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Split a wedding budget in about forty seconds

Put in one number. Get a defensible split across every category, adjusted for your city and the events you are actually running. Change any share and the sheet rebalances.

The wedding
Everything the family expects to spend across all events.
Events in scope
More events pull budget towards decor and entertainment.
Switch off when the family buys outfits and jewellery outside your scope.
Changing the city or the event list also rewrites the suggested split.
The split Allocated 100.0%
  • Venue and rooms Halls, lawns, room block ₹0
  • Catering Food, bar, service staff ₹0
  • Decor and flowers Stage, mandap, lighting ₹0
  • Photography and video Crew, album, teaser ₹0
  • Entertainment and music DJ, band, dhol, artists ₹0
  • Attire and jewellery Outfits, styling, hair, makeup ₹0
  • Invitations and gifts Cards, hampers, favours ₹0
  • Guest travel and stay Transfers, hotel, hospitality ₹0
  • Planner fee Your fee inside the budget ₹0
  • Contingency The overrun you know is coming ₹0
Allocated total ₹0
Per guest ₹0
Food per plate ₹0
Contingency ₹0
Biggest line Catering

Enter a budget to see the split.

The catch

This split is right until the first quote lands

A budget is not a number, it is two hundred revisions. WedPlan holds the split, tracks what each vendor actually charged, and tells you the day a category goes over. Your amounts stay encrypted with a key only you hold.

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Questions

Before you ask

How should a wedding budget be split in India?

A workable starting split for a three event Indian wedding is roughly 20 per cent venue and rooms, 24 per cent catering, 14 per cent decor and flowers, 9 per cent photography and video, 6 per cent entertainment, 9 per cent attire and jewellery, 3 per cent invitations and gifts, 5 per cent guest travel and stay, 5 per cent planner fee and 5 per cent contingency. Metro weddings push venue and catering up because banquet rates dominate, while tier 2 and tier 3 weddings shift budget into decor and entertainment because venue rates are lower. Treat the split as an opening position, not a rule, and adjust it to what the family actually cares about.

What percentage of a wedding budget goes to catering?

Catering is usually the single largest line after venue, and commonly runs between 20 and 30 per cent of total spend. The percentage matters less than the per plate maths: divide the catering allocation by your peak guest count and check the answer against real quotes in your city. If the number that falls out is below what caterers near you actually charge, the budget is wrong, not the caterer.

Should the planner fee sit inside the client budget?

It depends on how you have priced the wedding. If you charge a percentage of budget, the fee is normally carved out of the same pot and the family sees it as a line item, so it belongs in the split. If you charge a flat fee agreed separately, take it out of this calculator and treat the total here as vendor spend only. Mixing the two is how planners end up quoting a budget they cannot deliver.

How much contingency should a wedding budget carry?

Five per cent is the floor and ten per cent is safer once guest counts are uncertain or the wedding is more than six months out. Overruns rarely come from one dramatic surprise. They come from a hundred small revisions: forty extra plates, a longer decor list, a second vehicle at the airport. A contingency line is what stops those revisions from turning into a conversation about your fee.

Does this calculator save my numbers?

No. Every figure you type is calculated inside your own browser and nothing is sent to a server, stored, or logged. There is no download and no sign up. Close the tab and the sheet is blank again. If you want a budget that stays live as quotes change, that is what WedPlan does, and in WedPlan the amount fields can be encrypted with a key only you hold.

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