This is an interesting topic because I know some women who love to have an all out wedding. Personally I don't find it wrong for couples to splash 30k on their wedding if they have more money saved and won't end up in debt. But if a couple have to borrow huge sums of money they will have trouble repaying then its not worth it, a simple wedding would just be easy with important friends and family members around, then use the money to buy a house.