A bride has been slammed after revealing her plans to charge guests $99 to eat at her wedding reception.

Taking to the Wedding Shaming subreddit, a friend of the bride said that she read on the wedding invite that the husband-and-wife-to-be "are unable to afford the food, so it will be $99 per head banquet style".

The Reddit user explained: "Oh it’s also a 4 hour drive away from us and kid free so we need to pay for petrol, accommodation, outfits, baby sitter and our food to eat at the wedding lol.

"They’re still having a wishing well, no open bar. A wishing well is a box or literal mini well that guests can put a 'money gift' in to go towards their 'future, honeymoon or new house'. They have 3 kids and a house already and not planning on a honeymoon so."

Needless to say, plenty of the commenters agreed that the Redditor's friend was taking liberties by asking her guests to shell out $99 - despite it being her wedding.

One person wrote: "I wouldn’t even let the ink dry on the 'unfortunately we are unable to attend' reply before I mailed that off."

Another added: "Would love to know your reply. Mine would be a kind but hard, not going to be there. Why do people always think that a wedding is a valid reason to go over budget? There is no way any food is good enough to justify $99 a person at a wedding (assuming it's no open bar - but who knows).

"If someone asked me to pay for my own wedding meal, I would deduct that from their wedding gift. It's just tacky. People need to start getting real and only planing for what they can afford. It's one day. Why start off your marriage in debt?"

A third speculated: "It likely is to pay for the venue as well. You can get decent food for $20 a plate so they're trying to get people to pay for the entire wedding."

What do you think? Was it unreasonable of the bride and groom to charge such a hefty amount for food and drink at their own wedding? Let us know in the comments!

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We all know how stressful weddings can be for those who are tasked with organising them, never mind the people who are actually getting married on the day in question. There's just so much to consider; the catering, the dress, which unruly relatives to invite... the list really is endless.

But this next forum post highlights a somewhat unusual wedding day problem. A woman from Australia has shared how she was blasted by an irate bride after she took umbrage at the price tag attached to her wedding gift. Apparently, the present wasn't expensive enough for her to recoup the costs of the invite.

Posting in a wedding-related forum, the flustered guest wrote: "I've just hung up the phone from a friend (ex-friend now!) whose wedding was a few weekends ago. She had a beautiful wedding, lots of guests, lots of wine and food. There were even fireworks when she and her new hubby left (via yacht) to go on their honeymoon. She was ringing people thanking them for coming to her wedding. Sweet right? Wrong."

"[But then] She says to me, that it wasn't enough and that the venue charge was $250 per head, so I owed her another $300 cash. At first, I thought she was being sarcastic and joking, but she was serious. She didn't consider the candle a real gift because she 'can't do anything with it' and 'it wasn't the big one that she wanted. For real I let her nag at me for five minutes because I was speechless. I still am!"

She added: "I'm from Australia and it's not common to give gifts that relate to the cost of you attending the wedding. Today I learned that it is normal in some cultures, but it's not been a thing I've encountered. $200 is a lot of money for the average person to give here. And yes, that candle really is expensive, but she wanted it  ... so I thought she'd be happy with my gift."

So what do you think? Did the bride have the right to demand a bigger gift? Or has she got some serious entitlement issues? You can argue that weddings are getting too materialistic anyway. Still: who spends that much on a candle?!

A bride has been slammed as "tacky" after charging guests $65 to attend her wedding.

Taking to Reddit, a friend of the bride decided to expose her for being "cheap" after she decided to hash out some very strange rules and regulations for her upcoming wedding.

"...One of my closest friends is getting married and is charging her guests to attend the wedding," they wrote under the popular r/wedding thread. "I always knew she was cheap, so in one way I'm not surprised. But this is really not the norm in the country I live in, although it seems like 90s kids like me have started to charge for their weddings more and more which is just embarrassing."

They then went on to list the things she was charging for, which included attending the wedding, attending the ceremony only, or not being able to attend at all.

The first of the three options came with a charge of $65 per head which was to cover "food, music, decorations and venue."

And the costs did not stop there.

"The evening before the wedding, they also have a dinner which you need to pay for (don't remember the price but cheaper than attending the wedding)," the anonymous user recalled. "If you want to sleep over at the venue, you need to pay around 100 dollars (I'm not in the US so the conversion is not entirely accurate). This applies both for the night between the pre-dinner and wedding day, and the night after the wedding. So that would be 200 dollars in total. I guess these prices are more OK since nobody is forcing you to attend that dinner and/or sleeping over. But if I'm INVITED to a wedding I shouldn't have to pay to attend the actual wedding?!"

On top of the growing number of costs, the couple also allegedly set up a page where you can "choose to contribute with money towards a gift. You have different options like cooking class, dance class, a trip, etc. It says 'gifts are not needed but welcome,'" the user stated, before adding: "But WHO would pay for a gift after they have to pay to attend the wedding?"

Not to mention other external costs like traveling to the venue, shoes, and an outfit for the given theme - it all starts adding up.

"The thing is, I KNOW they have money," the friend also added, stating that the end goal for this friend was to be "rich" so she wasn't sure if the gift money and the initial cost of attending the event was just going to be used to float that idea.

"It's just unfortunate because we've been friends for 12 years and it's sad to only be able to attend the ceremony because I absolutely refuse to pay," they added.

Of course, Reddit users did not go easy on the bride after the revelation, with many branding her as "tacky" and "cheap."

"Hahaha, what the f*** - how can you be so cheap and tacky?" wrote one user. "OP, I don't know what your country is, but I really hope that this behavior doesn't spread to mine!! Also, I will need a follow-up about how many people actually attended the wedding."

"Ask her if you can not pay, but still come to the reception if you bring your own dinner and promise not to look at any of the decorations. That should be fair, right?" another joked before adding: "This is so beyond tacky and tasteless. I hope she gets roasted for it."

A third also stated: "I would send my regrets and my congratulations and that's it. The bride is out of her freaking mind."

What do you think?

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1. Ditch the invites

2. Watch what you eat

3. Grow your own

4. Let them eat (your) cake!

5. Say yes to the (re-fashioned) dress

Whether you've gone through the ordeal yourself or heard it from a friend, you'll know that weddings can be expensive.

Venues charge extortionate amounts of cash for each and every service, deals are made with catering services to ensure no one gets anything on the cheap... and that's if you're just hoping to have a simple reception. If you want to go somewhere a little more special, and maybe even go to another country to tie the knot, you could be spending even more.

Or, you could try and book your wedding at this small Italian village, where you'll have an entire castle for just over a hundred bucks.

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The village of Roccascalegna, in the southern region of Abruzzo, has recently renovated its central castle and made it available for special events. According to CNN, the Castello di Roccascalegna is allowing the public to book the castle for an event for as little as €100 (approximately $114 USD).

The castle, which was built in the 16th century and covers over 7,500 square feet, contains a chapel and tower that can be used for weddings and parties. As well as this, there are dungeons and a variety of other rooms available for visitors to look into, in an attempt made by the local government to bring more tourism into the area.

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There are a few downsides to the location that potential guests should know first. According to CNN, there are no roads leading to the castle - so any guests will have to walk up old donkey trails to get there. Domenico Giangiordano, the village mayor, said that he'd be happy to help with access in any way he can - and said that local caterers can provide food.

"It's a real low fee, practically a tip," Giangiordano told CNN. "Our goal isn't to raise cash but to use this unique setting to revamp the local economy by luring an elite clientele who loves tiny, offbeat spots."

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The town does offer other things, despite its small size. As well as some bars and B&Bs, Abruzzo is known for having a famed culinary history, beautiful lakes and hiking trails and world-class wine. On top of that, some of the old stone cottages have been given a makeover, with some going for €20,000 ($22,000).

If you're interested in renting the castle for a night, you can contact the castle's management on its website.