Wedding Savings Calculator

For a $30,000 wedding in 12 months with $5,000 already saved, you'd need to save about $2,083 per month. Save toward your own share rather than the full total — see who pays for the wedding traditionally to work out how much your families are likely to cover first. One easy place to free up monthly savings is the attire line: our wedding dress cost guide shows how sample and secondhand gowns cut the dress budget by 50–70%.

Allocate 50% of your monthly savings to the wedding, 30% to other goals, and 20% to emergency savings.

It can cut your target by thousands. Off-peak months like January and February often discount venues 20–30%, which lowers the whole budget you're saving toward. See the cheapest month to get married for the month-by-month savings breakdown.