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Wedding Expenses & Tips
Planning a wedding can be a daunting, not to mention expensive, experience. Listed below is a guideline of the typical expenses you will encounter and the parties traditionally responsible for paying them.
Bride & Her Family's Expenses
- Bridal consultant or secretarial services
- Invitations, announcements, postage
- Wedding dress and accessories
- Floral or other decorations for ceremony and reception
- Bridal bouquet, bridesmaids flowers, corsages, etc.
- Photography - formal and candid videotape
- Music for ceremony and reception
- Transportation of bridal part to ceremony and to reception
- All reception expenses
- Bride's gifts to her attendants
- Bride's gift to groom
- Groom's wedding ring
- Fee for services performed by sexton
- A traffic officer, if necessary
- Accommodations for bride's attendants, if required
- Bridesmaids' luncheon, if one is given by the bride
- Rental of awning for ceremony entrance and carpet for aisle
- Transportation and lodging expenses for pastor or rabbi if from another area and if invited to officiate by the bride's family
Groom & His Family's Expenses
- Bride's engagement and wedding rings
- Groom's gift to his bride
- Groom's gifts to his attendants
- Boutonnieres for the groom's attendants
- Ties and gloves for the groom's attendants, if not part of their clothing rental package
- The bride's bouquet in areas where local custom requires it
- The bride's going-away corsage
- The minister's or rabbi's fee or donation Expenses of the honeymoon
- All expenses of the rehearsal dinner, if one is held
- Bachelor dinner, if he wishes to give one
- Accommodations for the groom's attendants, if required
- Corsages for immediate members of both families unless the bride has included them in her florist's order
- Transportation and lodging expenses for groom's parents
- Transportation and lodging expenses for pastor or rabbi if from another area and if invited to officiate by the groom's family
Bridesmaids & Honor Attendants' Expenses
- Apparel and all accessories
- Transportation to and from the location of the wedding
- A contribution to a gift from all the bridesmaids to the bride
- An individual gift to the couple
- A shower and/or luncheon for the bride, if given
Best Men & Ushers' Expenses
- Apparel and all accessories
- Transportation to and from the wedding
- A contribution to a gift from all the groomsmen to the groom
- An individual gift to the couple
- A bachelor party for the groom, if given
Out-of-Town Guests' Expenses
- Rental of wedding attire
- Transportation to and from the location of the wedding
- A contribution to a gift from all the groom's attendants to the groom
- An individual gift to the couple
- A bachelor dinner, if given by the groom's attendants
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Special Events & Weddings:
With a strong and established reputation in Hollywood and its surrounding areas, it's no wonder Al's Florist & Gifts is also the area's top Wedding and Special Event florist. Planning events from $150 to $15,000 is easily and professionally handled by your personal Special Event Consultant.
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With some of the industry's most talented floral designers, a top notch customer service team, and professional delivery drivers always available to hand-deliver your flower arrangements, with an appropriate flower card message we find it easy to stand by our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.
We strive to deliver the freshest product available to your doorstep fully arranged and with a smile. If at any time you are unhappy with the quality or design of your arrangement call us within seven days and we will make it right, no questions asked. When you order from Al's Florist & Gifts you can rest assured that customer service is our number one priority.
Location: 1700 N State Road 7, Hollywood, Fl 33021; Call us at 954-987-4450
