Oil Tycoon
The venue was extensively decorated with flowers and lights
This could possibly be the most expensive wedding in the world. The cost? $1 billion dollars. Russian couple Said Gutseriev and Khadija Uzhakhova were married in 2016.
The couple’s ceremony was entirely paid for by Gutseriev’s father, oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev.
The elaborate cake was 9 layers and covered in roses
With a dress flown in from Europe and costing reportedly $26,000, the bride might win the prize for most expensive wedding dress. It was completely covered in jewels and weighed 29 lbs.
The bride's dress by Ellie Saab
Entertainment was huge, as Sting, Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias all performed at the ceremony. Guests walked away with engraved gold boxes as favors.
A gold box was the wedding favor
Folarin Alakija and Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifa
The happy couple
It may not be a celebrity couple wedding photographed in Star Magazine, but this wedding is certainly lavish. The ceremony is one of the most impressive you’ll ever see.
Incredible decor
Folarin is the son of the world’s richest African woman, oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija. He married Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifa in Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
The new family
With an estimated price tag of £5m, the event was full of gorgeous flowers, beautiful decorations, and all other must-haves for an amazing wedding.
A custom marble floor was only one big expense
The venue was rented for a rumored £150,000. A custom marquee and marble initial floor had a cost of £200,000.
Prince William and Kate
Prince William and Kate
Prince William had grown up before the public’s eyes, and many wanted to see what type of wedding he and Kate would have.
The ceremony was a sight to behold
We weren’t let down either, as the wedding was attended by 1,900 people and cost $34 million -- nearly $70 million nearly shy of his parents’ wedding.
Kate's beautiful wedding dress
Kate’s Victorian-style dress by Sarah Burton was $400,000 and inspired by Alexander McQueen at Kate’s request. The dress was displayed at Buckingham Palace and raised funds for charity.
The wedding cake
The couple had $800,000 in flowers used throughout the wedding, and spent $80,000 on a wedding cake with 17 kinds of flowers decorating it.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Tom and Katie at their wedding
When Tom cruise married Katie Holmes, he wasn’t content to just marry in California. Cruise and Holmes went to the 15th century Odescalchi Castle outside Rome.
Wedding pictures are scarce for the couple
The celebrity guest list was long, with Scientology leadership as well as practitioners. They invited Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, David Beckham, and other celebrities as well.
Suri, Katie and Tom
Cruise, not content with just one cringe-worthy declaration of love (jumping on that couch at Oprah), decided to croon “You’ve Got That Loving Feeling.”
The wedding guest include the who-who of Hollywood
The wedding included a five-tiered white chocolate cake that was decorated with marzipan roses. Cruise picked up the tab on airfare and hotel accommodations, spending $900,000.
Wildfire Wedding
They are some amazing pictures
Outlandish doesn't have to mean expensive. What better way to say “come on baby, light my fire” than by getting married while under direct threat of a wildfire?
Did the bride's get singed with smoke? Worth it.
That’s apparently the rationale of Michael and April Wolber, who nearly got their whole family incinerated at a ranch in Oregon called Rock Springs.
The guests had to flee
The “Two Bulls” wildfire was raging nearby so the couple selected a backup location. However, once the big day arrived they decided to just go for it.
Wildfire wedding
They made plenty of time to stand in front of the flames that firefighters were busy fighting. The couple posed for pictures and then fled the area.
Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar
The wedding was eight days long
Elizabeth Hurley is best known as a model and actress who used to date Hugh Grant. She married Arun Nayar, a senior VP of Tyco, in 2007.
A lavish 2-location event
The couple decided to honor their birthplaces with two weddings, a cost about $2.6 million, spanning eight days. It started with the ceremony at Suderly Castle in Gloucestershire.
Hurley and her new husband in India
Then, the entire wedding party and guests travelled to India on private jets -- $300,000. The second ceremony was held at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur.
Hurley's English wedding
The couple shelled out more than $100,000 for accommodations. They spared no expense on the bridal suite, which cost $10,000-a-night in India.
23 Ceremonies
I do
Do you love your betrothed so much you’re anxious to marry them again and again? How about 23 times? That’s what Alex Pelling and Lisa Gant did.
And I do
The travelers decided to make their nuptials last all year long. Their plan was to marry 30 times, and so far they’ve done it 23 times in 15 countries.
And I do
Grant and Pelling were married in Peru, at Las Vegas’ Little White Chapel, on a Costa Rica beach, in the desert and under the sea in Mexico.
And I do
The couple said their idea was not to be self-indulgent, but rather to celebrate the many different ways people get married in other cultures.
Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin
Making it official
Footballer Wayne Rooney made a lot of money in his life and it’s a good thing: his 2008 wedding to Coleen McLoughlin cost him $8 million!
Splendid wedding for all
The wedding was held in Genoa Italy, where the couple had fun at a masked ball aboard a $120 million yacht.
Wayne Rooney and Coleen
The guests got way more than they bargained for when Rooney paid for them to spend several days floating between the yacht and a five-star hotel.
It cost millions just to fly 65 guests on a chartered jet to Italy, where the wedding happened at a 17th century villa.
Renewed Vows in an Insane Asylum
This was the site of the marriage vow renewal
Alesia and Rob Conover have been married for 25 years. When they decided to renew their vows, they selected the abandoned mental hospital for the ceremony.
The vow renewal took place on the steps of the hospital
Conover is a paranormal investigator and his wife is a self-described chicken. She knew he loved the hospital and had once snuck into it when young.
The paranormal investigator and the "chicken"
They married on a porch that was attached to the north side of the building, which is rumored to be haunted.
Developer Rich Weiss, wants to reopen the property so that he can hold haunted tours and let others see the spirits for themselves.
Liz Taylor and Larry Fortensky
Elizabeth Taylor was no stranger to weddings, and was married five times in her life. Her 1991 wedding to construction worker Larry Fortensky cost $2.5 million.
The wedding was a wild affair and was held at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. Jackson walked Taylor down the aisle and stood next to the couple during the ceremony.
Singer Liza Minnelli (who would also later get married at Neverland Ranch), Eddie Murphy and former First Lady Nancy Reagan all attended.
Interest in the wedding was high -- People Magazine paid $1 million for the exclusive rights to wedding photographs. Taylor donated the money to AIDS research charities.
Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola
Carey's first wedding was a grand affair
Mariah Carey married Sony Music President Tommy Mottola in 1993. She engineered a lavish affair, wearing a Vera Wang dress that had a 27-foot train and cost $50,000.
Mottola and Carey didn't last
She wore a diamond-encrusted tiara like royalty. Carey was a new pop star, but didn’t skimp on attendants: an astounding 50 flower girls trailed her.
The wedding was held at St. Thomas Church in New York, and Carey was accompanied by a boys’ choir. Total wedding cost? $500,000.
St. Thomas Church was the site of the wedding
The affair was allegedly inspired by Princess Diana's wedding, and guests included Elton John, Streisand and other big stars of the 1990’s music industry.
Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky
The bride walked down the aisle by her father, Bill
The wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky was $5 million. The daughter of President Clinton and Hillary Clinton married the Goldman Sachs banker in 2010.
Amazing flowers were at the wedding
The wedding was held at Astor Courts in the quaint Rhinebeck, New York. Astor Courts was a magnificent estate commissioned by John Jacob Astor IV in the early 1900s.
An incredible cake awaited guests
Chelsea’s wedding was outside with a romantic view of the Hudson River. Although details were very hush-hush, it was reported the entire house was repainted for the wedding.
Astor Courts
Flowers cost $500,000. With the many dignitaries attended, the $200,000 for security was money well spent. Reportedly they spent $500,000 in transportation costs for guests.
Zero Gravity Wedding
Self-described "space geeks" about to get hitched
The world’s first zero gravity wedding was held in 2009 inside a $27 million padded "floating zone" that is the brainchild of ZERO-G and its co-founder, Richard Garriott.
The bride and groom had a lot of fun floating around
The zero gravity wedding starts by flying thousands of meters above the Gulf of Mexico in a modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, G-Force One. ZERO-G offers weightless flight experiences.
The zero gravity kiss
Erin Finnegan and Noah Fulmor were space fanatics who dressed in space-themed wear. Finnegan wore white and had planet earrings while Fulmor wore a tuxedo with spaceship cufflinks.
Officially married in zero gravity
The wedding party made it too, but they had to wear blue jumpsuits. Oh, and pay for the $5,400 plane ticket to get there.
Alaskan Ice Cave Wedding
Probably one of the coolest wedding photo shoots ever
A bride and groom who love the great outdoors went extreme to get these wedding photos. Torsten and Sarah met in Juneau back in 2008.
Doesn't this picture remind you of Elsa?
They decided to get married in the famous Mendenhall Glacier, posing for photographs inside of one of the area's unique ice caves.
The glacier they had to hike to
The couple arrived wearing the appropriate gear - boots, gloves and snowsuits - and then changed into their wedding suit and dress for the stunning photographs.
The trek was long to get to the ice caves but worth it
Sarah and Torsten had to hike for three hours, then kayak to the mountain, and then climb up the face just to reach the caves.
Underwater Wedding
It was the largest underwater wedding and it was a sight to behold
Guinness Book of World Records said that the ceremony between Polish nationals Ewa Staronska and Pawel Burkowski is the largest underwater wedding of all time.
She says I do!
The achievement required 303 divers, all taking off from the Koparki Diving Base in Jaworzno, Poland, on August 27, 2011 in a ceremony that lasted 18 minutes.
The kiss was also underwater
It was officiated by a Catholic Priest, Father Pawel Wrobel, a licensed frogman. To communicate, they had to use sign language, signals and waterproof texts.
Despite the wedding being underwater, the couple still had decorations
All of the attendees also had to be licensed divers or else they couldn’t attend the event. Talk about a wild affair!
Ali and Lana
This couple spent $1 million on their wedding
Even people who are not royalty or celebrities have extravagant weddings. An Australian couple, Ali and Lana had a $1 million budget for their nuptials.
Just one of the bride's wedding gowns
The bride wore more than one wedding gown and they tied the knot in the South of Lebanon at the home of the parents of the bride.
The cake needed a sword to be cut
The affair was a fairy tale theme with a seven-tiered wedding cake. The couple made sure everyone got a good look at the affair.
Everything was exquisite
A giant screen was erected, adorned with white orchids and lit with LED lights, so guests could watch the wedding and reception on the big screen.
Hot Air Balloon Wedding
The air balloons were the best wedding decor
How would you like to get married in a hot air balloon? For the last couple of years, copies of China have done just that.
Only 20 couples were chosen for the honor
The ceremonies are group ceremonies and typically feature over 20 couples who get married en masse. The most recent wedding was in February 2017.
It was a wedding that soared to new heights
Although 20 couples were married at the event, 1,000 registered for the chance. The lucky participants were part of Singha Park Chiang Rai Balloon Fiesta.
Bungie Jumping Wedding
