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We have already gone over budget. We have adjusted our budget several times. If we didn't include our rings or honeymoon in our budget, we would be way under budget.
We had an original budget of 30k not inlcuding rings, honeymoon, rehearsal, or the alcohol as that's being taken care of by the in-laws. We thought that was a very generous budget but now we have already met it with a lot left to include! Planning a big wedding was not as budget friendly as we thought and my poor daddy still thinks we are at the original budget! Yikes! When did weddings get so expensive? Or do I just have expensive taste?!
We were on track until we realized how expesive the hotel pre-wedding would be (we live in Boston but are getting married in San Diego), and our rings ended up being pretty pricey...
We are not done yet and are really trying to get back on track with 2 months left but I predict will come in a few grand over our initial estimates. EEEeeekkk. Our wedding will be paid for in full though so at least we're not going into debt. I mean you have to look at the positive right? :)
I am 6 months away and I never thought I would spend this much on a wedding... but I am only doing this once and it is worth every penny.
We had a pretty loose budget, but we were close (within a thousand or so dollars). We had a budget that included our honeymoon and one that did not. My husband's parents ended up gifting us a nice chunk of change which was unexpected and probably pushed us right to our budget or slightly below.
We were really really really not realistic with our budget vs the type of wedding we wanted. Our original budget was $20-25k. That could have been do-able if we had selected a venue that supplied the food, etc etc. However we decided we wanted an outdoor venue AND to bring our own caterer. Plus I had to pick my fancy pants photographer who I absolutely adore, LOL! So now that we have to rent a tent, all the dishes, glasses, silverware, bars, chairs, dance floor, lights, oh my god I can't even quantify it all, we're probably looking at double our original budget. Thankfully we can afford it. I would never ever ever go into debt for our wedding, nor would I let things get to a point where we would regret the money we spent or felt uncomfortable with the total at the end. It's a matter of being realistic and cutting things where we can, getting the best deals we can, using family and friends and their contacts as much as we can! Right now I'm trying to arrange to borrow tables, dishes, glassware and silverware from a friend's family who owns a few banquet halls. Fingers crossed!!!!
By the time everything was all said and done, our 10K wedding turned into more of a 15-18K wedding. We saved tons of money by making it mostly DIY with a few excellent vendors.
We never really set a budget. We are just trying to find the best price possible for what we want.
We started off with a budget of 10k for the actual day (not rings, honeymoon, or rehearsal) and now its up to 13k. I feel like our current budget is the bare minimum possible for hosting a wedding in our area that includes alcohol and isn't in some kind of church hall or something honestly. The only things we've done so far are venue and photog so i don't know if we'll go over. i hope not! i am going to work my butt off to make it work. :)
overall we are on budget.
we went over budget on certain things, but made up for finding really great deals and coming in under budget for others... and stayed on point for most items...
it's still gonna cost us $30-$32k (which was our budget)... but i'm STILL trying to wrap my head around that huge number for just one day!
I'm over budget in a few categories but I'm not sure that I'm totally over budget. I added some money to our budget to account for random misc. expenses. I also down sized some ideas when I realized I didn't care enough for those details to part with our money.
i think i'm the only one who really set a budget. my husband was like whatever, we'll spend what we need to have a nice wedding. i wanted to spend $10,000, we spent more like $13,000. and we did have a beautiful wedding.
We ended up $1k under the budget I set way at the beginning of our planning, not including our honeymoon. Including our honeymoon, we were over, but I don't think the honeymoon should count ;)
I'm so proud of myself! Our budget was 10K and we landed around 7500! But, this budget of 10K was just for the wedding itself, not rings & honeymoon. But, even for the rings & honeymoon, we stayed within that budget too :)
I was on budget for 5-6 grand for the wedding and came out to 5700. So I was pretty psyched to stay on budget. It was an awsome intimate affair!
I voted "over budget" but I was totally naive about the cost of weddings when we started out. Our original budget was 15K for a 150 person wedding in the Boston area. Not to say it's not possible, but for the look we were going for, it was not reasonable for us. We upped it to 20-25K and we're around 22K, not including rings or honeymoon.
I voted other.
We had a budget, but we always kind of expected that we'd go over by 3-4K, so that was always in the back of our minds and we had a secondary budget. BUT, we only went over our "first" budget by like $1K, so I like to tell people we came under, but technically, we were slightly over.
Im really planning on staying under budget but let see how everything turns out!!
We have a 3,000 budget for our courthouse wedding. So far we are on budget exactly.
FI and I gave ourselves a very generous budget, but have still managed to cross that threshold! Those little details and tiny little upgrades add up to MAJOR dollar signs at the bottom of the contract! 
We originally had a budget of $10,000 but then my dad decided he wanted to invite more people and he offered to give us up to an extra $5,000 to cover the cost. We ended up right around $11,500 (including everything but the honeymoon), so I'll consider that under budget.
Like trugem, we did not set a budget but decided that we would put sufficient research and thought into getting the best deal for the items/services we wanted. So I guess we built our budget as we went: we researched available options, decided which was most cost effective and then made the decision about which was right for us. I think if we had started with a budget then we would have nixed a lot of things that we have decided we really wanted, like a cheesecake wedding cake and big family bbq rehsearsal dinner.
were pretty much on budget (5000) but we might go over by 500.... hoping we dont- i really wnt to do it for 5000. sigh......
Our budget is $10,000, 85-90 people, not including my dress and honeymoon. So far, everything is on track but I've set an additional $2,000 for unexpected expenses. I think if we spend up to $12,000 it would be great.
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hey just curious- in your wedding planning so far (or if your already married) did you go over or under budget? and by how much