You’ll notice that the biggest chunk of your wedding budget breakdown will be taken up by your venue and your catering costs. Venue, Catering, Cake, and Rentals: 50% of total wedding budget An online wedding budget tool can be helpful in doing the tricky math for you. Also note that your wedding cost breakdown and wedding budget percentages may differ depending on where you’re getting married, the size of your guest list, and other factors. You may choose to spend more or less in certain areas depending on your preferences and personality, and that’s totally okay. Remember, though, that what we've outlined is the average wedding cost breakdown and wedding budget percentages - how you choose to create your own wedding budget breakdown is completely your call (along with whomever else is paying for the wedding). So to help you figure out your exact breakdown of wedding costs - and what wedding budget percentages to divide among catering, attire, flowers, music - we surveyed thousands of couples around the country in our WeddingWire Newlywed Report to share their wedding budgets with us - and we're sharing the average wedding budget breakdown here, so you can make the most informed decision for your day.

It's no secret that one of the trickiest parts of getting hitched is figuring out your wedding budget breakdown (that's why it's step one in our how to plan a wedding step by step guide).