Deposits and payment schedule

What you owe today to hold the date, what is left, and what that leaves per month between now and the wedding.

Most vendors take 25-50% to hold a date.

Caterers and venues usually want the balance cleared before the day.

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$6,600 Deposits to hold every date
$15,400 Balance after deposits
10.0 months Months you can still save in Stops short of the wedding, because the balances are due before it.
Between now and then
Still to find after what is saved $16,000
Required per month $1,600
You will have saved $15,000
Shortfall at your current rate Zero means the plan covers it. $7,000
Surplus at your current rate $0
Cash flow
Due today if you book everything now After applying what is already saved. $600
How far off your monthly saving is $700

Deposits are treated as one rate across every vendor, which they are not — a venue often wants more and a florist less. It is the right shape for the question this answers, which is how much cash the booking phase needs at once, not what any single vendor will invoice.

The saving window deliberately stops short of the wedding. Final balances are due a couple of weeks before the day, so the last month is not a month you can save into, and a plan built on the full run-up comes up short by exactly that much.

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