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Where the stationery
budget goes.

Most budget splits divide by the number of pieces, which is wrong — signage is one design and a large share of the cost, place cards are one design and almost none.

How much of an event budget goes on stationery?

There is no reliable industry figure and anyone quoting one precisely is guessing. What is more useful is the split within your stationery budget: roughly 40% on the invitation suite, with signage the next largest share, and a real contingency — reprints and late additions are close to certain.

Split it.

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Why the contingency is not padding.

A guest list moves after invitations are printed. Somebody's name is misspelled. A table gets added. Each of those is a short print run, and short runs cost close to what the original run cost — the setup is most of the price.

A budget with no slack turns a five-minute correction into a difficult conversation. Eight per cent held back is the difference between fixing it and living with it.

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Common questions

Does this include printing?
It splits whatever total you enter. If you are commissioning design and printing separately — which is how Evorrah works — decide which of the two this number covers before you split it.
What if I am not having a seated meal?
Answer no and the menus, place cards and table numbers come out, and their share redistributes to the pieces you are having.
Is 40% on the invitation right?
It is a defensible starting point, not a law. The invitation carries the most design work and is the piece guests keep; if your event is signage-heavy, shift it.

See what a suite actually costs.

Evorrah is one payment per event, $149 to $3,099 by occasion and suite size — no per-card pricing, so the design cost does not scale with your guest list.

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