How to Plan a Wedding for LESS than 20k?!

[@danielleraso5419]

This might sound crazy but our budget is actually 30k and watching this video helped me justify it 😂.

[@whitneypratt5945]

Someone suggested instead of having an engagement party to have a stock the bar party where everyone brings a little something to help the bar and then you don't have to buy a bunch of alcohol 🙃

[@michellefratianne6797]

Venue owner here....love your advice. I refer all of the folks who tour my place to go to your channel. One more point.....a destination wedding can be in America!!!!

[@magnolia1776]

If you want to save on flowers and or cake, Sams club has very good options.

[@heatherherrmann973]

Can you please do a video on destination weddings?? I really want a wedding in Italy but I have NO IDEA what I’m doing and I don’t want to spend a huge amount! Love your videos!!

[@_haileeeyy]

This was perfect for me!! My fiancé and I’s budget is 20k and this gave me a better idea of how I could move things around to work for my preferences better

[@melissadavidson8883]

these are definitely not Northern Virginia prices. I feel like we're having to double almost every price you mentioned. I can't believe how expensive a wedding is!!!

[@sydmc2525]

Originally a $12k budget, but after raising our guest count we will be around $17k. November 2022 bride - super excited to have everything booked and pretty much ready to go!

[@cindy846]

It dives in at 2:24

[@ForGoodnessSakes90]

Our budget is around $35K, could you make a video for this budget range?

[@MHSMagicLuver]

My budget is around 30k and I have the master plan. I thought I wanted an all inclusive but food was like 90$ per person and drinks 40-50 per person. That’s about 25000 for 150 people with taxes and fees and nope. And that includes basically all hotels, etc. so after seeing that we are deciding on going with a venue that you have all of the tables, chairs, linens, etc included in fee and then do catering and alcohol on the side.

[@juliachapman695]

I’d love to hear you talk about how budget can change when you include things like welcome drinks, going away brunch, rehearsal dinner, etc. I’m not getting married soon but I just helped my SiL go through the whole thing and would love to see how that would balance out.

[@sethbender2863]

This is great however still missing some categories at least for me, my fiance and I are saying that anything going towards the wedding is included in the cost (we have to pay for over the next 7 months) including rehearsal dinner, tipping the vendors, officiant fee, gifts to the party and families, and so much more. I’m overwhelmed, but we got this!!

[@LokiTaviel]

I wish we could have an updated version of these videos with examples at different guest counts. Picturing a wedding for 50, 100, and 150 people are going to look incredibly different even if they share the same budget due to the options available and cost per person.

[@ashleyoverholt449]

The only thing, that I can about my wedding, is having, good music, good food, and good wine. But every thing else is all secondary to me.

[@Seanna0113]

You’re a mind reader. My wedding is next June and I just started planning with a budget of 15-20k!

[@dotellabelle]

Great advice! Wedding coordinators can really help ease the stress. I have some lovely options for invitations on a budget that are designed using my original watercolor art. You can get a bespoke look for cheaper than the traditional costs.

[@tbbbbb123]

Olive Garden Rule is from A Practical Wedding.

[@gabrieladehoyos2500]

Thank you for all these videos jaime you have become my new favorite form of entertainment. I take SUPER DETAILED notes in all the videos I’ve watched! So far we have booked our perfect venue, the church and our photographer all thanks to your videos and help! God bless you! Much love from Texas 🇺🇸

[@courtneycrump4302]

Very excited for the 5k video. I liked the 10k video and we are looking to save most of our money for our honeymoon

[@heathermcalister9919]

Thank you so much Jamie, perfect timing! We got engaged in May and started with a $15k budget but after doing some research realized it wasn’t exactly feasible to get what we wanted. We’re in DFW, TX and venues in particular are expensive. We have family helping us some, and we planned the wedding for October 2023 to give us more time to plan and save so that allowed us to expand the budget to closer to $20k and splurge in a few areas that are priorities to us (Venue, DJ, Catering). I initially thought a $10k budget would be possible but for us and our priorities it wasn’t in the cards unfortunately.

[@fishnet_stockings8834]

For me the shock with rentals is that a lot don’t allow you to pick up and charge $800 at least to deliver even if it’s like 3 ottomans

[@nicolebeck211]

After a few years of watching your videos I finally got engaged July 1st, 2022. Now not knowing where to fully start trying to figure out a budget this video has helped a ton!!

[@madlibs3559]

Yes! PLEASE do a 5k video! We would love to stay in that budget but I'm not quite sure how to make it work. Love your videos!

[@whitneypratt5945]

I wanna point out about basic invite that the invites are cheaper the more you buy. I am only getting 100 and that makes it around 200$. For 99 cents you have to buy like 500 invitations.

[@whitneypratt5945]

But I still really love basic invite and Jamie!!

[@Zodia195]

When one of my cousins got married 20 years ago, I remember her wedding cost around $5,000 and my mom actually thought it cost too much. I told her how much the average wedding, even back then, costed $20k and she was shocked lol. I think it's because most weddings in my family tend to be on the cheaper side because so much of the family pitches in to help with the wedding from decor to the food. I recall that my cousin's wedding was one of the rare few times when a wedding planner was involved and the fact she used a big venue (that's where most of the money went). I was a bridemaid so I did have some insight to that particular wedding. I am just glad my cousin went to David's Bridal for the bride's maid dresses and I am grateful that my parents bought my dress, seeing how I was still in college, oi lol.

[@francescalopez6942]

Hey Jamie. I started watching your videos when my husband and I were having our 10 year Vow renewal. Now my sister is getting married and I am helping her coordinate her wedding. I'm going to be her matron of honor and also her wedding coordinator. It's going to be a very small wedding in my backyard. I love watching your videos you've been so helpful with my vow renewal and now her wedding. I am so sad that after her wedding I'm not going to have any reason to watch your videos anymore. Would it be weird for me to keep watching even though I have no reason to LOL.

[@audreyb4444]

Hi Jamie , just to thanks you for your vidéo and tips about wedding , i watch you for almost a year now and I get married last week for less than 14k€ (on saturday and sunday for lunch) and It was perfect . I wasn't stress at all because my timeline was on point . Thanks

[@coriehnis6422]

Great info in this video! We originally said we want an under 10k wedding where we live in Vegas. Quickly realized... thats a tourist elopement (great, but not for us). Hoping to come in just under 20k with our all inclusive wedding now and it looks like we're right on budget! Your videos have been so helpful!

[@rachelechols5041]

I remember thinking that we’d want a professional tiered cake but I hate fondant. I looked at my options, crunched the numbers, and we save over $1,000 by having a cupcake table instead and most people are more likely to eat cupcakes than slices of cakes. So rethinking things is sometimes a major money saver

[@lexiallmond6657]

This is so so awesome! After watching your 10k video, I made my 20k budget based off those percentages!! And now this video!! I literally grabbed my wedding planning binder and a pen and enjoyed this video

[@blubimnotafish]

It's so insane how much a wedding costs! I mean, I get it, but still! We were gifted my dress and his suit by our parents, are doing minimal decor because the venue is a beaut, and have very cheap options for DJ, photographer, and possibly videographer through family and friends, and we'll still spend between €15-18k. Madness. But I'm so looking forward to the day :D

[@TiffaniChesak1111]

This was so helpful!!! Only area I’m still struggling with is decor/DIY 😅

[@Joyful_7]

Hello and thank you! Do you still have a code to save on Lilly and Lime?😊

[@mariahgeiger-williams9230]

Make your miscellaneous budget bigger than you think you need (especially if you aren’t budgeting for things like other decor besides flowers). Trust me, been there.

[@marisabelmartinez611]

What about the wedding rings? Would you include that in the budget?

[@melanatedmouseketeer]

I’ve heard you’re supposed to as that’s included in the ceremony portion. Same with the license!

[@marisabelmartinez611]

@@melanatedmouseketeer Good point! I guess you would have to cut out same money out the budget for the license and ring.

[@2cornichons]

My gorgeous daughter is engaged. She and her fiance want to have their wedding on our farm. Needless yo say I have been binge watching your videos. I was surprised and delighted to know you live in central Texas too! Welcome.

[@thesb2836]

Jamie is so helpful and she has nice hair

[@MalaichaMae]

Your voice is soothing to me at this point 😅❤️

[@tyanavideovlogs1017]

I'm planning my wedding and our budget changed from 10k to 20k and with the way this is set to how much you should spend per category is almost impossible here in Canada. I wish I could find something or someone like this that can give me a better idea on budgeting here in Canada.

[@judianeidajoseph8376]

Same here!

[@ohshesglamorous]

Excited to see how you work magic with the $5k video!

[@hello_danielle]

seeing you talk about drop catering for a 20k budget puts my budget into perspective real fast. We are saving so much money on the venue and the dress that I figured we could hire someone for catering. I kept getting the quote of 15-25 per person and that was still too high for us. I think I got scared away from catering from your last videos about it lol I thought this is an area that someone else should take from us... Now seeing that we might have to either expand our budget or change catering method.

[@H20pologirl16]

I live in California and feel like 20k is on the less expensive side. Many venues and prices for things r so expensive here 😅 thank you for the tips!

[@Sara-vn2kz]

I planned a wedding for $20,000 but the original budget was $12,000. We had no DJ and no booze. The venue really messed up with the sound system, but everything else went really well. I even had multiple people tell me the next time they saw me that I should consider being a wedding planner! Which was a surprise because I've never planned ANY party before. Not even a small dinner party at my own house. But I knew what my vision was for our wedding and I worked tirelessly to get the details just right. That was 3 months ago. Edit: Actually, there were a few places where I wanted to cut costs but my husband or father convinced me to get the better option and spend the money. Another reason the budget went up was that my father kept adding to the guest list. So he wound up helping us out. He even paid the additional cost for the "artisinal" wedding cake designer. It was a beautiful Harry Potter cake with a snitch on top as per my husband's request.

[@oliviagj9992]

ML

[@ashleyoverholt449]

Why not have a bar by conception, so that way, you could just pay, for whatever was drank.

[@dg_71994]

Jamie please do a video on destination weddings ✨💕

[@vanessajlT]

I live in San Diego, I have yet to find an all inclusive venue for under $20,000. Do you have any links to venues in San Diego that are typically $5,000 or less? Cuz with inflation it should be about $10,000 now and I’ll take it

[@abakacompany5141]

Love watching your video's! Very informative and quite entertaining.....Thank you!

[@keecreations]

5k video sounds very intriguing. We tried to stay around 10k for our wedding and it's looking a little over budget now.. oops lol

[@hello_danielle]

Jamie, I need your help! I feel like I see a lot of examples online of a lot of stuff on a reception table and I want to keep costs low and not buy a bunch of things just for this day but also don't want the tables to look too empty. Also, circle tables are common but Pinterest seems only interested in rectangle tables lol... Can you give some tips on how to know the right balance of decor/not too empty? Also, how do you make basic circle tables look good? I am so lost

[@zevrahceroom7724]

What about transportation, should we budget for that? Also, Officiant, is that a smaller cost typically?

[@savannahhaughton22]

13/15. 15 is the hard budget, but $2,000 is explicitly for dress/wardrobe/alterations, etc. (My mom is contributing this money, and wants to make sure I look beautiful… she also knows it’s higher up on my priority list, so she wanted to cover it.)

[@melissakathelinaabshire5603]

I watched the 10k and 20k videos. It seemed the percentages changed for the vendor categories between the videos. I have a $30k budget.

[@aamykat2765]

Because I Am Having A Traditional 4 Wedding My Budget Would Be About 25K CAD.

[@MonikaLynne11195]

Im out here trying to have a backyard wedding for less than 3k

[@kristentodd7521]

Jamie- I love you and your videos, but this budget is totally unrealistic for venue, catering. & alcohol! There is no way way you can stay within these numbers unless your doing a backyard wedding. If you get married at a resort every single thing you have mentioned is way, way more!!

[@whitneypratt5945]

My budget is 15k for my wedding in 6 months!

[@pricklypear1111]

What types of items are considered rentals?

[@hieronymusboschful]

Where on earth is the money for your marriage licence and celebrant? Kinda important.

[@laurenford7232]

Not sure where you're located but where I am you can have a friend get ordained to officiate your wedding for free online. In my county as well a marriage license is $15 so not a big expense but everywhere is different.

[@stephaniechoe]

$28k budget, but it’s already turning out difficult in Los Angeles. 😭

[@stephaniechoe]

Photography is a top priority and the photographer we love is looking to be $6000. 😭😭😭

[@lindayuen8332]

I feel you. My Los Angeles photographer is $5k.

[@melissakathelinaabshire5603]

What’s the percentages you used for the vendor categories?

[@samysamandu9465]

destination weddings please ?

[@carlosrobles1264]

Shiiiiiiiit my weddings gonna be 7k solid 😂

[@beautymarkbyjess]

I’m estimating 18k… crossing my fingers 😬

[@inevamulenza7455]

I'll write your wedding vows for only $20. UNIQUE! SPECIAL! PERSONALIZED! In English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

[@annejia5382]

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