Wow that's amazing those of you who say 1000...I don't think here in nyc it would even cover the food for 10 people. I personally think money spent on weddings are a huge waste but I would have to do it for my family. When I was looking into it for my friend, we tried to do a budget of 20,000 but it was really impossible to have a nice wedding (nice hall, food, etc) for less than 40 or 50 grand.