You may also use our Wedding Budget Worksheet to project how much your Wedding is going to cost and expenses.

Print out this Budget Worksheet.

Please use our Wedding Planner every month that leads up to your wedding. With it you will be able to start preparing now and help guide you and ease your planning.

When you decide to use your Bridal Registry then let Gowns By Kay help you and your fiancé decide what you are needing and looking for. 

YOUR WEDDING BUDGET WORKSHEET

Please remember, there’s always a less expensive way to do something, it’s just knowing who to ask. The following categories can be broken down into Estimates, Actual Costs, Deposits, Balance Due, and Who Pays. This will help you get started on the right track and keeping things organized.

STATIONARY
Engagement Announcements

Invitations

Wedding Announcements

RSVPs

Thank You Notes

Postage

Other fees

CEREMONY

Site Rental Fee

Clergy Officiant Fee

Other Fees

Musicians for wedding


RECEPTION

Rental for Hall/Club

Food/Caterer

Liquor

Corkage Fee

Waiters/Bartenders

Equipment rental

Wedding Cake

Cake Server fee

Music/Entertainers

Other

GIFTS
Gift for Bride from Groom

Gift for Groom from Bride

Individual Gifts for all the parents

Gift for Matron of Honor

Gift for Best Man

Gifts for Bridesmaids

Gifts for Groomsmen

Other

RECEPTION
Hall with tables

Bar and Cork Fee

Flowers/Balloons for Reception

Table Centerpieces

Buffet Decorations

Cake Table/Knife

Reception Table

Unity Candles

Rentals

Guest Favors

Engraved Napkins

Cake Server Fee

PHOTOGRAPHER

Formal Engagement Portrait (one with couple only, one with children)

Formal Wedding Portrait

Wedding and Reception Photographer

Videography

Wedding photo album

Other (Extra albums, tapes, etc)

HEALTH / BEAUTY
Fitness Program

Hair

Cosmetic Dentistry

Day at the Spa for two

Makeup

BRIDES AT TIRE
Gown

Going away outfit

Shoes

Headpiece

Veil

Accessories (hosiery, lingerie)

Trousseau for honeymoon

Jewelry

GROOM’S ATTIRE
Formal Wear

Honeymoon Clothes

TRANSPORTATION

Limousines

Parking – Short-term

Parking – Long-term

Tips

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS
Honeymoon Suite on the wedding night

Champagne in room

Breakfast before leaving

Transportation to Airport
HONEYMOON

WEDDING CONSULTANT
10-15% of total wedding costs (Some figure high, figure low—The longer you wait the more you pay).
By the time you have read through this and gotten an idea of what just getting a good price on things is going to involve, you will probably want to contact me immediately.  This is perfectly normal.  I just need to know your realistic $ amount that you can afford to spend, and what you dream is...Leave the rest to Gowns by Kay....We’ll make it happen within your budget.