Choosing the best bar service for your wedding depends on your budget, your guests and the type of wedding you want. If you want a low key celebration with a champagne toast and maybe a bit of wine sipping, go ahead and plan that. If you’re having a longer reception, you might want to have more drinks for your guests.

Lots of websites will tell you the average cost of a wedding is $33,000. But an average price doesn’t help you that much. Instead of an average price, you can do a bit of math and figure out how much your wedding will cost. See the cost breakdown for wedding venues, wedding ceremony, wedding catering and vendors. Plus sample budgets for a 10,000 wedding, a 7,000 wedding, and a 2,000 wedding.

Normally we try to avoid the word “cheap”. We’ll say we want an inexpensive venue. Or we want to be practical, thrifty, sensible. We want to stick to our budget! All true. But really: if you’re on a budget, you need a cheap wedding venue. The real trick is finding one that doesn’t look cheap. See an idea list of affordable wedding venues, typical prices, and easy ways to save money.