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Romanian wedding budget
Budget by item, monthly savings, estimated gifts and wedding timeline
The couple: [COUPLE'S NAMES]
Wedding date: [WEDDING DATE]
The budget
Item Qty Price Total
Restaurant menu (per guest) [QTY] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Drinks (per guest) [QTY] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Wedding cake and sweets table (per guest) [QTY] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Favours (mărturii) and invitations (per guest) [QTY] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Band or DJ 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Photographer and videographer 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Wedding dress, groom's suit, accessories 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Wedding rings 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Flowers, bouquet and decor 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Gifts for the godparents (nași) and parents 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Civil and church ceremony (fees, church, choir) 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Contingency 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Total [TOTAL] lei
To save each month: [AMOUNT] lei — [N] instalments from [FIRST DATE] to [LAST DATE].
Estimated gifts and balance
Who How many Gift (each) Total
Invited couples [N] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Single guests [N] [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Godparents' gift (nași) 1 [AMOUNT] lei [AMOUNT] lei
Estimated gifts [GIFTS] lei
Balance (gifts minus cost): [AMOUNT] lei
Gifts are not guaranteed: pay suppliers from savings and treat the gifts only as the final balance.
Wedding timeline
When What Done
12 months before Date, budget and guest count; choose the godparents (nași) ☐
12 months before Book the restaurant or venue (deposit) ☐
10 months before Band or DJ, photographer and videographer ☐
9 months before Book the church ceremony with the parish ☐
8 months before Wedding dress and groom's suit ☐
6 months before Menu tasting, cake, flowers and decor ☐
4 months before Invitations, favours (mărturii), wedding rings ☐
2 months before Send invitations; collect RSVPs ☐
10–30 days before Marriage declaration at the town hall (Civil Code arts 280, 283, 284) ☐
1 month before Final guest count and seating plan with the venue ☐
1 week before Final payments to suppliers; envelopes for the priest, band, photographer ☐
After the wedding Record gifts on the guest list; thank-you notes ☐
Civil ceremony: the Civil Code deadlines
Both partners make the marriage declaration in person at the town hall where the civil ceremony will take place (art. 280).
The declaration is posted the same day; the marriage can take place after 10 days from posting, counting both the posting day and the wedding day (art. 283). The mayor may allow a shorter term for good reasons.
If you do not marry within 30 days of posting, the declaration must be made again (art. 284).
In the declaration you choose your surname after marriage and the matrimonial property regime (arts 281–282).
Ask the town hall's civil status office for the list of documents (ID, birth certificates, medical certificates) and fees.
Your own amounts: the examples are not average prices. Monthly instalments from 21 October 2026, rounded to the leu; the last one adjusts.