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Scottish Wedding for 14000£ - Is my budget realistic?
My fiancee and I just got engaged and are hoping to get married in September 2018. We are in the early stages of planning and still looking for a venue.
Any of our savings that we don't spend on the wedding will go towards buying a house. We are hoping to spend a total of 14000£ (without the honeymoon).
The wedding will take place in Scotland and the theme we are thinking of is Scottish / Boho / Foresty. We are hoping to have a humanist ceremony it in a castle or manor. 35 people at the ceremony and 60 at the reception
I have created a budget and was hoping someone could take a look at it and tell me if it is realistic.
Venue, Ceremony - 500
Venue (reception) -3200
Wedding Breakfast (including food, service, flatware, stemware, china, etc.) - 1000
Beverage during Wedding Breakfast )including corkage) -250
Evening Buffet (including food, service, flatware, stemware, china, etc.) - 790
bartending/Beverage (including service, alcohol, glassware, etc.) -950
Cake/Dessert - 170
Marriage License -70
Officiant - 420
Photographer - 1190
Videographer - 1190
Flowers - 560
Other Decor - 300
rentals (chairs, tables, linens) -140
Website - 20
Homemade Invitations (including RSVP cards) - 30
Homemade Place Settings / Menus -30
Homemade Order of the day -20
Postage -60
Wedding Dress made by mum - 500
Bride accessories - 150
Lingerie - 50
Hair and makeup (just me) - 100
Bridesmaids (3) - 225
Wedding Bands - 400
Groom Kilt - 150
Groom Accessories - 95
Best Man - 80
Piper - 150
Ceilidh /DJ -550
DIY Photobooth - 150
Transportation - 450
gifts, favours, extra fees, etc. - 100
Emergency fund - 140
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Budget looks fine, perhaps focus on getting a good deal on your venue, alot of venue have packages that'll fit your numbers.
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I would maybe up your venue budget a bit based on my experiences. It might be possible to get a good deal on a mid-week wedding that helps with that though. Do you definitely need a videographer? Maybe you could knock the cost of that off and put it towards venue if you are definitely keen to have a weekend wedding.
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You maybe don't need to budget anything for your website....it's really easy to do it yourself with sites like wixcom or squarespace; so that'll save you 20 quid - every little helps.
I'm in the super early planning stages and your budget looks realistic to me; we're probably having 120 for the day plus an additional 30 at night and are hoping to get it done for £18-19K.
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