I’ve been keeping note of what other people spend on their weddings as a good reference for how much I should budget for my wedding. Of course, some people priorities and spend more on one area than the other. For e.g. I cant imagine someone spending so little on wedding and engagement rings – these are items you wear for the rest of your life!

Anyways, here they are, maybe they would be useful if you could make an excel sheet where you plot what the average cost is and then have your costs alongside to remind yourself of what might be considered ‘reasonable’:  

The Average total cost of a UK Wedding is: £21, 274

Wedding Venue   £1653

Reception Venue  £3450

Caterers £ 3706

Champagne & Wine £771

Cake £258

DJ/Band £552

Photography £971

Flowers £516

Stationary £244

Groom’s gift £289

Attendent’s gifts £88

Care Hire £319

Honeymoon £3788

Engagement Ring £1,913

Wedding Rings £682

Dress £1180

Veil £94

Shoes £87

Lingerie £101

Beauty £177

Groom’s outfit £272

Attendants outfit £303

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