Wedding Budgets
July 22, 2009
Hello and welcome! Here at WeddingBudget we are happy to have our new blog underway. We’re going to be talking about a wide range of topics that every couple deals with in the planning and preparation of their wedding. Specifically, how you can create a realistic budget and stick with it because as you know all too many people budget a certain amount of money for their wedding and end up spending much more. This is largely due to the fact that things rarely go as we plan and a wedding is an extremely exciting time for all parties involved, but I think there is another reason too which I am going to address in this post.
So here’s a budget wedding tip: know the information you use to create your budget. This might sound strange as first or seem self evident but let me explain. I have seen many brides-to-be plan their weddings based on bestselling books from bookstores. A great idea and you should get your hands on as much different sources of information as possible. But these books often use nation-wide averages for prices in the USA, not Canada, and sell them off as what you should be expecting to spend. Say you live in the Toronto area. If you do a little research you will discover that the average price for a DJ, live band, day of co-ordinator or full-on wedding planner is higher than the national average of the United States, which doesn’t have too much to do with us in Canada.
Essentially this means that if you are basing your numbers on a book (which may also be out of date and referencing another country), you might be in for a big surprise. So I repeat: know where your information is coming from and you won’t have any unexpected surprises regarding your budget.