Suit hire - who's covering the cost?

Hi,

We are covering the full cost of the suits for the groomsmen, father of the groom and bride (7 in total).

We will be purchasing the suits too.

Thanks

FMIL is covering it for us.

My parents are paying for the Wedding, but FMIL wanted to contribute so she paid for our Menu Tasting, Honeymoon and the suits.

I think covering 50% is very generous of you - I'm sure your ushers won't mind and will be grateful for the help

xx

We got our groomsmen's suits from Slaters, and they insisted on paying for the whole lot (about £70 each), so we took them out for a nice meal. I think we'd have felt bad about asking them to pay to hire the suits.

We are providing suits and bow ties. We've asked them to wear a white shirt and smart shoes xx

We're covering the cost of a 2-piece suit for each groomsmen but they are paying themselves for a bespoke waistcoat each.

I think our plan is to pay for the hire of the suits, & then if H2B decides on plain white shirts, to ask them to provide their own shirts & shoes. But if he goes for something a bit more outlandish for shirts, he'll buy them for them. We'll also be providing ties & pocket squares which they can keep afterwards if they want to.

We have bought suits from Matalan, so they will have a suit to keep wearing for as long as they'd like. We've asked best man to contribute £30 towards his, which he was more than happy to do....although we've given him his suit, and not heard anything about any money and OH isn't asking him, so we may actually end up paying the whole lot. My parents are insistent they'll pay for my Dad's suit.

I think it's totally reasonable to ask groomsmen to contribute, anyone who's already planned a wedding will appreciate how tight budgetting can be. At the end of the day, they can only say no.

We are paying to hire or buy the suits, assume they will have or buy their own shoes. We have the best man, 2 ushers and then my brother (giving me away), my mums partner and his stepdad. Plus our two boys.

We are hiring kilts and paying for it for the best man and usher.

My 'rule' is that if we are asking someone to wear a particular outfit then we will pay for it - so we're paying for all of the bridesmaids outfits and accessories. The 2 dads are sorting their own suits out because they don't want to wear kilts anyway.

My bridesmaids are buying their own dresses, so we figured it's ok to ask the groomsmen to pay for their suit hire too. We'd love to pay for it too (and the BM's dresses) but we just can't afford to.