Description
Weddings don’t blow budgets in one big decision — they leak through forty small ones. This planner keeps the total, every vendor and every payment date in one honest place.
Inside the template — tab by tab
- Start Here — two-minute setup for Excel or Google Sheets.
- Budget — type your total and 14 categories get suggested targets from typical US cost splits (venue 30%, catering & bar 22%, photo & video 10%…). Set your own numbers next to them; the committed column fills in automatically as vendors get booked, and an overshoot turns red before it becomes real.
- Vendors — 30 slots from quote to booked: contact, quote, status (researching → quoted → booked ✓ → passed), deposit and deposit-paid flag, auto-calculated balance and final due date.
- Payments — a 40-row schedule of every deposit and balance. Anything unpaid and due within 30 days turns red; paid, still-to-pay and due-soon totals stay visible.
- Dashboard — budget vs planned vs committed vs paid, the days-to-go countdown, cost per guest, a committed-by-category doughnut and your booked-vendor list.
Why it works
Couples who track spend less — not by cutting dreams, but by trading between categories on purpose. Decide the total first, log every quote the day you get it, and the math stays on your side.
The details
- Format: Excel (.xlsx) — imports into free Google Sheets in two clicks (step-by-step instructions included)
- In your download: the spreadsheet, a Quick-Start PDF, a README and the personal-use license
- Delivery: instant download after checkout plus an email link — unlimited re-downloads, links never expire
- Works on: Excel 2016 or newer (Windows & Mac), Excel for the web, and Google Sheets. No macros, nothing to install.
- One rule: type only in white cells — green-tinted cells calculate themselves
- Guarantee: 30-day fix-or-refund. Reply to your order email; a human answers within 24 hours.
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