The Cost of Weddings: What can you expect to spend? wedding budget ithaca binghamton reception

The Cost of Weddings: What can you expect to spend?

Mar 22nd, 2007 by Jimmie Malone

The average cost of a wedding in the U.S. has risen to $27,690, and that’s not even including many related expenses like your engagement ring and the honeymoon. Things are a little bit better for those planning weddings in the Southern Tier and Central New York areas.

In Binghamton you’re looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $22-24 thousand with a breakdown like this:

Attire - $2059
Ceremony - $1995
Favors and gifts - $886
Flowers - $1556
Jewelry - $1632
Music - $753
Photography and video - $2914
Reception - $11,196
Stationery - $670
Transportation - $324

Whereas in Ithaca you might expect to pay closer to the national average with a range of $24-27 thousand, which could be spent like this:

Attire - $2293
Ceremony - $2223
Favors and gifts - $987
Flowers - $1733
Jewelry - $1818
Music - $838
Photography and video - $3246
Reception - $12,470
Stationery - $746
Transportation - $361

These numbers are courtesy of www.costofwedding.com. Your budget will likely vary greatly from these averages based on what is most important to you. Using a budget guideline like the one above you can plug in actual estimates from wedding service providers and vendors to begin to figure out where your money is really going to go.

www.weddingchannel.com features many tools like a planning checklist and budget calculator which you may find very helpful. You can enter a budget amount and it will give you a throrough breakdown of where the money should go with much more detail than the lists above.

Thanks also to Marino from Ninja Entertainment Productions for bringing the Cost of Wedding wedbsite to my attention! For those of you who just can’t get enough wedding podcasts, Marino is developing one of his own which we’ll be certain to spotlight when it goes online.