Wedding Budget Calculator (2026)Plan your wedding cost in seconds.
Estimate your total wedding cost by guest count, location, and budget. Get a full breakdown — venue, catering, photography, and more — instantly.
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Market
Per guest
$292
Venue
$14,000
Catering
$10,500
Built from 47 real weddings + 2026 vendor pricing data across 12 U.S. states
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100-guest wedding
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$28k – $52k typical150-guest wedding
Mid-size full reception
$42k – $78k typicalWedding under $20,000
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100 guests · average market
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100 guests · luxury market
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The exact dollar delta between two headcounts — venue, catering, photography, the works.
10,000+
Wedding budgets analyzed
47
Real weddings in our dataset
12+
Years of planner experience
200+
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How It Works
Calculate your wedding cost in 10 seconds
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Enter your budget & guest count
Three inputs: total budget, headcount, location tier. Takes ten seconds.
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Get your instant breakdown
Venue, catering, photography, decor, and cost-per-guest — calculated against real planner data.
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From real couples
Trusted by couples planning their day
“The calculator gave us the realistic number nobody else would. Saved us from booking a venue we couldn't actually afford.”
“We used the location calculator before picking a venue tier. Stayed under budget by $4,200.”
“Hired their team after running our numbers. The breakdown matched what we ended up actually spending almost exactly.”
From the dataset
Real wedding budgets, broken down
Anonymized snapshots from our 47-wedding dataset. Each one shows what a real couple actually spent — and where.
$15,000
Backyard wedding
60 guests · Hudson Valley, NY
- Catering & bar$5,400
- Photography$2,800
- Florals & decor$1,900
- Everything else$4,900
“Saved $11k by skipping the venue + hiring a friend's band.”
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$35,000
City venue reception
120 guests · Austin, TX
- Venue$11,200
- Catering & bar$10,500
- Photography + video$5,200
- Florals + DJ + misc$8,100
“Negotiated a Sunday date — venue threw in linens free.”
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$75,000
Hotel ballroom + after-party
200 guests · Napa Valley, CA
- Venue + catering$42,000
- Florals + lighting$11,500
- Photo + video team$9,800
- Band + bar + misc$11,700
“Booked 14 months out — locked rates before peak season.”
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