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Wedding Budget Breakdown Cheat Sheet: What Each Part Costs at $10k, $20k, $30k cover
The one-page wedding budget cheat sheet with fourteen categories, dollar amounts at three totals and a blank column for your own total

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Wedding Budget Breakdown Cheat Sheet: What Each Part Costs at $10k, $20k, $30k

One printable page with a column for your own total, without opening a spreadsheet

  • 1 pages

One page, fourteen categories, three totals. The cheat sheet holds back a 5 percent buffer, splits the rest by a starting percentage for each category, and shows the dollar amount at $10,000, $20,000 and $30,000 so you can see what a venue, catering or photography line looks like at a total near yours.

The last column is blank for your own numbers. Three boxes at the top carry the US averages from The Knot's 2026 Real Weddings Study (total, guests and cost per guest, as of October 2026) and a fourth is for your total.

Who it's for

Couples who have a total in mind and want the split on one sheet they can pin to the fridge or keep in the planning binder.

What you get

A 1-page printable PDF in US Letter.

The split is a planning starting point, not survey data. Prices are examples with an as-of date; your quotes come first.

What's inside

  • Fourteen categories with a one-line note on what each includes
  • Dollar amounts at $10,000, $20,000 and $30,000, after a 5 percent buffer
  • A Yours column for your own total
  • US average total, guest count and cost per guest, sourced and dated
  • Prints on one US Letter page

Safety first: Prices are examples with an as-of date. Always confirm with your own vendors. Please read our editorial guidelines.

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