Wedding budget planner — itemized cost calculator with regional benchmarks for venue, photography, catering, etc.
- Runs locally
- Category Calculator
- Best for Getting a realistic range before a purchase, plan, workout, or schedule decision.
| Item | Allocated | Local benchmark | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue (hotel / lawn / estate)(30%) | ¥43,689 | ¥18,000 – ¥60,000 | Covered |
| Catering / banquet (10 guests / table)(25%) | ¥36,408 | ¥28,000 – ¥68,000 | Covered |
| Photography & videography(10%) | ¥14,563 | ¥6,000 – ¥18,000 | Covered |
| Bridal & groom attire(8%) | ¥11,650 | ¥4,000 – ¥12,000 | Covered |
| Floral & decor(8%) | ¥11,650 | ¥4,000 – ¥15,000 | Covered |
| MC & wedding planner(7%) | ¥10,194 | ¥3,000 – ¥10,000 | Covered |
| Ring & jewelry(10%) | ¥14,563 | ¥8,000 – ¥40,000 | Covered |
| Honeymoon(5%) | ¥7,282 | ¥8,000 – ¥35,000 | Below market |
| Total allocated | ¥149,999 | Remaining (rounding) | ¥1 |
| City tier | × |
|---|---|
| Tier-1 (BJ/SH/SZ/GZ) | 1.00 |
| Tier-2 (provincial capital) | 0.70 |
| Tier-3 (small city) | 0.50 |
| County / town | 0.35 |
What this tool does
Free wedding budget planner built for the realities of getting married in mainland China. Enter total budget, city tier (tier-1, tier-2, tier-3, or county / town), wedding style (traditional Chinese, Western, lawn / outdoor, or pared-back), and guest count. The tool splits your money across eight line items the way an experienced wedding planner would — venue 30%, catering 25%, ring & jewelry 10%, photography 10%, bridal & groom attire 8%, floral & decor 8%, MC & planner 7%, honeymoon 5% (toggle off if you are deferring travel). Each line is checked against a benchmark range that reflects what local vendors actually quote in 2024-2025, scaled by city tier and style. Lines that sit below the going local rate are flagged in red so you know which contracts you cannot sign without compromise. All math runs 100% in your browser — your wedding date, budget and guest list never leave the device. Use this before the first venue tour, not after.
Tool details
- Input
- Numbers
- The page exposes text boxes, numeric controls, file pickers, or structured inputs depending on the tool.
- Output
- Live result
- The result area focuses on usable output, with copy, download, or preview actions when supported.
- Privacy
- Browser-side processing
- The main tool logic does not call an external API, so inputs normally stay in the current tab.
- Save / share
- No account required
- Open the page and use it; whether results survive refresh depends on the tool.
- Performance budget
- Initial JS <= 22 KB
- No WASM budget is declared, keeping the tool quick to open on mobile.
- Best fit
- Calculator · Marketer
- Category and role tags drive related tools, internal links, and quick fit checks.
How to use
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1. Input
Paste or drop your content into the tool panel.
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2. Process
Click the button. All processing is local in your browser.
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3. Copy / Download
Copy the result or download to disk in one click.
How Wedding Budget Planner fits into your work
Use it for fast estimates, comparisons, and planning numbers before you make the final call.
Calculation jobs
- Getting a realistic range before a purchase, plan, workout, or schedule decision.
- Comparing scenarios by changing one input at a time.
- Turning rough assumptions into a number you can discuss.
Calculation checks
- Double-check units, dates, rates, and rounding assumptions.
- Treat health, finance, tax, and legal outputs as planning aids, not professional advice.
- Save the inputs that produced an important result so you can reproduce it later.
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Real-world use cases
Sanity-checking a 200,000 yuan budget before the first venue tour
You and your partner agreed on 200,000 yuan total in a tier-1 city, Western style, 180 guests. The planner shows venue at 60,000 and catering at 50,000 (18 tables). Catering turns red because a Shanghai four-star banquet runs 3,500+ per table. Now you know to either drop to 150 guests or move the wedding to a Saturday lunch slot before you ever sit across from a sales manager.
Splitting cost between two families who each pitch in
The groom's parents offered 80,000, the bride's 60,000, and you two add 40,000, for 180,000 total. You enter that number, pick tier-2 and traditional Chinese, 250 guests. The 25-table catering line eats 45,000 and the venue another 54,000. Seeing every line laid out lets you tell both sets of parents exactly where their money lands instead of vague reassurance.
Deciding whether to defer the honeymoon
With 120,000 in a tier-3 city you are 8,000 short on photography once everything is allocated. Toggle honeymoon off and its 6,000 share redistributes across the other seven lines, lifting photography just enough to book the same-day-edit team you wanted. You confirm the trip can wait until next spring without touching the wedding day itself.
Pricing a pared-back county-town wedding honestly
Your parents want 30 tables of relatives but you want to spend under 80,000. Pick county / town and pared-back, 300 guests. Catering alone (30 tables at roughly 1,000 each) is 30,000, leaving little for everything else. The red flags on photography and decor tell you a 300-guest banquet and a polished look cannot both fit 80,000, so you cut the guest list first.
Common pitfalls
Budgeting catering as a flat amount instead of per-table. A 250-guest banquet is 25 tables; at 2,800 each that is 70,000, not the 50,000 you guessed.
Forgetting the venue line already excludes the per-table food. The 30% venue share covers hall rental and minimums, while catering is a separate 25% line, so do not double-count.
Treating a red "below market" flag as a hard error. It is a prompt to cut scope or move money, not a sign the budget is broken; a smaller venue often clears it.
Privacy
This planner runs entirely in your browser. Your total budget, city tier, wedding style and guest count never leave the device and are not sent to any server. Your inputs are encoded into the page URL so you can bookmark or share a budget link, so avoid pasting that URL anywhere public if you treat the numbers as private.
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