The plan
The smallest list on this page, and the tightest plan
A Catholic ceremony and one reception for 140 in Austin: the smallest guest list on this page and the tightest plan on it. The figure landed at $54,300.
The padrinos were settled in month two, which moved whole lines out of the couple’s budget and into the sponsors’. Being asked is an honor that costs money, so naming them early decided what the couple was actually paying for.
Where the money went
$54,300, by category
Split on the calculator’s Christian and Western weighting, the single-day split the calculator starts from. The calculator has no Mexican preset yet, so the padrinos’ lines are not broken out separately here.
Figures are this couple’s total split on the calculator’s weighting for their tradition.
In hindsight
What they would do differently
What they would do differently: settle the padrinos before the budget rather than alongside it, because sponsorship moves whole lines rather than trimming them.
Budget for the late finish and the second entertainment set, the line most couples forget, and book the church slot before the reception venue, since the ceremony time decides everything after it.
