Wedding Expenses Checklist

There are many expenses associated with a wedding. By custom, some fall to the bride or her family. Others, to the groom or his family. Keeping it all straight can be a real challenge--even for florists! Here is an example of a traditional budget. Keep in mind that times have changed, many couples are paying for their own weddings or have some other method worked out between the families. The list below is a guide.

The Bride

• Wedding ring for groom
• Wedding gift for groom
• Wedding Consultant
• Presents for the bridal attendants
• Personal Stationery
• Accomodations for out-of-town maid of honor and bride's attendants
• Her physical exam/blood tests

The Groom

• Wedding ring for bride
• Wedding gift for bride
• The marriage license
• Gifts for the best man, groomsmen, and ushers
• Bride's bouquet, bride's going-away corsage, mothers' corsages, and boutonnieres for all men in the weeing party
• Accommmodations for out-of-town best man, groomsmen, and ushers
• His physical exam/blood tests
• Fee for clergy
• The Honeymoon
• Optional: The Bachelor Dinner

The Bride's Family

• The engagement party
• The reception, including the food, wedding cake, beverages, docroations, music, flowers, and gratuities for the bartenders and waiters
• Wedding gift for the newly weds
• Wedding initiations, announcements, and mailing costs
• Bride's wedding attire/trousseau
• Engagement and wedding photography
• The ceremony, including rental of the sancutary; fees for the organist, soloist or choir, and sexton; aisle carpets/runners and/or conopy/music; flowers; and any additional costs for dcorations
• Bridesmaids' boouquets
• {aromg cpsts. coat-check fees, gratuities for traffic attendants
• Transportation for the bridal party, both to the wedding cremony and from the ceremony to the reception
• Bridesmaids' luncheon
• Wedding albums
• Videographer's fee
• Personalized napkins, matchbooks, and guest towels

The Groom's Family

• Clothes for the wedding
• Their travel expenses
• Wedding gift for the newly weds
• The rehearsal dinner and any other expenses they elect to assume

The Maid of Honor

• Her travel expenses
• Wedding attire
• Wedding gift for the newly weds

The Best Man

• His travel expenses
• Wedding attire
• Wedding gift for the newly weds

The Attendants

• Their travel expenses
• Wedding attire
• Wedding gift for the newly weds

The Groomsmen and Ushers

• Individual travel expenses
• Wedding atire
• Wedding gift for the newly weds

Guests

• Individual travel expenses
• Wedding gift for the newly weds