Planning a shadi is an exciting and nerve-wracking time. While it can be memorable and fun, it can also be highly stressful, particularly when it comes to planning and managing your budget. To help make this a little easier for soon-to-be brides and grooms, we’ve compiled four tips for planning a budget for your shadi that will help ensure that you can have the shadi of your dreams without overspending or running into any serious issues. After all, it’s easy to become distracted by all the fascinating details and fail to keep an eye on your costs.

Our tips will help prepare you and ensure you have enough money to pay for all the significant aspects of your shadi. So whether you’re someone with experience planning and budgeting or have only recently started making plans for your special day, our four tips for planning a budget for your shadi are sure to be helpful.

Do your research

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when planning your budget is not to do thorough research before starting. Before you start doing any actual planning, you should make sure to, at the very least, have a preliminary estimate for every shadi-related expense you are likely to incur. Even knowing the general costs that suppliers charge is very useful because it can help you make an approximation for when you start making your budget calculations. The reason doing your research first is so important is that you could otherwise vastly underestimate the costs of any number of items in your budget. That kind of mistake can throw your entire budget out of whack when you actually start purchasing things and lead to a lot of avoidable stress. So make sure to do your due diligence ahead of time to avoid running into trouble down the line.

Set a limit to your budget

Once you know what to expect, the next step to creating a realistic and workable budget for your shadi is establishing a strict spending cap. Setting a limit will help you avoid overspending and make it easier t plan your budget. And by doing this, you will be able to make it easier to make choices when you get stuck, simply because you will have an idea of how much leeway you have in your budget. An essential part of setting a budget is first figuring out who is responsible for what portion of the costs. And that means getting an accurate idea of how much you and your families are willing to spend on the shadi. Once you do that, you will better understand how high of a limit you can afford to set for your total shadi budget.

Make a guest list 

Another crucial aspect of planning your shadi budget is understanding how much of a significant impact your guest lists will have on the shadi budget. That is why it is so vital for you to sit down and make a guest list as soon as possible. You need to remember that the more extensive your guest list, the more significant impact it will have on the size of the venue and additional catering you will need for your shadi, all of which add to the overall costs.

So it is best for you to start planning out who you want to invite and make a guest list before you set your budget because even small changes to the number of guests can make the expenses of your shadi fluctuate pretty dramatically. On top of that, once you do finalise your guest list, you should still keep in mind that attendees will likely have family members and children with them. It is just as important to keep track of who is attending alongside your guests so you can adjust your budget accordingly.

Make a checklist of priorities

Our last tip is that you should figure out what kind of shadi you want and start making a list of what you will need in order of priority. That is because it can be relatively easy to lose focus once shadi preparations are underway. Having your priorities and initial goals in mind will make things much more straightforward. And once you do start making purchases, remember to do them in the order of importance. That way, you won’t face the issue of running out of money for any of the essential items on your priority list. And when you start spending on your top priorities first, even if you do have to start cutting things from your list, they won’t be things that you really need at the shadi.

And, there you have it, our four tips for planning a budget for your shadi! With these tips in hand, you should be more than ready to start planning your dream shadi. So, do your research, set a spending limit, make a guest list, and prioritise your wants and needs. But remember, the most important thing is to enjoy the experience and make fantastic memories on your special day, so don’t let the budget stress you out too much and take away from that.