Budget bride reveals how she spent less than £4,000 on her wedding by wearing a £120 dress from the Coast sale, laying on a buffet with fish and chips and ditching the DJ for a Spotify playlist
- Holly McClave, 32, and husband Steve, 30, spent just £3,925 on their wedding
- Holly’s dress cost £120 and shoes just £30, while Steve’s suit was only £170
- The couple from Preston, Lancashire, decided against a traditional big day
A budget bride has revealed how she spent less than £4,000 on her wedding day.
Holly McClave, 32, from Preston, Lancashire, and husband Steve, 30, spent just £3,925 when they decided against a typical wedding and got married on July 30 – a fraction of the average UK spend of £17,300.
Holly’s dress cost £120 in the Coast sale, and shoes just £30, while Steve’s suit was £170.
The venue was their most sxpensive outlay at £3,000 but flowers only costed £210 and they used stationery printing for decorations at just £115.
Holly McClave’s dress cost £120 and shoes just £30, while husband Steve’s suit was £170 as they spent less than £4,000 on their wedding
Holly McClave, 32, from Preston, Lancashire, and husband Steve, 30, spent just £3,925 when they decided against a typical wedding and got married on July 30
She said: ‘We didn’t need to spend thousands to have a good time. We haven’t got any regrets as it was a wonderful day’
‘We didn’t want a sit down meal with speeches so we just had an array of food like burritos and pizza’
The couple walked down the aisle seven months after civil servant Steven got down on one knee on 27 December, last year.
The newlyweds ditched ‘fancy cars and food’ and opted for an Uber to the registrar in Liverpool and a double-decker bus picked them up and stopped off at a few of their favourite spots.
They headed to a food market for a laid-back reception with just 32 guests and a buffet with fish and chips, burritos and a cupcake stand rather than a tiered wedding cake.
Mother-of-two Holly said: ‘We didn’t want anything traditional. We just wanted a chilled wedding with all the people we love.
‘We only had 19 guests at the ceremony. Our son Frank walked me down the aisle and handed the rings over’
The happy couple even stopped by at Liverpool Pride after they left the registrar’s office
After the nuptials the couple and guests went on the bus around Liverpool, which costed £280 for the day
Molly stunned in her glossy white wedding dress as she donned multicoloured Nike trainers after the nuptials were over
‘We stayed in apartments, so we did a wedding dress reveal before hopping into an Uber to St. George’s hall together.
‘Liverpool Pride was on so the taxi couldn’t drop us straight outside, so we had to walk up the road which was funny in my dress.
‘We just went with the flow. I didn’t have any bridesmaids and Steven didn’t have any groomsmen.
How Holly and Steven married for £4,000
Dress – £120
Shoes – £30
Suit – £170
Venue – £3000
Flowers – £210
Stationery printing £115
Bus – £280
Total = £3,925
‘We only had 19 guests at the ceremony. Our son Frank walked me down the aisle and handed the rings over.
‘As soon as it was over, I took my pink heels off and put my Nike trainers on!’
After the nuptials the couple and guests went on the bus, which cost £280 for the day.
They stopped off at some murals for photos before heading to their reception.
Holly said: ‘The bus was a great way to escort everyone to the venue.
‘We were drinking Prosecco along the way. It was the perfect way to get the party started.
‘We spent £3,000 on a room hire at a food and drink market in Liverpool city centre.
‘The price included food and three cupcake stands.
‘We didn’t want a sit down meal with speeches so we just had an array of food like burritos and pizza.
‘We had the best day of our lives and there was no stress.
‘We didn’t have a DJ, we just plugged our phone in and listened to a Spotify playlist.
‘We partied until midnight and most of our guests said they’d love to have a laid back approach to their wedding too.
‘Prior to getting married, other brides had told me their day went super fast because they spent most of it speaking to people.
Instead of forking out money to a costly DJ the pair played music on a Spotify playlist and still managed to dance the night away
The couple opted for a buffet instead of a traditional meal and the bride even kicked off her heels (pictured beneath the table) and wore her Nike trainers after the ceremony
Holly and Steve chose to have cupcake stands instead of a tiered wedding cake on their big day
‘I remember every minute of mine as we didn’t have to do that.
‘A wedding is about you and your partner, it shouldn’t be about pleasing everyone else.
‘We didn’t need to spend thousands to have a good time.
‘We haven’t got any regrets as it was a wonderful day.’
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