Keeping to your wedding budget is one of the stickiest, most challenging aspects of wedding planning. It?s so easy to get carried away when you see a beautiful dress, find a venue of your dreams, or want to make the guest list as massive and welcoming as possible. If you?re worried about your budget and want to avoid common wedding budget mistakes, then this post is for you.
Here are six wedding budget mistakes that brides and grooms make all the time, and some tips for how you can avoid making them yourself.
1. Not Nailing Down a Budget

This may go without saying, but if you don?t clarify your budget from the beginning, then you?re setting yourself up for failure. Having a ?flexible? budget or a ?general idea? of how much you want to spend on your wedding almost guarantees that you?re going to spend way more than you?re comfortable spending. Nail down your wedding budget as early as you can so you know what funds you?re working with and what you?re unwilling to spend. 2. Not Deciding Who?s Contributing What
Having conversations about money about who?s going to contribute to the wedding budget can be awkward, but it?s necessary. Talk with your family, your partner, and your partner?s family to get clarity on where the funds are coming from for the wedding. Traditionally, the bride?s family covers the wedding while the groom?s family covers the rehearsal dinner, but modern-day weddings have become increasingly nontraditional; often, it?s the wedding couple handling everyth...