Plan a Wedding You're Only a Guest At
The true cost of attending, where you can cut without anyone noticing, and the weekend timeline.
Being a guest is a $900 event nobody warns you about.
The invitation is lovely. The invitation is also flights, 2 nights somewhere you didn't choose, an outfit you'll wear once, a gift, a hens weekend, and 3 days of annual leave.
Nobody adds it up at the start, so it arrives in pieces over 4 months and each piece feels small. Then you're at the wedding having a wonderful time on money you never decided to spend.
I now cost the whole thing out the week I RSVP. It hasn't stopped me going anywhere, it's stopped the surprise.
The prompts
1. Start here
The full picture, in one go.
I'm going to a wedding in [place] on [date] as a guest. Ask me 5 questions, then give me the complete cost and logistics picture: travel, accommodation, outfit, gift, hens or bucks, and leave.
2. Go deeper
Where to cut without it showing.
Now tell me where I can cut without anyone noticing, and where cutting would actually be obvious or rude.
3. Bonus
The weekend, hour by hour.
Build the weekend timeline: when to arrive, what to book first, what to bring on the day, and the one thing guests always forget.
Bonus: Make it yours
Tell Claude how close you are to the couple. It changes the gift number and how much of the weekend you're expected at.
Do this today: total up the next wedding you've said yes to. Knowing the number early is what gives you options.
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The tools behind the work.
The tools that have earned a permanent spot in my workflow.
Claude
Anthropic's flagship product and the tool that almost every resource on this site is designed for.
ManyChat
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Planoly
My go-to for planning, scheduling and visually mapping out social content across platforms.