Wedding vendor deposit & balance schedule
Booked a photographer, venue or caterer? Enter the quote, the deposit percentage from your contract and how you will pay the balance. You get the deposit, each payment and its due date, counting back from the final due date. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
Your contract made-up example: replace with your own
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Payments are spaced in calendar months back from the final due date; if a month is shorter, the last day of that month is used. Each payment is rounded to the cent and the last one takes the rounding difference so the total matches the quote exactly.
How it works
Deposit = quote × deposit % ÷ 100 (rounded to the cent). Balance = quote − deposit. Each payment = balance ÷ number of payments, rounded to the cent; the last payment = balance − the others. Payment k is due (payments − k) × months-between before the final due date.
Worked example (the made-up values above): a $2,750.00 quote with a 30% deposit means $825.00 at booking and a $1,925.00 balance. Split into 3 monthly payments, $1,925.00 ÷ 3 = $641.666…, so the first two are $641.67 and the last is $1,925.00 − $1,283.34 = $641.66. Counting back from the final due date of 2027-05-15, the payments fall on 2027-03-15, 2027-04-15 and 2027-05-15, and the four payments add up to $2,750.00.
Saving up for these payments? Try the wedding savings calculator. See also all calculators.