What does a wedding cost? This is a good question. It is good to know what the costs of a wedding are and what your own wedding budget is before you start planning your wedding. In this article we explain what a wedding costs, we show you what the average costs are for each part and how you can make a budget plan based on your wedding budget. So that you can start planning your wedding yourself.

What does a wedding cost?

The costs of a wedding are first of all in your own hands, because you can decide for yourself whether you want to celebrate your wedding large or small. The bigger and more elaborate you want to celebrate your wedding day, the higher the cost of the wedding will be. And vice versa of course the same. Before you start planning your wedding day, it is useful to determine a wedding budget for your wedding together. Think about how much you want to spend on your wedding day. You can then make a budget plan based on your wedding budget. In a budget plan you indicate how much you want to spend per part of your wedding. In order to be able to make these, it is useful to have a guide to the average costs of a wedding.

Budget planning – how much does a wedding cost on average?

What a wedding costs on average is one of the most frequently asked questions from a bridal couple when they start planning their wedding. What does a wedding cost and what costs are involved? How much a wedding costs on average depends first of all on the wishes and the priorities you have with regard to your wedding. If you would like to invite a lot of guests to your wedding, you can assume that the costs for your wedding will probably be higher than if you want to celebrate it intimately and small. The average cost that bridal couples spend on their wedding is € 15,000. But you can certainly celebrate the most beautiful day of your life for a smaller wedding budget. With these budget tips you can certainly save costs.

What is the cost of a wedding per part?

Below is the average cost of a wedding for each part. Keep in mind that the costs below are an indication. As I mentioned, the costs of your wedding depend entirely on the wishes and priorities that you have. You can imagine that a wedding dress specially designed for you is more expensive than a wedding dress from a bridal fashion store and that getting married in a castle is more expensive than in the town hall, for example.

• Wedding dress: € 1,500
• Wedding suit: € 900,-
• Wedding location: € 5,000
• Wedding rings: € 1,900
• Wedding photographer: € 1,500
• Videographer: € 1,300
• Bridal accessories: € 300,-
• Music wedding party: € 850,-
• Bridal bouquet: € 125,-
• Decoration and styling: € 500,-
• Wedding planner: € 1.750,-
• Master of Ceremonies: €900
• Printing: € 350,-
• Wedding transport: € 600,-
• Wedding night: €250
• Honeymoon: € 2,500
• Bridal hair and make-up (MUHA): € 200,-
• Municipality costs: € 600
• Dinner: € 35 pp
• Reception: € 12.50 pp
• Wedding cake: € 6 pp
• Wedding favors: € 175,-

Make budget planning with your wedding budget

The top prices give you a guideline of what a wedding costs on average per part. Based on these costs and your own wedding budget, you can draw up your budget planning. First of all, think about what is important to you on your wedding day. Do you attach more value to a beautiful castle as a wedding location or do you think a dazzling wedding party is more important? Find out where your wishes and priorities lie and divide your wedding budget on the basis of this. After making your budget planning, you can start looking for suitable wedding suppliers for your wedding.

Save costs for your wedding

Are you a bit shocked by the above prices? Then we will now reassure you! You don't have to use all of the above. In addition, you can also save costs for certain matters, which is a matter of prioritizing. For example, do you want to go on a honeymoon to the Maldive? Or do you also enjoy camping in the South of France?

Do you want to spend the wedding night in a bridal suite or is the wedding location in your hometown and do you also think it's fine to lie in your own bed… This way you can weigh up all the matters. There are also a number of other budget tips for your wedding.

How do you pay the costs of your wedding?

In the past, the bride's parents paid for the wedding. Nowadays, however, that is no longer the case, unfortunately… You often see that the bridal couple pays for the wedding day in full themselves. We asked our bridal couples how they finance their wedding day:

• 74% of the bridal couples indicates that they first save for the wedding
• 19% of the bridal couples indicates that they already have sufficient power
• 6% of the bridal couples indicates that they are being helped by parents
• 1% of the bridal couples indicates to borrow the money for the wedding