Ricky , I also think you should wait til you there and both of you should plan getting married ( Red Books ) and the Celebration Party after ( Which you can have when it is best for you ) . I will give you an Idea of what my Celebration has cost me , doing it through a Wedding Co. . This is the best way , as they take care of most everything for you two ... but paying for the Dinner part . On my first Trip in May '08 , we got married and got our Red Books on my second day there . After that we set up our August Wedding Celebration before I left to go back Home . Three months later , I was back and all was taken care off .. but the money part .
Things went almost 95% smoothly ( the 5% was a personal mishap ) as they took us through it all real professionally . So here is a run-down of what I paid for the Wedding Party of fifty People .
Like I have posted in the other Forum , I spend about $4,000 for our Wedding . 50 people , open Bar , 14 course Meal , wedding company with five people taking care of everything and I mean everything , but the Location you want to have it .
3200 yuan for each table of ten ,times five .
1700 yuan three dresses for Qing and chinese outfit for me .
300 yuan for food for the wedding crew .
900 yuan for wedding candy ,two boxes for each guest .( expansive japanese Chocolate's ) .
5600 yuan for wedding company .
$ 500 dollar's for Qing's Parent's as a Gift .
1700 yuan would have been fior a wedding Car , but we used Qing's brother's BMW .
I think a wedding like this here in LA , would have been between $30,000 to $35,000 dollar's .