Your wedding budget calculator

Setting your wedding budget can be one of the most difficult parts of wedding planning, but our quick guide to big day essentials makes it easy to keep your spending in check.

Here's our guide to the average wedding spend of a budget of £17,100, but we've also listed what the amounts are as an approximate percentage of your total spend so you can adjust it to suit your budget.

Wedding venue/fees: £1,500 (9%)
Reception venue: £2,500 (15%)
Catering: £2,500 (15%)
Drinks: £750 (4%)
Entertainment: £1,000 (6%)
Photography & video: £1,500 (8%)
Cake: £500 (3%)
Flowers: £550 (3%)
Transport: £250 (2%)
Stationery: £300 (2%)
Favours & gifts: £100 (1%)
Engagement ring: £850 (5%)
Wedding rings: £450 (3%)
Dress: £1,250 (7%)
Shoes & jewellery: £250 (1%)
Bride's hair & make-up: £150 (1%)
Bridesmaids' outfits: £250 (1%)
Groom's outfit: £200 (1%)
Attendants' outfits: £250 (1%)
Honeymoon: £2,000 (12%)

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