Wedding Budget Planner.xlsx

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1	Wedding Budget Planner
2	Item	Budget	Deposit Required	Money Paid	Remaining Balance	Notes
3	Venue Hire	£8-9k
4	Registra	£500-600
5	Food	£50-70 per head canapes & 3-course meal, £15 per head evening pizza. station,
6	Drink	cost per glass/bottle, or if you provide your own the venue may charge corkage				Consider what drinks you may want to include for your guests, e.g. reception drinks, wedding breakfast toast, drinks on the table, free bar?
7	Entertainment	£1k-£3k				Having a great Entertainment and music provision was key for us so our budget was towards the upper limit
8	Chair Covers	£200				This isn't something we ended up spending on so don't feel you have to have chair covers - it's down to personal preference
9	Flowers	£1500 (I originally had £500 in as my budget & severely underestimated the cost of flowers)
10	Table Decorations	£100				Things like table numbers, name place cards, menu cards
11	Dress	1500
12	Veil	200
13	Shoes	100
14	Groom Suit Hire	£100-£200				It's worth considering the option of hire as it can be cheaper
15	Car Hire	£1,000				We budgeted for this but didn't end up having cars - groom was staying local to the venue the night before and bridal party travelled up on the morning and got ready at the venue.
16	Groomsmen suit hire	£100 each
17	Adult bridesmaid dress	£100
18	Child Bridesmaid / Page Boy	£50-70 each
19	Rings	£500-£1000 each
20	Invites	£250				I did my own for half this - I've done a seperate blog post on this
21	Photographer	£3k-£4				Lots of married people had recommended having a good photographer & videographer (lots of people saying a regret was not having a videographer) - so we set a healthy budget for this.
22	Cake	£500				Our two tier cake with delivery came to £400
23	Hair	£150				Factor in the trial too.
24	Makeup	£200				Wedding makeup is more expensive, dont forget to factor in a trial
25	Favours	£100-200
26	Seating Plan Board	£80-100
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28	Additional spends:
29	Bridesmaid/Groomsmen gifts
30	Photobooth
31	Activities e.g garden games
32	Children activities - I did little activity packs for our little guests and page boys relatively cheaply but still had a cost
33	Accommodation the night before - This may or may not be something to consider for you -
34	(some venues will offer a stay for the bridal party the night before, some will charge for this)
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