Unique way couple saved $70k on wedding costs - and guests were not happy Bride and groom spark outrage over their VERY strict dress code By Dominic Yeatman For Dailymail.Com Published: 06:42 BST, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 06:44 BST, 12 August 2024 e-mail View comments A New York couple who were determined to marry in style lost 80 percent of their guests when they decided to charge them $333 a head. Nova and Reemo Styles set their hearts on a wedding in the city's iconic St Patrick's Cathedral but discovered that the venue alone would cost them $150,000.
Sixty guests bit the bullet and forked out for the experience which included a double decker bus tour through New York City and a steak and lobster dinner, but the move horrified traditionalists. 'Talk about TACKY!' one wrote. 'I would never think of making someone pay to come to my wedding! That is just ridiculous.
' Nova and Reemo Styles lost 80% of their guests when they decided to charge them $333 each But the couple had set their hearts on New York's iconic St Patrick's Cathedral at $150,000 Nova, 30, told ABC7 that they had to think creatively after discovering just how much their dream wedding would cost, and started to think of it in entertainment terms. 'And I said 'People choose to go to Beyoncé concert, because they know that they're gonna have an experience', the lifestyle influencer told the station. 'Let's put the stress on the guests, and let's sell tickets for a wedding'.
' Reemo warned her that the idea risk.