Birthday Party Budget
Cost per head, total, and what the same money buys as an experience instead.
A 15-guest party at $20 a head plus $120 of extras and $5 party bags is $495 in total — $33 per guest, of which $75 is party bags alone.
Birthday Party Budget
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No. It runs entirely in your browser. Your inputs are never sent to our server, and nothing is logged.
How accurate is it?
It uses the McCrindle generation boundaries (Gen Alpha 2010–2024, Gen Beta 2025–2039) and UN World Population Prospects vital rates. Sources and formulas are on our methodology page.
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