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What we found

Every figure below comes from couples who married in Brisbane between March 2025 and March 2026. Where a range is given, it covers the middle 80 per cent of responses.

The single biggest lever is the day of the week. A Friday or Sunday wedding at the same venue, with the same guest count, came in an average of 22 per cent cheaper than the Saturday equivalent.

Where the money goes

• Venue and catering: roughly half the total
• Photography and film: 12 to 18 per cent
• Flowers and styling: 8 to 14 per cent

None of this is prescriptive. It is simply what people told us they spent.