I have another $6,000 to spend before I go over and I don't have any of those vendors booked either and I haven't booked a DJ yet. Over budget I go! Lol.
I would like to stay under the $45,000 mark. It is hard to set up a budget when I don't know approximately how much the vendors cost. What is a good cost for limos, photographer/videographer, dj, and flowers? Unfortunately I have a large bridal party which means larger limos. Thankfully, my mother told me last night she will pay for my bridal gown.
We have just about 4k left to do invitations, stds, detail items, limo, and bridal party gifts and parent gifts. I didn't include my dress in the budget cause I have no clue what I want yet and no clue the cost all I know is I would like to keep it as low as possible.
We set a budget of 30K. When all is said and done, I think we'll be close to that point. Hopefully no more than 5K over. It took some negotiating with vendors and compromising on things that weren't super important to me. I also pay vendors in cash to waive tax (so far all have done this). I also started to make appointments at bridal showcases with vendors I'm interested in. They usually give some type of discount (10%, one florist gave me coupon for $200 off a bridal bouquet) if you make an appointment at a showcase. A few hundred here and there add up!
