Beginning to plan a wedding in Dallas TX for about 225-250 guests. I do have decently high expectations in regard to food since many of our guests will be making the trip from out of town and I wouldn’t want their experience to be bad. I originally estimated my budget to be about $80k.(As someone who has never hosted a big party before it seemed like a big budget ok) After doing more research I feel like I’m going to be spending closer to 110k. Am I going crazy? Since when did weddings become this expensive? I swear social media is ruining a lot of us bc the weddings I see posted online definitely don’t look like they have a small budget…
Idk drop your guest count and Budget breakdown if you want to compare.
Edit:
Just to add some extra details, I have just dipped my toes into the whole planning so ofc not everything is set in stone. I’m not exactly constrained to a certain budget number but I do want to spend money on what matters and minimize any waste.
-We plan to have ceremony at a church, minimal decorations.
-We might be able to decrease costs for photography/ videography since we have friends that can probably do that
-Reception will probably be at a hotel (ballroom)
-Florals could be a big variable. We have some Family that do florals but not sure if venues will allow that.