Wedding Budget Calculator
Plan and allocate your wedding budget. Edit any number for an instant recalculation.
Wedding Budget Summary
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Cost Estimator
Total Budget
$10,250
Guest Count
150
Cost / Guest
$68
Budget Breakdown
Itemized Budget Ledger
| Expense Category | Estimated Allocation | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Venue Rental | $3,000 | 29.3% |
| Catering & Food | $3,750 | 36.6% |
| Decoration & Florals | $1,500 | 14.6% |
| Photography & Video | $1,200 | 11.7% |
| Miscellaneous | $800 | 7.8% |
| Total Wedding Budget | $10,250 | 100.0% |
FAQ
Budget Planning FAQ
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Still stuck? Ask usVenue and catering together usually run 45 to 50 percent of the total wedding budget. Getting an accurate guest count early matters most here, since catering is priced per person — your real cost per guest is the number that decides how long the list can be.
Five to ten percent of your total budget, kept in the Miscellaneous category. It absorbs the costs nobody plans for: alterations, extra plates, or a last-minute vendor tip.
Dollar, Bangladeshi Taka, Indian Rupee, Pakistani Rupee, Pound and Euro. Switch anytime and every figure recalculates instantly, nothing needs re-entering.
Only in your browser. Figures are held in memory while you work and never sent to a server, so refreshing the page resets them unless you print or note them down.
Yes. Print Summary produces a clean, chart-free breakdown by category, sized for a single page, ready to hand to a planner or caterer.
How a wedding budget usually splits
Venue and catering take 40 to 50 percent, outfits and jewellery 15 to 25, decor 10 to 15, photography and video 8 to 12, with invitations, gifts and everything else making up the rest. The proportions hold remarkably steady across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan even as the absolute numbers change.
Venue and catering dominate because both are priced per head. That makes guest count the most powerful lever in the entire budget — more than any negotiation with a vendor.
Cost per guest settles arguments
Divide catering, venue and favours by your headcount and you get a number that prices every name on the list. At around BDT 1,200 a plate across three functions, thirty extra names is BDT 1,08,000 — and nobody argues with that sentence the way they argue with "the list is too long".
Work the figure out before the guest list conversation rather than during it. Once both families can see the same number, the discussion stops being about whose relatives matter.
Budget each function separately
A Mehndi, a Gaye Holud, a Nikah, a Sangeet and a reception are five events, and one combined total hides which is overspending. Venue, catering, decor and photography all repeat per function.
Two habits keep a budget honest. Record the full contracted amount the day you sign rather than the deposit, because balances tend to fall due together in the final fortnight. And add 10 to 15 percent contingency for the costs almost every budget omits — an outfit per event, hair and makeup across all of them, vendor overtime, and same-day cash.
Keep going
- Guest List ManagerFree wedding guest list manager and RSVP tracker. Headcounts, phone numbers and confirmed totals, saved on your device and exportable to CSV.
- Wedding Schedule GeneratorFree wedding schedule maker for the Nikah, Walima, Mehndi, Gaye Holud or reception. Build a timed running order and print or download it.
- Wedding Checklist GeneratorFree wedding checklist template dated from your own wedding day, from 6 months out to the final week. Print it or download it as CSV.
