Professional Wedding & Event Planner
This article is based on an expert interview with Jove Meyer, conducted by wikiHow Staff Editors. Jove Meyer is the founder and principal of Jove Meyer Events. An award-winning event planner, designer, and LGBTQ+ advocate, Jove’s work has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, Refinery29, and Martha Stewart and more. Jove has been named as a “Wedding Guru” from US Weekly and as one of the top wedding planners in the USA from The Knot and Brides.
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So much goes into planning a beautiful, unforgettable wedding, and it all starts with a well-thought-out budget. If you’re not sure where to begin when it comes to creating a budget for your wedding, don’t worry! In this video, Event Planner and Designer Jove Meyer breaks down the budget-making process step-by-step so you can nail down some numbers and move on to the fun part of planning your special day.
Key Takeaways
- Start by determining how many people you’ll be inviting and where you’ll be having your wedding. Guest count and location will have a big impact on your overall budget.
- From there, figure out what your priorities are for things like entertainment and flowers. For example, do you want a band or a DJ? The cost will be very different for each.
Video Transcript
The first two things I always think about when you are working on your budget are guest count and location. So how many humans am I inviting to this wedding? And where am I hoping to have it? Because once you know how many and then what city, you can really start to hone in on what the price point will be. Getting married in New York City is very different than getting married in Kansas. So location and guest count are the first two things. And then from there, you sort of figure out what your priorities are when it comes to entertainment. Are you a band or DJ? Two very different prices. For flowers, are you looking for something simple on the tables, or tables and walls, or tables, walls, and ceilings? Budgets can range based on selection. Starting with guest count and location is number one, and then from there, that's the core of your budget that you can grow and build off of.
