Set category targets
Decide what each part of the wedding may cost before the first vendor conversation anchors your expectations.
Start with a realistic range, shape it around your priorities, then replace estimates with actual deposits and payments as the wedding takes form.
A useful estimate should explain itself. As you change the guest count or wedding style above, the allocation below updates to show what each category could mean in real money.
Your first budget is only a hypothesis. PlanWed turns it into a living financial view—so every quote, deposit, balance and decision stays visible without turning wedding planning into bookkeeping.
Decide what each part of the wedding may cost before the first vendor conversation anchors your expectations.
Replace estimates with agreed prices while keeping the remaining amount and overall impact immediately clear.
See what is paid, what is committed and what is still due—without reopening invoices or searching messages.
Understand how changes in guest count affect the parts of your budget that scale with every place setting.
You and your partner always see the same current total across web and mobile—without version control.
Protect contingency money from disappearing quietly into small upgrades before the final weeks arrive.
Add a deposit and PlanWed updates the category, paid amount and money still available. The wedding can evolve without the budget becoming a monthly reconstruction exercise.
Use guest count, style and local cost level to create a realistic place to begin the conversation.
Adjust category targets around the parts of the wedding you both care about most.
Turn vendor quotes into expenses, deposits and balances as each choice becomes concrete.
Check the same current total together whenever a new decision changes the plan.
Your guest list, vendor decisions and budget should not live in separate files. PlanWed keeps the financial context close to the choices that create it, so cost changes arrive with an explanation.
“For the first time, we could talk about the wedding budget without opening three spreadsheets and an inbox.”PlanWed couple
Start with a useful estimate, turn it into a real shared budget, and keep every payment clear until the final balance is paid.
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