The Dance Street Ballroom

Wedding Budget Planner

We hope this budget planner helps you see just how much we include so that you can compare apples with apples when you are looking into multiple venues.  We strive to provide an excellent value for your wedding dollars without sacrificing ambience or service, or limiting your choices of other providers (caterers, cake makers, photographers, etc.) 

To help you plan as thoroughly as possible we've also included necessary elements that we do not provide.  We absolutely trust the vendors we recommend, but with very few exceptions you are welcome to use whomever you like.  The prices listed for other vendors are our best estimates and may not reflect their exact current prices.  If you choose to use these vendors it is up to you to get quotes from them. 

Of course this is all an estimate, so feel free to make notes of where you're going to spend more and where you're going to spend less, and what elements you might add or eliminate. 

If your parents are helping with the costs, and you haven't done anything like this yet, you may want go through it the first time without dad at your side.  Or have the nitroglycerine pills ready.  Weddings are shockingly expensive. 

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THIS IS JUST A TOOL TO HELP YOU PLAN - WE DO NOT PROVIDE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS LISTED, NOR DO WE REQUIRE THAT YOU USE THE VENDORS LISTED.
Service/Product	Cost	Suggested Vendor
Ceremony Venue	$500	The Dance Street Ballroom
Rehearsal	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Coordinator	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Ceremony Decorations	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Arch	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Flower Arrangements	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Unity Table	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Candelabras with Candles	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Officiant	$100	Judge on call or Pastor Mark from T&R Rental
Marriage License	$50	Courthouse
Rehearsal Dinner for 25 people	$400	Soulful Soups "rent a restaurant"
Live Music for Seating & Ceremony	$275	Kim Davidson, Harpist
Reception Venue on a Saturday	$2500	The Dance Street Ballroom
Tables	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Chairs	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Table Linens	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Decorations for Reception	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Centerpieces with Color-Coordinated Fresh Flowers & Candles	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Bouquet of Flowers for the Guest Book Table	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Flower Petals & Candles for the Cake Table	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Bouquet of Flowers for the Punch Table	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Bouquet of Flowers for the Bar	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Bouquet of Flowers for the Accent Table	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Candles for the Wall Sconces	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Cake Stand (silver round or glass blocks)	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Digital Projector & DVD player (with an operator) for Slideshows	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Facilitation Services - someone on site	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Set Up of all the Tables, Chairs, Linens, & Our Decorations, plus Your Favors	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
White Twinkle Lights	Included	The Dance Street Ballroom
Alcoholic Beverages - 2 kegs/ wine/ Mike's	$600	Hi-Neighbor Tavern & Costco
Bartenders	$250	From a Preferred Caterer or Ala-carte Team
Cake - to feed 150	$350	Happy Cakes, Marsells, or Just American Desserts
Catering - for 150, incl. tax & gratuity	$3000	Puttin' on the Ritz, Two Cooks with Love, Culinaria, or Charley's
Beverages - punch/coffee/water	Included	Any of our Preferred Caterers
Flowers - bouquets/boutonnieres/corsages	$300	Special Touch Florist or Weddings With Charm
MC Services and Music - someone to make all the announcements and play appropriate seating, ceremony, dinner, and dance music	$400	The Dance Street Ballroom
Photography	$2000	Summit Photography, Bill Winter
Dress	$800	Marcella's
Tuxedo	$120	Tuxedo Gallery (best service)
Invitations & RSVP Cards with Postage	$250	Tuxedo Gallery or Paper Plus
Hotel Room for Wedding Night	$170	Davenport Hotel or the Oxford Suites
Transportation at End of the Night	Included	Davenport or Hotel Lusso
Gifts for Bridal Party	$300
Favors	$150
Toasting Glasses	$50	Every Occasion Engraving
Cake Serving Set	$50	Every Occasion Engraving
Banquet Permit	$10	Any Washington Liquor Store
Rentals - dinner plates, forks, wine glasses	$200	T&R Party Rental
Ice - 20 bags	$40	You do NOT want to run out of ice!
Total:	$12,865

The Dance Street Ballroom   433 W. Dean Ave., Spokane, WA    509•326•9545    amanda@dancestreetballroom.com

Budgets can be scary things in their entirety, but keep in mind that you can pay as you go for a lot of the little things, and make payments on the bigger things so that there aren't humongous checks to write at the end.  I also listed a lot of extra elements that are fun but not critical for a great event.  I always like to give people something they can cross off the list. 

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