Wedding planner ????

[wynna]

Anyway, it is not a grandest wedding but its one that we can look back on with a smile.

Definitely! thats the point there..Have a very nice wedding that everybody would enjoy and something to look back to without having to splash loads of dosh cos every little helps!

[PeterB]

Our wedding, just a year ago (Feb 23) cost more than many, but not as much as £6,000, even at today's exchange rates.

The main function, with car, venue, meal, ice sculpture, butterflies, doves food and drink, give-aways, and anything else I've forgotten, was 120,000 pesos for around 140 guests.. On top of that we had the church, dresses, hotel rooms for one night, photographers/videos (over 600 photos, 3+ hours video) which probably came to the same again. Then we had a party at Ruby's parents (3 lechon baboy) for the distant family, friends and neighbours, plus an evening gathering at our house (mainly Ruby's work colleagues). I estimate that we spent 250,000 pesos all in all.

[Fitzy]

Our wedding, just a year ago (Feb 23) cost more than many, but not as much as £6,000, even at today's exchange rates.

The main function, with car, venue, meal, ice sculpture, butterflies, doves food and drink, give-aways, and anything else I've forgotten, was 120,000 pesos for around 140 guests.. On top of that we had the church, dresses, hotel rooms for one night, photographers/videos (over 600 photos, 3+ hours video) which probably came to the same again. Then we had a party at Ruby's parents (3 lechon baboy) for the distant family, friends and neighbours, plus an evening gathering at our house (mainly Ruby's work colleagues). I estimate that we spent 250,000 pesos all in all.

Thank you peter, we got it down to 300k but i doubt her planner, so will shop around.

Cheers.

[acs]

wow such a big amount...hehehe..me and my husband got married there in cdo last year in april, in fact a church wedding in one of the churches there. We search around..no wedding planner cause the church people will help you anyhow in the order of your entourage if its church wedding..and if its civil, will the more it is easier not so much hazzle. have her passby that area there in kalambagohan-tiano street..so many shops there to choose for a package wedding price. It cost ranging from 25 thou to 50thousand but not more than 100thou.You though will have spend so much if you want it to be flashy though. And usually if its done in a hotel like we have, the hotels have wedding package too...that includes cakes,doves and even the videos and give aways..and whats more the dresses there for your secondary sponsors like bride's maid. grooms men can be rented out. and well in short really, in all we just spent below a hundredthou with the rings included. Just shop around. Sometimes you pay so much for this wedding planner. They are handy though if you are staying for a short time there and dont have time to have a look around. happy wedding in advance!!!!

[nids123]

hi i got married here in makati but only a civil weeding we paid to the civil for 14,000 pesos and we jsut spend 10,000 pesos for foods and drinks for the guess and my god mather and god father.and my husband let me hundle to plann for visitors for our church weeding only 50 person and the budjet includes my white gown and the abay,and for the reciptions for only 100,000 pesos. but i told my husband its ok already to me not to get married in church the most important is we r married already.dont need to spend to much just to have a good wedding and most of all is u love each other better save the money for the future.

[somebody]

Personally Employ some aunts or close friends. Pay them and as we did employ family and friends. They needed the work and kept the money in the family.

My Aunts and uncles worked so dam hard during the wedding but they paid all their childrens school fees etc. Everything went to plan. Photographers we had a professional but the pictures by my Wifes little bro were just as good if not better.

I dont think apart from the resort workers anyone was a stanger to us.

As well as having a great Wedding if planned properly you can help out those around you

[flomike]

Hi guys.

Well, as we are planning to get married at some stage, my Girl said she had a wedding planner friend to do all the work for a white wedding, complete with reception for 150 guests, rings cake gown and all my stuff.
Yes, she wants a plush one
I don't believe my girl wd scam me, but it all comes to little under 6000 quid!! Ouch
Of course i understand the equivalent wd be 20 k or more here, but i upset the hell out of her when i suggested we shop around a bit!
Sure, i don't trust anyone fully, but is my problem to deal with, lol
The question is, does anyone know of a bonafide planner(s) in Cagayan De Oro, as it wd be a great help please??

A great many thanks in advance.

Philip ....

Ouch 6000 quid

its me who plan our wedding, its just a very simple civil wedding that took place in our house with a judge, witnesses, my family and friends. We had our civil wedding first b4 the proper reception in Max's restaurant a week after. What we have in the civil wedding at the house is SHAKEY'S pizza that cost us 5000 pesos for the 30 PCS of BIG PLATTER menu including the drinks PEPSI Then we had our proper reception in Max's restaurant for 50 people (all inlcusive, the food, cake, giveaways, the venue, the flowers, decoration colours of your choice, dove etc) back in 2003 my husband cost him all of that for £500 inlcudling our clothes and the photographer and our wedding photo album.

I think even you want a very nice wedding it wont cost 6000 quid IMO. I know many people wants a memorable wedding but nothing beats a simple wedding...its not the cost the important its the event itselfs how simple it is as long your family and friends are there that's the most important thing for me and of course seeing my husband in tears when he said I DO that's melts my heart to bits....5 years on we're still happy as ever and we love each other so much

[PeterB]

.... in all we just spent below a hundredthou with the rings included.

Ah, I didn't include the cost of the rings - we spent nearly that much on rings when we went to Manila for the CNI!

[Fitzy]

What can I say??
A big thank you to all of you.
The last few days have been very stressful!!
I need to watch my mouth, and not directly accuse her!
The moment that she told her I was English, then the cash cow scenario engaged
Is my opinion, but I told her NO!! and now I will use all your kind tips, and weblinks posted here.
Hmmm!! keeping it in the family sounds like quite a good option, as we already have the list of things needed, and what to do.

Thank you again folks!!

[Tawi2]

Fitzy,if your serious I can put you in touch with a pinay wedding planner in Manila,she is originally from Mindanao though,studied at ataneo in Davao,she will put you a package together a darned sight cheaper than 6k sterling I actually met a guy in Cebu last year,he had a great wedding package for 200,000 pesos

[aromulus]

actually met a guy in Cebu last year,he had a great wedding package for 200,000 pesos

He needs sectioning under the mental health act....

[Tawi2]

It was a fantastic event going by the pics,strange thing about that guy,his wife TXT me on my smart roaming phone last december,they married,he came back to UK ostensibly to organise paperwork,she has hardly heard from him since,strange state of affairs
As for the cost of the wedding 200k pesos is nothing compared to making a woman feel happy,its a once in a lifetime event,what price happiness I want to get married in Sri Lanka on one of those painted elephants,trouble is no one will have me

[ANDRES25]

200k pesos is reasonable enough for a wedding... more than that is crazy and not practical.

[Tawi2]

I met an ABS-CBN cameraman doing a beauty-queen feature with 20 young ladies at Mergrande resort near Toril two weeks ago,he told me her normally charges 35k pesos for a wedding DVD and Photograph album,the costs soon mount up

[trader dave]

my friend i am getting married in cagayan on 8 th june at the marco resort my fiancee has planned it all she could basicly have what she wants ok there are only 50 guests she has no family it is costing 50.000 php
17000 is our week in the resort as well , and she still worrys it is costing to much i think i would have a serious look at what you are getting for 6 grand