Me n my partner have started planning out wedding after being engaged for 5...

The first thing I did was get in contact with Church and Venue and find out if the date was available and the cost. And go from there really. They are the main thing to look into first as they're the expensive parts of the budget :)

Check the top ribbon on this page and you will see a section for my wedding or planning (I can't see it and type) and it has a budget planner in there. It is quite useful as you can add or remove things and keep check of what you have spent or what you may want to include.

Budgeting Is difficult. We chose our venue then decided our affordability for the overall budget. Unfortunately our circumstances changed but we had already committed so we've struggled....but it's been well worth it.
11days til D-Day
With places like eBay, if you're willing to do done DIY lots of things can be purchased relatively cheap x

Hi first determine what you can afford then find venue and then see if registry office or church dates are available :)

We went backwards because we knew what venue we wanted - so basically looked at what we wanted and looked to see if we could afford it :)

£12k for everything

There are lots of lists on google. I also found the checklists printed in the wedding magazines very helpful.
Start with your chosen venue and the registry. Then go from there. Have a date in mind but be flexible -I changed our date due to originally clashing with my cousins wedding and also due to my partners ill health x

Venue (including ceremony, reception and evening daytime catering and any drinks packages evening food), flowers, dress, invitations, cake, bridesmaids, suits, rings, photographer, videographer, beauty stuff (hair & make up plus trials for yourself and any bridesmaids), shoes, nails, rooms. Also at venue check chair cover/sash hire, centrepieces, dj/band/entertainment.

Hope that helps.

Venue is usually most expensive.

I would do a guest list first so you know how many day & evening you will have x

It's hard! I chose my venue first then worked around that my wedding altogether had cost us about £7,000 which I think pretty good x

Download bridebooks on your phone or tablet keeps it easy and helps budget x

Spreadsheet and start with venue, church or registrar, dress, suits, entertainment, flowers, food, drink, decor. Then start adding the smaller items like shoes, jewellery, presents etc.
Put price, what it includes, then have a column for what has been paid then the balance. You can add columns to include who paid what and when.
It's the little things that bump up the budget so be careful and congratulations!!!! X

The venue will be a good third of the overall spend. (Based on ceremony and reception at the same place). So think what you can afford and have that in mind when choosing your venue.

I set a rough budget in my mind of what I wanted to spend in total, then I decided on what was important to me, cake, make up etc, then I set a realistic budget for these items, shop around, ask for deals, barter but most of all try not to stress x

Get the app guides for brides, it's great x

I used a lot of home based businesses instead of shops as this helped us to save money.

I use a app it called WedHappy it helps with sticking to budget and what steps you need to do and when it a free app to

My mom bought me a wedding planner diary thing and it basically lists everything you will need to do. A lot if it we decided not to bother with or ended up already being included in our venue package. It didn't necessarily help with budgeting, but helped us see what we still have left to do

Book a register office 1st (cheaper than a church)
Then a venue for your reception like a hall in a club
Get a cheap caterer theres loads on fb or you you and your family can do the catering between you
Get decorations for hall from ebay realy cheap
Look for a dress on line or sights where peopke are selling them
Full mens suits it matalan or primark for 60 pound
Send invites well in advance
If you want a pish wedding car home james are very cheap for 200 you get a large limo to take you to register office then from there to your reception and you get 2 bottles of bubbly

Hobby craft, Waterstones and WHS do cute little wedding planning diaries to keep track of budget and everything. Also would be a nice little keepsake when everything is sorted :)

We don't want to spend thousands second marriage iv bought seat covers Sashas table runners wishing tree well everything for venue off ebay all brilliant stuff all brand new for a lot less than hiring it had a sweet shop made for kids and blinged it up got suits bought them as it was cheaper than hiring them going to have a dress made as I no what I want basically everything I dreamed of iv got on a budget not being tight but why pay loads to hire stuff when you can get it cheaper your self and with money we have saved we are having a photo mirror and bits and bobs I didn't think we could have and it's not cost thousands x

We are getting married after being engaged for fifteen years!!! 😂 haven't even started budgeting and we have less than a year!! Keep adding things to my list and shocked at how when you mention wedding everything trebles in price!

Have a look at a few checklists and see what you think you want and go from there x