{"id":46450,"date":"2017-09-20T01:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/how-to-plan-a-50000-dollar-wedding\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T07:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:19:58","slug":"how-to-plan-a-50000-dollar-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/how-to-plan-a-50000-dollar-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"How to plan a 50,000 dollar wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning on spending about $50,000 on your wedding? Using the free Easy Weddings Budget Calculator, we came up with the breakdown of each category of the spend of your wedding. Here’s how to plan a wedding for $50,000:<\/p>\n

*Planning your wedding on a slightly smaller budget? Click here to find out how to plan a wedding for $30,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dress, suit, and accessories<\/h2>\n

You’re looking at having a dress budget of $3,500, $1,000 for accessories (including veil, hairpiece, shoes, lingerie etc.) $500 for professional hair and makeup services, and $500 for the groom’s suit.<\/p>\n

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Click here to browse wedding dresses<\/a> | Image by Embrace Bridal Boutique<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Reception<\/h2>\n

You’ll have $21,500 to spend on your wedding reception, including $3,000 for the venue, $14,500 for the food and service, and $4,000 for beverages.<\/p>\n

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Click here to browse wedding venues<\/a> | Image by Allegro<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ceremony<\/h2>\n

The Easy Weddings Budget Calculator suggests you spend $2,000 on your officiant, $500 for the ceremony location, and $250 on any accessories or extra ceremony decor.<\/p>\n

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Click here to browse marriage celebrants<\/a> | Image by Benny Roff Fun Weddings<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rings<\/h2>\n

You’ll have $1,000 allocated to purchasing wedding bands (this does not factor in the price of an engagement ring).<\/p>\n

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Click here to browse wedding jewellery<\/a> | Image by Temelli Jewellery<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photography and videography<\/h2>\n

You’ll have about $4,000 for wedding photography and $2,500 for video. This is enough to secure a highly reputable and trusted photographer or wedding\u00a0videographer.<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding photographers<\/a> | Image by ICON PHOTOGRAPHY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Decorations, wedding hire, and flowers<\/h2>\n

You’ll have $1,000 in your wedding budget to spend on decorations and $2,500 to make your floral dreams come true.<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding florists<\/a> | Image by Beautiful Weddings<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wedding entertainment<\/h2>\n

You’ll have $500 in your budget for ceremony music (perhaps a live musician?) and $2,500 on reception music – either a DJ and MC, or a live band.<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding music <\/a>| Image by Something Borrowed<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stationery<\/h2>\n

Your wedding budget will allow $1,000 for your invitations, and an extra $250 for other stationery which might include Save The Date cards, table numbers etc.<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding invitations<\/a> | Image by State of Elliot<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gifts<\/h2>\n

To say thank you for attending your special day, you’ll have $750 allocated to bomboniere, with an extra $1000 for bridesmaids, groomsmen, and gifts for your parents.<\/p>\n

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Browse bomboniere suppliers<\/a> | Image by Sweetcheeks Cookies and Cakes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wedding cake<\/h2>\n

Your budget will allow $1,500 to create the cake of your dreams.<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding cake suppliers <\/a>| Image by COCO Cakes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Transport and accommodation<\/h2>\n

You’ll have $1,000 to spend on your statement arrival in the wedding transport of your choice and $750 for your wedding night accommodation – so choose somewhere magical!<\/p>\n

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Browse wedding transport providers<\/a> | Image by Triple R Luxury Car Hire<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are you waiting for? Click here to create and manage your own wedding budget!\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46451,"template":"","au_article_tag":[256,1370],"class_list":["post-46450","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-general","au_article_category-weddingplanner","au_article_tag-wedding-budget","au_article_tag-wedding-suppliers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/46450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/46450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=46450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}