Wedding Budget Calculator

This totals a wedding from the quotes you already have rather than from an average. Enter the guest count, the per-head figures for catering and drinks, and a price for each of the flat lines such as venue, photography, flowers and rings, and it returns the total, the cost per guest, the share of the budget each line takes and which one is largest. A second action works backwards from a fixed budget to the number of guests it reaches once the flat costs are paid. There is no built-in price list and no standard percentage split, because published averages describe other people's weddings and have a habit of becoming your budget. Lines you leave empty stay empty and are named in the result so nothing is quietly assumed.

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Fill in the quotes you have and leave the rest at zero. Nothing is estimated for you, so an empty line costs nothing and is listed as empty in the result.

Number of Guests *

Catering per Guest ($)

The per-head figure on the caterer or venue quote, before any service charge you have been quoted separately.

Drinks per Guest ($)

Bar package per head, or your own estimate per guest if you are supplying the drink.

Venue Hire ($)

Room, grounds and hire fee. Keep the catering out of this line if it is quoted per head above.

Photography and Video ($)

Music, Band or DJ ($)

Flowers ($)

Attire, Hair and Makeup ($)

Rings ($)

Cake ($)

Invitations and Stationery ($)

Transport ($)

Decor and Hire Items ($)

Officiant, Licence and Fees ($)

Anything Else ($)

Favours, gifts, accommodation, a rehearsal dinner, whatever your list has that the lines above do not.

Contingency (%)

A margin of your own choosing, added on top of the itemised total. Leave at zero if you would rather see the bare figures.

Your Budget ($), optional

Fill this in to see how far over or under the total lands. Leave at zero to skip the comparison.

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