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For us, thus far, it's our photographer. $3500. She's so worth it though! :)
so far i think the most i'll spend on any one thing is gonna be the dress.. this is gonna be a super budget affair
Food. $7000+
Then photographer, $3500.
(destination wedding for 28 people)
Right now it is the ceremony and reception venue. The caterer may or may not exceed that.
Photographer, then venue. ($5,500 and $5,000 respectively). There are other things that get close to those amounts, though!
Definitely food and drink. I'm estimating (don't have a totally solid idea since the alcohol is based on consumption) that it will account for about 55% of our total budget.
The venue/caterer/alcohol will have the biggest bill by a long shot, but that is two things combined so it's expected. Second most expensive is the band. I'm not thrilled about that expense, but FI insisted so we're going with it!
Our catering costs (our venue does the catering). The minimum for a Friday night is 7K which is 5K less then a Saturday. The surprising thing is the added 19% gratuity and tax added on to that...it makes it closer to $9,000. Everything else we are doing budget and DIY stuff to save money.
Catering and alcohol. My wonderful FI is doing computer upgrades for our venue, so the rental may be compted.
reception. our location includes the food and alcohol and some decor which is nice.
Reception - Food/Drink is definitely the most expensive part of our budget.
Food and drink here too, which is actually the norm. My DOC told me food and drink are often 50% or more of the budget.
Food/Open bar $12,000 (50% costs) and then photographer $4000 (so worth every penny)
Food/Drink and Reception costs. Followed by our Photographer. :) But our photographers are amazing people so we were okay with spending more for them plus we got a lot of stuff that we wanted for our price.
catering and alcohol were our most expensive costs, followed closely by the honeymoon
Venue & Food for sure. Followed closely by the band... but hopefully it will be worth it!
Food and Beverage were a little less than half of the budget, followed by the flowers (which I regret spending so much on), then the band then the photographer, then my dress.
The catering service will take the most, but the photographer's been 'padded' outside of the suggested percentage value.
Venue at $1480, Decor rental/Wedding Planner Package-$800, Photog-$640
As of this moment, according to my excel spreadsheet, the photography is our biggest cost.
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