Budget Checklist for Your Wedding

There are many details to investigate before signing any contractual agreements for your
wedding services. Once you’ve checked off the items listed below and made your decisions,
get in writing everything you expect.
	Budget	Est.cost		Budget	Est.cost
Stationery	$________	________	Wedding Parties	$________	________
Invitations		________	Bridal Luncheon		________
Announcements		________	Rehearsal Dinner		________
Thank you Notes		________	Out-of-town Guests		________
Reply Cards		________
At-home Card		________	Fees	$________	________
Monogrammed Napkins		________	Church/Synagogue		________
Matches		________	Officiant		________
			Assistants (cantors, altar boys)		________
Photography	$________	________
Formal Portraits		________	Gifts	$________	________
Engagement		________	Maid of Honor		________
Wedding		________	Best Man		________
Wedding Album		________	Bridesmaids		________
Parent’s Album		________	Groomsmen		________
Extra Prints		________	Other		________
Videography	$________	________	Flowers	$________	________
			At Ceremony		________
Reception	$________	________	Bridal Bouquet		________
Food		________	Attendants’		________
Beverage		________	(male, female)
Wedding Cake			Mothers’ Corsages		________
Groom’s Cake		________	Reception		________
Gratuities and Taxes		________
Valet Parking		________	Miscellaneous	$________	________
Officer		________	Bird Seed Bags		________
			Hotel Accommodations		________
Music	$________	________	(for out-of-town guests)
Wedding		________
Reception		________	Honeymoon	$________	________
Soloist		________	Transportation		________
			Accommodations		________
Bridal Attire	$________	________	Daily Allowance		________
Dress		________
Headpiece and Veil		________	Wedding Consultant	$________	________
Undergarments		________
Jewelry Shoes		________	Transportation	$________	________
Trousseau Garter		________	Limousines		________
Preservation-Gown		________	Carriage, etc		________
Hair Stylist		________	Parking		________
Nails		________
			Total Budget	$________	________
			Total Est. Cost	$________	________
		Typical Breakdown of Wedding Expenses
		Reception Costs		30%
		Clothes and Gifts		30%
		Ceremony Costs		11%
		Photography		11%
		Invitations & Stationery		6%
		Miscellaneous		12%