Wedding Flowers: Budget and Hidden Costs - as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats.
When couples come to us initially to discuss the flowers for their wedding, I always ask if they have a starting budget. Ninety percent of the time they say 'No, whatever it cost'. Well that is incredibly dangerous because it is an open ended option. Design, cost, whatever the design cost.
So what we have done is done research to find out statistically in Northern California what percentage of your overall operating budget goes into flowers and it is not parallel to what you see on the internet or on nationwide websites. So it is around 12 to 15 percent.
So that is a real good way, when you go to a florist, don't go in and say, 'I have no idea what it cost, just you tell me', because they are always going to bid higher then you may want to spend.