Wedding Budget Calculator
Allocate and manage your wedding funds
Estimated Allocation Breakdowns
Industry Allocations
Industry standards generally allocate 48% to 50% of the total budget to the venue hire and catering. Keep this in mind when negotiating your food/venue contracts!
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Active Currency: USD ($)About the Wedding Budget Calculator
Organizing a wedding involves managing dozens of vendors, contracts, and deposits. Without strict limits, small details can quickly compound into budget overruns. The Wedding Budget Calculator distributes your maximum budget target across traditional industry average ratios to help couples budget logically.
How to Calculate a Wedding Budget
To manually structure your wedding budget allocations, you should assign portions of your total funds using these traditional ratios:
- Venue & Catering (50%): Food, drink, and space rental fees.
- Photography & Video (12%): Hiring high-quality digital/film capture crews.
- Entertainment (10%): Live DJ, bands, or audio equipment.
- Attire & Beauty (9%): Wedding dress, suit rental, cosmetics, hair styling.
- Decor & Flowers (8%): Bouquets, centerpieces, lighting installations.
- Rings (3%): Custom bands.
- Stationery & Invites (3%): RSVP cards, stamps, signage design.
- Contingency Buffer (5%): Saved for emergency miscellaneous extras.
How to Work Out a Wedding Budget
Suppose you have set a firm ceiling budget of $30,000. Here is how your money allocates:
- Venue & Food (50%): $30,000 × 0.50 = $15,000
- Photography (12%): $30,000 × 0.12 = $3,600
- Entertainment (10%): $30,000 × 0.10 = $3,000
- Attire & Styling (9%): $30,000 × 0.09 = $2,700
- Emergency Buffer (5%): $30,000 × 0.05 = $1,500