How much does wedding venue hire cost in the UK?
The venue is usually the biggest single line on a wedding budget, and it quietly sets the tone for everything else you book.
Median £6,192 across 12 real prices
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The venue is usually the biggest single line on a wedding budget, and it quietly sets the tone for everything else you book.
Median £6,192 across 12 real prices
Catering is priced per head, which sounds simple until you multiply it by a full guest list and watch it catch up with the venue hire.
Median £107 across 10 real prices
A wedding photographer is one of the few suppliers whose work you keep long after the confetti is swept up, which is why couples agonise over the price.
Median £1,484 across 12 real prices
A wedding videographer captures the sound and movement a photographer cannot, which is why more couples now budget for both.
Median £1,514 across 6 real prices
Wedding flowers cover everything from the bridal bouquet to the buttonholes, table centrepieces and ceremony arch, so the total creeps up quietly.
Median £890 across 8 real prices
The wedding dress carries a lot of emotional weight and a wide price range to match, from high-street rails to designer boutiques.
Median £1,532 across 9 real prices
A live band brings an energy to the reception that is hard to match, which is why many couples treat it as the centrepiece of the evening.
Median £1,500 across 7 real prices
A wedding DJ is the workhorse of the evening reception, reading the room and keeping the floor full without the price tag of a live band.
Median £725 across 8 real prices
The wedding cake is part dessert, part centrepiece and part photo prop, which is a lot to ask of one bake.
Median £360 across 10 real prices
An independent celebrant writes and leads a ceremony built entirely around you, free from the fixed scripts of a registrar or a church.
Median £740 across 8 real prices
Bridal hair and makeup is often quoted as a package, covering the bride plus however many bridesmaids and mothers join in.
Median £400 across 11 real prices
Wedding transport covers everything from a classic car for the bride to a coach ferrying guests between the ceremony venue and the reception.
Median £450 across 11 real prices
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