Simple wedding budget calculator

wedding budget calculator
Wedding Budget calculator

One of the first question or thought comes to our mind once the wedding is fixed , how much of budget should I need? Do I have a wedding budget calculator?

Well there are two different ways to get the approximate budget.

  1.  Top Down
  2.  Bottom up

Both the methods are quite effective, hence can be adopted.

Based on my experience in the wedding industry,I want to share a simple way to arrive at the budget. Our Indian wedding has various elements like Venue, Catering, Decoration, Photography, Hospitality etc that would consume the significant portion of our budget.

Before you work on the budget, please have few critical factors worked out. They are

  1. Total number of guests across all the sessions
  2. Duration of the wedding – 1 day or 2 days or 3 days etc
  3. Decoration – Do you want to have a grand one or just basic
  4. Catering –  top 5 star quality food or mid range quality
  5. Photography –  pre/post wedding shots , candid , montages etc

Once you have some data for the above points , you can simply use the below method [bottom up] and arrive at the total budget

  1. Venue – standard A/C venue. In case of any specific hotels/ resorts/premium halls reach us at www.pranayaweddings.com or call 9841079573, we can help.. ]
    • <200 pax  – for a single day – Rs 1,00,000 – Rs 1,50,000
    • 200-400 pax  for a single day  – Rs 2,00,000 – Rs 3,50,000
    • 400-700 pax  for a single day – Rs 3,50,000 – Rs 5,00,000
    • >700 pax for a single day Rs 4,00,000 – Rs 10,0,000
  2. Decoration
    • Standard decoration  – 1,00,000 – 1,40,000
    • Thematic Entry level – 1,50,000 – 3,00,000
    • Thematic Premium 3,00,000 – 5,00,000
    • Thematic Luxury – 7,00,000 and above
  3. Photography – for wedding / reception
    • Budget – 50,000 – 75,000
    • Premium 75,000 – 1,75,000
    • Elite 2,00,000 – 5,00,000
  4. Catering [Veg only] – for about 600 pax for Wedding and Reception session
    • Budget 3,00,000 – 5,00,000
    • Premium – 4,50,000 – 7,00,000
    • Elite – 6,00,000 – 9,00,000
  5. Hospitality – 75,000 – 1,50,000
  6. Pandit/ Prohit / Gifts / Misc expenses – 2,00,000 – 3,00,000

The above will give you the approximate budget for a Indian wedding .. You can work with us to make a wonderful wedding moment. We are Pranaya weddings always willing to spread the love in life..

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