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Build a French wedding budget from your own quotes

A private, browser-only calculator for quoted venue costs, guest costs, extras and your chosen contingency.

Edition: 4 October 2026Rare Venues researchSources & method ↓
THE USEFUL TAKEAWAY

Your quotations in. A clear scenario out.

A starting price is not a wedding budget. Build a scenario from your own quotations and add only the costs that are excluded from the venue package. This helps avoid counting catering or accommodation twice.

Enter your quoted total and guest count to begin. Optional blank fields count as zero, so unentered costs are excluded.

What to gather first

Use the total for your actual dates, guest count and minimum stay. Add supplier quotes, guest accommodation you plan to pay for and travel arrangements. Ask suppliers to state all compulsory charges and whether tax is included. This calculator does not calculate tax, convert currencies or estimate missing costs.

Sources, dates & method

All numbers are supplied by the visitor. No market-price defaults, storage or transmission. Arithmetic uses EUR; results rounded to two decimals. An optional contingency is applied to all entered costs.

Venue facts recorded 28 September 2026, with identified official-source corrections dated 4 October. Figures describe this collection, not the whole French market. These are advertised starting figures with different inclusions and hire lengths. They are not paid prices, current quotations, per-person rates or complete wedding budgets. Original listing names and observation dates are retained on the linked venue pages. Source URLs remain in the private evidence archive.

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