Despite having spreadsheets and a budget to work with, couples still tend to go over their limits. This is especially true if couples fail to be diligent about tracking how they’re spending and working together to prevent spending way over and above what they initially set as the overall wedding budget. So to help couples focus and keep on track when it comes to all wedding-related expenses, here are a list of things that will help all brides and groom stick to their budget.

(1) Establish a wedding budget system that works for you and your spouse-to-be.

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When you start budgeting, you will encounter countless resources about how to manage your wedding budget and you will receive a lot of advice from friends and family as well. Sure, you should listen to all of them and you should explore the different options presented to you, but what many couples fail to do is establish what works for you. What system can you two commit to? Meaning, what practice will you be able to maintain from start to end? Is it a shared Google sheet that you will regularly update? Will a budgeting app help? Should only one of you be the one recording everything? Finding what works from the beginning is crucial because this will define whether you’ll be able to carry out the budgeting system until the end.

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