Sympathy Flower Budget Calculator

The calculator only computes a per-person share when Relationship is set to Group/Office — for the other four relationship categories, costPerPerson is simply set equal to the total cost, since it assumes one person or household is paying the full amount. When Group/Office is selected, it divides the total (arrangement, delivery, and ribbon/card all included) by your entered number of contributors, so a $185 casket spray split five ways shows $37 per person.

Each of the six arrangement types (vase, basket, standing spray, casket spray, wreath, plant) has its own base-price lookup table with low, mid, and high tiers for standard, premium, and luxury quality — a casket spray runs $250-$500 while a plant or garden dish runs $50-$100, reflecting real differences in flower volume and labor, not just a size slider on one price curve. Selecting a quality level picks a column from that specific arrangement's row, so 'premium' means something different in dollars depending on which arrangement type you chose.

The calculator checks the arrangement type index: vase arrangements and baskets (types 0 and 1) get the $5 charge for a simple enclosure card, while standing sprays, casket sprays, wreaths, and plants (types 2 through 5) get $12, because those larger pieces traditionally carry a printed banner ribbon in addition to a card. This charge is multiplied by your number of pieces, not applied once per order.

It's a simple comparison of your total arrangement cost (before ribbon/card extras) against the suggested low-high spending band tied to your selected relationship, flagging 1 if your cost falls inside that band and 0 if it doesn't. It's a courtesy signal built from general US funeral-industry guidelines, not a rule — a smaller family budget, a request for charitable donations instead of flowers, or an office collection norm should always take precedence over the flag.