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So everytime I call they ask for my budget, which i don’t have as of right now, but I am trying to call and find out prices so I can adjust my budget somehow and compare prices. Well everytime I call they ask for my budget, I feel like I don’t need to tell them. They just need to know how many people are attending. Why do they ask? Agh!

Absolutely not.

I dealt with the same thing ring shopping, at all the chain stores they wanted to know how much we were willing to spend, yeah, no thanks.

They ask either because they want to make sure you can afford the venue or so they can recommend only packages within your reach, or so they know your price and can work at getting the top dollar from you.

I would just tell them your budget is in the works, or you’re just pricing around right now. You could also give a vague answer, like we’re working with a moderate budget.

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On a tight wedding budget and am having my wedding in Hickory Hills on 6/17/11. If you are an experienced wedding DJ, is available and will charge me $600 or less to work my 5.5 hour wedding. I’d love to hear from you. I don’t need high tech fancy equipment just looking for basic dance lighting and music equipment loud enough for 250 guest wedding reception hall.

thanks!

With a prime date you will be hard pressed to find a good professional dj for $600.

Your wedding is just a little less than a year away put an extra few dollars away every week and up your budget to $900.

The difference between a DJ in the $600 range and the $900 range will be night and day.

$600 is very cheap for my area, a big city like Chicago it would be insanely low.

Read reviews on Wedding Wire and The Knot before you hire anyone. The DJ is the most important part of your reception, many people ruin their wedding by hiring a cheap DJ.

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Hi, I’m getting married in April and I need to know what my wedding budget should be based off of how much I make. Together my fiance and I make a little under 60 grand a year. What would be an appropriate budget number for a wedding based off of that?

honey this isnt about how much you make, this is about how much you can afford.

ok, you make $60k a year. but how much of that is already going towards bills and things? subtract that from your yearly total. do you have any kind of safety net in place if something unexpected happens that you need to pay for? if not, start saving, and subtract whatever you save from your yearly total. have any major purchases on the horizon? house? apartment with slightly higher rent? subtract from your total.

im not trying to be rude or anything, it just scares the bejesus out of me when couples start planning weddings without figuring what they can TRULY afford.

if your willing to wait a bit longer, you could probably spend more because you have more time to save. but if you try to make up a budget based just on how much you make in a year without taking into consideration every other bill you have, your going to be in trouble. dont forget, when you get married, his bills become your bills and your bills become his bills too

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I need to keep costs down for my wedding, but I don’t know how to go about it. I originally was going to sell tickets for my wedding, but after the reaction I got here, I think that it would probably tick off most of my guests, so that’s out.

I have no experience with weddings, event planning, or budgets. How do I make a wedding budget, and stick to it while still having an elegant wedding?

you are the one that decides on how much to spend on everything…i mean you and your fiance.
and you might want to make a list of your necessities and your wants
There is a website that may assist you and it’s free, www.weddingwire.com
Hope you can figure everything out without going over your budget
and congratulations

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just trying to make sure I haven’t overlooked anything.
should read What did you forget to include in your wedding budget.

I forgot to include hair/make up trials. Getting my nails done. And a few small things like that. I’d suggest having an extra 500-800 available to use the week of the wedding. If you don’t need it, then you can spend it on honeymoon

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