On average you should budget about 8% on flowers. Your venue, catering, rentals, cake and flowers are all dependent on your guest count. 50% of your wedding budget is made up of your venue, catering, rentals and cake. Your guest list is one of the main determining factors in your wedding budget. The smaller your guest list the smaller your budget. Compare that to a birthday party and you can see that they are two entirely different events. Plus flowers, a photographer and/or videographer who is there for 8 hours, and your attire. You will also need to have tables, chairs, linens and all of the table tops items (china, flatware, glassware) for each of those guests. And you will be feeding all of your guests and supplying liquor to those gets for the majority of the rental time. Generally rental times are longer because you need to fit in a ceremony, cocktail hour and dinner. During the course of that day you will have activities like getting hair and makeup done in a hotel, then transporting all of your guests to the venue. I’m sure you’ve heard the old myth that if you tell vendors you’re throwing a birthday party instead of a wedding that they will charge less? This is FALSE! Why? Because they are two completely different animals! Why do weddings cost more than a birthday party? Because weddings are a full day from 9am to 1am. The national average wedding budget for 150 guests is $33,000. This is not to say you can’t have a wedding for less than that, or more for that matter, it all depends on your guest count, location and priorities. We know exactly what catering, photography, and venues cost depending on the type of celebration, guest count, location and more.įor example, the average wedding budget in Chicago for 150 guests is $60,000. If you don’t have the time or energy to figure this out - hiring a wedding planner is key.
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