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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Have you gone over budget?

Lynnie, on May 21, 2019 at 11:25 AM

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If so - you're not alone!! Roughly half of couples spend more on their wedding than they originally planned! Have you gone over your budget already? Innocent or guilty? Next Question: Was the last text (or email) you sent about wedding planning? Back to the Beginning: Innocent or Guilty? ...

If so - you're not alone!! Roughly half of couples spend more on their wedding than they originally planned! Have you gone over your budget already?

Innocent or guilty?


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Next Question: Was the last text (or email) you sent about wedding planning?

Back to the Beginning: Innocent or Guilty?

124 Comments

  • Brianna N
    Super October 2019
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    Guilty... we originally wanted small and 5-6k... but were ending up at about 10k after everything is all said and done. Worth it though!

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  • Denise
    Super September 2019
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    Nope, I set X amount as my budget and so far (knock on wood) I'm coming in a good bit under my budget!

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  • Andrea
    Savvy October 2019
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    GUILTY. found out very quickly it’s near impossible to stay in my budget range if I’m not having a wedding at someone’s house or property. We evaluated and decided to add a little more money and have stayed under that one so far
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  • Amanda
    Master December 2020
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    Definately changed to a more high scaled list so 15k went to 20k counting everything. Might go to 22k but we shall see..!
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  • Katina
    Savvy June 2021
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    We didn’t set a budget. We are paying as we go😬😬🤦🏾‍♀️😌😌
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  • Katina
    Savvy June 2021
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    What a blessing😊
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  • Lisa
    Beginner September 2020
    Lisa ·
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    As of right now we are on budget. However, according to the estimated budget list, we are over. I'm looking at ways to cut costs to help with not going over. Our budget is 16K including honeymoon. Right now we're over 2k with the estimate.

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  • MD
    Super July 2019
    MD ·
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    Innocent. I think I overestimated the cost of almost everything, and the things that I found to be ridiculous we have just gone without.

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  • Terra
    Expert September 2020
    Terra ·
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    Guilty. When this whole thing started I really underestimated the cost of a lot of things. That, and I ended up hating the venue I thought we were going to go with (that was only $600) so going with any venue besides that one blew our initial budget out of the water. Now we're not so much worried about budgeting, we're just kind of paying as we go.

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  • Tiffany
    Dedicated April 2020
    Tiffany ·
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    Guilty 😩 our budget was $25k and we are little under $35k
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  • Expert August 2020
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    Unless you have an astronomical budget to start with, you're going over; I don't care who you are.

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  • Abby
    VIP March 2019
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    Innocent! We stayed right at budget.
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  • Tamera
    Expert May 2020
    Tamera ·
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    Guilty, but only in theory. I am not finished booking vendors, so I have mostly estimates, but I'm only over by a little. There is still room to adjust and plan for the extra spending.

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  • Marlena
    Expert June 2020
    Marlena ·
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    So far we are under budget
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  • Amanda
    Expert October 2019
    Amanda ·
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    Innocent for now. I have a feeling we will be very close.
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  • Mrs.
    Super May 2019
    Mrs. ·
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    Originally thought 10k, but now it's looking like 15k

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  • Mrs Sullivan
    Expert June 2019
    Mrs Sullivan ·
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    By about 6k 🤦🏼‍♀️
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  • Laura
    VIP November 2019
    Laura ·
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    Innocent at the moment. I don’t anticipate going over, we’re on track to come in under budget a little.
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  • Jpbride2B
    Dedicated October 2019
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    ABSOLUTELY. and it's bc of poor planning. We made a budget before setting a guest list limit and ended up having to pay thousands more to our caterer.

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  • Tara
    Master May 2020
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    Innocent as charged! I’m frugal as all get out.
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