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The Budget Spreadsheet
The Team @ The Ring have updated the always-popular Budget Spreadsheet! This feature gives basic price ranges for absolutely everything, from the marriage license to the wedding memories. Prices are based on wedding industry rates in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph communities. There may be less expensive vendors and more expensive vendors, depending on your needs and where you look, but this Budgeter gives you the best starting point you could hope to ask for! It's realistic, local, and will be your guideline for setting your Wedding Day stage.
The Wedding Budget | |||
| BUDGET BASED ON 100 GUESTS | |||
| CEREMONY | SHOESTRING | CINDERELLA | ROYAL GALA |
| MARRIAGE LICENCE | $ 130.00 | $ 130.00 | $ 130.00 |
| OFFICIANT FEE | $ 120.00 | $ 275.00 | $ 375.00 |
| CEREMONY LOCATION - CHURCH VS. OUTDOOR VS. OUTDOOR W TENT | $ 200.00 | $ 500.00 | $ 750.00 |
| RINGS | $ 300.00 | $ 600.00 | $ 2,000.00 |
| ATTIRE | |||
| BRIDAL GOWN & ALTERATIONS | $ 200.00 | $ 800.00 | $ 2,500.00 |
| VEIL & HEADPIECE | $ 80.00 | $ 125.00 | $ 200.00 |
| SHOES | $ 30.00 | $ 150.00 | $ 500.00 |
| GARTER, GLOVES, PURSE, JEWELLERY, ETC (ACCESSORIES) | $ 100.00 | $ 300.00 | $ 2,500.00 |
| LINGERIE | $ 60.00 | $ 200.00 | $ 500.00 |
| HAIR & MAKE-UP (AND SPA FOR ROYAL GALA) | $ 65.00 | $ 150.00 | $ 750.00 |
| GOING AWAY OUTFIT & ACCESSORIES | $ 100.00 | $ 300.00 | $ 500.00 |
| GOWN CLEANING & PRESERVATION | $ 150.00 | $ 230.00 | $ 1,000.00 |
| GROOM'S ATTIRE | $ 70.00 | $ 165.00 | $ 230.00 |
| THE WEDDING RECEPTION (based on 100 guests) | |||
| RECEPTION HALL CATERED MEAL INCLUDING GRATUITIES | $ 3,500.00 | $ 8,000.00 | $ 22,000.00 |
| CHAMPAGNE, WINE FOR EACH TABLE | $ 800.00 | $ 1,100.00 | $ 2,000.00 |
| 2 FREE DRINKS FOR EACH GUEST | -- | $ 1,300.00 | -- |
| OPEN/HOST BAR | -- | -- | $3,000.00 |
| CASH BAR | -- | -- | -- |
| WEDDING CAKE | $ 200.00 | $ 400.00 | $ 2,300.00 |
| DECORATIONS & RENTALS (lighting, pedestals, ceiling panels, etc.) | $ 450.00 | $ 1,300.00 | $ 7,000.00 |
| FLORAL DÉCOR & ACCESSORIES FOR BRIDAL PARTY, CEREMONY, RECEPTION | |||
| BRIDE'S BOUQUET | $ 75.00 | $ 150.00 | $ 250.00 |
| BRIDESMAIDS' BOUQUETS (3 total) | $ 75.00 | $ 225.00 | $ 300.00 |
| GROOM'S BOUTONNIERE | $ 10.00 | $ 12.00 | $ 15.00 |
| GROOMSMEN BOUTONNIERES (3 total) | $ 30.00 | $ 45.00 | |
| BOUTONNIERES & CORSAGES FOR OTHERS | $ 12.00 | $ 15.00 | $ 20.00 |
| RECEPTION CENTREPIECES (17 tables) incl in décor or handmade vs custom | -- | $ 255.00 | $ 1,275.00 |
| CEREMONY FLOWERS/DECORATIONS | $ 300.00 | $ 600.00 | $ 1,500.00 |
| MUSIC TO SET THE MOOD | |||
| CEREMONY MUSIC (organist vs harpist or duet vs string quartet) | $ 150.00 | $ 450.00 | $ 750.00 |
| DANCE MUSIC | $ 495.00 | $ 700.00 | $ 1,150.00 |
| PRESERVING MEMORIES | |||
| PHOTOGRAPHER & ALBUMS & PRINTS ORDERED | $ 795.00 | $ 2,800.00 | $ 5,400.00 |
| VIDEOGRAPHER - friend (not recommended) vs. professionals and editing | $ 350.00 | $ 1,500.00 | $ 3,200.00 |
| TABLE THROW-AWAY CAMERAS (5 vs one on each table) | $ 85.00 | $ 125.00 | $ 200.00 |
| STATIONERY | |||
| INVITATIONS WITH RSVP CARDS AND ENVELOPES | $ 200.00 | $ 600.00 | $ 2,500.00 |
| PROGRAMS, PLACECARDS | -- | -- | $ 600.00 |
| POSTAGE | $ 54.00 | $ 54.00 | $ 54.00 |
| WEDDING NIGHT | |||
| BRIDE AND GROOM HOTEL ROOM | -- | $ 175.00 | $ 500.00 |
| OUT OF TOWN GUESTS' ROOMS | $ 50.00 | $ 110.00 | $ 250.00 |
| TRANSPORTATION | |||
| LIMOUSINE - 6 SEAT - 3 HOURS | $ 395.00 | $ 825.00 | $ 1,025.00 |
| HORSE & CARRIAGE - 4 HOURS | -- | $ 800.00 | $ 1,200.00 |
| LIMO-BUS - ALL DAY | -- | $ 1,695.00 | $ 1,895.00 |
| $9,601.00 | $27,146.00 | $70,364.00 | |
| *The prices here are all estimated, based on information found while reviewing wedding experts in the K-W/Cambridge/Guelph area. Depending on the popularity, availability, and specialties of the vendors you're hiring, pricing may be higher or lower than seen here. Please check with your wedding vendor for specific pricing. | |||
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About the budget spreadsheet...
These budgets categories have to be tweaked to work for you, since not everyone should shoot for a $70,000 wedding budget. The most commonly used budget here will be the Cinderella, which can easily be tweaked to ring in at as low as $15,000 and as high as $40,000.
• decide which parts of each element of your wedding is most important and spend more on them, less on everything else.
• if you want to save on decor, rent a reception hall that is already beautiful and needs little help with appearance, then either stroke the saved money off of your budget, or allocate it elsewhere to something you'd like to spend more money on.
• the Cinderella can be made to be anywhere between $20,000 and $35,000.
• the Royal Gala is for the bride that plans to take advantage of the biggest and most extravagent options provided by local wedding vendors. This wouldn't be realistic for anyone withou unlimited budget. However, if a Cinderella Bride's highest priority is preserving memories, she may want to increase that part of her budget to the Royal Gala expenditure and then decrease it to compensate in other areas.
• the Shoestring Budget (not that over $9,000 seems so 'stringy' to the average person...) can be tweaked in many different ways. This budget can be decreased to as low as $6000 and as high as $15,000.
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