A wedding budget built around your priorities
Start with your own priorities rather than preset percentages, and consider scope alongside smaller costs.
Choose your three priorities
Choose the three things that will make the day feel special to you: the setting, photography or music, for example. Write down the total you can set aside alongside these priorities. Every couple has different circumstances; someone else’s plan does not have to be yours.
Keep scope beside each estimate
In a simple table, keep each service, business, scope and payment date side by side. Ask separately about transport, trials, delivery, extra hours and guest-related costs. This makes it easier to understand what apparently similar offers actually cover.
Review the plan together
Update the list when your guest count or date changes. Keep undecided needs in a separate section and distinguish estimates from confirmed amounts. Reviewing the plan together at regular intervals helps keep the final weeks manageable.
