How do I use the Wedding Budget Calculator?

Enter your total wedding budget. Enter your expected guest count. Click Calculate to see the recommended breakdown by category. Use the custom tracker table to adjust actual spending per category. Monitor the total and remaining budget as you update actual costs.

Is the Wedding Budget Calculator free?

Yes, the Wedding Budget Calculator is completely free. It runs entirely in your browser with no signup, no download, and no data sent to any server.

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Wedding Budget Calculator

Plan your wedding budget with category breakdowns, per-guest costs, and a custom spending tracker.

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Wedding budget calculator

Plan your wedding budget

Enter your total budget and guest count to get a recommended breakdown by category.

Total budget ($) Guest count

Budget breakdown

Custom tracker

Adjust actual spending per category. The total and remaining update automatically.

Category	Suggested	Actual	Diff

Per-guest metrics

Cost per guest

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Catering per guest

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Bar per guest

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How to use

How to Use the Wedding Budget Calculator

1 Enter your total wedding budget.
2 Enter your expected guest count.
3 Click Calculate to see the recommended breakdown by category.
4 Use the custom tracker table to adjust actual spending per category.
5 Monitor the total and remaining budget as you update actual costs.

The Wedding Budget Calculator uses industry-standard percentage breakdowns to allocate your budget across 10 categories. Venue and rentals typically take 30% of the budget, catering 25%, photography 10%, and the rest divided among flowers, music, attire, invitations, bar, favors, and miscellaneous expenses. These percentages are based on data from wedding industry surveys.

The custom tracker lets you adjust actual spending per category and see the difference from suggested amounts. Green numbers mean you're under budget, red means over. The per-guest metrics show your overall cost per guest, catering cost per guest, and bar cost per guest — useful benchmarks when comparing venues and caterers. Average US wedding cost is around $30,000-35,000 for 100-130 guests.

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