Friends stag do & wedding costing me over 2k

[PAULJ5555]

Mate of mine is getting married in Thailand so the cost for me to see my mate get married is £1800.
The stag do is in Portugal so that's another £700

That's £2500 because someone decided to get married.

What's the most you have spent on a non family members marriage.

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Sheepshanks said:

About £10K. Family friends wedding in Disneyworld, Florida. Marriage lasted 18mths.

Ouch

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Greg66 said:

FTFY.

"No" is a handy word for situations like this.

I agree but think of the "TWO" best men he's having, difficult for them as they have known him since about 5yrs old.

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Pixel Pusher said:

I'm assuming part of the family is from Thailand? If not, that's a big ask to expect people to schlep all that way.

The other thing that's passed me by; When did a Stag night turn into a Stag weekend, turn into a Stag week, turn into a Stag week abroad?

Personally, I'd have said no to both, but then I'm miserable like that.

Yes his missus is from Thailand so their getting married in her village.

The figures are crazy really there were about 25 of us in Portugal at about £800 each that's £20,000 spent on one persons stag do.

Last year someone I know was having a stag do in Las Vegas, so a few of us went to San Fran then LA and then met the rest of the stag party in Vegas. It turned out to be more of a holiday rather than a stag as only one night was for the stag. The best bit was hiring a Camaro & Challenger and driving over to Hoover Dam & Valley of Fire.

Edited by PAULJ5555 on Wednesday 7th October 12:15

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soad said:

AB said:

RZ1 said:

My wedding cost me well into 6 figures.

That's fing mental mate, no matter how much money you have.

If you can afford it, why not?

42% of marriages end in divorce.

100k would help a lot of starving people.

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RobGT81 said:

Makes no sense, a couple of grand gets you the same end result as a £100k wedding.

But it doesn't show off to friends and family.

Woman at work took a half days annual leave and went off to get married in the afternoon at the local registry office. Must of only have cost her a few quid.

I went on another stag do this year it was Quad biking and clay pigeon shooting and then back to the stags house for a BBQ and about 6 hours of drinking spent about £100 it was probably a better stag do than the £700 stag in Portugal.

Edited by PAULJ5555 on Wednesday 7th October 16:40

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Oh well looks like I just saved £1800 my boss said I can't have the time off work.