Manage Your Budget

Use the budget tool to keep track of all of your wedding costs and payments. Budget items are grouped and displayed based on the category they are in.

When you start your budget you will see a list of common expenses with estimated costs based on your target budget and industry averages. You can add, delete, and update your budget items to fit your needs.

Each budget item has the following values:

  • Estimate: This is how much you think it will cost. It is great to track this number and compare it to the final cost.
  • Actual Cost: This is how much the item actually costs. If you add payments that total more than the actual cost, we automatically increase this value for you.
  • Paid: This is the sum of all payments that have been added and marked as paid. This value is automatically calculated for you based on your payments.
  • Due: This is the difference between the actual cost and the amount paid (regardless of whether or not there are unpaid payments making up the difference). This value is automatically calculated for you.

To edit the payments for a budget item, click on the green 'cash' icon to the right of the budget item, or click on the 'Paid' or 'Due' amount.

Some costs related to your wedding are based on the number of guests (eg reception meals). The budget tool allows you to track this easily. Each budget item can be a 'total' price, or a 'per guest' price. If the cost is 'per guest' you simply enter the cost per guest, and select the 'occasion' that the budget item is for. At the bottom of the budget you will see a table of occasions. You can use this table to change your guest count in a single place, and all per guest costs will be updated accordingly.