How to have an Italian wedding for 60,000 euro
Before you start reading, this article was written in 2023.
This is the second in the series on budgeting and how to have your wedding. If you haven’t watched it already – see the 40000 euro budget episode or check out the article for a base line of the costs to consider as I’m going to reference that episode in this one.
This time we’re working with 60k budget…
Watch out for the caveats and please note this is just ‘one way’ to do it, not the only way. What you spend and on what will depend on your own priorities. There are suppliers who will charge more than the prices included in this example and some will charge less. Every wedding is different and everyone’s dream of their day is different too. This budget breakdown is for a wedding that, in our opinion, is of a good quality standard…and we wouldn’t usually recommend going much lower with budget.
- Wedding for 60 people
- All on one site, 3-4 night stay
- Civil wedding
- Add a planner - the best spend you can make to protect a budget that needs to work hard
- Invest more in catering and bar, extend wedding length
- Increase decor budget
- Invest in your priority area/s - better photographer, more music
- Increase buffer
- Wedding for 80 people
- Most guests on one site, 3-4 night stay
- Add a planner with full support
- More transport costs will apply with more guests
- More catering and decor costs will apply with more guests
- Invest more in your catering
- Pay for bridal party H&MU
- Increase event fees for more guests
- Increased buffer
No wet weather plan included in the budget, as assumes the venue used as an example has an indoor option
Should your venue not have a viable indoor option in case of bad weather, then absolutely you must factor in budget for a Plan B marquee or tent option
Working out a budget is complicated and often overwhelming! But you have some options thanks to our lovely La Lista team…..
Download the Budget Tracker
Download the Italian Wedding Tracker - this baby has everything from budgets to timings!
If the panic is real, book a Wedding Surgery call with esteemed wedding planner, Lucy White and get sorted from the start or at any point of struggle through planning.
