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Maggie
Champion October 2025

True or False: I’m over budget

Maggie, on February 5, 2019 at 11:05 AM

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Despite your best budget intentions, it’s really easy to spend more than you originally planned! In fact, couples tend to underestimate how much they’ll spend on their wedding by 40%. Are you standing strong in your budget battle? True or false? I’ve gone over budget! Next Question: I’ve thought...

Despite your best budget intentions, it’s really easy to spend more than you originally planned! In fact, couples tend to underestimate how much they’ll spend on their wedding by 40%. Are you standing strong in your budget battle?


True or false? I’ve gone over budget!


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79 Comments

  • Kristine
    Beginner July 2019
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    Haven't started planning reception yet or talked about a budget but I'm sure I'll go over it Smiley winking


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  • Julie
    Just Said Yes September 2019
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    I haven't yet...but I know me so I am quite sure I will be! But my future husband knows how I am and knows my spending habits so I am quite sure he expects me to be!

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  • Maura
    Dedicated May 2019
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    So true. We set a budget of 16k at the start, and we're ending around 27k not including the honeymoon. We tried really hard to keep costs down initially, which is how we ended up with a Sunday wedding. All the little things started to add up quick though. We also added a few big things we hadn't planned for. It's not more than we can afford, but certainly more than I thought we'd be spending.

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  • Rickiesha
    Just Said Yes July 2019
    Rickiesha ·
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    True- My original wedding venue had a construction accident and closed down. They set us up with another. It is not as beautiful as the first. Plus I had to pay extra for an arch and officiant.

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  • Candi
    Super September 2024
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    False I am 8% under and making final guest cuts could shave off another 4% of my total.

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  • Katelyn
    Beginner June 2019
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    False. I have a tight budget, but doing well!
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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
    Maggie ·
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    Oh no! I'm so sorry about your original venue, but I'm glad that you've been set up with another one.

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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
    Maggie ·
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    With that attitude, you might! Smiley laugh Are you having your ceremony and reception on different days, Kristine?

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  • Gabriela
    Dedicated October 2019
    Gabriela ·
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    False! We’re under so far, and we already booked the vendors who would normally be the most expensive!
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  • Jasmine
    Master August 2021
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    I can neither confirm nor deny Smiley catface As of right now we're on track but we still wanted to hold something for friends and family if people are willing to join us in Hawaii to celebrate. If we end up doing that then yes, we might be over budget depending on how many people actually show up.

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  • Expert August 2020
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    False, I don't have an unlimited budget so I'm going to be staying on top of that like a mother hen.

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  • Pattie
    Expert June 2020
    Pattie ·
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    Yes! Definitely! Did not plan for photographer and dj being over 1k. Oh how naive I was
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  • Mrs. Juliana
    Dedicated August 2019
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    I set an unrealistic budget for the type of wedding that we are planning. So based on the original budget I’m way over, but again. My original budget was unrealistic for NY summer wedding.
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  • Evelyn
    Devoted December 2020
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    False, my budget has fluctuated so much, as I decided what I really wanted. But we decided on a day time wedding and are doing well around 5k.

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  • Natalia
    Expert October 2020
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    False. We set a really rough budget so far, but we don't want to spend more than we can actually afford and would love to make that money back to save for a house.

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  • Anais
    Beginner September 2019
    Anais ·
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    We never set up a budget in general at the beginning but definitely we don’t spend in something if we can’t afford it. Lucky us that parents wanted to help.
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  • Arielle
    Expert August 2020
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    False. So far we are looking like we will be right around what we expected to spend.

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  • Melissa
    Beginner May 2019
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    Despite trying to be cost effective we still went over budget with our wedding
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Totally true unfortunately
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  • Mrs. Spring
    Master April 2021
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    False. Fortunately, I'm way under budget.
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