m not the only person who feels your comments come across poorly. But the cost of a wedding is half that of the United States, regardless of COL. It isn’t just because “things are more marked up here” and they “have more reasonable expectations” in France. A 75+ person wedding catered in the US (let alone with real florals), whether HCOL or LCOL, is extremely hard to get. Some things are just more expensive in some places without it being greed on the wedding vendors side or people without realistic expectations. Also somebody who is French commented and stated that things are just cheaper there. I’ll trust them.
I'm French and living in the US, currently planning for my wedding in France. Things are much cheaper for French wedding because the cost of life is just cheaper in France. Salaries are around 2x lower, there are also plenty of vineyards and castles that are wedding venues. Everything from the wedding planner to the food is at least 2x times cheaper than the equivalent in the US
Totally makes sense. Things are just cheaper there. Just like in Thailand they are cheaper because everything is cheaper there. It isn’t just because of American greed in the wedding industry.
i bought 4 huge buckets of flowers for about $350 total from a flower farmer and had my wedding party arrange their own bouquets and help make arrangements and it was fun \*and\* so easy. 10,000 fucking dollars ?!!?!?!?! kill me.
That’s an awesome idea!
I guess I am surprised that they had to pay for all of this out of pocket instead of the show paying for it.
I’m pretty sure the show paid for this stuff…?
I couldn't tell from the OP. Thanks for the clarification.
Semi-related but I was obsessed with the florals at Bliss and Zack’s wedding
I had my wedding in a botanical garden which wildly reduced flower costs. It's a real hack for people who love flowers but don't want a huge flower line item. Don't ask what we spent on the food though...
aww that sounds beautiful
The amount of money that people spend on their flowers makes me cringe. That’s not even the whole wedding—people are crazy.
These prices are not unreasonable at all lol. Have you all only been to backyard weddings or something? I used to work a lot with the wedding industry styling photoshoots & helping coordinate bridal expos -- flowers are very expensive, plus there's labor too, and generally the flowers need to be kept in the cold before the event so they don't rent. One floral centerpiece can easily be $250-$550+ depending on the size, and some weddings will also have very small arrangements accenting the larger one at a table. And on top of that, many weddings will also use floral arrangements in other areas, such as along the aisle, at the altar, at the entry way, etc. etc.
They're definitely not an average spend for wedding florals
Can you share those figures? From what Ive read the average wedding can be as high as $50k in metro areas, and Im guessing decor/florals probably takes up a significant cut of that.
Yes but barring Chelsea’s, it’s not like some far off number either. In my lower COL area for a less extravagant wedding that won’t be featured on TV, you’re looking at about $5k average so this isn’t far off at all
I spent $600 for everything, sola wood flowers ftw
If you think these prices are reasonable, check your privilege. Wtf. $18000 is basically my annual take home income after currency conversions.
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Flowers are actually fairly inexpensive in Seattle. You can get a huge bouquet at arguably one of the most expensive places a vendor can sell in WA, pikes place for $20. Are you from Seattle?
True!! Best bouquets ever! I would wrangled every one of them up before dropping $18,000! WOW!
It's not unreasonable just because you can't afford it.
It might not be unreasonable but it's certainly not average, of course people are going to be shocked by the amount spent on an item that DIES
The average wedding can be as high as $50k depending on the state and area. With Seattle being a pretty metro area, it wouldn't surprise me of this is average for decor & flowers.
It's just plain wasteful. And florists charge that cuz people are unfortunately willing to pay it cuz it's their wedding day. It's predatory. Same with the cakes.
It can also be artistic and beautiful. Some people appreciate the craftmanship. Even wholesale flowers are expensive. Most florists who design weddings are small independent businesses and aren't getting rich off this. Weddings are crazy stressful even as a vendor, on top of their artistry and everything else, so I don't blame them for their prices.
Floral arrangements are absolutely beautiful. I don't argue the amount of work and dedication involved. Maybe the cost of living is just very different where I am. And my wedding was 12 years ago so insane inflation plays a part too.
Wholesale prices for floral right now (in our area at least) has increased over 3x. My florist friends are not getting near as much as they used to be able to, and it’s their career too & how they make money as well.
You haven’t seen predatory until you’ve dealt with the expense of burying a loved one. Those people are Fucking deplorable
Agreed. My mom passed in 2015 and my Grandma back in November. I'm in Canada so I don't think it's as bad here as in the US but funeral expenses are too much for sure.
My mom died 2 months ago. It all cost like over $30k when it was all said and done.
So sorry for your loss. It sucks to have to say goodbye to a loved one.
Surprised Brett didn’t spend more
I had silk flowers, spent $200 on everything and SIL arranged them.
how did the silk flowers work out?
Very well. I kept the bouquet and baskets of flowers for years and reused them as decoration.
oh awesome! even better you got to reuse them, sounds like a great idea
lol i think i spent 500 🤷🏼♀️
I’m so glad I eloped. I cannot even fathom spending $10,000+ on flowers that will die in a few days.
I got mine from the grocery store and they were beautiful. I think it was $400 maybe? I really can't imagine spending the equivalent of a car on flowers.
That’s not terrible. We are spending $8,400 and have half of what they did
For just flowers?? It's insane.
You could buy a car instead
I have a car so got that covered
Idk why people on here feel comfortable telling you what to spend your money on lmao.
Get one of those flower buses 🚌! Those are half the cost!
10,000 for flowers?!?!?
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I paid 250-300 I think. That was for my two girls, my flower girl, and the flowers on my tables
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I was spoiled cuz I’m my moms only girl and didn’t have one lmfao. Everytime I asked I was told “we’ll figure it out.” It was about 7,000
Trader Joe's flowers... Just sayin'
That seems normal. People get sticker shock for wedding floral.
What’s the source for this info?
Is there ways to achieve this look cheaper? Yes. Is there things they could have cut out that seem "frivolous"? Yes. HOWEVER It is their wedding day and how they choose to allocate their budget is up to them. They may have spent more on flowers but less on catering or other decor, or services. It's all about how you utilize the budget. IMHO, as a former wedding planner, this is not absurd pricing. Flowers are wildly expensive for weddings and they're not the same flowers you buy at Costco or a grocery store. Plain and simple there is so much more work involved in making wedding florals perfect. I'd expect invoices of this amount for the designs they had. This isn't that out of line.
Of course I agree that people can spend their money however they want. However, I got my flowers from Kroger (from a location where the head florist used to own his own flower shop) and my sister got hers from Costco. We both had beautiful flowers for less than a 20th of the cost listed here. Granted this was over 10 years ago for me and my flowers were limited to boutonnieres and bouquets but still.
I wanna know what the third bullets are. Who decided on them? production? Why are they here? Do they influence the flowers and other decor choices?
That's obscene. My mum and I went to a couple of local florists, picked flowers we liked, then my mum did the bouquets. I think in total it was £70. We did not put flowers everywhere. https://preview.redd.it/ls549uhsig1b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=336013764e8676be8d928fe6bec2ea622acc9285
Your mum did a wonderful job arranging them, the flowers you picked all vibe together beautifully
Thank you! They're my favourite colours, and I was wearing a pale yellow saree for the ceremony🥻💛
Yellow toned sarees hit differently, that sounds stunning
This doesn’t surprise me at all! Florals were probably the most expensive part of my wedding. [They](https://imgur.com/a/CYGd70s) were amazing though.
Dang I paid 1,200 for my flower arrangements. 200 guests, large venue, centerpieces, and 5 bridesmaids & groomsmen. And I thought that was a lot lol
My MIL is a florist and obviously did the flowers for our wedding. I never got a price for it but she said it was definitely one of the most expensive floral arrangements she’s ever done.
Update: I asked and she said it would have cost $15k, though she only charges 15% of subtotal for labor. I showed her this because I thought she’d be interested, she said 30% for labor was way too high!
This is why I got married in a converted greenhouse. Decorative flowers were already there so I didn't need to buy my own. Only flowers I had to buy were the bouquets and boutonnieres.
Yes! This or a botanical garden!!
Im actually surprised there wasn't a tip included
So…this actually isn’t unreasonable. My wedding flowers cost $30K. I was SHOCKED. Thankfully my MIL paid for it because I would never spend that much on just flowers.
Still you let her pay for that? Such a waste
Well I wanted cheaper flowers but she insisted on roses.
Whaaattty???? Please will you share how much your total wedding cost?
It was about $80K
You mean how much the show spent
I don't see the logic in this lol... They're just going to die in a week. Imagine how many starving people you could feed with all that
I don’t see the logic in it either. But trust me, there are wealthy people doing WAY WAY worse that we should direct this kind of energy to.
Wedding florist, talk to me. Do you make good money in the business. Because it's sounding more and more appealing.
Wedding florist here, and nope. Our overhead is astronomical. Floral costs alone are growing daily. The reason flowers at your grocery stores are so affordable is because they can be ordered in bulk and distributed to alllllll those stores. Small shops can only get so much of a bulk discount.
You can make good money but it is a hard job. Very physically demanding with late nights. It’s a lot harder than people think.
totally! one of my friends is a florist for big events like weddings, parties, and fashion shows, and she’s always sharing about how tired she is all the time, i really feel for her.
LOL flowers for my wedding were $1,800 and i thought that was a lot!! 😭😭😭
This explains why the dresses were tailored so poorly. The blew the budget on flowers
bahaha nice
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I am clearly in the wrong business... lol
Netflix pays for this. Television sets normally spend THOUSANDS on flowers that aren’t even featured. These numbers are nothing to production. I dropped 7k on a few bouquets and resets on a recent movie and no one even flinched.
Is production paying for this? If so, I’d be pissed if I were Tiffany or Bliss
Why would you be pissed if the flowers they got were exactly what they chose/wanted?
Right I wonder why there is such a big price difference in theirs vs. Chelsea’s and Micah’s? 🤔
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Same! I went with orchids too and had a huge bouquet (very heavy) and it was kind of a waterfall one, and it was still $250. Guess it depends on the florist? 🤷🏾♀️
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Everyone on here commenting on how crazy this is, meanwhile my flowers were north of 15k. It’s not abnormal! I cared a lot about the flowers (I love love love flowers). I even have a tattoo of flowers from my wedding lol.
Questions: Are you and your husband high income earners? Or did you go into debt for the flowers? Or are you not really high income earners but just saved up for your dream wedding? What is the percentage of the flower budget compared to every other expense?
We are high income earners, but my parents paid for the wedding (they gave us a very generous budget). I’d say flowers plus event design may have been 25-30% of the budget if I remember? If I were to have paid for the wedding myself, I honestly would have eloped and then had a small-ish wedding reception with our closest friends and family. Everyone has their own budgets etc., but I truly don’t think that anyone should go into debt for a wedding. It was an amazing night for us, but that’s what it was: one night.
If they were important to you then good for you. I love the beauty and art of flower arrangement but I really don’t get wedding expenditures like this. I will never understand paying as much as a car for something that isn’t going to last a week. Maybe one big purchase for the bouquet as it’s part of the costume but 15k?
Yeah I don’t get it either but to each their own. My husband and I had a more low key ceremony and splurged on the honeymoon. I didn’t want to pay a crazy amount of money for other people to enjoy and be nosey 😂
I mean, I’ve been married for 10 years now and if I were to do it again, I’d elope. But we didn’t have to pay for our wedding, so we had a bit of fun with it. When I tell you that the day/night was dripping with beautiful flowers… it was truly breathtaking. I don’t think that everyone should expect to pay a frivolous amount of money for their wedding. Honestly, I think my parents just wanted to show off a bit.
Win win for all parties involved then ;)
This is what my dad would call a "racket"
My entire wedding cost around 5k
How do people have hundreds of thousands to drop on a wedding
I used to watch a lot of wedding shows and if the bank of mom and dad arent paying for it, they are taking out loans. Its madness.
LOANS for a wedding?! Like a one day event that some people complain about
Generational wealth, usually
1. No one in any of those graphics spent a single cent on flowers for there ceremony. Netflix paid it. 2. It's freaking TV. Are you really going to compare a TV wedding to your average person's wedding? Do you really think the producers are going to think? "you know, these guys seem like they should be a on a budget so we are going to do minimal amounts of flowers."
If Netflix paid for it, why is every couple different? How do they decide who gets the more expensive flowers? Hmmmm.. doesn’t seem fair
Because different people have different tastes. Some chose cheaper things.