civil weddings

[filthiestfis]

How much does it cost to marry in the uk? I mean a civil wedding.

[Pippa68]

I got married 2 years ago and think we paid a registrar fee and for the licence too..all amounted to about �100 I think!

[filthiestfis]

that's pretty cheap, no?

[Pippa68]

It might have gone up a bit by now. Not much though, surely?

Yes it is cheap. The expensive bit is the dress, the flowers, the reception and the honeymoon!

[Pippa68]

The cost of giving notice is around �30 each ~ so it must be above �100 now.

Still cheap!

[shakerlad]

I checked fees last week for a CP. As said above, �30 each to register, �40 for the certificate etc.

More expensive if you want a Church doo. Statutary fees in C of E are �240, plus organist and choir will charge (dependant on their standard of music, and bell ringers will charge too. It is their free weekend time which they are giving up, even so �400 isn't too bad, it wouldn't go far on a bar bill would it ?

Its the doo that costs

[kp nonuts]

We are doing the dirty deed next may and the registry office fee is �250 but that is because it is on a saturday if we were to marry in a week day it was only �150 or it was �200 on a friday.

Plus we have to pay �30 extra each as we are getting married outside our borough.
I suppose we will have a few extra fees on top of that, that we dont lnow about yet.

[LoftyLottie]

Can't understand it when people say they can't afford to get married. What they mean is they can't afford to have a huge expensive wedding with all the trimmings.

[Pippa68]

Too right!

My sister always complained she couldn't afford to get married. She ended up winning a competition ~ the prize being a wedding with all the trimmings.

To be honest if that were me I would feel as if I were only getting married to have a 'big day'. As it was, ours was cheap ..but intimate & tasteful ~ no disco, no photographer, no honeymoon. Just a lovely day with friends and family :o)

[LoftyLottie]

Ditto Pippa. I don't find big showy weddings a least bit romantic anyway. Our wedding was just like yours.