Wedding Budget Checklist
Covers setting your total budget, allocating by category, accounting for service charges and tax, and building a contingency buffer. Every budget task from first number to final reconciliation. Free.
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Venue and catering combined typically consume 40 to 50 percent of the total budget. This includes food, beverage, service charges, and space rental. Plan your budget around this anchor before allocating anything else. If venue and catering exceed this range, something else will need to shrink.
Service charges and tax, which commonly add 25 to 35 percent on top of quoted per-head rates. Day-of transportation, vendor gratuities, alterations, and last-minute upgrades also catch people off guard. Build a 10 to 15 percent buffer into your total before you start booking anything.
Reduce your guest count first. Every person removed saves money on catering, invitations, favors, and seating. A smaller wedding with better food and more personal details consistently outperforms a larger wedding where corners were cut across the board.
Get the amount, the timing, and any conditions in writing before you commit those dollars to a vendor. Family contributions that are promised verbally and then modified or withdrawn after deposits are paid are one of the most common sources of wedding budget stress.
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