I didn't have a 'budget' so to speak, I just tried to make wise decisions and not overpay, I think my wedding was around $20k for everything, but hubby & I already own our house, (and a townhouse) and are well established in our careers and we paid for the whole thing ourselves, no one else went into debt from it. (well not even us, we had the money for what we did) So SHOP around!