I am the planner of the two, and my guy is a visual person. I know that there are millions of wedding checklists (which I have) but I really want him to see how much money we are saving by looking at some sample budgets - say 20K, 25K and 30K wedding budgets. Also I want to be able to point out that for instance, flowers typically cost between $xx and $xx, but since we are not having flowers we are saving X dollars (he's an artist - please help me!)
Does anyone know where to find sample wedding budgets in different ranges and how much money vendors typically cost - or their range?
I also highly recommend using theKnot.com to get *started*...not as easy to maintain...What we did was first find out the average cost of a wedding in our area ($27K) and what my parents could contribute ($6K). We looked @ $20K breakdown in the knot but talked ourselves down to $15K. We are following the Knot pretty closely, except for a couple things. For example, I am making all my paper products & veil & part of desserts, and we are splurging on the reception site. We are also not spending as much on dinner, which I think our families will totally understand, since they are not that "fancy"!
Some things are very hard to follow....For example, my budget for my wedding band was only $150.00. Since we are very open about that stuff, we decided to get a slightly less fancy e-ring and a nicer band...with my wedding band budget coming from the e-ring budget...Good luck!
I am the planner of the two, and my guy is a visual person. I know that there are millions of wedding checklists (which I have) but I really want him to see how much money we are saving by looking at some sample budgets - say 20K, 25K and 30K wedding budgets. Also I want to be able to point out that for instance, flowers typically cost between $xx and $xx, but since we are not having flowers we are saving X dollars (he's an artist - please help me!)
Does anyone know where to find sample wedding budgets in different ranges and how much money vendors typically cost - or their range?
Thanks!
posted by pinwheelspoprocks 36 posts 1 month agoHey! On the main blog site, click on the little "features" tab and go down to "real budgets." There are several there!
posted by amysue 637 posts 1 month agoDoh
Thanks Amysue!
posted by pinwheelspoprocks 36 posts 1 month agoNo problem! And don't be embarrassed -- they haven't done one in quite a while, so it's not surprising that you weren't aware of the feature.
posted by amysue 637 posts 1 month agoI also highly recommend using theKnot.com to get *started*...not as easy to maintain...What we did was first find out the average cost of a wedding in our area ($27K) and what my parents could contribute ($6K). We looked @ $20K breakdown in the knot but talked ourselves down to $15K. We are following the Knot pretty closely, except for a couple things. For example, I am making all my paper products & veil & part of desserts, and we are splurging on the reception site. We are also not spending as much on dinner, which I think our families will totally understand, since they are not that "fancy"!
Some things are very hard to follow....For example, my budget for my wedding band was only $150.00. Since we are very open about that stuff, we decided to get a slightly less fancy e-ring and a nicer band...with my wedding band budget coming from the e-ring budget...Good luck!
posted by cannotwait 214 posts 1 month ago