Why does 1 night have to cost so much? We married off all our kids but we held prices down & did WHAT WE COULD. Each wedding was beautiful and no debt. We rented table decorations, had a 1-man band, no bar or wine on the table, chose the menu to give biggest bang for our buck, simple but tasty shmorg with passings, a very nice dessert table. Yes, we bought the chossen/kallah nice gifts but we went wholesale & budgeted.
And who wears watches these days? Even my husband doesn’t! He uses his phone & we have -gasp-! A CLOCK in the house. BTW, factor in cost of air fares & accommodations in NY.