WEDDING At Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands | 🇸🇬 BUDGET & COST Breakdown

We held our wedding at the iconic Marina Bay Sands - one of the world most instagrammed hotel! Holding a wedding does not have to break the bank. In this video, we're going to breakdown the cost of our wedding in Singapore - one of the most expensive city in the world.
How Much Did It Cost? 💸| To Hold A Wedding In Singapore 🇸🇬, World 2nd Most Expensive City
Our wedding was held in 2021, during Covid times so it wasn't easy to put everything together. A week before, our wedding almost got cancelled because of the surge in covid cases. In the end, thank God we managed to.
Our Wedding Verse
2Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. - Ephesians 4:2-4
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CONTENT
0:00 Intro
01:43 Wedding Expenses
02:17 What did our wedding entails
03:51 Location
06:41 Vendors (Flowers, Photographer, Videographers)
09:50 Wedding solemnisation (Rings)
10:07 Outfits
11:27 Summary
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MENTIONS
Venue: MBS Marina Bay Sands: www.marinabaysands.com/restau...
Wedding Rings
Fat Anvil: www.fatanvilstudios.com/
Vendors
Photographer @Tinkytee: thomastan.sg
Videographer @IkiCompany: helloikicompany.com/
Make Up: / juliekim_autelier
Parent's make up:
Flowers & Decor (by myself): / flowersandfables
Outfits
- Asos: www.asos.com/ - Wedding dress, Jingles's & Ying's shoes
- Lulus: www.lulus.com/
- Benjamin Barker: www.benjaminbarker.co/ - Jingle's & Dad suit
Chinese Customary
- Tong Heng: / tonghengsg
- Thye Moh Chan: www.thyemohchan.com/
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- Money Smart: www.moneysmart.sg/
- SingSaver: www.singsaver.com.sg/
- Budget Brides Facebook Community (they have a telegram group + sub groups depending on wedding dates): / 545253492207866
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ABOUT US
We are a millennial couple living in Singapore who wants to share about our realisation on life and happiness as we pursue our goals. We love to learn and love to eat. Recently we picked up a new skill that is to learn how to surf skate!
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🎵TRACKS
Lemon Cake
Soso - 샛별
샛별(Daystar)-이런 계란후라이(Sunny side up)
샛별(Daystar)-핫초코(Hot chocolate)
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[@NowRealise]

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[@DogeMultiverse]

amazing video! subbed

[@DogeMultiverse]

no more new videos?

[@NowRealise]

working on it! :)

[@tarsillaleexiuting]

the photos of you and your grandparents were so sweet! thank you for sharing your tips and for documenting everything so well!

[@NowRealise]

Thanks for the sweet note! Hope the video share that it is still possible to hold a good wedding with a low budget in Singapore.

[@Moe-sx6ss]

It is very heart warming to know how well you plan for your big day. I can see you two will have a wonderful future. Wishing you all the best!

[@NowRealise]

Thank you!! 🧡🧡

[@DogeMultiverse]

yes!

[@HoneyMoneySG]

Very detailed and amazed at your affordable wedding! Congratulations Yingying!

[@NowRealise]

Thanks Chris! Glad we managed to pull it off during covid.

[@hitono]

Congrats on your wedding! And some great tips on how to have a nice wedding in SG for a very reasonable cost!

[@NowRealise]

Thank you! Haha it was tough trying to stick to a budget plan when you think it’s a once in a lifetime event.

[@DogeMultiverse]

ikr. this is unbelievable

[@ClearBrookRae]

Congratulations...Thanks for your sharing and all the best in your marriage life 💕💕

[@juniorbee1564]

Congrats on your wedding! Great video!

[@NowRealise]

Thank you!! 🧡😍

[@angryadrian9988]

Wow so frugal! Your wedding makes it affordable for everyone! Can easy make a gain from the angbaos

[@NowRealise]

We budgeted based on how much we are willing to pay, we didn't have an ang bao box during our wedding but most of our guest gave us some ang bao or gifted us presents. :)

[@joho4129]

Wow you are amazing! Great planning 👍🏻 thank you for sharing ! ❤️

[@NowRealise]

Thanks for the encouragement!! 🧡

[@kangenwaterionizer6232]

Lovely! Congrats on both your Big Day!!!

[@NowRealise]

Thank you!! 😊

[@lukeTJQ]

Champion wedding planner. IN SG ESPECIALLY

[@NowRealise]

😂😂 thanks!! Haha

[@deschan7947]

Love your style. Candid, frank, sincere

[@NowRealise]

Thanks for the sweet note!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@yuchen-5640]

Hi, may I know how did u secure such a good lunch reception package? Based on what I see in the restaurant link, their packages start at $138++ per pax for a 6-course meal.

[@NowRealise]

It was a direct booking w the restaurant for 50pax so we were charged based on per pax. No package as we didn’t go for decor or invites! Initially we wanted the ROM in club 55 then buffet at Rise which was this package: www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/revamp/restaurants/restaurant-details/club55/menus/Club55-Wedding-Packages.PDF but then it was unavailable. Where’s the link you saw?

[@CcCc-nq9mv]

Amazing. If there is no covid u can hire Batam MUA around $150+ and u can rent gown at Batam as well (wey wey or novio)

[@NowRealise]

Ohhh there is also sg based mua also around the price. A lot of sg brides also get JB based mua precovid too.

[@curiomusic4962]

Nice video! How about a travel vlog since u are overseas now! Haha

[@NowRealise]

Hmm good idea! what would you be curious to know/see?

[@curiomusic4962]

Food and sceneries will be nice! Even hiccups during your trip can be things good to share so that we can learn from it too =). Looking forward to it 🙂

[@Appleloveshow]

Awesome sharing! Just wondering where did you do the tea ceremony at?

[@NowRealise]

At the solemnisation area after we are done and during lunch service we held our tea ceremony.

[@jonathanevans4511]

Just curious, if I want to have a wedding dinner with solemnisation for 100 to 150 pax, where would you recommend?

[@NowRealise]

Have yet done much research on the no. of pax/budget below, but here are some places (outside of hotels): - Parks: Botanic Gardens - Botanico, Bishan Park - Canopy, The Villa and Forest Pavilion at Singapore Botanic Gardens - Beaches: Sentosa area - Ola Beach club, Coastes, Tanjong Beach Club, FOC Sentosa | East Coast area: Not sure if PS cafe allows solemnisation - Cafe Melba at Mediapolis (they have a nice lawn outside their cafe, food is great too!) For hotels I really love Fullerton straits room. But I think the max was 100 people pre covid.

[@racheltan7139]

Just contacted RISE restaurant (19 Mar 2022) with regards to lunch reception. Due to covid restriction they now only offer sit down menu...but it is now $120+ per pax!! Minimum spending on F&B is now SGD $8,400.00. The 7-course sit down menu they offered is also very unattractive (Marinated Salmon, Tom Yam Soup, Slow cooked Chicken breast, Roasted Salt Marshed Lamb Rack/Roasted 120 Days Grain-Fed Beef Ribeye, Baby Cabbage, Roasted Duck Fried Rice, Warm Papaya with Peach Gum, Coffee & Tea). Would rather go for a nice seafood restaurant at that price point.

[@NowRealise]

Wow the inflation is high! Thanks for sharing. They changed our menu from buffet to course menu. The course menu then around 75++ but they offered us the buffet cost because we alrdy confirmed it in the contract. Still quite crazy how much the prices have increased since.

[@racheltan7139]

@@NowRealise Yes, unfortunately ;(

[@sngjoolian]

Congrats 🎉🎉 👏👏🎉🎉

[@NowRealise]

Thank you!! 😊😊

[@younesbelhmer3837]

You are beautiful I like you

[@emilylarkspur]

Hi, May I know how many hours you booked for photography and videography ? Thank you for sharing. It is really helpful 💜

[@NowRealise]

3 hours!

[@mingfengtang5612]

such wonderful planning, can I ask where can I see the package for 50pax for solemnization and lunch?

[@NowRealise]

We enquired for the solemnisation at L55 + buffet lunch at rise www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/revamp/restaurants/restaurant-details/club55/menus/Club55-Wedding-Packages.PDF But they don’t have club55 anymore so we ended up not going for any package but booking for 50pax lunch instead! You can try enquiring directly with the hotel’s f&b restaurants to see if you can book with them instead via their wedding team. We saved quite a bit since we skipped all the invites, flower decor, etc.

[@mingfengtang5612]

@@NowRealise hi so is it solemnisation and buffet is both different pricing?

[@NowRealise]

For us, we did our solemnisation at the same area so no additional cost. We only paid for the food! We wanted buffet but ended up due to covid, they changed it to 7 course meal.

[@wzherica]

Can u do a video of how long did u take to do ur wedding planning?

[@NowRealise]

Good idea! We started planning beginning of last year so it was about 6 months, but booked our venue about 4 months before actual day. It’s super late usually I’ll recommend for people to plan about 1 year prior.

[@jiliannewong2433]

hi there, may I know how exactly did you arrange the lunch banquet with restaurant without going through hotel? is it usually allowed?

[@NowRealise]

I just enquired with the f&b dept instead of the wedding sales dept. Depending on how the hotel works they maybe have separate departments. For my case, I think it might be because Marina bay sands is a huge hotel so they have separate teams for f&b, banquet, catering, events etc. It should be allowed since I don’t need to speak to their wedding coordinator if I don’t need all the extra frills (ie flowers, invites). I just need a venue + food like how you hold a birthday/baby shower.

[@jiliannewong2433]

@@NowRealise thank you for the detailed explanation!!

[@NowRealise]

No prob! Glad to help!

[@meowsyy]

Your angbaos are gorgeous - might you still have the link please? Just in time for CNY!

[@NowRealise]

Let me know if this link works! :) there’s lots of nice designs! 77哈要你要都他然而你对到都！ m.tb.cn/h.fQVjduf?sm=5d38ca 原创结婚庆用品高档创意个性中国风喜字红包袋利是封红包包邮

[@meowsyy]

@@NowRealise Thank you, it does work!

[@NowRealise]

Happy shopping!!

[@misslurmath]

Any recommendation for a high tea package?

[@NowRealise]

I wanted to try Rose veranda at Shangrila but not sure if it’s still available

[@abbyyap3385]

now Hi, may I know about how many months in adv do you book for your wedding venue?

[@NowRealise]

Hello! If I didn’t recall wrongly We booked 4 months earlier. I think most wedding venues in Singapore would allow bookings 1 year in advance

[@wzherica]

Can u share if u did alterations for ur wedding dress?

[@NowRealise]

Yes I did! It was too long for me. I did it at Sincere Fashion Tailor 6454 9290 goo.gl/maps/jmuT79JtEx89p7dE7 It was a simple alteration and they also help to see if u need dry cleaning service as well.

[@jok8083]

Wow.. so clever.. may I knw where u did ur rings?

[@NowRealise]

Fat anvil! instagram.com/fatanvilstudios?

[@kangjiahui4687]

So can I know is it you didn’t do a pre wedding photoshoot because it doesn’t seems to be in the cost? Also you didn’t engage a bridal shop for your wedding?

[@NowRealise]

Yes, We didn’t do any prewedding shoot. Instead we just took some pictures prior to our Holy matrimony/Solemnisation. No we didn’t engage any bridal shop, all our outfits, photographers and make up artists are ala carte!

[@kangjiahui4687]

I seeee! That’s amazing! Do you find it hard to shortlist vendors and coordinate everything? Cos i’m only at the initial stage of planning my own wedding and i’m already frustrated at choosing the venue etc 🤣🤣

[@NowRealise]

Yes it was quite stressful for us too. Especially w the covid situation it can be overwhelming. The shortlisting of vendors would need time since you’ll need to do lots of research. Having a table to compare the vendors offerings also helps in decision making (I did that for the venue/photo/video since they are higher costs) At the end of our wedding planning we got decision fatigue since there are so much options to choose from.

[@wzherica]

Does ur photography costs include pre weddings?

[@NowRealise]

Nope! We didn’t do any prewed. Just took some photos before the event instead.

[@masqueradie]

At first I was considering to do away with the entire ceremony and simply register our marriage since it seems near impossible to organize an affordable one, but am so inspired now after viewing your video! Thank you for sharing such helpful tips! Did you have the entire restaurant to yourselves or was a private space portioned out to cater for your wedding whereas the rest of the space was open to public? Also, everyone/thing looks soo beautiful :)

[@NowRealise]

Thanks for the sweet note! I used to be a wedding planner and know that planning weddings can be pricey and it’s an emotional spending (once in a lifetime event + making sure that you want that dream wedding + pressure from parents etc.). Part of the restaurant area is portioned out for our wedding + there’s a private entrance separated from the main entrance to the restaurant. So it’s semi private so if you are someone who values privacy, this location might not work.

[@faithfiver1]

@@NowRealise Hello! Thanks so much for your sharing, it gave me a different perspective about budgeting for weddings! I’m curious about your actual day luncheon, was there the usual emcee, live band or projector to show your video montage? What about walking down the aisle?

[@NowRealise]

apologies the comments were in spam (not sure what happened to YT filter) I had a friend to do the emcee part to talk about the rules and introduce our walk in. No live band, no projectors or montage. For walking down the aisle, we had music playing but the sound system provided by the hotel was not great. Also since it's a semi public area, you can't really have loud music too. So if you are looking into the same location, recommend that you bring your own sound system if possible.

[@junefoong5761]

The FB group links me to no content. Any other ways to join the Budget Brides group?

[@NowRealise]

U might have to join the group and approved by the mods before you can view the contents. It takes a while for approval. In the meanwhile, you can join 2022 brides telegram here: t.me/joinchat/BsVQPZ2tdMg5MTI9

[@younesbelhmer3837]

You are beautiful I like you

[@johnnytate69]

Gosh. you should start a service to help plan cost effective weddings.

[@NowRealise]

Haha thanks! Just sharing our knowledge and experience that it is possible to do plan a nice budget wedding. Hopefully it would help someone hah

[@johnnytate69]

@@NowRealise You should totally do a course or like a tutorial. i'll gladly pay for it! thank you for sharing this video!

[@1MW9]

what about tea ceremony?

[@NowRealise]

Same area, after solemnisation we had our tea ceremony.

[@1MW9]

@@NowRealise Notice that you didnt have an emcee. Were there any activities during the wedding lunch? video/photo collage on the projector? Or did everyone just eat and leave?

[@NowRealise]

I have an ‘emcee’ to introduce our walk-in during holy matrimony + covid rules. That’s it! No speech no frills, no rara for us. So we didn’t have any projectors or show any childhood stuff. We prefer people to eat and go. Our event was from 12- 3. But somehow it ended close to 4pm ish.

[@1MW9]

@@NowRealise awesome, i am going to steal your idea for mine

[@NowRealise]

Go for it!

[@chenmoney1920]

Wow so cheap ? Hope I can spend less than 10k for my wedding. Maybe bride like you no mind spending minimum for their wedding , Men dream .

[@JohnDoe-wx1vq]

the paper bag at the corner very ting tei

[@NowRealise]

😅

[@suprememaster1951]

A wedding is like a funeral with cake - both parties throwing their lives away for each other.

[@NowRealise]

We didn’t have cake. So i guess we had a funeral? 😂

[@suprememaster1951]

@@NowRealise good point

[@aminedz1087]

Hello, I am from Algeria. I want to meet a girl from Singapore for marriage

[@norman6499]

Nobody will criticise them for their budget wedding because they live in a landed house. People like me in hdb cannot hold a budget wedding.

[@NowRealise]

We live in hdb too! Don’t worry about people’s criticism.

[@danishflex7728]

Imej itu terlalu menyinggung perasaan

[@kelvinalexander8]

Attention all GUYS Firstly , I just got divorced. Sadly I was not given any monies for the matrimonial flat. Reason because I trusted my ex wife by asking her to pay the mortgages and she was a foreigner. Whether she is a foreigner or not. My advice to all the GUYS IN SINGAPORE DON LET YOUR WIFE HANDLE THE PAYMENT OF YOUR MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY CAUSE IF YOU DIVORCE MOST LIKELY THE COURT WILL GIVE TO HER. DON LISTEN AND YOU WILL REGRET

[@ultimateteacher]

still a waste of $$

[@NowRealise]

No choice...we still need to respect our parents.

[@Coolwater_TED]

Cheapskate 😂

[@NowRealise]

We call that spending within our means.

[@WenL2388]

@@NowRealise it’s a very wise wedding plan!

[@NowRealise]

Trying our best not to overspend since it’s a one day event and we are saving to get our own place soon.

[@priscillading4388]

At least people holds a wedding they like it💯

[@zhizian]

U are mean ......... But weddings usually doesn't cost much as the Ang Pows cover quite alot of the expenses unless u splurge alot on cameraman and videographers + pre wedding shoots. But thats 10 years ago!!!

[@wanyinglim5975]

Congrats on yr wedding ! Can share the link to budget bride Facebook group and also their telegram chat? 😄

[@NowRealise]

Here's the group link but you might need to get invited by someone before you can join, let me know if you need help to invite or you can ask your friends who are in the group to invite: facebook.com/groups/545253492207866 Telegram 2022 brides: t.me/joinchat/BsVQPZ2tdMg5MTI9

[@NowRealise]

Would you be able to drop us an email at [e-mail]? We’ll need to add you as a Facebook friend and invite you into the group.