{"id":3888,"date":"2013-06-29T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2013-07-25T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:14:32","slug":"wedding-budget-the-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wedding-budget-the-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Budget: The Questions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3889\" title=\"wedding budget\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-uk.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2013\/06\/il_570xN.400145845_hnaf.jpg\" alt=\"wedding budget\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/il_570xN.400145845_hnaf.jpg 570w, https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/il_570xN.400145845_hnaf-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Before you do anything, your wedding budget is one of the first things to start! It is hugely important and forces you both to ask a few questions and think about your wedding day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Perhaps you have been organising your wedding budget for quite some time, or maybe you haven\u2019t thought about it quite yet\u2026 Get to it! Before you begin your wedding planning you should have a budget made out to include a list of everything needed along with an average cost. Don\u2019t forget to add a little extra for unexpected costs along the way too!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Ask yourself these important budget questions:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">What are your financial circumstances and are they likely to change?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0Are you in a position to save for your wedding? Consider your mortgage\/rent? Car loan repayments to make?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Are your parents contributing to the wedding?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">When are you planning on getting married?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">How many guests would you like to invite? Will your parents have an additional guest list that you may not have considered?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Would you like your wedding in a castle, a hotel, or a foreign destination?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">How much do you want to spend on your wedding? (sometimes it\u2019s easier to think of what you don\u2019t want to spend!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">What\u2019s important? Where do you see yourself spending the most? And the least? You dress? Your flowers?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>{Image from <a title=\"Etsy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/116198972\/tip-jar-necklace-money-jar-green-label?ref=sr_gallery_8&amp;ga_search_query=money+jar&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_ship_to=IE&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_facet=money+jar\" class=\"broken_link\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Etsy<\/a>}<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before you do anything, your wedding budget is one of the first things to start! It is hugely important and forces you both to ask a few questions and think about your wedding day. Perhaps you have been organising your wedding budget for quite some time, or maybe you haven\u2019t thought about it quite yet\u2026 Get to it! 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