Weddingbee Blog

Mrs. Penguin here!

Money always seems to be a mysterious subject when it comes to weddings. I remember starting to plan, and seeing so many beautiful details all over the web and thinking, ’Well, I can’t afford that.’ With a good amount of digging, researching, planning, and comparing, I found out that there were definitely a lot of things that I THOUGHT were much more expensive than they actually were (and on the contrary, some things that were much more expensive than I thought!).

All bee applicants share their wedding budgets with us, and we hope we’ve done a fair job of representing the entire spectrum of wedding budgets here on Weddingbee!

Today we’re launching a series called Real Bee Budgets. Some bees will be sharing their budgets openly, and other bees have chosen to submit their budgets to us, anonymously. Either way, you’ll be able to see how a wide range of bees, past and present, have spent their wedding budgets. Since wedding budget calculators are generally vague, we hope that this series gives you a better idea how real brides spend real money to produce beautiful and inspiring weddings!

We’re kicking off the series with a recap of the past bees who have graciously shared their budgets with us, and in the next few weeks, you’ll see a wide range of budgets shared, so you can get an idea where money really goes into weddings around the hive!

Mrs. Tulip - Washington DC - total budget: $5,000

Mrs. Cherry Pie - Polebridge, Montana - total budget: $36,300

Mrs. Butterfly - New York City - total budget: $45,000

Miss Bunny - Columbus, Ohio - total budget: $5,000

Mrs. Pineapple - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - total budget: $14,000

Miss Joey - Seattle, Washington - total budget: $10,000

Mrs. Plumeria - San Francisco, California - total budget: $38,500

Miss Mary Jane - Grand Forks, North Dakota - total budget: $1,000

Mrs. Kiwi - Los Angeles, California - total budget: $12,700

Part II

Mrs. Corn - Newport, Rhode Island total budget: $41,000

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We’d really love for hive members to share their budgets as well! If you’d like to participate, check out our past real budget features, and submit your own budget and pictures with the information provided here!