The cost of the wedding is quite significant, and the event itself is very significant, important and large-scale. In preparing for the marriage, future spouses need to consider so many nuances! Not knowing how much a toastmaster costs for a wedding or groomās costume, itās hard to at least roughly calculate the budget. How not to forget about anything and not spend all the money on any one part of the organization?
What affects the budget
The final celebration budget depends on various factors. For example, the cost of the services of a photographer and toastmaster can increase significantly if registration is scheduled for a ābeautifulā date. This business also depends on the season. Prices vary depending on the time of year and even the day of the week. Usually organizing a celebration in winter is less costly.
In the wedding budget you need to make the costs of exit registration, if it is anticipated. Affect the final cost and style of the event. The outfits of the newlyweds, the design of the hall or summer playground, menu will depend on it. The cost of a banquet and transport is affected by the number of invited relatives and friends.
At the planning stage, you need to decide whether you need the services of professionals: a wedding agency or a manager who will take on all the chores; decorator, photographer, makeup artist and hairdresser. If you have experts who are familiar, you can turn to them for help and get a discount, but such worries should not be completely transferred to friends and relatives.
Cost sharing
Professional wedding planners advise you to budget in advance so as not to spend most of the money on one of the stages of the organization. Half of the expenses are paid for the venue of the celebration. This includes room rental, banquet, music, toastmaster or host services, decor.
About 10-15% are images of the bride and groom. 10% should be allocated for payment for the services of a photographer or videographer, other expenses (payment of invitations, attributes for buying a bride, a pillow for rings, rose petals) and unforeseen expenses (extra guests, damage to restaurant property, etc.). About 5-10% should be enough for a tuple.
This is the main expense for the wedding. If free funds appear in the process of preparing for an event, then it is better not to spend them immediately, but to postpone them in a separate envelope for unforeseen expenses or a honeymoon.
Marriage registration
Wedding expenses start from the moment you submit an application to the registry office, because only after that the newlyweds will know the exact date of registration in order to order a banquet and professional services for a specific number. For registration you need to pay a state fee. The service will cost about 350 rubles. Additionally, you need to purchase (usually this can be done directly in the registry office) a pillow for rings and a beautiful folder for a marriage certificate.
Wedding rings
Wedding rings are classic, with or without precious stones, engraved, narrow and wide. If the fingers are large, it is better to purchase rings with a width of 4-6 mm, for fingers of medium length - from 2 to 6 mm. Men are advised to pay attention to models with a width of 4 to 8 mm.
Most rings have a flat interior and a slightly rounded outer. However, today many couples choose rings that are rounded in shape from both the inside and the outside. Such models are affordable.
Traditionally, wedding jewelry is made of red gold, but on sale you can see models in yellow, pink and combined. More budget options are made of silver. The most practical solution is to choose jewelry made of combined gold. This will allow you to combine wedding rings with any other jewelry.
On average, wedding rings will cost 20-40 thousand rubles per pair. You can find cheaper options, but such products will be thin and narrow, so that they can deform when worn. If the budget allows, you can consider more expensive models. Engraving is paid extra. The price of a product increases if the design provides for precious or semiprecious stones.
The image of the bride
The costs of the wedding, which are remembered in the first place, are a wedding dress and items to create the image of the bride as a whole. The hero of the occasion should look just awesome at the celebration. Dress can be bought or rented. The cost of the order will be from 10 to 100 thousand rubles, depending on the model.
Shoes can be found quite budget. Some brides prefer beautiful pumps with heels, rather than special wedding shoes. Hairstyle and makeup will cost a maximum of 10 thousand rubles. In the budget salon you can do manicure, pedicure, hair and makeup for 5 thousand rubles.
Suit groom
The image of the groom is less expensive. You will need a suit, shirt, tie or bow tie, shoes. If the groom rarely wears a suit, a suitable option can be found on the far hanger in the closet or sell the outfit after the wedding. The cost of budget models will be 5-15 thousand rubles, but you can buy a more expensive option.
Festive banquet
The main part of the cost of the wedding is a banquet. Decide on the place of celebration in advance. Renting a restaurant is possible even six months before the proposed event, and the deadline when you need to think about the venue of the celebration is two to three months.
How much is a wedding for 50 people? Most of the budget will go to organize a banquet. Usually, renting a restaurant (that is, the place itself) is free, you need to pay only for the menu and alcohol, but there are establishments that work according to other rules. Sometimes, to book a room, you need to collect an amount depending on the number of guests. The minimum budget for one guest is 1500-3000 rubles, excluding alcohol. So, for 50 people a celebration (only food) will cost 75-150 thousand rubles.
In addition, alcohol or cork tax is paid if it is allowed to bring your own drinks to the establishment. Usually a plus to the cost is cleaning of each place and containers for packaging, if the dishes remain.
Payment for services
The average budget of the wedding includes payment for the services of the host (if there are more than ten guests, then you canāt do without a host) and a photographer. You can refuse a video if the budget does not allow it. How much does a host toast for a wedding? A good presenter with a DJ will cost at least 15-20 thousand rubles, on average, you need to lay 40-50 thousand on these expenses.
The price of a wedding photographer (services include photos of the bride during preparation, visiting the registry office, a walk, a restaurant, creating a wedding book) will be about 15-20 thousand. Additionally, you can shoot a pre-wedding love story or a video declaration of love. This will be a wonderful gift for your beloved spouse. The photographer at the wedding (the price in this case will be several times higher) can work in tandem with the operator.
Depending on the scale of the celebration and the wishes of the newlyweds, you may need the services of wedding managers and decorators.
Other expenses
In addition, you need to order a bride's bouquet, cake, invitations, decor for cars and the hall (you can rent). In the course of preparation, many more other details will appear that will also require financial investments. Additionally, the newlyweds can order fireworks, a fire show, live music, an entertaining show program, balloons, design of a zone for photographing, souvenirs for guests and so on.
Cost reduction
The cost of the wedding is usually significant, but you can slightly reduce them. For example, you can do the decor yourself, which will remove this item from the list of expenses. Depending on the venue of the banquet, newlyweds can receive alcohol, fruit or a hotel room for their wedding night as a present.
It does not always make sense to throw extra money on a limousine. On some streets it is simply inconvenient to travel by such transport, and you will not surprise anyone with a limousine now. It is not necessary to hire expensive and fashionable cars. A wedding dress can be purchased to order, and generally refuse the video. As practice shows, wedding photos are more in demand, not videos.
Who pays for what
Wedding expenses can be too heavy for a young couple, so parents and relatives help a lot. Although today, future spouses are increasingly paying for the wedding out of pocket. Usually the bride pays for a bachelorette party, wedding dress, makeup and hairstyle, gifts for the groom and his parents. The groom pays for his wedding attire and accessories, a bachelor party, wedding rings, state tax, car rental, redemption, a brideās bouquet, a honeymoon.
The bride's family pays:
- for matchmaking (you need to set the table for the groom's family, when there will be a matchmaking or acquaintance of the parents, if they are not already familiar with each other);
- Reception at the bride's house on the wedding day (usually alcohol and sandwiches or snacks);
- flowers and home decorations to buy the bride.
The groom's family rents cars for newlyweds and for guests, pays gifts to the bride's family for matchmaking.
Jointly covered are expenses for a banquet, specialist services, a wedding cake, gifts for guests, food and drinks, and a show program. The wedding witness helps the groom pay the bride (ransom) and can give money for the witnessās bouquet. The brideās girlfriendās bouquet can be bought by the groom himself, if desired.