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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, from the guest list to the catering style.
Median £6,343 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 £113 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 £1,342 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 £1,187 across 8 real prices
The wedding dress carries more emotional weight than any other line in the budget, and the price range to match is enormous, from high-street rails to designer boutiques.
Median £1,532 across 9 real prices
A live band brings an energy to the reception that a playlist cannot match, which is why many couples treat it as the centrepiece of the evening rather than a background extra.
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 £400 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 £355 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 £600 across 8 real prices
Bridal hair and makeup is almost always quoted as a package rather than a single price, covering the bride plus however many bridesmaids and mothers want to join in.
Median £397 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 £250 across 11 real prices
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