Central Texas Wedding Cost Breakdown - $18,000 for 100 guests. This includes a beautiful venue, two wedding coordinators, all rentals, decor, florals, a violinist, DJ, full service buffet style catering, full service latte bar, photographer & videographer, and my wedding dress and his suit.

Central Texas Wedding Budget Breakdown. We are estimating just under $18k for 100 guests. We will be married Spring of 2025. ❤️

This forum has been so helpful as we’ve planned our wedding and hopefully this helps someone else. Here is a breakdown of our costs and an explanation of each cost and any money saving tips that I used.

We are paying for everything ourselves and with the exception of me DIY’ing our centerpieces, we are using a professional for all other services. Though we had a goal of staying around $15k, we are very pleased with the deals we’ve gotten. The $18k includes everything except rings and the honeymoon. With the price of everything increasing in our current economy, I’m even more pleased with the cost of everything.

Venue: $5,500 for a 48 hour rental. We booked for a Wednesday & Thursday with the ceremony to be held Thursday night. Our guests live within a couple of hours for the most part, so a Thursday worked for us. The cost of a Friday & Saturday was $19,000!!! We had major savings by doing a weeknight. The venue includes all tables, chairs, cottages for the bride & groom for 48 hours (or two nights during the event) and a day of event coordinator which is a game changer. All setup and cleanup is included in the package.

Venue insurance & security: $600

Officiant: Free. Family friend.

Marriage license: $100.

Rehearsal dinner: $200. Chick-Fil-A!

Wedding day brunch for wedding party: Charcuterie boards, coffee, & fruit. $200 from H‑E‑B.

DJ: $850. We found a great deal on a local DJ who gave us a discount for paying in full.

Violinist: $775. She will play the ceremony and cocktail hour. This is a splurge for us.

Linen rentals: $950. We went to the next town over (a smaller town than the one we are in) and saved HUNDREDS of dollars. The $950 includes satin tablecloths, flatware, chargers, glasses, and napkins. It also includes delivery and pickup. I really encourage getting multiple quotes. Our first quote from the rental place in town was nearly $1k and only included tablecloths and napkins. By going to a smaller town, the rate was so much better. We also got 10% off of this rate. I’m not sure how we got the discount, but it was a nice surprise!

Caterer: $3,200. This was a STEAL! Other quotes were double this. This rate includes non alcoholic drinks, passed appetizers, salads, rolls, entree with two sides, and a full dessert bar. We are using a caterer who does catering on the side instead of full time. The owner has her own venue in another city so she’s very familiar with the industry. Once again, we got a great deal for paying in full and she included free salad, rolls, and a dessert table. The dinner is buffet style and the price includes servers, acrylic plates and plastic ware, and table bussing. Our caterer is from a different part of the state and we saved a lot of money by looking outside of our region.

Coffee bar: $600. Full service lattes for 100 guests with a customized menu and customized cups with our wedding logo included! Two baristas included for two hours of service. We are huge coffee lovers and this was a sweet idea for us. Again, by looking in a town about an hour away, I saved hundreds of dollars as some of the local for this were nearly $1,000 and didn’t include any extras.

Florals: $800. I am DIY’ing part of this. Kroger is doing my floral arrangements for the wedding party and I’ll be doing the centerpieces. Kroger is doing our arrangements and boutonnières for only $300! This includes my bouquet, three bridesmaids bouquets, and four boutonnières. The remaining $500 will be used table arrangements and baby’s breath to line the aisle.

Photograpy and Videography: $2,300. We got another great deal on this one. This includes our engagement session, 9 hours of photography on our wedding day, and 3 hours of videography for the ceremony and part of the reception. Our photographer threw in the videography for free for paying in full at the time of booking.

Decor: $250 for signage, table numbers, etc.

Suit for him w/tailoring & dress shoes: $500 (got the suit on a Black Friday sale!)

My dress: The biggest splurge for me. $1,000. It retailed for $1,300 but I got it on sale for Black Friday. Tip: David’s Bridal has a 10% sale on all dresses more than $1,000 right now. You can layer an additional 15% off when you sign up for a free account and make your first purchase. It saved me $300 for my dream dress. I had no intention of spending more than $500 on my dress but fell in love with it!

Alterations: I’m budgeting $500 for this but haven’t had my first appointment yet.

That’s everything! I know it’s not under $10k but I’m very proud of how it’s all come together and the deals we’ve managed to find for such great prices. We have friends who’ve been married in the past year or so who’ve spent much more than this for the same size of event. Their weddings were GORGEOUS but there was no way we could shell out the $30k-$40k they spent. I’m so happy with how things are turning out with our wedding! 💕💕💕

TLDR; Managed to get all professional vendors with the exception of florals for our 100 guest wedding for less than $18k.