Creating a Budget

It is very easy to get carried away in spending for your wedding, you want the best and the most perfect things for your perfect day. But it is also important to remember that the best need not be the most expensive, you have to be creative and set your budget. Here's a list I've made which contains some expenses on a typical wedding.

1. Church. (10,000-20,000 pesos) Some air conditioned churches go up to about 25,000
2. Hotel Stay. (2,000-8,000 pesos/night) It is recommended that you stay in a hotel the night before your wedding so when you get your makeup done the room will be cool and you don't have to fix it after making a mess.
3. Reception Venue (15,000-150,000 pesos) This is for the rental of the place only, though some Venues will have pre-built packages with food, cake and most of the things you might want or need.
4. Hotel Reception (200,000-500,000 pesos) Hotels package their food, accommodation, Bridal car and lots more things to make them more attractive, recently we have seen some price cuts on hotel wedding packages this might be due to the emergence of a lot of new wedding reception venues springing all over the country.
5. Invitations (50-200 pesos/pc) From the plain to the outright spectacular invitations have gone a long way from being just a piece of paper you hand out to somebody. They say that how beautiful your invitation is, that's how expensive a gift you get. So, make sure your invites look really nice.
6. Catering. (250-1,200 pesos/head) If you get a reception venue and decide not to go with any of their packages you will need to find yourself a caterer that suites your style and tastes. Caterers are the ones responsible not only for the food but the way that all your tables will be decorated and what type of chairs will be used.
7. Wedding Planner. (15,000-50,000 pesos) A good wedding planner will be able to save you a lot of time and energy and in some great cases, money. For your wedding planning needs, please call Mrs. Tani at 0917-8162134.
8. Event Stylist. (50,000-100,000 pesos) Want a themed wedding, beautiful backdrops, elegant centerpieces? Hire an event stylist to transform even the most ordinary wedding venue into a most unique concept like a fairytale, beach or even bringing a garden (yes an entire garden) into your ballroom.
9. Makeup Artist. (7,000-15,000 pesos) It is important that you see eye to eye with your makeup artist, after all you will live with the pictures reminding you how good you looked during your wedding day for the rest of your life.
10. Wedding Gown. (15,000-100,000 pesos) The cost really depends on how well-known the designer is and what type of fabric and design you choose.
11. Entourage and Groom's clothes (20,000-80,000 pesos) Again the budget depends on the designer, the design and the materials.
12. Flowers. (15,000-30,000) Basically the same price all across different suppliers difference in arrangement and types of flowers to be used.
13. Giveaways. (25-50pesos/hd) There are tons of giveaway ideas out there, a quick trip to Divisoria is always good for this.
14. Entertainers. (8,000-30,000 pesos) This includes; singer/s, bands and a host.
15. Sound system. (10,000-25,000 pesos) Seriously a PA system is not good enough. A good sound system package would include 4-6 speakers, 2 monitor speakers, 4 wired mics, 2 wireless mics, a band setup, a couple of smart lights, a fog machine or a bubble machine, a spotlight and around 8 pars.
16. Photographer and Videographer. (30,000-90,000 pesos) Once the party has ended all you have are the memories, hire a photographer that you can trust, it is always good to hire a small company or individual photographer that can personally do the service for you, with large companies weddings are often sub-contracted to individuals who do not have anything to lose so quality suffers quite a lot. For your Wedding Photography needs please check out my site.