Here is a general budgeter breaking down all areas of a wedding. Percentages and numbers provided are only averages based on a one-hundred-person wedding celebration. For smaller or larger affairs, you can guesstimate. I am reluctant to include a price range of costs in my wedding breakdown, since so many factors are personal and based on your own guest numbers, location, season, and budgetary constraints. So, I recommend you begin with this draft. Then, move to online budgeters, wedding software, or your own Excel or other spreadsheet program so that you can make changes accordingly. (The interactive budgeter at www.theknot.com works really well.) As you will discover, not all of these areas are applicable to all weddings. Add or edit what applies to yours.
