* = item included in the total average wedding cost.
| Attire & Accessories | ||
| Pre-Wedding Event Attire | Outfits bought for events held before the wedding day such as the rehearsal dinner or welcome party. | |
| Second Wedding Outfit | A second outfit worn for the reception or after-party such as a shorter dress or a jumpsuit. | |
| Tuxedo & Suit Accessories * | Finishing pieces worn with a tuxedo or suit. Covers cufflinks and shirt studs plus a tie or bow tie and a pocket square and a vest or cummerbund. | |
| Tuxedo & Suit Rental or Purchase * | The tuxedo or suit worn for the wedding. Covers the jacket and trousers whether rented or purchased. | |
| Wedding Attire Alterations & Tailoring | Fitting work on wedding attire. Covers hemming and resizing and adding a bustle. | |
| Wedding Attire Steaming & Pressing | Steaming and pressing of the dress or suit before the event. | |
| Wedding Dress * | The dress worn for the ceremony. Covers every price point from off-the-rack to couture. | |
| Wedding Dress Accessories * | Finishing pieces worn with the wedding dress. Covers the veil or headpiece plus shoes and specialized undergarments. Jewelry is tracked separately under Jewelry. | |
| Wedding Gown Cleaning & Preservation | Cleaning of the gown after the wedding followed by storage in an acid-free archival box. | |
| Bakery & Desserts | ||
| Brownies & Blondies | Dessert squares cut into bite-size portions and served as part of a dessert assortment. | |
| Cake Pops | Bite-size balls of cake and frosting on a stick with a candy coating. | |
| Candy Bar | A self-serve station of candies in decorative jars. | |
| Cookies | Baked cookies from simple drop cookies to decorated sugar cookies. Often used as both dessert and favors. | |
| Cupcakes | Single-serving cakes with frosting. Often arranged in a tiered display as a cake alternative. | |
| Doughnuts | Ring or filled doughnuts. Often displayed on a doughnut wall or stacked in a tower. | |
| Gelato or Ice Cream Bar | A staffed station that serves scoops of gelato or ice cream with toppings. | |
| Macarons | Meringue sandwich cookies in a range of colors and flavors. | |
| Pies | Pies served as dessert. Usually individual mini pies with fruit or cream fillings. | |
| Wedding Cake & Dessert * | The main wedding cake or dessert. Covers the product plus design and decorating labor. | |
| Beauty & Wellness | ||
| Cosmetic Body-Contouring Services | Cosmetic procedures that reduce targeted areas of body fat ahead of the wedding. Priced per person. | |
| Manicure & Pedicure * | Nail shaping and cuticle care and polish for hands and feet. Priced per person. | |
| Pre-Wedding Fitness Programs | Structured fitness plans followed ahead of the wedding. Covers training sessions and nutrition guidance. Priced per person. | |
| Pre-Wedding Spa Treatments | Spa services booked ahead of the wedding. Covers massages and facials and body treatments. Priced per person. | |
| Teeth Whitening | Professional teeth whitening done ahead of the wedding. Priced per person. | |
| Wedding Hair Stylist * | Hair styling for the wedding day. Usually includes a trial appointment. Priced per person. | |
| Wedding Makeup Artist * | Makeup application for the wedding day. Usually includes a trial appointment. Options include airbrushing and false lashes. Priced per person. | |
| Event Venue & Services | ||
| Event Rentals * | Event equipment not included in the venue fee. Covers tables and chairs and linens and dinnerware plus larger items such as tents or a dance floor. | |
| Wedding Bar Service * | Alcohol service for guests. Ranges from beer and wine to a full open bar with premium spirits. Includes bartenders. | |
| Wedding Catering * | Preparation and service of the reception meal as a plated dinner or a buffet or food stations. | |
| Wedding Venue Location Fee * | The charge for the event space itself. Excludes catering and bar and rentals and staffing. | |
| Flowers & Decor | ||
| Boutonnieres & Corsages * | Small wearable flowers for the wedding party and honored guests. | |
| Ceremony Flowers & Decor * | Flowers and decor for the ceremony space. Covers floral arches and altar arrangements and aisle decor. | |
| Custom Decor & Signage | Personalized decor made for the couple. Covers welcome signs and other custom signage plus themed installations. | |
| Exit & Send-Off Decor | Items guests use for the send-off such as sparklers or ribbon wands or confetti. | |
| Reception Flowers & Table Decor * | Flowers and decor for the reception. Covers centerpieces and other table flowers plus candles and table numbers. Linens and dinnerware are tracked under Event Rentals. | |
| Venue Decor & Installations * | Decor that transforms the event space. Covers fabric draping and major installations plus decorative lighting such as uplighting and string lights. | |
| Wedding Bouquets * | Hand-tied bouquets carried by the couple and the wedding party. | |
| Gifts & Favors | ||
| Experience Gifts for Guests | An activity gifted to guests in place of a physical item such as a food tour or a mixology class or a local excursion. | |
| Gifts Exchanged by the Couple | Personal gifts the couple give each other on the wedding day. Watches and jewelry are tracked separately under Jewelry. | |
| Guest Welcome Bags | Welcome bags or boxes for guests. Usually given to out-of-town guests and filled with snacks and local goods. | |
| Parent Gifts * | Thank-you gifts for parents of the couple such as photo albums or engraved frames. Priced per parent. | |
| Personalized Guest Items | Guest takeaways customized for each individual guest with a name or table number. Standard favors given to every guest are tracked under Wedding Favors. | |
| Special Acknowledgment Gifts | Gifts for people who had a role in the wedding outside the wedding party such as ceremony readers or ushers. | |
| Tips & Gratuities * | Total cash tips for all hired professionals including catering staff and musicians and hair and makeup artists. | |
| Vendor Thank-You Gifts | Optional thank-you gifts for vendors such as a bottle of wine or a gift certificate. Cash tips are tracked under Tips & Gratuities. | |
| Wedding Favors * | A small take-home item given to every guest. Covers edible treats and practical items and eco-friendly options such as seed packets. | |
| Wedding Party Gifts * | Thank-you gifts for members of the wedding party. Often personalized. Priced per person. | |
| Guest Experience & Wedding Weekend | ||
| After-party | An informal late-night event held after the reception ends. | |
| Day-after Brunch | A casual meal hosted the morning after the wedding for guests. | |
| Lodging & Accommodations * | Hotel rooms or other accommodations for the couple and guests. Often booked as a room block. Priced per room. | |
| Pet Care & Handling | Care for pets that take part in the wedding. Covers handling and walking and feeding and transport. | |
| Rehearsal Dinner * | A dinner for the wedding party and immediate family held after the ceremony rehearsal. | |
| Welcome Party | A gathering open to all guests held the evening before the wedding. | |
| Invitations & Stationery | ||
| Accommodation Cards | An invitation insert with hotel information for out-of-town guests. Often includes group rate details. | |
| Ceremony Programs * | A printed handout that lists the order of the ceremony and may introduce the wedding party. | |
| Engagement Announcements * | A card sent to friends and family to announce the engagement. | |
| Escort & Place Cards * | Printed cards that direct guests to their assigned table and seat. Covers table name cards. | |
| Guest Book * | A book or keepsake item where guests write messages to the couple. | |
| Invitation Postage * | Stamps for mailing invitations and related stationery. | |
| Map & Direction Inserts | An invitation insert with a map and written directions to the ceremony and reception. | |
| Reception Menu Cards * | Printed cards on reception tables that list the food and drink being served. | |
| Rsvp Tracking Services | Online services that collect and organize guest responses. Often part of a wedding website. | |
| Save-the-Date Cards * | An advance notice of the wedding date and location sent months ahead so guests can plan travel. | |
| Thank-You Cards * | Cards sent after the wedding to thank guests for attending and for gifts. | |
| Wedding Invitations & Reply Cards * | The formal invitation plus the reply card guests use to RSVP and choose a meal. | |
| Wedding Weekend Itinerary Cards | A printed schedule of events for a multi-day wedding such as welcome parties and brunches. | |
| Jewelry | ||
| Engagement Ring * | The ring given at the proposal. Traditionally set with a diamond or other precious stone. | |
| Watch for Partner 1 | A watch given as a wedding gift to one partner. Ranges from classic to luxury styles. | |
| Watch for Partner 2 | A watch given as a wedding gift to the other partner. Often personalized or chosen for daily wear. | |
| Wedding Bracelet | A bracelet worn with the wedding attire. Often features pearls or diamonds or metalwork. | |
| Wedding Earrings | Earrings worn with the wedding attire. Ranges from diamond or pearl studs to chandelier styles. | |
| Wedding Necklace | A complete necklace worn with the wedding attire such as a chain or pearl strand or choker. Standalone pendants are tracked under Wedding Pendant. | |
| Wedding Pendant | A standalone pendant or charm bought for the wedding such as a diamond or gemstone or personalized piece. Complete necklaces are tracked under Wedding Necklace. | |
| Wedding Ring or Band for Partner 1 * | The ring one partner receives during the ceremony. Usually a precious metal band that is plain or engraved or set with diamonds. | |
| Wedding Ring or Band for Partner 2 * | The ring the other partner receives during the ceremony. Materials range from gold to modern metals such as tungsten. | |
| Music & Entertainment | ||
| Ceremony & Cocktail Hour Musicians * | Live music for the ceremony and cocktail hour from a soloist or small group such as a harpist or string quartet or jazz trio. | |
| Comedy & Novelty Entertainment | Entertainers such as strolling magicians and comedians and impersonators. | |
| Dance Floor & Stage Lighting | Lighting tied to music and performance. Covers dance floor and stage lighting only. Decorative lighting such as uplighting is tracked under Venue Decor & Installations. | |
| Fireworks & Visual Spectacles | Large visual productions such as a fireworks display or projection mapping on a venue wall. | |
| Interactive Guest Entertainment | Activities guests take part in during the event such as lawn games or casino tables or a mobile escape room. | |
| Kids Entertainment & Childcare | On-site childcare and activities for younger guests such as face painting and games and crafts. | |
| Live Artists & Performers | Visual performers hired for the event such as a live wedding painter or a caricaturist or fire and cultural dancers. | |
| Wedding Band * | A live band for the reception. Ranges from a 3-piece group to a showband of 10 or more with vocalists and horns. | |
| Wedding DJ & MC * | A DJ who plays music through a sound system and acts as Master of Ceremonies for the schedule and announcements. | |
| Officiant | ||
| Wedding Officiant * | The person who leads the ceremony and signs and files the marriage license. Covers a justice of the peace or an ordained friend or family member or clergy such as a pastor or minister or priest or rabbi. | |
| Photography & Video | ||
| Additional Coverage Hours | Extra photo or video coverage time beyond the contracted package. Priced per hour. | |
| Drone Photography & Video | Aerial photos and video of the wedding captured by drone. | |
| Engagement Photo Session * | A photo session held before the wedding. Images are often used for save-the-dates or decor. | |
| Parent Albums | Smaller duplicate copies of the main wedding album made for parents of the couple. | |
| Photo & Video Package Add-Ons | Optional extras added to a base photo or video package that are not tracked as their own item such as rehearsal dinner coverage or special video effects. | |
| Photo Booth | A staffed or self-serve photo station at the reception where guests take pictures with props. | |
| Photo CD or DVD * | Digital image files delivered on a physical disc. | |
| Photo Prints & Enlargements * | Standard paper prints of wedding photos in various sizes ordered from the photographer. | |
| Photographer & Videographer Travel Fees | Charges for a photographer or videographer to travel to the wedding. Covers airfare and lodging and rental car and meals. | |
| Pre- or Post-Wedding Photo Session | A separate styled photo session held on a day other than the wedding such as a bridal portrait or a post-wedding shoot. Engagement sessions are tracked separately. | |
| Raw Video Footage | The complete set of unedited video files captured by the videographer. | |
| Second Photographer or Videographer | An additional shooter who works alongside the primary photographer or videographer for more angles and fuller coverage. | |
| Specialty Photo Prints | Display pieces printed on premium materials such as canvas or fine art paper. Standard paper prints are tracked under Photo Prints & Enlargements. | |
| USB Drive or Digital Delivery | Final edited photos or video delivered on a custom USB drive or through a premium online gallery. | |
| Wedding Albums & Photo Books * | A designed book of the best photographs from the wedding day. | |
| Wedding Content Creator | A professional who captures short behind-the-scenes photo and video on a phone or light camera and delivers it quickly for social media. | |
| Wedding Live Streaming | A live internet broadcast of the ceremony for guests who cannot attend in person. | |
| Wedding Photographer * | Photo coverage of the wedding day. Covers candid and posed images that are edited and delivered to the couple. | |
| Wedding Videographer * | Video coverage of the wedding day edited into a finished film. | |
| Planning & Coordination | ||
| Day-of & Month-of Wedding Coordinator * | A coordinator who takes over 4 to 6 weeks before the wedding to confirm vendor details and build the timeline and run the wedding day. | |
| Destination Wedding Planner | Planning for a wedding held far from the couples home. Covers travel logistics and accommodations and sourcing local vendors. | |
| Full-Service Wedding Planner * | A planner who manages the entire wedding from concept and budget through vendor selection and event execution. | |
| Hourly Wedding Planning Consultation * | Planner time bought by the hour for specific tasks such as reviewing contracts or building a budget. Priced per hour. | |
| Partial Planning Package | Planning help limited to specific areas for couples who have handled some of the work themselves. | |
| Wedding Design Services | The fee for a designer who creates the visual plan for the wedding and manages its execution. The flowers and lighting and rentals themselves are tracked under their own items. | |
| Transportation | ||
| Guest Shuttles & Group Transportation * | Shuttle buses or party buses or minibuses that move guests between hotels and the ceremony and the reception. | |
| Limousine Service * | A chauffeured stretch limousine for the couple and wedding party. | |
| Specialty Transportation | Non-traditional vehicles such as horse-drawn carriages or trolleys or vintage buses used for the couples arrival or exit. | |
| Vintage & Luxury Car Rental | A classic or high-end car such as a Rolls-Royce or Bentley hired for the couples arrival or send-off. | |
