Post # 1
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Helper bee
I know this sound weird but I was talking to some people and when you budget are you including the rings (we’re talking about the engagement ring) do you included it to the budget or not… all the website and book say yes but for example my brother wedding was under $3000 and I look at it and it doesnt make sense if he did include it being the cartering was $2000 her dress was about 600 and he bought a kilt and those are a pretty penny.. not just that the officant and marriage linces … soo I’m wondering do you include it or not??
Post # 3
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Bumble Beekeeper
We have included it in our budget. We feel that they are part of the wedding, so it make sense for us. Some people don’t include the rings because it including them inflates the budget. If you need a budget planner, I use http://weddings.weddingchannel.com/wedding-planning-tools.aspx and I think it is very good.
Post # 4
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Bumble bee
Are you talking about engagement rings or wedding rings? You say e ring but I’ve never seen a wedding budget that included that – normally the e ring is purchased before the wedding budget is set (and often it is paid for by the groom only, rather than the couple or any family members).
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
We didnt include any rings in our budget. There is a lot we are not including in our “budget”. It all depends on how you want to do your budget.
Our wedding theme is x-mas and a lot of the decor I’m not including in my “budget” because it will be stuff i will use again and my parents dont need to pay for it. My mom is a florist so the flowers wont come out of the budget either.
Post # 6
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Honey Beekeeper
You should include everything for the wedding in your budget. That way you know that you have enough money to pay for the entire thing.
Post # 7
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Bee Keeper
I included the rings in my budget. They can end up being a fairly large expense and they should be accounted for.
Post # 8
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Honey bee
We included wedding bands, but not my engagement ring!
Post # 9
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Sugar bee
The way we see it,, every wedding expense should be in the budget. We included our wedding rings (not my ering as he paid for that seperately), honeymoon, welcome BBQ, rehersal dinner. Really the point of the budget is to estimate costs and track spending realistically so I don’t think things should be excluded. I added a line to our budget to note who paid for what in order to keep track. For example, my parents bought my wedding dress so it’S in the budget but says mom and dad next to it. In the end, we will have a realistic, albeit super scary, number. I think some people only include what is spent on the reception and to me, that is misleading.
Post # 10
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Blushing bee
Personally I made a spreadsheet in excel that lists all wedding expenses, from the official stuff like marriage licence and registrar, to attire (except my dress as my mum is gifting that to me) and accesories, catering&venue costs, flowers&photography etc to the invites etc and postage stamps, and a small amount for unforseen things. So in my case it also includes the weddingrings, most definitely.
At the end of the day I’d like to have a complete overview of what the wedding will have cost us, so I prefer to have everything included. My Fiance however gets a little overwhelmed by the total amount so he prefers to think of seperate subtotals 😉 I personally think that’s misleading yourself a little, but as long as he’s happy.. and I have my own overview that does include the total. 🙂
Post # 11
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Honey bee
My Fiance bought my e-ring on his own and luckily it included a wedding band. We didn’t include the cost of his ring in the budget either.
I personally leave rings and honeymoon OUT of the budget but include everything for
Rehearsal Dinner
Beauty Prep
Attire
Ceremony
Reception
Transportation
Invitations
etc.
Post # 12
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Bumble bee
I think it all depends on what you are using your budget for. Are you submitting it to someone else and they’re helping pay? Probably shouldn’t put rings in there. Are you trying to track your expenses? Put them in there. Are you trying to save up as you go and need to make sure you can pay for things at the appropriate time? Put them in there.
My e-ring was not in the budget because it was paid for before we started planning the wedding. Our wedding bands are in the budget because we just bought them and the money came out of the money we are spending on the wedding.
Post # 13
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Busy bee
I didn’t include the e-ring as it was pre-wedding. I am including the wedding bands into the budget though.
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
I think of the rings as marriage expenses not wedding expenses. I think of wedding expenses as expenses associated with that one day (or weekend) and the rings aren’t about the day they’re for the future.
Post # 15
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Helper bee
I was just wondering.. we have put it in but if I go a little bit over it because of the ring becuase it not a one time thing (like of you pointed out) thanks for answering