Sample wedding budgets for all kinds of offbeat weddings
Sample wedding budgets for all kinds of offbeat weddings
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Newly engaged and totally clueless as to how much your wedding will cost? You're not alone. Pretty much everyone goes into wedding planning like a big ol' noob and is quickly boggled by all the hidden costs. (It's called an industrial complex for a reason.) We've got your back. Here are a few sample wedding budgets to get you started. With a simple wedding budget breakdown, you can at least have some idea how to allocate your hard-earned dough to the right buckets.
We can't stress this hard enough: any wedding budget you find online won't be totally inclusive of all your own needs and won't always be totally accurate to your area. Use these wedding budget examples just as a general overview.
Sample wedding budget for a $2,000 wedding
What kind of wedding this might be:
DIY wedding in a backyard or city hall with a tiny restaurant reception.
- Venue/officiant: $100
- Attire you already own: $0
- Catering, homemade desserts, and other hospitality: $750
- Alcohol and drinks catering: $375
- DIY emailed invitations: $0
- Lower-cost photographer or skilled friend: $400
- DIY flowers from a grocery store: $50
- Simple table decor: $50
- Makeup and hair by a skilled friend: $0
- Other umbrella expenses: $250
Sample wedding budget for a $5,000 wedding
What kind of wedding this might be:
A smaller, backyard wedding with food truck catering and karaoke, or a larger guest list at home with a punch and pie wedding.
- Venue/officiant: $100
- Attire: $275
- Catering, dessert table, and other hospitality: $2,000
- Alcohol and drinks catering: $500
- DIYed invitations: $175
- Lower-cost photographer or skilled friend/student: $500
- Aspiring/first time DJ or an enthusiastic friend and sound system rental: $250
- Bouquet and boutonniere only: $250
- Decor/rentals: $550
- Makeup and hair by a skilled friend: $0
- Other umbrella expenses: $400
Sample wedding budget for a $10,000 wedding
What kind of wedding this might be:
A buffet-style meal at a more affordable venue for fewer than 100 guests, a small wedding at a chic restaurant in a large city, a midday or non-Saturday wedding with some cost-saving methods, or a huge, festival-style blow-out at an inexpensive camp site with a guest jam session.
- Venue/officiant: $3,000
- Attire: $450
- Catering, cake, and other hospitality: $2,500
- Alcohol and drinks catering: $750
- Download and print invitations: $175
- Mid-priced photographer: $1,150
- DJ: $850
- Flowers from a local grocery store: $50
- Decor/rentals: $500
- Makeup and hair by a skilled friend: $0
- Other umbrella expenses: $550
Sample wedding budget for a $20,000 wedding
What kind of wedding this might be:
Chic venue in a bigger city with a smaller guest list, destination wedding with honeymoon after, trendy rustic barn venue for a mid-sized guest list.
- Venue/officiant: $7,000
- Attire: $1,000
- Sit-down meal catering, cake, and other hospitality: $3,800
- Alcohol and drinks catering: $850
- Invitations via Etsy: $200
- Photographer: $2,250
- DJ: $1,650
- Day-of coordinator: $1,000
- Flowers: $750
- Decor/rentals: $500
- DIY makeup and professional hairstyle: $150
- Other umbrella expenses: $800
Sample wedding budget for a $35,000 wedding
What kind of wedding this might be:
A hotel venue wedding in a mid- to larger-sized city, a large guest list at a summer camp venue, an all-inclusive resort wedding.
- Venue including catering, rentals, alcohol and drinks, cake, and staff: $14,000
- Attire: $1,200
- Professional invitations: $400
- Photographer and videographer: $4,000
- Live band: $2,900
- Wedding planner: $2,250
- Flowers and decor: $2,250
- Professional hair and makeup for three people: $400
- Small, morning-after brunch: $1,450
- Other umbrella expenses: $1,000
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