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Which came first: setting your budget or your guest list?

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Rebecca, on December 11, 2018 at 11:05 AM

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Deciding on a budget and a guest list are two of the biggest and most complicated decisions you’ll make! It can be tough to determine which one to start with since they both affect each other. Which did you decide on first - your budget or the guest list? Photo by Katheryn Moran Photography Next...

Deciding on a budget and a guest list are two of the biggest and most complicated decisions you’ll make! It can be tough to determine which one to start with since they both affect each other. Which did you decide on first - your budget or the guest list?

Photo by Katheryn Moran Photography

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Christina · on April 2, 2019 at 5:25 PM
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Budget. The guest list was in the making, but nowhere near final before we set the budget.
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Marlena · on April 2, 2019 at 5:30 PM
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Budget first
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Ana · on April 18, 2019 at 11:41 AM
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Budget first!
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Kendra · on April 21, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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We didn’t really ever set a budget, just paid as we went. But the guest list is the first thing we did after picking where and when our wedding was going to be.
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Karen · on May 14, 2019 at 10:07 AM
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Since we're still working on our budget, our guest list was easier to make.
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Natalia · on June 14, 2019 at 12:50 PM
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Definitely our budget. However that changed as we inherited some money we previously did not know about, and would have rather NOT inherited the money. But now that it is here, we kind of have more wiggle room to work with our guest list. I don't have a big family in America, just my parents really, and I have only a few close friends. His family is GIANT, 3 parter between his moms, dads and step-dads. Plus he is an incredible extrovert with lots of friends.
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Lydia · on September 10, 2019 at 2:57 PM
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Budget then realized the guest list kind of dictated the budget.
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Amber · on November 23, 2019 at 8:01 PM
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Guest list. We never set a budget no need to
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Squeezy Bean · on December 29, 2020 at 12:34 AM
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The original budget was first, but that changed considerably when we realised that the guest list was so small. 😆
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