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Budgeting

elp6421 Posted:

Budgeting

Hi Ladies! Can anyone give me some good advice on how you budgeted for your wedding - like where do you plan on splurging and where do you plan on spending?

So many choices!!!
elp6421 Posted:

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Ok - so I totally did not see the post on splurging! We must all be thinking about the same thing today!

ellie424 Posted:

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When FH and I were deciding on our budget we were really just trying to think about what is really important to us. For us, we wanted to make sure that the RH we chose was our dream RH. We ended up going with Old Field Club even though the price was a little outside of our budget. We also decided to splurge on having a band because we love live music and view the entertainment at the wedding as one of the most important aspects of the wedding. Also, we are going to splurge on our honeymoon because we want to have a trip of a lifetime that we will remember forever. We have gone on a bunch of vacations together and we want this one to really stand out from all the others. I think you and your FH just need to think about what you both consider are the most important aspects of the day and budget accordingly.

dCa51899 Posted:

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Posted by ellie424

When FH and I were deciding on our budget we were really just trying to think about what is really important to us. For us, we wanted to make sure that the RH we chose was our dream RH. We ended up going with Old Field Club even though the price was a little outside of our budget. We also decided to splurge on having a band because we love live music and view the entertainment at the wedding as one of the most important aspects of the wedding. Also, we are going to splurge on our honeymoon because we want to have a trip of a lifetime that we will remember forever. We have gone on a bunch of vacations together and we want this one to really stand out from all the others. I think you and your FH just need to think about what you both consider are the most important aspects of the day and budget accordingly.



ITA
We tried to make a list of the 3 most important things to us and 3 things that we'd be OK with cutting back on a little. Its soooo easy to overspend everywhere, so since we already went overbudget on the RH, we'll have to be pretty strict in other areas. It all depends on what you think is important. HTH
JessNicole7EM Posted:

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The things that were most important to us were:

Reception hall (we wanted something different, one affair at a time, etc.)
photography
video
dj

in that order.

We expected about $20k from the reception hall ..fine.

But the other 3 we set budgets for. We went over by a few thousand dollars on photography/video.

We were under with DJ.

Frankly I just think our budgets weren't educated- we were just guessing and throwing around numbers. I don't think we really knew what things cost.
elp6421 Posted:

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That exactly what FH and I are going through. I called around and got some quotes for RH and FH was amazed by the prices!

I guess you only get married once!
FutureJOC Posted:

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we kind of just threw a # out there and said let's aim for that. So far we've been keeping to it.

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