Your dream wedding of course does have a budget, maybe not the dream budget lol. So who's paying? Are your parents will share? And while we envy those who has the moon as the limit let's get real here, everything in your wedding has to be in your budget, we don't want to spend our married life paying debts right?
When allocating your budget you must think where to put the bigger chunks of it. Most of it may go to the food or catering service, the dress and the entourage's clothes, accommodations if you will have a destination wedding and many other factors like:
The number of guests:
Do you want to have an intimate wedding with just close friends and family? Or you're going all out? Of course the bigger the number of your guests, the more expensive your wedding will get. Because you have to provide more food, bigger space, more tables, more centerpieces, more prints of invitation and the list just go on and on.. basically more of everything.
The Wedding Church and Venue:
Different churches and venues have different rates what I can suggest is as early as you agreed on your wedding date you should start looking for your wedding church and venue as well, it will be hard and possibly expensive if you book later on your wedding planning. Some have the ceremony and the reception in the same place, that's a good idea because you'll just pay for one place, and you don't have to worry on the transportation.
The Day and Time:
June and December I can say is the peak season of weddings, who doesn't want to be a June bride? or many ladies want to have a holiday wedding. Again the key is to look and book early and ask them if the price you signed in the contract will not change over time.
Those are just among lots of factors that can take most of your wedding budget but in the end it will still depend on you, where you want your budget placed. If you want to spend more on flowers or the dresses or the music. It's your wedding after all. Happy planning!