Planning an one million Naira (N1m) wedding in Nigeria and have no clue where to begin? Looking at other people’s N1m wedding budget breakdown is a great way to get ideas flowing in your head. In this post, I’ll show you a sample wedding budget. Hopefully, it will inspire you and get you started.
You’ll get to see exactly how this couple spent their N1m budget. From how much they spent on wedding venue, food and drinks, their outfits and vendors – you’ll see their entire expense breakdown. Now, swipe or scroll down to check it out!
Number of Guests invited: 75 | Total amount spent: N920,400.00 (i.e. nearly N1 million Naira) | Type of Venue: Indoor reception hall
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES in Naira (see their wedding budget breakdown below)
- Bride and Groom – N194,500.00
- Stationery and Souvenirs – N60,000.00
- Venue and Decoration – N175,000.00
- Food and Drinks – N202,500.00
- Entertainment and Visuals – N135,000.00
- Miscellaneous (other things) – N153,400.00
DETAILS OF WEDDING EXPENSES (N1 MILLION NAIRA SAMPLE)
Bride & Groom’s Wedding Things
- New wedding gown purchase – N55,000.00
- Bride’s shoes – N7,500.00
- Bridal Accessories: bouquet, veil, headpiece; earrings, necklace etc – N10,000.00
- Bridal beauty: Hair/ Nails/ Makeup – N15,000.00
- Wedding rings (bride + groom) – GL/ gold-plated or Gold wedding ring – N50,000.00
- Groom’s Shoes – N25,000.00
- Groom’s wedding suit – N15,000.00
- Groom’s Accessories (e.g cuff links, belt, flower boutonniere /pocket handkerchief) – N15,000.00
- Groom’s Grooming (e.g haircut, beard shaving) – N2,000.00
Stationery & Souvenirs
- Invitation cards & program printing – N15,000.00
- Souvenirs to gift guests – N45,000.00
Venue & Decoration (for Reception) – an indoor reception hall
- Venue hire (incl. necessary rentals such as canopy tents, chairs) – N150,000.00
- Decoration: venue, bride n Groom’s cars, venue décor – N25,000.00
Reception Food & Drinks
- Wedding Cake (assuming N300/ guest count) – N22,500.00
- Food (Assuming (N2000/ head) – N150,000.00
- Drinks/ Water (Assume: N400/ head) – N30,000.00
Reception Entertainment & Visuals
- Photography &/or Videography – N100,000.00
- Master of Ceremony (MC) – N10,000.00
- DJ only (No Music Band) – N25,000.00
Miscellaneous Expenses – N153,400.00
According to one of our married readers (ZainMum), an example of what to include in the miscellaneous section are expenses for family members (outfit for bride and groom’s parents, siblings outfits, transportation and more). This is something that most Nigerians do, as a kind of wedding gift to their family members).
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UPDATE: The initial sample budget on this page was a One Million Naira (N1m) wedding that had 150 guests. Today, it is no longer feasible to host that number of guests at that cost, given the high increase in cost of everything, and so the sample wedding budget above has been updated to reflect the current reality.
Disclaimer and Important Notes When Using This Wedding Budget Break-down Sample
- Disclaimer: This wedding budget example is only a guide, and so I expect you to customize, reduce from it or add to it, it to suit your particular situation. Understand that prices of listed items may have changed, from the time this wedding was held – so confirm from your local market.
- NOTE: The above sample wedding budgets is of a wedding event that held in Nigeria, and so prices reflect Nigerian market prices for low- and mid-income neighbourhoods, and so prices of items should be higher for weddings located in high-brow cities of the country, such as Maitama or Wuse 2 in Abuja or Lagos Island.
- These budgets exclude wedding planning services, not because they are unnecessary, but because this article is especially for those of our blog readers who are using the help of their family and friends in place of a wedding planner. We highly recommend using a wedding planner if you’re very busy and don’t have helpers around. So, please add the cost of a wedding planner to your budget, if you want it.
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Your 1 Million Naira (N1m) Wedding Budget
So, people, that’s an example of how to plan your wedding with one million Naira (N1m) in Nigeria. Now that you’ve seen what it looks like, go and prepare your own budget using ideas from this post – I expect you to modify things to suit your style.
Now, I’d like to hear from you. If you’ve already made your budget or had a N1m budget, how was it similar or different from the featured sample breakdown? If you’re using our sample N1m wedding budget, what are you changing or removing? Comment down below to tell me.
Mercy says
Hi ma’am ,I and my fiance are planning for our wedding next year February,our budget is 1.5m for both traditional and White wedding including our wears ,and our guest is 250
Stella Anokam says
Hello Mercy, you are starting well with your planning by fixing a budget (amount) and number of guests to invite. Well done.
1) Next thing is to an expense breakdown so that you know exactly what to spend on what, and it will ensure that you will not overspend.
*I created an automatic wedding budget calculator for you – it’s free. Just go there and enter your budget amount, and it will show you your N1.5m budget breakdown – copy it out.
2) You have to decide whether you want to have the traditional wedding on a different date and the white wedding event on another date. You can save money by having a combined wedding reception (same day for trad and white wedding). If you need insights on how it works, you can check out my guide on how to plan a traditional and white wedding on same day in Nigeria.
After that, leave me a comment there to let me know how it goes.
Please my traditional marriage and white wedding will be the same day (i.e white wedding before Tm), pls how do I plan it?
I’m budgeting 1m for both!
Hello Emilia, here’s my reply:
1) For a start, get your wedding budget breakdown for easy management and to help you not overspend. My automatic wedding budget calculator here has helped many brides with a clear spending plan to work with. *So, just click that link to go to my budget calculator page, enter your budget amount, and you will immediately see my suggested spending plan broken down for you. Copy it.
2) You need an organized, step by step process/ guide (complete checklist) that tells you what to first, second, up to the end, and since you are doing a combined trad and white event, use my guide on how to plan a traditional and white wedding on same day (checklist).
Hope that helps.
You’re indeed a life saver
Was even thinking on how to plan my wedding, but God directed me to this blog
Thank you so much for this piece of information so much helpful
Hi Emilia, thank you for that feedback. I am happy to have helped you out in your wedding planning journey.
Hello wedding glam my fiance and i are getting married by September we want to budget 4 150 or even less and a have a small evening outdoor wedding/reception do you think that’s possible with our present economy. I hope to get a reply. Thanks
Hello Gloria, congratulations on your planned wedding. Yes, you can have a N150k wedding, as long as you keep the number of guests below 50. Check out our N200k wedding budget breakdown to get an idea of how to structure your N150k spending.
Check out my posts on how to plan a small-money wedding.
Also, go to our automatic wedding budget calculator and type in your bueget amount (150000), and see the breakdown it would display. Use that as an idea to plan your spending.
Just find a small/ mini reception hall and invite as few people as possible, and you should be fine. I wish you the very best!
Hello Gloria, I have created an automatic wedding budget calculator for you and my other readers. It is what I use to make the budget breakdowns I share with my readers and askers. I have now provided i free for you all to use.
Just go to our automatic wedding budget calculator page and type in your budget amount (150000), and see the breakdown it would display. Use that as an idea to plan your spending.
Hello, Thanks for the tips. Nevertheless, I need a break down of 1m traditional and white wedding.
Thanks.
You’re welcome. You may also see our post containing ideas on N500k wedding budget breakdown and other amounts, in case you’re looking to have your white wedding within N500k and the trad within N500k. Anyway, just look at the other sample wedding budgets and breakdown (click)
Very good guide, pls i need you help ma
My fiance nd i are planning our wedding for july 2020 and it a 2days wedding which is Traditional and White wedding but our budget is 2m our outfit is inclusive. Please what do i do
Hello Trisha. Congrats in advance. Here’s my reply:
-Decide how many people you want to invite, and make sure the number of guests will not be more than you can feed. We have a post on how to know how many people your budget can feed.
-The first thing you should do is come up with how to spend that your N2m budget – make a spending list just like you do an itemized list before going to the market for food ingredients. That’s called a wedding budget breakdown. You can find an example for N2m budget (including the cost of outfits).
-Next, make a To Do list (checklist) of things you have to do before that wedding day. We have some wedding checklists for traditional and white wedding here (click). There, you’ll also find the one specifically for planning a wedding in 6 months. Just take your time and read the posts I linked for you.
Hope that helps.
Please how can I plan my 1.5 million naira marriage , with about 250 guest, indoor?
Hello Boac, I suppose you’re asking about how to spend your N1.5 million naira wedding budget for 250 guests. Here’s an idea:
570,000 food/ drinks/ cake [This comes to about N2,280 per plate of food plus a drink)
300,000 venue hire & & décoration, Canopy Tents, chair and table rentals | bouncers/ security, ushers
180,000 couple’s outfits/ beauty/ fashion, rings
75,000 invitation cards, reception program, souvenirs
345,000 entertainment & photography & coordination – DJ/ live music band, MC, photographer, video coverage, wedding day coordination services
TOTAL AMOUNT: N1,500,000
The above budget spread is a suggestion, so feel free to switch up things to better suit you.
Hope that helps.
Hi, my name is Ayomikun, am about to wed this year Nov 2017,by God’s grace, my husband want to plan our wedding with 1million naira, and we are man and woman of the people, And we are expecting about 300 to 500 guests.this 1m# includes our wears, hall and every other thing needed for the wedding without owing anybody. What did you think we can do about this and how to make the budget pls.
Hello Bioku, thanks for reading our N1m wedding budget ideas, and congrats on your upcoming wedding.
#1. SETTLE THE HALL/ VENUE and PLAN WITH THE LEFT OVER MONEY: Venue costs are fixed, not flexible. I think what should determine how you spend your N1 million wedding budget should be on the cost of halls (venue) around the area your wedding is holding. If it’s a high brow area, venue costs can be very high, running into hundreds of thousands of Naira – and you’ll need to get this out of the way first, before determining how to spend on food.
#2. FOOD AND DRINKS – 300 guests? or 500 guests?: Once venue is out of the way, now is the time to decide ho much to spend on food and drinks. One way to look at it is to ask a caterer how much s/he would charge per plate of food per guest. Then multiply that with 300 to see the total. Also multiply with 500 to see the total amount you could spend on food. Do same for drinks for 300, then for 500 people.
>>Decide whether to go with 300 guest or 500 – based on which costs you are comfortable with.
#3. THE REMAINING AMOUNT: Spread the remaining amount on your outfits, photography/ video, DJ/ live music band, hall decoration and every other thing in between.
Hope the above tips help.
Hy,am Damilola. Really love your post. This was really a life saver for me. planning to get married by February,2018 with a budget of about 5 -7m. but my husband to be want to plan the wedding by himself cause he believes when there is money thing can be easy done. I convinced him to get a wedding planner but said no cause he’s does not want anything to go wrong. pls how do I convince him the more and make him see reasons why he shouldn’t go through the stress all alone. will appreciate if I can get response on time in my email.. Thanks. Godbless
Hi Damilola,
Thanks for reading this Nigerian wedding blog, and also for leaving us your positive feedback and question. First off, let me congratulate you on your upcoming wedding, and for doing what most people fail to do (which is, starting to plan very early ahead). Now, onto your question – see my reply below:
– I know how you feel, but some men are perfectionists (and love wedding too), and I’ve seen some like that who planned their own weddings from A to Z and it was perfect. However, wedding planning is stressful and involves a lot of logistics; no wedding planning can result in perfect execution without delegation and helps from other people (whether hired or free). >>He does not want anything to go wrong with that amount of money for a wedding, and that’s the sole purpose or job of a wedding planner. >>May be if he meets some good wedding planners that know their salt, it and he has a chat/ interview with them, it could help convince him by answering some questions about how they could deliver on your wedding, and showing proofs of weddings of past clients they’ve organized.
>>Maybe he is afraid that a wedding planner may not deliver the vision he has in his head about the wedding or hijack his plan – and most people feel so too, BUT what wedding planners do is to take your visions and do the legwork for you, and they would always ask you and get approvals before they do anything every step of the way. >>The only difference is that you can focus on doing your work and sleep well while they handle your wedding waka-waka. Wedding planners have done hundreds of weddings and already know plenty of good vendors and venues and which ones to avoid – based on previous weddings they planned, and would gladly show you the good ones (you save time and avoid spending on the bad ones).
>>I would suggest that you, as the bride, subtly find a way to be involved so that you can possibly make a list of good wedding planners both of you should interview. You could contact some in advance and later arrange for them to meet him. (READ: Where and How to Find Good Wedding Vendors and Planners).
>>I wrote a detailed article on how to know if you need a wedding planner (click here), and I’d like you to read it.how to know if you need a wedding planner (click here)Where and How to Find Good Wedding Vendors and Planners
Hi Stella,
After reading your article, I had a big sigh of relief. I’m planning my wedding for June 2017 and would appreciate if you could assist with an expense plan with a 900k budget considering the relative cost of things now. Well I’m looking at abt 150 guests. Thanks. I’d appreciate if you could send it to my email.
Hello David, congratulations on your upcoming wedding.
We created an easy-to-use wedding budget calculator/ breakdown percentage formula that you can quickly use to break down your N5 million Naira wedding budget or any amount. Try doing it yourself by clicking here for our budget breakdown percentage guide.
It is simple general formula for arriving at a rough-guide wedding budget. Let me know how it goes.
i love this.thank you
Thanks for reading. I’m happy to know you got value from this post.
Can a get the contact for the wedding planner with this budget? And would him/her be paid service charge? Reply asap please. Thankyou
Hello Viv. You can contact these wedding planners:
1) Sunmisola of Shine Events: 08027736616
2) Joan of Cherries Events: 07034626807
2) Ruth of La Heiress: 08187003137
Call them to discuss your wedding budget range. Let them know you’re from me (NaijaGlamWedding).
Let me know how it goes.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Huge thanks for this article.
Is this a recent wedding expenses please?
Please can you help with a vendor that’d charge this range for decor?
Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback, Seyi. That wedding expense is fairly recent. (2) On finding an affordable decor vendor, come to our ‘wedding vendors Facebook group’ (click here) AND then make a post that you’re looking for a venue decorator in so-and-so location. You can then negotiate with the vendors that respond. Hope this helps.
I’m so happy to come across ds kind of article, especially at ds time.
Thanks to d admin of ds page.
Thanks for the feedback, Olaide. I am glad that you benefited from reading this guide on how and where to spend N1m wedding budget.
We have plenty other wedding planning guides targeted at Nigerian/ African brides and you can find them here (click).
Very good guide I must say. But just a little opinion. I’m married myself and there are expenses for the groom’s/bride’s parents and siblings as not all of them will be able to take care of themselves. Maybe this falls into miscellaneous expenses but trust me you will always spend more than what you have budgeted.
Hello Zainmum:
Thank you for your feedback. We love hearing good reports from our readers.
-Yes, those kind of wedding expenses are what we expect the bride/ groom to include in ‘miscelaneous’. **But now that you mentioned it, I’ll edit this article to include that specifically, as I have a feeling that most couples may not remember to include it. So, thanks for adding your contribution to enrich this N1m wedding expenses guide.
hello, thanks a lots ur page as bin so helpful. I actually budgeted for a million naira wedding bt d venue price is crazy,do u av an idea as to where I can get a more subsidized indoor venue around gbagada axis of Lagos…
Thanks for your feedback, Tolulope. I know – indoor venues are quite expensive. I have no idea about wedding venues in Gbagada, but found some on Sugar Weddings (click here to see them). Also, you can come to our ‘Brides and Vendors Facebook group’ (click here) and post the question for others who know to post answers of cheap Gbagada-Lagos wedding venues. Hope that helps.
Wow!
I’m excited beyond my wits right now. I love your website. I love this article. Super helpful!!!
Thanks a million for sharing this!
I didn’t know that amount could give me something as beautiful as the wedding in the article!!!
Thank yoUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
Thanks for your feedback, Ellen. Our mission is to help brides-to-be achieve a GLAM WEDDING on any budget. You should also read our other articles that teach different things you can do to reduce wedding cost without reducing the quality of your event. The topics are listed below and you can find the article links at the end of this post (click here).
-9 Smart Ideas to Save Costs When Planning a Nigerian Wedding on a Small Budget
-How to Plan Small Wedding in Nigeria and Still Wow Your Guests
-Unique Ideas to Plan a Big-Girls Wedding with Small Money
-Low-Key Wedding: How to Plan a Great Low-Key Wedding In Nigeria
-Simple Ideas to Reduce Cost of a Wedding without Reducing the Quality
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