WeddingWedding budget planner
Write the planned amount for each head, then fill in what you actually spend. The sheet adds it up, compares it with your total budget and shows the cost per guest. Your figures stay in your browser.
| Head | Planned (₹) | Spent (₹) |
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How to build a wedding budget
- Fix the total first. Decide what the families can spend without borrowing, and write it in the box above.
- Count the guests. Most costs are per head, so the guest list and the budget must be made together.
- Collect real quotes. Ask two or three vendors for each large head and enter the middle figure as "planned".
- Keep a reserve. Add a head called "Reserve" for the things nobody thought of. There are always some.
- Record every payment in the "spent" column on the day you make it, including advances.
Costs that are easy to forget
- Taxes and service charges on venue and catering quotes.
- Tips for staff, drivers and musicians.
- Extra plates when more guests arrive than were counted.
- Travel and stay for the photographer, the makeup artist and the priest.
- Alterations, blouse stitching and accessories.
- Gifts and envelopes for relatives in rituals.
- Generator fuel, extra hours of the hall and overtime of the DJ.
Questions people ask
How should the budget be divided?
There is no fixed rule, because families spend very differently. In most Indian weddings the venue and the food together are the largest part. Fill in real quotes for your city and guest count, and let the sheet show you the picture.
How can we reduce the cost?
The guest count is the strongest lever, because food, seating, gifts and rooms all rise with it. Next come the date (weekdays and off-season dates cost less) and the number of functions.
Are my figures private?
Yes. They are stored only in your browser and are never sent to us.
More wedding help
- Planning checklistEvery task from a year before to the week after, with dates.
- Guest listCount families and people for each side and track who is coming.
- Questions for vendorsWhat to ask the venue, caterer, photographer and others before paying.
- Wedding day timelineSample hour-by-hour plans for evening and morning weddings.
- Wedding day bagThe emergency kit and papers to carry on the day.
- Rituals explainedThe ceremonies of eight Indian wedding traditions, in order.
- Marriage registrationHow registration and court marriage work in India.
- Wedding wordingSave-the-date, announcement and thank-you messages to copy.