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Engagement Invites
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Wedding Invites
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Bombonniere
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Wedding Budget Planner
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This wedding budget is a offered only as a guide,
allocate your budget funds as you wish. |
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Total Budget $___________ |
Expenses |
Approx % of total budget |
Your Budget |
What you actually spent |
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Ceremony
Venue fee, Celebrant fee, marriage license, accessories i.e. ring pillows |
6% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Reception
Reception Venue, Food, Drinks, Hire, Cake, Bonbonniere |
40% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Clothing
Gown, Headpiece/veil, lingerie and stockings, shoes, bridal accessories, jewellery, hair and makeup, Groom's Tuxedo or Suit, shoes, bow tie, cuff links, |
20% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Rings
Bride and Grooms rings, including any engraving |
5% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Flowers
Ceremony arrangements, bride's bouquet, maid-of-honour and bridesmaid bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres, centrepieces, flower-girl bouquet of basket |
4% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Music
Ceremony Musicians, Band and/or DJ, cocktail hour musicians, sound system Hire for reception |
5% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Photography
Photographer and Videographer's fees, albums, additional prints, disposable cameras for candids |
11% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Transportation
Transportation for the bride, wedding party, guest shuttle and/or parking attendants |
2% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Stationery
Wedding Invitations, RSVP cards, thank you cards, order iof service, place cards, postage, calligraphy, guest book |
5% |
$________ |
$________ |
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Gifts
thank you gifts for the bridesmaids and groomsmen
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2% |
$________ |
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Wedding Savings Plan
Weddings are incredibly expensive. Today a large percentage of couples shell out for their own wedding ceremonies, parents still often pay for a portion or all of the wedding reception. For couples who are preparing for their wedding, a new trend in wedding planning is starting to materialize.
Parents are often using long-term investing to assist in making their children’s weddings financially viable. The current cost of a wedding ranges between $15,000 & $40,000. The inclination toward more extravagant weddings has more couples are commencing married life with in debt. Parents hoping to help their children avoid wedding debt, are now opting for long-term investment strategies to help relieve the financial weight of a wedding, particularly when newly wed couples may wish purchase their own home, and plan for a family.
The power of compound interest is the key and parents are now starting to look at their children’s wedding as part of their of long-term financial planning. A simple wedding investment strategy is as simple as setting aside $250 a month in an term deposit that yields around 5% p.a. for 10 years could produce enough money to cover the cost of a wedding reception.
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