What is this strange and unknown “Budget”? What is it made of and how should it be managed?
It is now the subject of the first questions that every professional you turn to will ask you and you will not be able to be caught unprepared. The risk is to calculate it wrongly, not predict it or even exceed it by far.
In the organization of the wedding everything is connected: choices-budget / budget-choices.
Even if you are an ultra-organized bride and you think you can keep an eye on all the expenses you will face, without building a proven plan, you could end up spending a lot more than you expected or, even, you could risk not know how much it is right to spend on every detail, requesting quotes based on a limited amount, which will make you receive low-quality proposals.
Budget affect your decision
The budget that you will estimate will greatly affect your decisions and will be correctly related to your wishes. Yes, because each couple has their own needs, their own requests. So the budget is a tool that must be calculated in a strictly personal way and, obviously, it must be customized.
So the first thing to do is definitely to evaluate what your priorities will be.
If you turn to WP, the first tool you will start from will certainly be this and you will have a very detailed list close to reality: a complete view of every single expense, the overall total, the extras and, if necessary, any “stock” for unexpected expenses.
So you will be able to know immediately if everything you dream can really be realized or, on the contrary, discover that that desire is not as impossible as you thought.
In any case, don’t worry, the budget is a support tool to refer to, but it can undergo changes during construction.
To conclude: having a professional at your side who knows every single value will have a different effect in protecting your pockets, because she will know how to respect your investment, even trying to make you save even more, but above all because she will be able to guide you towards the best choices thanks to her contacts and collaborations cultivated over time.
At first glance it might seem like an additional expense to you, its fee, but you will probably also get more benefits, such as the freshest and most beautiful flowers, a band that will keep you entertained until late at night, a location at your complete disposal, and your guests will not stop complimenting you.
After all, isn’t that what you want?