The budget is important for obvious reasons. You don’t want to end up spending yourself into a divorce before you’re even married do you? A budget gives you strict guidelines to follow. Overspending will not necessarily give you the wedding of your dreams. The idea is to do it well without emptying out your pockets.
This gives you and idea of what your budget should look like percentage wise. Take a look at it.
1 Reception 50%
2 Bride’s Dress, Shoes, Garter 15%
3 Videographer/Photographer 10%
4 Music 10%
5 Flowers 10%
6 Decorations 2%
7 Invitations/thank you cards 2%
8 Postage 1%
100%
I know what you’re thinking. So many decisions, so little time. You’ll need some help along the way. Solicit any and everybody you care about to help you. There are several things you’ll need to do right away. Here they are.
1 Meet with parents
2 Pick a date
3 Reserve the ceremony and reception locations
4 Pick your wedding party
5 Meet with minister or rabbi
6 Choose a color theme and scheme
7 Begin guest list
8 Select a wedding dress, mother’s dresses and bridesmaid dresses
There are a lot of decisions to be made right. Aren’t you glad that you’re soliciting the help from the people close to you? One decision you’ll also have to make is whether you’ll need a wedding consultant. You can SAVE a few hundred dollars if you can work this out without a consultant. But, I’ll tell you; I have seen very few people who can. However, it is not impossible.
