Budgeting

Reasonable depends on your priorities, not a magic number. Here are the real averages, what actually drives the price, and how to land on a wedding budget you can pay for without dread.

The quote you fall in love with is rarely the number you pay. Here are the service charges, gratuities, overtime fees, and small line items that quietly add 10 to 20 percent to a wedding budget.

Fifty guests is a real budget choice, not a downgrade. Here is what a 50-person wedding tends to cost in Indiana, where the money goes, and how to make a smaller list work harder.

The old tradition handed the groom’s family a specific list, from the rehearsal dinner to the honeymoon. Here is what that list looked like, and how families near Louisville split the costs now.

How to land on a wedding guest count that fits your budget, your venue, and the people who matter most.

Most wedding budgets fall apart around month four. Here is how to build one that survives a year.