In Reply to: Beach weddin posted by Ioanadd on Sunday, 16. October 2011 at 21:35 Bali Time:
My wife and I got married on the beach in Christchurch NZ for that sort of budget. $500 for a celebrant and a few bottles of bubbly for people to have a sip of when we made some speeches and had a couple of toasts.
We then invited family only to a lunch at a restaurant (they paid for themselves). We didn't tell the restaurant it was a wedding before hand as the few we did talk to wanted to charge extra!
Worked out great for us and everyone enjoyed themselves. Don't expect many presents if you do it that way but who wants a whole lot of salad bowls and pepper grinders anyway!