The Bees&#8217; Budgets

The Bees’ Budgets

June 27th, 2007 @ 6:15 pm by Mrs. Bee
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Money is always a sticky subject - but it can be very interesting!

We’re actually going to start asking readers to submit their real budgets, and publish them on weddingbee. Hopefully it’ll be a helpful feature… stay tuned!

As a follow-up to our budget post yesterday, I thought it was interesting to see how many readers thought the average Weddingbee blogger has a very high budget. That didn’t jibe with our sense for the average Bee’s budget.

So we went back and did a little calculating… what do you think the average Bee’s budget is?

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38 Responses to “The Bees’ Budgets”

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Lixue

i think it’s a good idea to show budgets! Could I also volunteer myself for it? hah.

I think the average would be…30-40,000 for the big cities.

6/27/07 @ 6:22 pm (reply)

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graciette2

I have a suggestion for Weddingbee. In the bee’s profiles (like when you run your mouse over their icon), can we add the number of guests and maybe a range of budget if they’re not comfortable with giving that information away? That helps me keep in mind what kind of budget they are working with and the per person amount being spent. Thanks! I think average bees wedding is around 25K.

6/27/07 @ 6:25 pm (reply)

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FeiFei

Showing the Bees’ budget and then the actual cost when the wedding is over would be great information! I think the average bees budget is $30,000 (especially in the larger cities) but the actual cost is closer to $40,000

6/27/07 @ 6:32 pm (reply)

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Jann

I guess $30K

6/27/07 @ 6:33 pm (reply)

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kate

I think I probably think the Bees’ budgets are higher than they are because the really lavish ones stick out. Not that the lower budget ones aren’t fantastic, but it’s the ones with the custom lighting and things were I really think about how much it probably cost. I think publishing budgets across the board is so hard because inevitably it will lead to bad feelings or someone saying, “whoa, I could buy a house for that amount!”

6/27/07 @ 6:37 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bee

we’re definitely not going to be publishing the bees’ budgets because i think that’s a personal matter. if they choose to blog about it, it’s completely up to them.

however… we can still talk about the average budget of the bees!

6/27/07 @ 6:38 pm (reply)

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kandaceandjason

I’m going to say $25k, but only because I think some bees, like Mrs. Blueberry and her economical goodness, bring the average down a bit.

What would be most effective would be a price per person. Even though you’re not paying for all of your guests to partake in your wedding dress per se, it would still be the best breakdown, and would even the playing field when it came to both finding a great deal and making an indulgent splurge. In the end, it would all even out, so I think total budget (or total actual) divided by total guests in attendace would be the most informative.

6/27/07 @ 6:39 pm (reply)

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Laura S

I would guess the bees’ average budget is around $20 - 25K. I actually think that most bees’ weddings look more expensive than they really are because of all the fantastic DIY projects they get up to and the special skills they have (such as: Miss Plum’s floral design skills, Miss Raspberry’s stationery, Mrs. Blueberry’s baking, and Miss Lemon’s gocco).

6/27/07 @ 6:42 pm (reply)

Guest

I loved the breakdown suggestion in the comments of the last budget post (posting what percentage of the Bee’s budget was spent on each item). That kind of information would be helpful to brides working with any budget. I’m glad the actual budgets won’t be published across the board - I like drawing inspiration from all the Bees without mentally blocking an idea because the number is out of my range.

I’m guessing the average Bee Budget to be around 40 - 50K.

6/27/07 @ 6:42 pm (reply)

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Miss Corn

Ok….I think the average is $28,462.38.

Yup. That’s my guess.

6/27/07 @ 6:45 pm (reply)

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Keny

Mine’s 40k for big city bees and 15-20k for small city bees.

6/27/07 @ 6:53 pm (reply)

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Keny

I also think the idea of people being able to submit their real life budgets is a great idea!

6/27/07 @ 6:54 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Toucan (message) 1,327 posts, Bumble bee

Umm… i think this is a toughy - seems like there are a few bees in the wedding industry, so while certain things look really upscale, they are probably not as expensive because of connections or DIY details that part of their businesses. That being said - 30K +/- 5K

6/27/07 @ 6:56 pm (reply)

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Guest

I’m guessing $30k is the average with some really lavish ones up to $80k.

6/27/07 @ 7:00 pm (reply)

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Red

Miss Corn - LOL, you crack me up!!

I think that’s an excellent idea to post budgets from readers. I’ll gladly share mine after I’m done.

My guess is —————- $30,000.

6/27/07 @ 7:02 pm (reply)

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suzi

I’d guess the average would be about 20,000-30,000. The NYC and East Coast budgets drive up the average while the Mid-west folk tend to drive the budget down, though it seems we see more “bigger” budgets on ‘bee.

My budget is approximately 10,000. If I go over, no one will care too much.

6/27/07 @ 7:07 pm (reply)

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aoedorothee

i’m guessing 25k… but i think we get a great variety of different bees.. from 5k to 80-90k.

i gotta say, even with this slightly uncomfortable subject, everyone’s very nice and genuine about their objectives of wanting ideas on this website. i ‘ve only started reading a short time, but i feel so at home here!

6/27/07 @ 7:10 pm (reply)

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Didi

My guess: $35k-$55k

6/27/07 @ 7:32 pm (reply)

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tofu

kinda hard to say w/o knowing the size of the guest list. i guess i’d throw out $50K as the average (for big cities).

6/27/07 @ 7:50 pm (reply)

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