In short
A wedding budget planner turns one number into a category split — venue, catering, photography, flowers, attire, music — so you can see where the money goes before committing to anything. Wedyesday's builds that split from your guest count, city and priorities, then places your total against published local ranges — in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand or India — so you know whether you're under, about typical, or over for where you're actually marrying.
- Tool
- Wedding budget planner
- Price
- Free, no card
- Set-up questions
- 1 pre-filled
- Market
- Australia
- Reviewed
- August 2026
Costs for this kind of wedding are in the Melbourne cost guide.
What it does
A split, not a total
Every category gets a dollar figure and a share of the total, weighted toward the three things you said matter most, with contingency absorbing the rounding.
Measured against your city, not a national average
Twenty-five published guides across five countries — Melbourne and Sydney, New York and Chicago, London and Manchester, Auckland and Queenstown, Mumbai and Bangalore among them. Your total is placed against the one that actually applies to you, in your own currency.
Estimated against actual, as you go
Once you're in the workspace each category holds what you expected and what you've actually committed, so the real number surfaces before the last invoice does.
No number? Start from typical
If you don't have a figure yet, say so and the planner starts you at the typical total for your city and works backwards. It's a far better starting point than a guess.
Six questions and you'll see your total split across every category, measured against real ranges for your region — before you've spoken to a single vendor.
How to use it
- 01
Answer six questions
Your names, when, where, how many guests, what you can spend, and your top three priorities — that last one is what shapes the split.
- 02
See the split immediately
Every category with a dollar figure and a share, plus where your total sits against the range for your region.
- 03
Keep it and track against it
Save your plan and those categories become your budget tracker, ready to hold real costs as they land.
- 04
Compare with the cost guides
Each city has a published guide with typical low-to-high ranges per category — and each states how its figures were measured, including where tax sits outside the quoted price.
Your wizard is already set up for this
Start from this page and we'll skip the questions this already answers:
- A single ceremony and reception, rather than a multi-day arc
Nothing is locked — every pre-filled answer is editable, and there's a one-tap option to answer all seven questions yourself instead.
Questions couples ask
How much does a wedding cost where I live?
It varies enormously by city and guest count, which is why a single national figure is rarely useful — the same wedding can cost double one city to the next. Build your plan and you'll see a typical total for your own city and guest count, in your currency, with the low-to-high range behind it.
What percentage of the budget should the venue be?
Venue and catering together are usually the largest share by a distance. Rather than fixing a percentage, the planner weights your split toward the three priorities you choose and shows what that leaves for everything else.
Is the budget planner free?
Yes. You can see your full split without an account, and keeping it in a workspace to track actual costs is also free.
What a wedding like yours actually costs.
Free, and your answers stay in your browser until you choose to save them.