Cost Break Down? What is yours?

We are trying to stick to $3500 dollars with a 80 person guest list.

My mom has offered to pay the dress and my father is paying for the venue

Officiant -$50

Invitations $130 (FH is a graphic designer and making these)

Bouquets and Bouts $130 (HyVee)

Centerpieces and ceremony decor $400

Favors $200 (unsure what yet)

Grooms tux $120

Cake $320

Photography $500

Catering $1175

That only equals $3025 so we have a 500 dollar margin for error

Our budget was $10,000. Total expenses were almost exactly that number, calculated as follows:

* Ceremony (rabbi, synagogue, marriage license, waiver of three-day waiting period, chuppah, ketubah, decorations, glass for breaking, mezuzah from shards of wedding glass) $4,055.14

* Attire (dresses, alterations, undergarments, shoes, jewelry, opera gloves, purse, garters) $1,398.63

* Ring (the one I bought for NotFroofy; she gave me one she inherited from her grandmother) $155.00

* Reception (venue rental, food, open bar, centerpieces, plates, flatware, glasses, dancing shoes, uplighting, paper lanterns) $2,152.69

* Hair and make-up (once for both of us for the ceremony and luncheon, and again for both of us for the at-home reception) $220.00

* Flowers (bouquets, bout, freeze-dried rose petals) $274.98

* Photography (professional photographer for ceremony, supplies for DIY fauxtobooth at reception) $570.62

(cont.)

*Accommodations (for us for one night so we could get the marriage license and the waiver of the three-day waiting period, and for us and all our guests for the night before the wedding and the wedding night) $939.00

* Stationery (invitations, programs, photo sharing cards, postage) $288.68

TOTAL $9,899.00

Our budget is $50K. These are rough but should give a good idea of the breakdown:

-Venue: $30K (includes ceremony, cocktail, and reception spaces; hors d'oeuvres; three-course dinner; premium bar package; tables, chairs, and linens)

-Cake: $900

-Photog: $4K

-All attire and accessories: $2K

-DJ: $800

-Flowers and lighting: $6K

-Custom dance floor (the dancing area is concrete): $1K

-Paper stuff (invites, etc.): $2K

-Officiant: $650

-Beauty (hair, nails, makeup for all): $1K

Then everything else makes up the rest... guest book, the "favors" (a donation to the humane society), card box, etc.

Our budget was $8000 and we changed it to $12,000.

Venue...$3600

cake....$900

attire...$1655

rings...$1680

favors...$116

flowers....$800

decor...$700

video...$995

photo...$1275

stationary..$270

gift..$633

total...$12,624

And we still got to get a limo & odds and ends. FH I came to an agreement that $15,000 is our max.

-Venue and ceremony is 20,000 dollars(open bar, food, wedding planner)

-Cake-no booked yet

-My dress, my daughters flower girl dress and my other day junior bridesmaid)-1200

-Rings-5500

-Flowers 700

-Video-1400

-Photo 3000

-photobooth-250

we still need limo,stationary, gifts, fh tuxs

So far a grand total of

32,000 dollars

Our Budget was $20,000. (it was 15 but it ballooned)

Ceremony Venue/Officiant: $560

Reception Venue $5,500

Dress w/ Alterations: $2,000

Dress Accessories: $350

Tux: $75.00 (FH is buying top hat and cane)

Cake $600

Limo: $1,250

DJ/ Photo Booth: $1,400

Photographer: $2,000

Attendants Gifts: $500

Flowers: $500

Rehearsal Dinner $600

Hotel: $155

Rings: $800

Make Up/Hair: $120

Other Beauty: $110

Invitations: $150

Disney Honeymoon: $2,100

There's more but i can't remember at this time LOL.

We spent just under $8000

Venue - $950

Dinner - 1700

Drinks - 500

Photog - 1600

Cake - 100

Dress - 640

Tux - 140

Favors - 150

Stationary - 200

Honeymoon (not included in budget) - 1500

Rings - 110

Rehearsal Dinner - 400

(I don't think that's everything, but you get the idea)

We are budgeting for 2000.

Cake - $120 DIY

Food and Beverage - $290

Attire - $161

Flowers - $262

Invitations - $73.39 plus $47.75 for postage

His ring - $75

Officiant - $50 donation

Gifts - $36

Wedding Night Accomodation - Free

Photography - $600

Gas - $75

Venue Accessories - $275

Venues - Free

Comes out somewhere around 2k

Our budget is $25,000.. some of this isn't finalized, but most is (with deposits and whatnot already made and prices locked in:

Venue - 4500 (just the space, chairs, tables, etc plus a "day of" coordinator to help things run smoothly)

Photographer - 2956 (with engagement session and travel fee, as our wedding is 3.5 hours from where we live!)

Catering - 6900 (buffet with rolls, salad, 2 entrees, 2 starches, and 2 veg, plus appetizers)

Drinks - 2000 (this is totally a guess, but we get to supply our own alcohol instead of going through the caterer)

Favors - 200 (mostly homemade)

Cake - 500 (no display cake.. just a layered sheet cake served, 2 flavors)

Paper Goods - 700 (this is a guess.. but we are making our own invites, programs, etc)

Clergy - 360 (including rehearsal)

Music - 265 (live guitarist for ceremony, including travel fee since she is one hour from the location, and her attending rehearsal)

DJ -750

Flowers - 875 (my bouquet, 5 BM bouquets, 2 corsages, 1 bout, and 4 arrangements for "special" reception tables.. our flowers are green hydrangea and white peonies)

My "Beauty Budget - 2000 (my dress, shoes, hair, makeup, jewelry, veil, nails, undergarments.. whatever I need to look the way I want to look!)

Groom's Clothes - 600 (we are doing suits for GM, FH will probably get a new suit and shoes and whatnot.. this is a high estimate!)

Gifts - 1100 (5 BMs, 5 GMs, 2 FGs, 2 ushers, and 2 sets of parents)

Decorations - 400 (centerpieces, linens, etc)

Rehearsal Dinner - 600 (total guess.. we're hoping to do something very low key.. maybe even ordering pizza.. we'll see!)

Photobooth - $700 (unlimited photos with an attendant to help things run smoothly)

We are paying for everything ourselves..

Our Budget $50,000 but we went just a tad over

Ceremony/Reception Venue $20,000

Dress w/ Alterations: $2,000

Dress Accessories: $350

Tux: $150

Limo: $1,800

DJ/ Photographer/ Video/ Lighting: $5,000

Attendants Gifts: $1,553

Flowers: $6,500

Rehearsal Dinner $1500

Hotel: $1000

Make Up/Hair: $500

Invitations: $3,000

Honeymoon: $7,000

Officiant: $790

Children Pendants: $500

Parents Gifts: $1200

Favors: $1000

Our Budget for everything is $16K. That includes the wedding, HM and our At Home Reception. Most with the exception of the AHR and Money for spending is true to the cost as we are just a month out and most of it has been paid for.

Air for us and 3 kids $2528

Condos (two) for 5 nights $1753

Car rental $303

Photography $2164

Invites, Stds, Paper (maps/mad libs etc.) $414

Officiant/License/Beach permit $486

Reception w/food and Decor $934

Night Luau Reception $821

Hair/MU/Nails $491

HM (7night costco deal) $2568

Dresses/shoes $674

Mens attire $74

Favors and Gifts $324

Welcome BBQ $200

Food/Fun Money Wedding Week $500

HM Money $500

AHR (decor/caterer/alcohol) $1500

Total $16324

Ceremony/Reception: $700

Catering: $1,300

Cake: $200

Rings: $200

Drinks/Bartender: $400

Dress w/ Alterations: $830

Dress Accessories: $300

Suit and Accessories: $200

Attendants Gifts: $100

Flowers: $250

Rehearsal Dinner: $200

Hotel: $189

Make Up/Hair: $120

Invitations: $10

Honeymoon: $350

Officiant: Free

Children Gifts: $500

Parents Gifts: $50

Favors: $50

We are somewhere around $5, 400 right now!

Total Budget for 64 guests for a DW wedding weekend event in Vermont $13,400

Friday's Welcome Din/Bevs/Welcome Bags $700

Reception for 64 people:

Venue/Accomos $1680

Food/Rentals $2250

Alcohol $1100

Cake $315

Grooms Cake $50

Flowers/Decor/Table Linens/Momentos/Invitations $1100

Favors for 64 including Candy BUffet $400

License and fees $145

Attendants Gifts $300

Dress w/alters & unders

& hair flower & shoes $500(Does not include jewelry)

Hair/Makeup/Nails $300

Groom's Attire with Shoes $300

Attire for My Girls $200

Photo Gratis(FH's assistant)

DJ (Paying for gas, accomos & downloads) $600

Honeymoon & Honeymoon Attire $3000

Passenger Van Rental $300

Dog Sitter $200

Double post

We had a budget of $5000

dress/corset bra, sash: 277

church: 150

Pastor: 125

church coordinator: 35

church musical director: 50

venue: 1000

dad's tux: 75

son's tux: 110

grooms tux: FREE!

fg sashes: 30

cakes & cupcakes: 235

veil: FREE!

jewelry: FREE!

Honeymoon Cruise: 1,270

favors: 100

Food: guessing about 200

shoes: 50

DJ: 300

photographers: FREE!

videographer: 100

invitations: 75

postage: 44

hair: FREE!

make-up: 25

daughter make-up: 15

daughters bm dress: 129

paper products for food:200

and I'm sure I'm forgetting something, or missing a number or two...but in total we spent $6,300

Our budget was originally $10,000 but it ended up being closer to $16,000 once all was said and done.

Church: $475

Officiant: $300

Venue: $1100

Open Bar $1000

Catering: $2300

DJ: $900

Photographer: $1535

Cake: $380

Flowers: $540

Dress w/alterations: $630

Accessories: $150

MUA/Hair: $500

Party Bus: $500

Invites/STDs/Paper/Postage: $200

Bridal Party Gifts: $300

Candy Buffet: $500

Decor: $800

Honeymoon: $3540

Countless trips to Cincinnati - food/gas: More than I care to calculate

Ours is 5,000, but we are hoping for way less than that. We are trying to find the cheapest/best of everything. We have about 75-85 guests lined up for our wedding.

DJ - Is going to be about $600

Ceremony - Will hopefully be a donation or really cheap, since it is a non-profit church/gallery. Haven't asked about that yet.

Invitations - FH is making them. It shouldn't be TOO expensive since we don't have many people coming.

Officiant - We plan on a friend doing it. We will probably pay him something though.

Everything else we don't know yet. However, it doesn't look bad so far. It seems like catering and photography will the most expensive. Hopefully we can figure out a cheaper option though.

Our budget is $60k based on 675 guest .

Ceremony Venue : $600

Minister: Donation Only $200

Ballroom ,Food,Alcohol $61,893.00 (parents paying)

Ice Cream Catering (Favors): $5,138.37

DJ $ 1450.00

Ceremony/Cocktail Hour Quartet $1,250.00

Cake 5,749.62

Transportation: $2,875

Wedding Invitations: $4,680.66

Wedding Dress: $1450 (dad paid )

Bridal Dresses: $1,200

Bridal Party Gifts : $ 750

Shoes: $286 (Ceremony and Reception)

High Tea Event (Friday) : $5,000 God parents paying

Sunday Brunch: $8,000 grandparents paying

Now that you ladies are posting, I know see how far I'm behind in planing. I still have a lot to do !