Budget Breakdown?

@Mrs. CK thanks! I appreciate your perspective.

There was a entry early in this post by OG Kathryn, i was hoping to to find out what venue in East Windsor, CT did you get married? I have about 65 to 70 guests, I'm looking for an all inclusive, food, open bar, cake, & decorations. Any help from CT brides would be appreciated. Looking for venues in central ct, so it can be close to all guests.

In the beginning of this post there was an entry by OG Kathryn, I wanted to know what venue at East Windsor, CT did you get married? I have about 65-70 guests and I'm looking for a Venue that is all inclusive (food, open bar, cake, decorations) $5,500 is reasonable. Any help from CT brides is appreciated. I'm looking for a venue in central CT, so it's close to all guests. This is all I'm focusing on right now & it's the hardest.

Mine probably won't help much because its overseas but I will use USD.

Location : Georgetown Guyana

Airline ticket :1,300

Guest count : approximately 150

Venue ( includes DJ, DOC and all rentals, centerpieces,etc) : $2,000

Catering/open bar : $3,500

Dress $500

Photographer/ videographer : $500

Hair/makeup : $150

Grooms attire : $200

Marriage license : $25

Bridal party gifts : $200

Cake : $250

Candy buffet : $300

Stationary : $ 150

Rings : $1,500

6 bouquets : $200

Officiant : $75

Ceremony venue : $200

Naples, FL 50 guests

Ceremony venue is a park overlooking the beach-$530

Reception- about $3,000. Final number depends on what people pick for their meal option because they're different prices

Dress-$1,400 still needs to be altered

DJ- $650

Limo-$300

Shuttle for guests-$400

Hair and makeup- $130

Cake-$508

Chair rental for ceremony and chair sashes- $244

Photographer- $2,000

Officiant- $175

Linen rentals and chair covers for reception- $400 our reception venue only has white linens and my dress is ivory so I'm renting ivory linens

Invitations-$240

We've spent about $400 in other things like the cake cutting set, card box, hanger for my dress, shoes, garter, robe....

Still need a lot more

NJ-

we invited 32 people

We had 29 RSVP yes

And I had 3 that didn't stay for dinner.

There were other things that got paid for- so I would comfortably say 15000 was my total cost ish.

We originally planned for a 5-8 K budget but our plan changed significantly from an "immediate family only take them to a restaurant" to a fully catered meal. So- while I deeply regret the event over all- I am not surprised- it was a wonderful event- and everything was well hosted IMHO.

I wish we had stuck with our 5K plan and just done that.

Oh god that's tiny.

wow. I'll break it down later,.

it's to late for that shit right now.

2 Kalamazoo, MI girls!!! Me too, make that 3!!!

@nope. We are having a dry wedding for three reasons. 1) my FH and I don't drink. 2) my wedding is on a Monday. Most people have to take the day off for it, didn't want them to have to take a second one. 3) We are having a kid friendly wedding as he has 5 nieces and nephews and a lot of my friends and cousins have kids. It's a wedding on Halloween, I want everyone to have fun!

In Lake Arrowhead, CA

-All inclusive venue (including ceremony, reception, all tables, chairs and linens, catering, cocktail hour food, alcohol, coordinator, florist allowance, DJ, photographer, baker, and some decor-signs, candles, mason jars, card boxes, lanterns, fake plants, shepards hooks- the coordinator has in storage- they make it so that it literally includes everything!!)- $20,000 for 100 people

-my dress- $1,500

-videographer- $1,600 for 5 hours

-hair and make up- free (gifted to me)

-bridesmaids gifts- $500

-parents/grandparents gifts- $200

-DIY decor (signs, etc)- $100

-favors for guests-$300

-jewelry/headpiece/veil- $100max

-manicure and pedicure- $60

-invitations- $170

I'm probably leaving some stuff out. But our budget was $25,000 and we will be right around that. Maybe a little over.

I checked the costofwedding.com and in my area, the average was $31,000 so were under!

ETA- spelling

@CK- I love the Tulalip! Had my birthday there last year.

Location: Enumclaw WA (just outside Seattle)

Guest Count: 204 (if all show up)

Budget: $15,000 Actual- WAY OVER! Venue: $5000 (includes tables/chairs/tent on Saturday)

Photography: $2500 (10 hrs)

DJ: $1650 (unlimited hrs)

Caterer: $4800

Flowers: $485 (buying from Costco, my aunt is florist and doing them for me- 30 centerpieces, 7 bouquets, 10 boutonnieres, 3 corsages)

Cake: free

Officiant: $200 projected

STD/invites/thank yous: $700 projected

Dress: $450 +alterations next year

FH & our kids attire: $700 projected

Marriage license: $70

Rings: $2200

Favors/gifts: $1700 projected

Bartenders/alcohol: $4500 projected

Makeup/hair: free

Decor/miscellaneous: $400

Ok - im not following this thread lol these numbers scares the hell out of me!!!

I happen to think most of the numbers here are very reasonable and a lot of people stuck to somewhat of their budget!

Bump

Wedding hasn't happened yet..We originally wanted to go the route of taking family to a nice restaurant but that didn't happen.

Right now around $46k

20 people for a wedding on the Gold Coast, Australia (prices are approximate because of currency conversion) Wedding is from 3pm-9pm

Evergreen Garden Venue - $6,148 (includes, all food, canapes, non-alcoholic drinks, celebrant, 2 wait staff, bartender, DOC, guest transportation). http://www.evergreengardenvenue.com.au/

Wedding cake -$300

http://www.gillianbellcake.com.au/

Rentals (tables, chairs, styling, marquee, flowers for ceremony and reception) $6K

http://www.sugarandspiceevents.com.au/

Harpist for ceremony - 2.5 hours - $350

Photographer (all day coverage, wedding album - $3K

http://www.jashanphotography.com.au/

Videographer - $3K

http://www.freedomfilms.com.au/

Personal flowers - Bride bouquet, etc - $800 estimate

http://www.bsweetflowers.com/

Transportation for bride to wedding and from venue- $800

https://www.somertonlimousines.com.au/

Hair and make-up including, trial and MOB - $560

Musician for reception - $700

Invitations - FREE

Welcome Sunset Cruise and Dinner- $1,200 (minimum)

http://www.surfersparadiserivercruises.com.au/

Rehearsal Dinner - $2K (minimum)

http://oskars.com.au/

Groom's attire - $1.5K

Postage - $100

Rings - $6.5K

Flights to Australia from LAX - $3K

Hotel - 2 nights hotel stay - honeymoon - $900

http://www.palazzoversace.com/

Accommodations for time on the gold coast - $1.5K

airbnb

Day after breakfast - $1K

http://www.bskt.com.au

Wedding dress and accessories - $6K

Alterations - TBD

Menus, Favors, Placecards - not sure

Alcohol - not sure. We have maybe 10 people that drink.

After party -$500

Car rental - $700

Parents gifts -?

Honeymoon not included..

Alright, let's see.

Location: Sedona AZ

Original budget: Unlimited

Actual Costs: 14k so far?

Guests Count: 8 (10 inc. Bride & Groom!)

Venue and Dinner (elopement package inc. ceremony and reception): $5500

Bar: $400 (Beer & Wine, 2 hours)

Officiant: $575

Photographer: $1200 (1 hr inc. with elopement package; 2 additional hours plus files)

Florist: Free (bouquet and boutonniere inc. with elopement package)

Music: Free (iPod and speaker system for dinner)

Dress: $1100 (Casablanca Bridal)

Alterations: $200 estimated

Accessories: $170

FH Tux: Not purchased yet

Wedding Bands: $900 for mine; $400 estimated for FH

Hair & Makeup for Bride: $375

Hair & Makeup for MOH: $185

Rentals: $130

Decor: $100

Marriage License: $100

Gifts (MOH, MOB, MOG): $100

Welcome Bags: $200

Accommodation for DW weekend: $2200

Weekend activities: $300

I think that's about all.

Location: Philadelphia PA

Budget: Around 25K

Church w/musicians: $1K

Venue: Full service. 5 hour open bar, buffet dinner, tables, chairs linen, cake, and centerpieces included. $14K

DJ: $950

Photographer: $1,700

Dress budget with alterations and veil: $1,500 (Already have shoes)

Tux rental $150

Hair and Makeup budget: $500

Transportation: Yellow bus $400

Invites, thank yous, STDs, and stamps budget $500

Misc things: $$$?

Honeymoon: $3,500

Got all my bills!

Location: Palo Alto, CA. Guest list 64 plus one uninvited : /

Estimated Budget 10K (which I knew it won't be enough). silly DH

Food and drinks: $9909.06 (including open bar)

Additional alcohol: $425

Lunch on the day: $331.69 (includes family, 2 mua, 1 hair and left over at the end of the night)

Vendor meals: $111.45

Site rental: $400 for court yard, $1000 for the reception hall

Dress: $500

Dress alteration: $350

DH attire: Suit, tie, belt, shoes $2600

Flowers: $1300

Photo/ video: $2150

DJ, photo booth, lighting package: $1600

Makeup: $350 just for me but include trial

Additional make up trial: $50

Hair: $175 for the day, $75 trials x 2= $325

Jewelries: $60 from rent the run way! Plus my mother bracelet

I also got FG, RB and my Mom attires: $300

Tips: $400

Total sum: $22162

Not including miscellaneous items like printing seating charts, guest book. They are all under $100.

Harahan, Louisiana (right outside of New Orleans)-125 guests, not married yet!

Venue (includes ceremony setup, full open bar, tables, linens, in house catering)-9000 officiant-250 photographer/videographer package: 2500 cake/grooms cake-650 DJ-500 Hair/Makeup-150 bridal bouquet-115 bridesmaids bouquets, bouts for groom, groomsman, and parents (DIY)- 150 filler flowers for center pieces-280 DIY ceremony backdrop-60 center pieces/decor-500 bridal party gifts- 1000 This is all that's done so far. We budgeted for 10,000 before we had any idea what the costs would be. We are currently at about 15,000.

Harahan, Louisiana (right outside of New Orleans)-125 guests, not married yet!

Venue (includes ceremony setup, full open bar, tables, linens, in house catering)-9000 officiant-250 photographer/videographer package: 2500 cake/grooms cake-650 DJ-500 Hair/Makeup-150 bridal bouquet-115 bridesmaids bouquets, bouts for groom, groomsman, and parents (DIY)- 150 filler flowers for center pieces-280 DIY ceremony backdrop-60 center pieces/decor-500 bridal party gifts- 1000 This is all that's done so far. We budgeted for 10,000 before we had any idea what the costs would be. We are currently at about 15,000.