Average Cost of a Chicago Wedding Will Make You Happy You Live in Rockford

So you're getting married and think, man it would be fun to get out of Rockford and have our big day in Chicago! Maybe not after you read this.

Weddings can be very expensive. You have the venue, the flowers, the decorations, the dress, the girls' dresses, the guys' outfits, everyone needs shoes, don't forget the food AND drinks, of course.

It's a big day for you and a huge party to celebrate your love, but maybe you should be happy you live in Rockford and stick to keeping the big day here instead of to our super pricey neighbor, Chicago.

Cost of Wedding is a site that will help you estimate how much your wedding will cost depending on where you decide to hold it. Let's take the average cost of a 200 guest wedding. That's not very big in my mind considering my family is almost 100...

In Chicago's 60601 zip code, you will pay about $49,433 for that 200 person wedding. Yeesh. Stick in Rockford's 61107 and you'll cut that down to $31,651. That's a huge chunk of change you can save for your honeymoon or you know, your future.