Couple Gets Married in T-shirts, Save £13,000

Newlyweds saved £13,000 (equivalent to 263430.74 EGP) on their wedding by scaling back plans and choose a simple one.

Rebecca and Glen Maxwell wore skinny jeans, personalized "bride and 'groom" t-shirts, and sneakers when they wed in a £250(equivalent to 5065.98 EGP) registry office ceremony.

Instead of a wedding cake, they spent £35 (equivalent to 709.24 EGP) on cupcakes and a sheet cake featuring a photo of them with their 9-month-old daughter Eleanor.

After saying their” I dos” the happy couple took their guests to Center Parcs for a carvery dinner costing £400 (equivalent to 8105.56 EGP).

The newlyweds spent just over £1,000 (equivalent to 20263.90 EGP) on their big day plus the cost of treating their wedding party to a weekend away at Center Parcs.

They were initially planning to hold a Christmas wedding at a farm after they feel pressured to throw an extravaganza wedding, however, they decided against it after realizing that it would be cost about £14,000 (equivalent to 283694.65 EGP) and put them in debt.

"We could get married in jeans and t-shirts and I'd still love you," Glen told Rebecca one evening while agonizing over the plans and budget.

They felt that weddings do not need to cost a fortune to be so special and just decided to focus on the things that were important for them.

Rebecca, 26, and Glen, 30, tied the knot in April at the town hall in Darlington, Co Durham, in front of 40 of their family and closest friends.

The newlyweds bought similar personalized tops for the wedding and the bride’s parents asked their guests to wear jeans and t-shirts as well.

The bride revealed that she and her husband, who works in security, like simple things and disliked big holidays and expensive nights out.

"We just love each other's company. What was special was that we were going to join together and I was going to have the same surname as my little girl,” she added.

The newlyweds had saved about £7,000 (equivalent to 141847.32 EGP) for their big day, so they used some of the leftover cash for a weekend at Center Parcs.