Build a free wedding planning spreadsheet with Budget, Tasks, and Guest List tabs—column structures you can copy into Google Sheets or Excel, plus a simple weekly review rhythm. A wedding budget calculator tells you what you might spend. A checklist tells you what to do. A wedding planning spreadsheet is the living tracker that you update every week. Money, tasks, and guest names stay in one place you can both open. This guide shows you how to build a free wedding planning spreadsheet in Google Sheets or Excel: which tabs to create, which columns to use, and how to review it weekly. You will not need a download file. Copy the column headers below into a new blank sheet and you are ready. It pairs with our how to budget for a wedding guide (the process) and the wedding budget calculator (the estimate tool). When you are ready to compare real vendors for the categories you track, search on The Wedding Connect—starting with ceremony venues , photographers , and wedding planners. Key Takeaways Start with three tabs: Budget, Tasks, and Guest List. Add a Vendors tab if comparing quotes gets messy. Keep formulas simple so you actually update them. A wedding budget spreadsheet tracks planned vs. actual spend by category. A calculator estimates totals before you have contracts. Copy the column headers in this post into Google Sheets or Excel—no hosted download required. Review the sheet once a week: money that moved, tasks due in 14 days, and guest-list changes. Link each major category to real vendor searches so the tracker leads to bookings, not just rows. Table of Contents What This Spreadsheet Is For Spreadsheet vs. Budget Calculator Recommended Tabs Budget Tab: Column Structure Tasks Tab: Column Structure Guest List Tab: Column Structure Vendors Tab (Optional) How to Use It Weekly How to Build It in Google Sheets or Excel Wedding Planning Spreadsheet FAQ Related Guides What This Spreadsheet Is For Think of the spreadsheet as your wedding’s single source of truth between meetings. It answers three questions without opening five apps: Money: What did we plan to spend in each category, what have we committed, and what is left? Work: What is due soon, who owns it, and what is blocked? People: Who is invited, who is coming, and what does that do to headcount and catering? It is not a replacement for your wedding planning timeline or the free printable wedding planning checklist. Those set pace and inventory. The spreadsheet is where numbers and names live as they change. If you just got engaged, set the early decisions first with your first…