Planning a DIY Wedding | I saved almost $30K 😱

[@jeannelle_]

I had my wedding in December 2019, it was small and intimate, SAVED A LOT OF MONEY! Originally my wedding was almost $40k, but we didn't want to start our wedding in huge debt so we decided we were going to invite just close friends and family (20 people) and I'm so glad we did that because the ceremony just felt so special, intimate, and just perfect!! Our total cost was $6k way better than the original!

[@bykchoi]

So glad to hear!! I definitely miss my friends (especially now during COVID) but I loved our intimate ceremony and wouldn’t change a thing. Thanks for watching!! :)

[@ingridesparza9642]

27 people is my side of my very close family. Thats the bare minimum

[@SamElle]

OMGGG Im so far from having a wedding (im single af) BUT I LOVE WATCHING OTHER PEOPLES WEDDING PROCESS!!!

[@bykchoi]

hahah YAY! enjoy!!

[@oceanheartz717]

Samee xD

[@nthabelengmalebese5155]

You and me both sis.

[@koygoddess7080]

It's cool tho..you're allowing the energy of love and weddings to have space in your imagination and existence so the Universe hears all. It'll happen for you booh!!!! Continue to stay open to it and Believe. *HUGS* 👍🏿👍🏽👍🏻👍

[@Fayefilms]

Hi kchoi 💗 I don't know if you'll see this but when I was telling my brother about wanting to start a youtube channel, he suggested for me to look at your channel and you've been my role model ever since. The first video I watched was your "how I saved 50,000 dollars for grad school" video and it inspired me to save and pay for grad school on my own one day (started a full time job! hehe). Congratulations on getting married with a beautiful and intimate wedding (and the ring accident is honestly so cute)

[@bykchoi]

Aww thank you for the sweet comment!! It makes me so happy that I could inspire you in some way. Good luck with everything! 🥰💕

[@chempanda6388]

I'm not the kind of person who gets excited about huge weddings. The small knit backyard wedding day melted my socks off, it's subtle yet lovable.

[@lispourmoi]

I like that you mentioned upscale weddings could hold more pressure as it almost seems like a spectacular. After all, we simply want an event to celebrate intimacy and the journey of our relationships. Congrats Kchoi!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you so much 💕

[@Sharky771117]

I love that you rented a dress and your husband rented a suit!!! I find the whole process of finding and buying this extremely expensive dress that you're only going to wear once to be so unnecessary.

[@bykchoi]

Hahah yes exactly! And i originally would have rented TWO dresses for the price of purchasing one 😱

[@alliahrose2878]

I think it is still preference 🙂, my mama's wedding dress was personally tailored and made for her before and my papa's barong tagalog (kind of suit that made from pineapple) was also personally made for him, and it is been 25 years of their marriage, and my sister and I will use her wedding dress too, we will just made some improvements and adjustments. It is beautiful and I think we are just lucky that we are almost the same body proportion like our mom before. But yeah, you can say that we rented our mom's wedding dress haha

[@cz2143]

You forgot mentioning about one thing: the cost for having a backyard lol. The pictures look super cute tho. Congratulations!

[@bykchoi]

Hahaha TRUE we are so lucky that we could get married in my parents’ backyard!!

[@SamanthaCoria]

This was so helpful and practical!! The older I get, the less I want a big ceremony (if I ever get married). This definitely solidified that idea

[@bykchoi]

I’m so happy with the decision!!

[@gumdeo]

Amazing advice for these troubled times. Weddings are so beautiful, they don't have to be super expensive.

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@nathanielmills4678]

Congratulations from London! I got married 10 years ago. We originally planned to have a big wedding in London but then my wife had to go back to Seoul. We didn't lose any money and it worked out much cheaper in the end.

[@bykchoi]

hello! thank you :))

[@shaneikiyasteel7073]

This was so insightful! I enjoyed it! I'm sorry you guys couldn't have had your bigger wedding, but I think the small wedding worked out really well ❤. You've given me such insight on the contrast between a large wedding versus a small one.

[@gsuh53]

This is great advice, thank you!!! Congratulations on getting married :)

[@bykchoi]

Thanks Gene!! 😊

[@annguyenvuthanh6877]

So happy for u. I've been following your channel since very first vids, and u've inspired me a lot by your positivity. Congrats for the Wedding!

[@bykchoi]

Aww thank you so much for the support all these years! :)

[@drjang50]

💖💖💖Congratulations! Much happiness to the both of you! 💖💖💖

[@suinlee5521]

Congratulations!! ❤️ thank you for such detailed planning explanations! This video made me feel better about my pandemic wedding Haha thank you!!

[@bykchoi]

I wish I could come!! Good luck and it's all going to be so worth it!

[@snam626]

Congrats!! Glad you were able to make your day still special and beautiful!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@sandy23stories40]

I married in the court with my husband but I understand the importance of having a big wedding especially sharing the happiness with your friends. I love your dress by the way you look stunning !!!! stay safe and all the best !!!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you so much! Court weddings are so sweet 💕

[@Saku115-]

Congratulations!! Thank you for uploading the video - I enjoy the way you edit and deliver topics & info!! ❤️

[@bykchoi]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it ☺️

[@nina-tm6py]

I love this! We had to cancel our 140 person wedding last year too and haven’t made concrete plans yet. We’re going to hold it in our backyard too sometime this year! Can you share the DIYs you did or tips for planning? Also did you do a zoom for it or no?

[@tiffanykwu]

hi! i started following your channel since your london vlogs and since then, i've been so inspired by you to create my own channel. just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing so many of your advices from traveling to grad school to working full-time. you are seriously amazing!! and congrats on your marriage. wishing you lots and lots of love and happiness

[@bykchoi]

thank you!!! 💕💕💕

[@angiepants1614]

Thank you for this video! I’m currently planning my wedding and I found it very helpful, thank you 😊

[@keshiachristelle5112]

what a lovely wedding ceremony! you looked stunning! congratulations! :)

[@daisiejay]

Excited for the moving & home decor videos!! Congrats again on your marriage!

[@bykchoi]

Yayyyy!!!

[@ariayang2980]

Soo happy for you.! Anyway I'm single and don't really know why I'm watching this. But I love it. Haha

[@bykchoi]

LOL thank you for watching!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@niteshsherchan6830]

I like your New Blog you've started and shared the websites, the contents, visuals and photography are really nice. Keep Going, Cheers!

[@niteshsherchan6830]

Congratulations! Kristina, Wishing you best of life today and in the coming years. Happy Marriage!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@kishusharma2699]

Congratulations ❤️ . Thank you for this video this was useful for us❤️

[@dasomkim4732]

Congratulations!! :) I also had a small wedding ceremony last year. We had the same experience as yours. We forgot to bring our wedding rings! So my husband ran to get it. haha But people still remember the small happening in a cute way. By the way, congrats to you both!

[@bykchoi]

😂😂😂 thank you!!

[@vsatx]

Cxl my 300 guest venue and went down to 60 guest. Only have to pay $1500 for food and beverage. Luckily some of my vendors were avail for our date change but im not keeping all. Old Venue was $900 deposit. Looking to setup diff event or get refund from venue or friend. It made us feel so much better when we downsized.. i can breath 😅

[@kimchiwarriorprincess]

Super informative!! I love this, thanks for sharing. 😍

[@paulsong3689]

Congrats you guys! Although Dain took my phone to subscribe to your channel without my consent, I’ve been loving your contents since then. Congrats once again!!

[@bykchoi]

LOL

[@passanglhamusherpa4253]

Big congratulation,u r really inspiring girl for me because you work as consultant and the way you manage your tasks is really applaudable.

[@bykchoi]

Thank you so much! 💕

[@shenieces7839]

Congrats to you both! 💗🎉

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!!

[@haileyqian4609]

I just somehow love listening to your voice!

[@bykchoi]

Aw hahah thank you!!

[@jiwonhyun3115]

언니 결혼 축하해용~>

[@bykchoi]

Aw thank you!! Good luck with your studies. 화이팅~

[@cindyh902]

I’ve been waiting for this video!!! ♥️♥️♥️ congrats and let’s hopefully celebrate soon 😬

[@bykchoi]

Hehe thank you!! Soon 💕

[@sunnyskies4628]

Brilliant ... You saved.... Most importantly... Large wedding or small you are married.

[@christytang22]

This is so relatable and so helpful! I had to cancel my venue for my wedding for October 2020 too and now we are planning to get married in my backyard.

[@bykchoi]

good luck and glad this is helpful! :)

[@janeausten6078]

I thought she was that girl from ' to all the boys I've loved' (Lara Condor)

[@Wooddweller]

beautiful wedding

[@Tamanna.Akter.]

Wow...congratulations dear ❤ Good to hear that...It sounds nice to hear one of my fav youtubers also get married.. Eager to see you new home..

[@bykchoi]

Thank you! 🥰

[@doondoonpark3689]

Congratuation for your wedding from Seoul, from your fan 🌹

[@saikishoreputta5529]

Congratulations and all the best for both of you 😀

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@brewervillewa1562]

Congratulations. Glorious union to you forever

[@erinfrancisco8707]

Yup. Sounds around our budget too. We still want our ceremony. So we postponed from 2020 to 2022😬

[@QuynhNhu-jq9lu]

dear kchoi , nothin but happiness for you two

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@mosaki2000]

You look so beautiful... Could you show us wedding footage?

[@bykchoi]

I honestly haven’t looked at it in full hahah but I’ll see!

[@Kakekfariz]

Congrats for the wedding, kchoi~

[@alexisrose4221]

venues shouldn’t be allowed to keep that big of a deposit if you literally can’t have a wedding 😂

[@dearsaturdays]

Gahh I’m so happy for you and Dain, and it’s so crazy how well you were able to pivot and throw this backyard wedding off!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ALSO HELLO WEBSITE!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@bykchoi]

🥰🥰🥰

[@udhayashreeragunath8340]

I waited so long for a video from you. I love your content

[@bykchoi]

Aw thank you!!

[@JC-eg3rz]

Thx for this video very helpful! 🙏😊

[@dainkang6370]

Congrats!

[@bykchoi]

Lol you too 😜

[@veronica.gv.]

We are keeping our date 10/31/2020 Only a small backyard ceremony and we pushed our reception for October 2021. We wanted to get married on Halloween so we'll celebrate our first year anniversary with all our 150 guests as well

[@bykchoi]

That sounds like a great plan! 💕

[@candycandy3110]

Congratulations on your wedding 👰 🤵🏼

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!! 💕

[@cat_pb]

Congratulations!!

[@maykigarzon]

Congrats, Kchoi!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you 💕

[@comradechenkov6210]

Congrats again! 👏🎉🎉🎉💐🎉

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@xueyan_nl]

We planned our wedding DIY too, it was a lot of fun!!

[@bykchoi]

It was stressful but fun!

[@hayatrachi]

Congratulations Kristina!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!!

[@Yiman1191]

CONGRATS!

[@bykchoi]

Hahaha thanks Steve!!

[@lina_byoui]

Omg amazing congratulations girl 🥺😭💗🎉

[@bykchoi]

thank you! 😭😭😭

[@viav.5681]

Omg congratulations 😍😍😍

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@tapiocapress]

I had no idea how much a wedding would cost before watching this video...thanks for sharing all the details + lessons learned. Ahhh almost feels like you took all of us to the wedding with you💕 Low key hoping I could use this info soon😉

[@bykchoi]

It’s so expensive 😣😣😣 thank you for watching hehe 💕

[@tapiocapress]

@@bykchoi 🥰

[@HannahEd]

❤️❤️❤️ This reminded me of my wedding planning last year. We were in LDR too.

[@bykchoi]

💕💕💕

[@swishbish7272]

Nooo it's sooo adorable

[@fumingwang5639]

Congratulations!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you :)))

[@ahilawan8677]

Congrats stay blessed and happy

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@allisgood60]

Squarespace? I never thought Id see that opening here😄😄 Congratulations by the way

[@bykchoi]

Hahah I’ve been partnering with them since March!! 😱 thank you 💕

[@aimeemhawkins]

My wedding was supposed to be 10/3 too! We postponed to next year but getting married in our backyard with just our parents and officiant still. I wish I could cancel the big wedding but I think I'm the only one who doesn't care about it. I hate how expensive weddings are.

[@bykchoi]

They are truly so expensive 😭 but I’m sure that the time with all your friends and family will be worth it. I wish I could have had the memories with my bridesmaids and close friends!

[@user-yd6jg2xe7u]

You always motivate me ~ Hope one day i can speak english like you or at least Korean like you haha

[@shawnhol6566]

best wishes!

[@shashasukri]

Congratulations 🥰

[@bykchoi]

thank you

[@trishanicole3099]

Congratsssss omgg

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!

[@revathibj2778]

Sending you lots of love from India...Happy married life!!!❤🤗

[@bykchoi]

thank you!! :')

[@quaintleaf1208]

really enjoyed this video and your sharing! i saw wedding photos of you and dain on your ig. were those photos taken on your actual wedding day, or some other time?

[@bykchoi]

We had an engagement photo shoot in May as well as photos from our wedding day!!

[@rummiii7877]

Congratulations beautiful!!! I just got married myself recently 😇😊😇.

[@bykchoi]

Thank you and congrats to you too!! 💕

[@yee2minty]

Congrats to you both!

[@bykchoi]

Thanks so much!! 💕

[@rachellegreens6512]

Awe.. my wedding is 10/03 🥰

[@marshasdfghjkl]

This makes me emotional because my fiancé & I changed our date & we’re really hoping this craziness will pass by then. 😭 Congratulations to you both & it makes me happy that you both made it work & were ok with the drastic change. 💕 Where was your original venue, if you don’t mind me asking? (I’m from SoCal)

[@bykchoi]

Aww good luck with everything!! It’s going to be worth it no matter what, because at the end of the day you’re getting married to each other! 💕 DM me on Instagram! :)

[@marshasdfghjkl]

kchoi Thanks so much!! You’re definitely right! And I just sent you a DM. ☺️

[@btsarmyforever3816]

2021 is still bad in covid. As such you made the proper decision. Also if you wanted to get the deposit back and not redirect, a cool thing to have is "Event insurance" This means you get most or all of your deposit back if u wish to cancel your wedding/celebrations of any kind in that venue due to certain reasons. Also any reason why you rented a wedding dress/tux instead of buying it? Since you did have a very large wedding budget I am curious why you chose to rent instead of buy. Most ppl will buy since it evokes fond memories when they have the dress with them, but I did hear in Korean culture they just rent the dress a lot. Is this true?

[@bykchoi]

You can get a better quality dress that includes alterations when you rent (if I bought then I would have gotten a cheaper quality dress for the same price plus have to get it altered) :)

[@alexiskelley8821]

Omg Congrats! I am so happy for you! Do you feel people should get married younger around 23? Or a little older?

[@bykchoi]

Totally depends. We are 29 and will have dated for 8 years this December. But I also know couples who got married younger while dating for a shorter amount of time, and couples/people who got married later. There’s absolutely no one right age!

[@alexiskelley8821]

@@bykchoi omg you responded to me! ( lowkey fangirling) ahh I see. I am turning 23 in December and it's just like all my friends are younger and they are already married with children. It's been making me very anxious tbh. My bf and I been together for 3 years and we want to be married at like 29-30 too.

[@bykchoi]

Take it at your own pace and it will be worth it regardless :)

[@agalnamedasia]

A cake from Whole Foods...genius.

[@progressnotperfection81]

Shes so beautiful. Hes lucky

[@xG4mx]

*sees video budget* Videographers: Am I joke to you?

[@bykchoi]

Hahaha she was very affordable (it’s her side gig) and it was for all raw footage + a 30second to 1min highlight reel (we didn’t want a longer feature video)

[@xG4mx]

@@bykchoi haha, i figured there was some sort of smaller arrangement there. Thanks for the context. Such an informative video!

[@chenchen2690]

Hi the wedding consultant can I discuss with you

[@ElenaSong]

결혼축하해요💕

[@bykchoi]

thank you!!

[@skyevu5918]

Hey Kristina! You mentioned that you booked the venue in Aug/Sept 2019. Did you know your bf was going to propose to you in Dec 2019?

[@bykchoi]

Kind of but not really! I knew it would be end of 2019/early 2020. We talked about it openly (and went ring shopping together over the summer) but the proposal itself was a surprise

[@skyevu5918]

kchoi thank you for answering!! Also you looked gorgeous in that wedding dress! Congrats 🎉🎉

[@andreacaro301997]

With the original cost of your wedding you can buy a house in my country 😅😅 i didnt know that weddings can get that expensive in other countries.

[@kumarvikas1415]

Congratulations...😀🤗🍇🎊🎊🎎🎎🎇🎇🎆🎆🎉🎉

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!! 😄

[@missjmc512]

hi! I was wondering if you are planning to change your last name? I am also an asian-american getting married this year and am debating on whether or not to change my last name

[@bykchoi]

Not on KZbin! 😜

[@missjmc512]

@@bykchoi Haha thanks for your response! Wishing you and your husband a long, happy marriage!

[@closingscenes]

Dang, is it bad that having a wedding during Covid is a good excuse to save money? 😆 I can’t believe how expensive everything is to plan one! Sigh 😔

[@jenniesmythe8188]

The idea that you saved 30k means you were going to spend way to much on a wedding to begin with. Even 10k seems crazy.

[@bykchoi]

Definitely

[@freewatermelon24]

Hey wow, we got married by the same pastor! What a small world! 😆 congratulations!!!

[@bykchoi]

😂😂😂

[@herdianto7618]

I hope you soon marrie

[@funkymonk5344]

He is your husband? Not exactly what I expected. God bless you.

[@elenamoments]

Congratulations!

[@bykchoi]

thank you!!

[@sian840424]

Congrats!

[@bykchoi]

thank you!!

[@marian6040]

Congratulations!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!! :)

[@Sam-qd7nz]

Congratulations!

[@bykchoi]

Thank you!!