DIY Wedding Budget Sheets: How to Make Your Wedding Budget Spreadsheet
Now that you have crunched the numbers, it’s time to learn how to make wedding budget sheets.
The first step in making your wedding budget spreadsheet is to compose a list of all the wedding related goods and services you plan to spend money on:
Wedding venue rental and related fees
Entertainment - wedding band or DJ
Wedding reception catering & staffing
reception bar & beverages
Wedding cake
Wedding ceremony and reception rentals (decorations, linens, tables, etc.)
Wedding photographer and videographer
Ceremony location fees or donation
Officiant fee or donation
Marriage license
Attire (wedding dress, accessories, groom and groomsmen tuxedo rental, alterations, dress shipping, dry cleaning and preservation)
Flowers for the wedding party, ceremony and reception
Decorations for the wedding ceremony and reception
Next, input your list into a spreadsheet program like Excel (perfect for wedding budget sheets), preferably with calculator built in:
If you know how to use Excel, build your own budget spreadsheet with a calculator function
You can also find a simple free wedding budget template for Excel, Google Docs, and Open Office
here.
If you don't have or use any of the above spreadsheet programs, customize a web based spreadsheet template from
www.numsum.com
Now break down how much of your wedding budget you estimate you’ll be spending on each line item in your budget sheet by using rough cost estimates before you go any further in the planning process. You’ll refine these numbers as you complete the next few tasks and meet with vendors.
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