Wedding Budget: Essentials

The wedding budget is the most essential organizational item a couple can have when planning a wedding. It allows you to map out your entire wedding by category giving price point for each one. When visiting vendors, venues, etc. you’ll be able to make decisions more readily available at your price point allowing easy and swift purchases and the vendor to have its product already laid out for you before you get there.

Let’s look at some of the budget essentials that all weddings will require:

1. Venue/Catering:

• Ceremony – Will you have your ceremony in a church, outdoors? The Ceremony is usually about 3% of your total budget.
• Reception – This is the big one. The reception takes up about %48 percent of your total budget. So when searching, make sure you are getting all you can get for the money you are spending. Also decide whether or not catering will be included with the venue or if you would prefer and outside caterer. Outside catering is usually an extra cost at most venues.

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