Wedding Expenditure Spreadsheet

Wedding Expenditure Spreadsheet: all you need to do is print this out and fill in the blanks. As a general guide your reception, including catering and alcohol, will represent 30/40%, your honeymoon 30/40% and the rest 20/30%.

Ceremony:
- venue fee
- celebrant/minister/priest’s fee
- marriage license
- peel of church bells
- ring cushion

Reception:
- venue fee
- catering
- beverages (alcohol included)
- corkage if applicable
- cake
- rental of cake stand and knife
- favors/bonbonnieres

Outfits:
- bride’s dress
- bride’s accessories
- bride’s lingerie
- bride’s shoes
- groom’s suit
- groom’s accessories (tie, cravat, etc.)
- groom’s underwear
- groom’s shoes

Other Accessories:
- hair
- make-up
- make-overs, e.g. spray tan
- perfume, cologne
- jewellery

Rings:
- His
- Hers

Flowers:
- ceremony
- bouquet(s)
- button holes
- corsages
- venue decorations
- flower girl

Music and Entertainment:
- ceremony (choir, soloists, etc.)
- venue (band, DJ, musicians, etc.)

Photography:
- photographer’s fee
- album cost
- additional prints
- disposable cameras

Videography:
- videographer’s fees
- cost of tapes/DVD’s

Transport:
- bridal party
- guests
- tolls
- car parking attendants

Stationery and Printing:
- invitations
- service sheets
- menus and seating cards
- thank-you cards
- postage
- guest book
- calligraphy

Gifts:
- bridesmaid(s)
- groomsmen
- parents

Miscellaneous:
- security
- bridal suite
- insurance
- legal fees, e.g. pre-nuptial agreement
- dry-cleaning

Honeymoon
- tickets
- accommodation
- excursions
- foreign currency
- insurance

Filling the wedding expenditure spreadsheet blanks:

Along side each you need to note the cost, deposit required and when final payment is due. You may find you will receive a greater discount for a cash payment. It is always worth asking what discounts are on offer or what would attract a discount.

There are numerous wedding expenditure spreadsheets on the market. None are worth the paper they are written on if you are not meticulous about filling the details. You must also keep the associated paper work, receipts for deposits, quotes, contracts, etc. for future reference.

An expenditure spreadsheet is a tool by which you are able to audit yourself. That is to say, are you keeping within your agreed budget!!!







Wedding Expenditure Spreadsheet