Wedding Budgeting Tips

Wedding budgeting is the least favourite part of the getting hitched process for most brides.  When the bride and groom are paying for the wedding themselves, it’s difficult enough, but when someone else is dispursing the money, keeping the expenses in check is also important.

You can break down the wedding budgeting process into categories.

First you have your printing charges.  These include invitations and reply cards, announcements, napkins, thank you cards, wedding programs, and postage.

Then you have the different fees such as the marriage license, clergy fee, ceremony location, reception location, and equipment rentals.

Flowers comprise 10 to 15 percent of most bride’s budgets.  You have to factor in the Bride’s bouquet, the throw bouquet, decorations, corsages, brides maids flowers, and boutonnières.

Gifts to bridesmaids, groomsmen, and ushers all have to be factored in too.

Attire for the different parties has to be figured into the wedding budgeting.  The Bridal Gown could in and of itself be 10 percent of the total cost of the wedding or more.  Plus, you have to factor in the bridal shoes and accessories, the groom’s tux, the groom’s accessories, the bridesmaids dresses, and the attendant’s tuxedos or suits.

The pre-wedding festivities must be tallied as well.  These include the engagement party, stag and hen parties, and the rehearsal dinner.

Entertainment, at both the ceremony and the reception, must be factored in.

Costs for the photographer and videographer must be budgeted.

Catering will take a big chunk out of the budget.  Catering includes the food and drink at the reception and the wedding cake.

You’ll want a limo to transport the bride and groom and you may want to factor in the cost of parking at the reception for guests.

Engagement and wedding rings are another big expense depending on their sophistication.

There are miscellaneous charges such as wedding favours and tipping.  Plus, you’ll need to leave room in your budget for unexpected costs.

A wedding planner may make your wedding easier, but usually she won’t make it less expensive.  On top of the fee she charges, she may also add a percentage mark up to any goods or services that she arranges.

The average cost for a wedding exceeds £28,000.  When you start looking at all of the factors that go into the wedding, you can see why it is so much.  That’s why you need to begin the process by developing a good wedding budget so things do not get out of control.

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