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Wedding in a 19,000 budget

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Disney2020, on April 10, 2018 at 10:17 AM

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I am in sticker shock My venue which includes lighting,doc, china,table linens, 12 hours is 3,000.00 food is 4,000 including bar. I read somewhere weddings are costing 35,000. Am I good at my budget or am I needing to look somewhere else?

I am in sticker shock
My venue which includes lighting,doc, china,table linens, 12 hours is 3,000.00 food is 4,000 including bar. I read somewhere weddings are costing 35,000. Am I good at my budget or am I needing to look somewhere else?

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Expert September 2019
Anna · on April 10, 2018 at 12:38 PM
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I would say that’s pretty good. Make sure to keep tip and gratituity in mind. So it will be about $9000 give or take and then leaves you 10k for the rest which is good
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Master April 2019
Brittany · on April 10, 2018 at 12:43 PM
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Same. Our total is about double that, venue/food/bar is about half of the total. 125 guests.
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Devoted May 2019
MN · on April 10, 2018 at 1:37 PM
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I think the food cost is really good, but depends on your numbers. My food for the wedding reception is double that price and I have 60 guests. I went over budget to 25k (mine is a whole weekend), but if your venue and food is 7k then you can definitely prioritize what you are willing to splurge or cut and keep the 19k budget.
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tmanscavo · on April 10, 2018 at 3:29 PM
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Our food and beverage is outrageous. It's gonna be amazing, but it's above 10K for 50. Moments like these are helpful to take a step back and run the numbers again. I realized at a certain point that I was planning a 25K wedding on 15K budget, and that if I wasn't comfortable/able to spend that much, I needed to stop and readjust what I was picking out. Needless to say, we're now planning a 30K wedding. Sigh.
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Sara · on April 10, 2018 at 3:32 PM
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My FH and I are paying for our wedding ourselves. Our budget is $7,000. We looked EVERYWHERE around the area to find the cheapest venue. That seems pretty standard for everything. Are the alcohol and food a flat rate or per person?
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