How to have a Big, Fancy, Expensive (Nigerian) Wedding with $100,000

There are so many articles on how to manage your money when you're planning a wedding ie how to have the wedding of your dreams on a budget. We even have one Here.

But today I got to thinking, what if you truly have a whole lot of money and your life's dream is just to have a fancy wedding. At FabNaija, we love ALL weddings - small, medium, big, over the top. We don't discriminate. I figured, if we have an article on how to manage your money for a Nigerian wedding, we should surely have one how to splurge and do it big if that happens to be your place in life. I've used 100k as a starting point but please feel free to spend more!

It's not a complete budget, but I'm just calling to your attention the things that you could spend even more money on and really really go big or go home.

This budget assumes you'll have 300 people in your wedding, but as a Nigerian, I know you can very easily surpass that number.

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1. Wedding Planner/Coordinator ($8,000): Pick one to help your coordinate all this money you are spending. Without a planner and with this much money, you're just signing up for headaches. Planners sometimes want about 8% of the budget or they may come with a standard fee. I used 8% for this budget.

2. Venue ($10,000): Choose a really good, beautiful, "it's the wedding of all weddings venue." you'll still have to watch the budget because our money is going slowly. For 10k and 300 people, you should be able to get an excellent venue and also cover fancy table covers, napkins, plates, glasses, etc. To put it in context, a really fancy venue in Atlanta for 300 people will go for about $7000. Add fancy table covers, chair covers and napkins and you're easily at $1,500k. Add glass covers, silverware. Add well dressed waiters, nice additional decorations, and it's easy to see how you hit $10,000. If you choose to invite 500 people, you could spend 10k on just the hall

Nigerian Wedding Songs

Original Posted June 10, 2008 Nigerian "Wedding" Songs Looking for the perfect song for your Nigerian wedding? Whether for the first entrance of the bridal party into the reception or for your first dance? Check out the list below. We've gathered some songs we've heard at Nigerian weddings over time. These songs get people dancing and in the wedding mood. (We've added some non-Nigerian songs that would do well at any wedding.) Tell us your own favorite Nigerian wedding songs. Banky W – Till My Dying Day Moyege, Hallelujah Moyege Olo mi – Tosin Martins Koso'babire Oruka – Sunny Nneji African Queen – Tu Face Mbiri – Oliver de Coque Olufunmi – Styl Plus Love me jeje, Love me tender – Seyi Sodimu Imagine That – Styl Plus From This Moment – Shania Twain All My Life – K-ci and Jojo Per Jummy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t8tBrZuqo (No One Be Like You- P Square) Check out our Youtube page for more songs and videos. http://www.youtube.com/user/FabNaija How about P-square's No one be like you. I luuuvvvvvvvvvvv that song! Edit Comment By: Jumoke on June 18, 2008 at 5:38 pm Reply