MemberWhere did you spend a lot of money? What percentage of your budget did this end up being? Did anything surprise you as being well over what you had budgeted for?
MemberFood. 25% of the budget!
I was just at a wedding last night. Food was their focus too. It totally paid off in the end. Everyone was well fed and ready to party. (As a bonus their cake was AMAZING!)
Everything else was a lot of very well executed DIY. But the food…for sure the most important thing.
MemberWe spent nearly half our budget on catering. Cocktail hour with 6 passed hors dourves, seated dinner with 4 courses, desserts and wedding cupcakes. Open bar with everything for 5 hours. God, I hope my guests don’t leave hungry and love the food!
MemberHalf of ours is on Food and the venue. Damn that catering can be expensive!!
Member(1) Venue (but the venue consisted of a 4 day/3 night stay for 25 guests + ceremony and reception location)
(2) Food and Liquor
(3) Photography
MemberThe two largest expenses were the reception location (including food and alcohol) and photography. Each of those were about 40% of the budget.
MemberCatering is going to end up being 35% of our budget. But we rank food really high on our list of importance. Cocktail hour with 6 passed hors dourves, seated dinner, cake and desserts plus a late night snack option, and open bar for 5 hours. We have our tasting next weekend and I’m super excited and looking forward to it.
MemberFood, wine, beer, venue (all one bill for us) = 75%
Venue was most important to me and unfortunately their food was expensive 🙁
MemberLike everyone else, the biggest portion of our budget(at least half) will be on the food and bar costs for our reception. The second biggest cost will be for photography. When I started planning, I didn’t think this would be an area that I would splurge on, but I fell in love with one particular photographer and went for it.
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MemberFood and rentals were by far the highest expense, almost half the budget!
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MemberFood and alcohol will probably be at least half the total cost. Photography ended up being much more expensive than I imagined, maybe a quarter our total cost (or slightly less).
MemberVenue-food, open bar BY FAR has been the most expensive aspect.
MemberCaterering – 40%
Band – 15%
Photog – 15%
Bar – 15%
All of these cost significantly more than my dress/decor/flower budget.
I haven’t done rentals yet who knows what the damage will be.
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