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nyaca$h
#1 Posted : Friday, August 20, 2010 12:45:56 AM
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Joined: 10/11/2008
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Folks,I nd some help in preparing 4 my nuptials late next yr.
Here are my main concerns
1.Cost: How much to budget for around 450-500 guests.
2.Location shd be Nairobi.(Is it like real estate that location is everything?)How soon to secure that location.
3.Cost and suggestions of good photographers and videographers.
4.Need 4 a wedding planner and cost.(We are both in the diaspora with famo nyumbani lakini, not sure if we want to impose.)

We plan on not having a pre-wedding fund raising ju "wifey" thinks its "tacky" hence the long period to save up n also postpone the honeymoon!!

She is a student, work part time na I just started a blue collar jobo.

Saidia maskini:)...Thx
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selah
#2 Posted : Friday, August 20, 2010 12:08:53 PM
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Joined: 10/13/2009
Posts: 1,950
Location: in kenya
Do a mbuzi eating party and invite people who you think are capable of helping a brother out I hear now a days they are called cocktail party.

A wedding without involving your close relative is very strenuous and boring. I watch those Samantha bridal show and although the wedding looks flashy it lacks the the fire and excitement.

If you are a member of the church involve it too.you will be amazed how the church lessen most of the load that come with wedding preparations.

And finally remember the wedding is always about the wife to be , so in most cases opinion of man is rarely considered.

'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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nyaca$h
#3 Posted : Friday, August 20, 2010 5:10:17 PM
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@selah. Thanks some great ideas to consider.
Na hao "Wazuans" wengine je? For those of you who do weddings for a living or just went through it. Budget estimates na kadhalika tafadhali.

Thx
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Wiztec
#4 Posted : Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:50:44 PM
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Joined: 10/22/2008
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I will be wedding this october first week, the preparations has been very enjoyable, the planning stred in jan this year by doing first visit to my gf place, then second visit sometimes in match after that we have been doing preparions with friends, ours is nota big a wedding we have paid about 80% of all providers and it now abt kshs 624k our guests will be 250 only and its a cad only wedding meaning no card no showing up... talk with your gf and plan together she must be having great ideas mine wife to be had.. and the process has been really sweat, have never enjoyed a project in my life like have enjoyed this wedding preparations...

NB I have a committee of 15 friends they play majpr part in identifying the providers and genrealmplanning, my gf and I do most things and we also pay.. friends can give whatever amount they feel like, but remeber we have not budgeted with their money... Good luck Kijana...
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sparkly
#5 Posted : Sunday, August 22, 2010 10:24:12 PM
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@nyaca$h this is funny. You joined in 2008 and your only contribution is to ask for wedding advice? If not stocks and plots, the only good advice you get here is how to land your airbus in an airport and keep your pine used supple.
Life is short. Live passionately.
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carygoh
#6 Posted : Monday, August 23, 2010 9:03:54 AM
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Wiztec wrote:
ours is nota big a wedding we have paid about 80% of all providers and it now abt kshs 624k

the final figure will come to 780k if not more, with that in mind describe a big wedding if this is not one
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vinii
#7 Posted : Monday, August 23, 2010 9:14:54 AM
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Joined: 10/14/2009
Posts: 2,057
nyaca$h wrote:
Folks,I nd some help in preparing 4 my nuptials late next yr.
Here are my main concerns
1.Cost: How much to budget for around 450-500 guests.
2.Location shd be Nairobi.(Is it like real estate that location is everything?)How soon to secure that location.
3.Cost and suggestions of good photographers and videographers.
4.Need 4 a wedding planner and cost.(We are both in the diaspora with famo nyumbani lakini, not sure if we want to impose.)

We plan on not having a pre-wedding fund raising ju "wifey" thinks its "tacky" hence the long period to save up n also postpone the honeymoon!!

She is a student, work part time na I just started a blue collar jobo.

Saidia maskini:)...Thx



- you are planning for a wedo of late next year ?? kweli you are one very organized brother...
- Budget depends entirely on how deep your pockets are. Start from how much cash you have, then set the other parameters e.g. number of guests, size of cake, etc etc

- buy your clads huko diaspora...hapa Kenya people are making a kill out of weddings..

- i can make your rings... can i give you my Mpesa, Mkesho and ZAP numbers utume deposit?? (hurry, hurry and pay now because the KES is becoming stronger..Laughing out loudly )



If you are an eagle don't hang around with chickens; chickens don't fly....
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mukiha
#8 Posted : Monday, August 23, 2010 9:42:27 AM
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@Nyaca$h;
Congrats!

You have a year to plan.

My advise:
1] Don't plan a wedding you cannot afford!
2] Spend at least as much on your honeymoon as you will spend on the wedding.
3] Don't look at what others are doing. Talk with your partner, compare your dream wedding with what you can afford.

Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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kingfisher
#9 Posted : Monday, August 23, 2010 10:44:39 AM
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Joined: 4/9/2008
Posts: 2,824
Wiztec wrote:
ours is nota big a wedding we have paid about 80% of all providers and it now abt kshs 624k our guests will...


800k for a wedding is on the higher side!!! Cut it down!!

By the way, do you have your own house mister or you live in a rented one? Kama hauna nyumba yako basi wewe umepewa kababaa na huyo sister. Forget about the wedding nenda nunua mboloti ya kujenga!!
When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.
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subaru
#10 Posted : Monday, August 23, 2010 11:02:15 AM
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Joined: 3/15/2010
Posts: 391
Location: nairobie
i second u kingfisher hiyo mbesha invest ikusaidie
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