how much wedding

[Sveta & Ron 23]

as i have said before once sveta gets her ap/greencard i promised her and her family within few months after ap/greencard we will return ukraine and have a big sling-ding of a wedding party since she has more friends and family and i not want take this from her of family so i am tring get ideas what a nice party would cost in ukraine for i think about 50 people something they will not forget but stay within reason lol

[eekee 182]

Weddings are very different than in the US. Basically you'll just have it a restaurant/banquet place and if you have enough food and booze, everyone will be happy. They are not the bridezilla affairs that you have in the US. You'll have to speak to the restaurant to know how much.

Edited June 18, 2012 by eekee

[Oksana & Max 94]

It is all depends on the restaurant and on the menu you choose. We are planning to do the same thing around September time frame. I did checked couple restaurants but they are all different. We will have about 30 people on our wedding and I think few thousand dollars will do that (excluding our travel).

[baron555 934]

as i have said before once sveta gets her ap/greencard i promised her and her family within few months after ap/greencard we will return ukraine and have a big sling-ding of a wedding party since she has more friends and family and i not want take this from her of family so i am tring get ideas what a nice party would cost in ukraine for i think about 50 people something they will not forget but stay within reason lol

Hard to read this without the use of capital letters and punctuation marks.

[1HappyGuy 45]

As said before, costs vary depending upon the venue and what you intend to provide. You can probably find a pretty reasonable musical group for $200 but some restaurants want their own musicians. A lot will depend on what her family wants. Many families prefer to prepare their own food, in which case it can be very reasonable. Often the sticking point is the alcohol. A nice champagne for the toast is good, wines should be the most widely favored and finally comes the real booze, vodka. Again, defer to her family but put a limit on the amount of vodka available. I've been told that wedding receptions last as long as the food and drink are still available.

By now you should know if her family is of the type that like to show off, most are not. That will be what truly determines the cost.

[slim 1,514]

Hard to read this without the use of capital letters and punctuation marks.

Kind of reads to me like a RUB spouse posting on "your forum" in order to bring about a "See, I told you it wouldn't be that expensive. Even za people on your stupid visa journey said so."

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

as i have said before once sveta gets her ap/greencard i promised her and her family within few months after ap/greencard we will return ukraine and have a big sling-ding of a wedding party since she has more friends and family and i not want take this from her of family so i am tring get ideas what a nice party would cost in ukraine for i think about 50 people something they will not forget but stay within reason lol

We rented a house and her mom and the mom's friends prepared the food, and we brought some booze in through Germany (trucker friend we know). Hired a band and photographer and had a couple of cakes made for it at the bakery, etc... but like others have pointed out it's cheaper to go the resteraunt/banquet room route. Just make sure you have some decent music for it and not that ####### over there they call music. Seriously RUB music sucks.

Edited June 19, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

[slim 1,514]

Just make sure you have some decent music for it and not that ####### over there they call music. Seriously RUB music sucks.

It's just '80s music in a foreign language.

... and if all the musicians wanted to kill themselves.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

It's just '80s music in a foreign language.

... and if all the musicians wanted to kill themselves.

[leith@Ievgeniia 8]

we have a pre-wedding party for about 10 ppl (just very close ones) in my wife's city. she choose a restaurant with a band and dance area. we had a private room and food and booze that was almost endless and only cost something like $300. But it's not Kiev and it was 2 years ago.

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

Just make sure you have some decent music for it and not that ####### over there they call music. Seriously RUB music sucks.

You just picked wrong band and wrong repertoire I think. If you would tell that, just like an example, bands like "Крематорий", "Алиса", "Мельница" or "Пикник" are #######, I would tell that you know nothing about rock, seriously, just listen their hits on Youtube. Of course, rock isn't most popular music to play on weddings, but if somebody tells that all RUB music sucks I have two variants: he had to listen only crapy RUB music (of course we have it, like US has enough crapy music too), or he doesn't understand what is a good music. I'm sure you just didn't hear good bands (if you want a good famous band to visit your party in Moscow, you have to pay them at least $10.000-15.000 for a small concert like an hour or two, or it's better to play just audio CDs with records of good bands). I visited few weddings living in Russia and yes, there was really bad music, people got what they paid for. If you want a good music in RUB for you wedding, just pick some CDs by yourself or be ready to pay minimum, I'd tell, $10.000 to a really good band, otherwise of course music on your wedding in RUB will suck. [Victor from Russia]

Edited June 26, 2012 by Amy_and_Victor

[eekee 182]

Hahaha I am sorry but I think those bands are pretty #######. There is Russian stuff I like, but definitely not that.

Edited June 26, 2012 by eekee

[slim 1,514]

I like the chocolate rabbit.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

You just picked wrong band and wrong repertoire I think. If you would tell that, just like an example, bands like "Крематорий", "Алиса", "Мельница" or "Пикник" are #######, I would tell that you know nothing about rock, seriously, just listen their hits on Youtube. Of course, rock isn't most popular music to play on weddings, but if somebody tells that all RUB music sucks I have two variants: he had to listen only crapy RUB music (of course we have it, like US has enough crapy music too), or he doesn't understand what is a good music. I'm sure you just didn't hear good bands (if you want a good famous band to visit your party in Moscow, you have to pay them at least $10.000-15.000 for a small concert like an hour or two, or it's better to play just audio CDs with records of good bands). I visited few weddings living in Russia and yes, there was really bad music, people got what they paid for. If you want a good music in RUB for you wedding, just pick some CDs by yourself or be ready to pay minimum, I'd tell, $10.000 to a really good band, otherwise of course music on your wedding in RUB will suck. [Victor from Russia]

I'm just to a big fan of Russian rock, or any European rock for that matter other than UK/Ireland and I like Australian rockabilly.

This is the Belarusian band that played at our wedding. We met them on a previous trip to Belarus and they were good imo. The play older stuff like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Beattles, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, etc... and their lead guitarist can flat out pick. He does Stevie Ray and Jeff Beck to a T. They had just finished a gig in Moscow when they played our wedding reception.

[eekee 182]

It's hard to like Russian rock if you don't know Russian because generally speaking, there's a heavy focus on the lyrics.