Wedding budget guides

Straight answers on wedding costs: budget splits, average costs, cost per guest, tipping, payments and timelines.

• Wedding budget breakdown by percentage (2026)How to split a wedding budget by category: venue, food, photo, flowers, music, attire and more, as percentages, with a free calculator.
• Wedding budget breakdown for $10k, $15k, $30k and $50kExample wedding budgets for $10,000, $15,000, $30,000 and $50,000, split by category, with tips for each size.
• Average wedding cost in 2026: US, UK, Australia and CanadaThe latest average wedding costs, guest counts and cost per guest for the US, UK, Australia and Canada, from 2026 studies.
• Wedding cost per guest: how to work it out (and what cutting guests saves)Work out your real wedding cost per guest, the cost of each extra guest, and how much cutting your B-list actually saves.
• Wedding vendor tipping guide (who, how much, when)How much to tip each wedding vendor in the US, when to hand it over, and how tipping works in the UK, Canada and Australia.
• Wedding payment schedule: deposits, instalments and final balancesHow wedding deposits and balances usually work, how to track who you owe and when, and how to avoid a cash crunch before the big day.
• How to make a wedding budget spreadsheet in Google SheetsThe columns, formulas and tabs a wedding budget spreadsheet needs in Google Sheets or Excel, plus a ready-made option.
• Wedding planning checklist and timeline (12 months to the day)A month-by-month wedding planning checklist from 12+ months out to the week of, with what to book when.