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Over or Under: Average Wedding Budget?

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Maggie, on March 12, 2019 at 11:05 AM

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Weddings cost a serious chunk of change, but couples still tend to underestimate how much they’ll spend on their wedding. Will you be over or under the average budget of $29,200? (Not including your engagement ring or honeymoon!) Is that more or less than you thought you’d spend on your wedding?...

Weddings cost a serious chunk of change, but couples still tend to underestimate how much they’ll spend on their wedding. Will you be over or under the average budget of $29,200? (Not including your engagement ring or honeymoon!) Is that more or less than you thought you’d spend on your wedding?

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Master September 2019
Mrs. H · on March 12, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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We will spend around $25,000 when all's said and done - so under by a bit
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Master September 2019
Sherry · on March 12, 2019 at 4:30 PM
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Under. We have stuck to our original $3500 budget
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Expert September 2020
Christine · on March 12, 2019 at 4:30 PM
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Over by a long shot - thanks, Bay Area! We're at about $40k minus the honeymoon (yikes).
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Super July 2019
MD · on March 12, 2019 at 4:37 PM
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Under! I think by the end of everything we'll actually be spending less than what I budgeted.
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Dedicated March 2020
Sarah · on March 12, 2019 at 4:40 PM
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Our budget $40k-$35k and I think we will be under.
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VIP June 2020
Kristen · on March 12, 2019 at 4:40 PM
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I don't know yet! Our budget, maximum, is 30k but we are predicting about 27k currently. We are not paying for our honeymoon. If you were to include our rings, we'd be over.
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VIP November 2019
Katie · on March 12, 2019 at 4:41 PM
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Under thank goodness !! We are paying for it all ourselves
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Just Said Yes July 2019
Joanne · on March 12, 2019 at 4:52 PM
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Under. Our budget was $10K but it will be more by a couple of thousand.
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Devoted December 2021
Emily · on March 12, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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Under! Thank god.
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Devoted June 2019
Kate · on March 12, 2019 at 5:44 PM
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Thank goodness we’re under! Total will be about $19,000 at most.
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Devoted June 2019
Erin · on March 12, 2019 at 5:56 PM
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Over and counting 😅
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Super December 2020
Sophie · on March 12, 2019 at 5:58 PM
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We are at about 37.5k
i wanted to be at 25 but once we started thinking about all of the things we needed to include it went up.
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Expert July 2019
Nora · on March 12, 2019 at 6:49 PM
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Way under! Probably about 7k (but over my solid 5k original fantasy budget for my area 😅)
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Dedicated April 2019
LMBT · on March 12, 2019 at 7:20 PM
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Under, but still getting close to 20k for our tiny, simply elegant wedding.
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Dedicated May 2019
Jennifer · on March 12, 2019 at 7:29 PM
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Under!

We planned to stay around 7k ended up going over, were at 12k
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Savvy May 2019
Laura · on March 12, 2019 at 7:48 PM
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Way under. We are just going to Hawaii the two of us. No big wedding yet but who knows for the second ceremony how much it will be.
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Devoted October 2019
Laura · on March 12, 2019 at 8:27 PM
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WAY under, thank goodness!!! I’m hoping to keep our final budget at or below $6000.
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Expert June 2019
Sara · on March 12, 2019 at 9:26 PM
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Under. About $18k. The price is seriously traumatizing, but after learning how much this all really costs, I'm pretty happy we were able to plan a full wedding for this price (especially one in NY on a Saturday in the Summer).
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Expert September 2019
Martika · on March 12, 2019 at 11:21 PM
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Glad to say we are under! Around $15,000
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Expert July 2019
Becca · on March 13, 2019 at 8:13 AM
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About that actually. 200+ people in a big city will do that to you haha
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