Welcome to our real wedding budget breakdown series! We love sharing inspiration with our real weddings, but we also love sharing information from them too. When it comes to how much you should spend on a wedding, there's no perfect amount, it's all about what you can afford, and how much you're happy to invest in your day. So to help you work out what's right for you, we've asked couples to share the budget breakdowns behind their celebrations, whether they broke the bank, or broke the piggy bank!

Today's couple are originally from Kildare but planned their wedding from Perth, in Australia. They're both 31, the work in property, they tied the knot close to home with a private country house wedding in the sunny South-East.

Budget: €43,000

Guests: 180

Venue: Beautiful private-hire country house venue in the South-East

Wedding Budget Breakdown

Venue Rental: €26,000

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Photography: €2000
Videography: €1300
Music & Entertainment: €6000
Flowers: €1000
Wedding Cake: €400
Decor: €500
Rentals: €500
Stationery: €400
Transport: €400

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Wedding Dress €2000
Groom's Suit: €400
Bridesmaid's Dresses: €500
Shoes & Accessories: €500
Rings: €1000
Hair & Makeup: €600

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Gifts: €150
Church Fees: €500

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Honeymoon: €5,000-10,000

More or less than you expected to spend?

More, we thought we would spend about €30,000.

Where did your wedding budget come from?

We paid for the wedding ourselves.

Biggest Splurge?

The entertainment, we paid €4,700 for a band and DJ alone. The venue was also a big splurge.

Biggest Savings?

The videographer - we got a great deal from a lovely guy who was just starting out but has fab work.

Honeymoon

We went to the Maldives.

Were you happy with what you spent on your wedding?

I don’t know where we could have cut costs without compromising what we wanted.

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Feature image: Campbell Photography via One Fab Day | All images are from a mix of real weddings, not the one featured in this budget breakdown.