Topic
Budget
7 articles tagged Budget.
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Affordable Wedding Dress Brands That Ship to Canada (2026)
Five affordable wedding-dress brands that actually ship to Canada — compared by price, lead time, and the import-duty catch most guides skip.
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Best Day of the Week to Get Married (Attendance × Cost Matrix for All 7 Days)
Saturday is the default but expensive. The full 7-day matrix with attendance % and cost multipliers, three scenarios where non-Saturday wins, and why Tuesday is rarely the right choice.
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How to Have the Wedding Budget Conversation With Parents (3 Family Shapes, 3 Scripts)
United, split, asymmetric — three family shapes, three different scripts. Plus the written follow-up that prevents retroactive string-attaching, and how to handle a parental no.
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Who Pays for What at a Wedding — The 4 Modern Splits (2026)
Beyond the traditional 'bride's family pays' framework — the four modern split patterns (couple-funded, parent contribution, equal thirds, line-item) and the friction point each one creates.
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The 7 Wedding Vendor Upsells That Cost Couples $5K (And How to Spot Them)
The seven most common wedding vendor upsells — florist premium, photographer hours, venue F&B, planner add-ons, DJ premium, cake design, rehearsal coordination — with dollar ranges, decline scripts, and the cases where the upsell is actually worth saying yes to.
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Average Bridesmaid Cost in 2026 — What's Normal vs Over-the-Line
Median US bridesmaid spends $1,200 all-in; 90th percentile is $2,500+. Line-by-line breakdown, where costs balloon, and the autonomy axis that money alone doesn't capture.
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The 2026 Wedding Cost Breakdown: What Things Actually Cost
Category-by-category wedding cost data for 2026, plus the three line items that move your total the most and what to do about each.
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