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Wedding budget calculator

Per-guest catering plus venue and extras, divided over the months you have.

Built and reviewed by Dovanic, Founder and editor, FreeByteLast reviewed: 2026-08-18
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14 mo

Total budget

$21,400

Save per month

$1,529

Catering
$9,900
Cost per guest, all in
$238
Cutting 10 guests saves
$1,100
With a 10% buffer
$23,540

Per-guest catering plus venue and extras, divided over the months you have.

A worked example

Starting figures

Guests
90
Cost per guest
$145
Venue
$6,500
Dress, photos, music
$7,200
Months to save
14

What it returns

Total budget
$26,750
Save per month
$1,910.71
Guest costs
$13,050
Cost of cutting 10 guests
$1,450

How to read the results

Catering scales with guest count; the total is divided by months remaining.

With the defaults above, total budget works out at $26,750.

Methodology

Catering scales with guest count; the total is divided by months remaining.

  • · Excludes rings and honeymoon unless added to extras.
  • · No inflation on supplier quotes.

Estimates only. Nothing here is financial advice. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and it gets fixed.

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