Belarusian woman spent $20 thousand on a village wedding

Belarusian Hanna revealed on Instagram how much she spent on her wedding for 40 people, which took place in July.

The couple chose an estate in the village of Moryna in the Iyeuski district as their venue.

They rented it for two days and paid $5500. This price, in addition to renting the wedding venue and cottages for overnight stays, also included food (1.5 kilograms per guest), waiter services, and coffee machine rental.

Plus there was a buffet, which cost $400, and a mobile bar for $2400. Initially, it was planned that each guest would drink three cocktails, and then switch to wine. But it turned out that the guests preferred cocktails, and a lot of wine was left undrunk.

Prizes for contests were purchased for $100.

Guest transfer cost $340, car rental for the newlyweds – $230.

The bride's look cost $2300, the groom's look — $1900. White gold wedding rings cost $860. Make-up and hair for the bride, her mother, and mother-in-law cost $300.

The work of the wedding organizer and coordinator cost $700, the host — $800, the DJ — $200, the photographer — $1200, the videographer — $500. The decorator was paid $1300 (this sum also included necessary tablecloths, candles, flowers, and so on).

They managed to save a little on invitations – the couple made them themselves, only needing to pay for a Tilda subscription. And the cake turned out cheaper because the groom's mother made it, and they only needed to buy ingredients – but even those cost $180.

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According to Hanna's calculations, the entire wedding cost them approximately $20 thousand.

She asked her subscribers if this was cheap. The most popular comment was: "If $20 thousand is spare cash, then it's fine. Otherwise, it's better to go on vacation plus buy a car or an apartment. My opinion is that it's a waste of money." The girl, in response, asked why it was necessary to choose.

Later, Hanna clarified that she is fundamentally against weddings on credit. Therefore, if they didn't have the means, they wouldn't have held such a grand celebration.

Overall, most commentators did not understand such wedding expenses: "Very expensive, two days of celebration in modern realities is an inadmissible luxury. Did the decorator make decorations for a feature film for that money?", "Our wedding for 32 people without unnecessary tinsel and organizers-coordinators costs $5-$6 thousand, so I don't know what to say."

But there were other responses. Another girl admitted that she started planning her wedding last December – back then, organizers promised that the couple would keep it within $7 thousand. But in the end, the wedding this August cost approximately the same amount as Hanna's – but for 20 people. "During the preparation process, we realized we weren't ready, but it was too late, we had to pull through."

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