One of the most important things you will do throughout the process of putting your wedding together is creating a budget and keeping things on track. Create a budget together so that you are both “in the know” and agree on how much is going to be spent. Many couples who don’t do this end up having unnecessary arguments about it down the track - some even continue for years once they’re even married, referring back to “the wedding that put us into debt” type of conversations. You do not want to start your married life like this.

Create it together and it’s up to both of you to keep it on track. Be honest about it and realistic. Don’t keep seperate budget form your partner for extra things that you don’t want them to know about - just create one budget for the two of you.

To help you with the process I have put together a budget template here that you can download.