How To Keep Your Wedding Costs Low
Wedding cost cutting is all about making prudent choices and in the process mastering the tricks of the trade
. Below I bring you a list of easy ways that you can use to significantly reduce your wedding costs and save thousands of dollars from your budget.
Keep an eye on the numbers
Numbers here is about your wedding guests. The fewer people you invite to your wedding the lesser budget headaches you have to deal with and so is the opposite. Avoid the temptation of inviting people you hardly know because this will simply add to your budget costs.
Remember that it is your wedding and it should be filled with people you know, love and care about and not extras like Aunt Ana's boyfriend and the boyfriend friend who would rather be out having fun with the boys. The cost of entertaining wedding guests is more than just a meal but includes things like centerpieces, boutonniere, alcohol and more. Keeping a lower headcount by inviting people you know and closely relate with will make a huge positive difference in your budget and help you save for that exotic honeymoon when the wedding concludes.
Stretch your decorations to the last mile
If you're getting married in the church then why not ask the minister if there's someone else having a wedding the same day and find out if you two could share decorations, you could also use the floral decorations to adorn the reception area. Doing this will great reduce your wedding costs.
Comestible
When doing the sit down dinner courses, why not skip the appetizers and instead have entree and main and then serve your delicious wedding cake for desert, this can save you up to $30.00 depending on the venue and it also guarantees that your cake is eaten and not taken home by the guests then thrown away. you should also think about having a cocktail reception with finger food, or maybe a breakfast wedding r even an alternate set menu. Options are simply endless.
Deliver invitations by hand
Postage can be quite expensive and especially if you have boxed invitations or one that is not of standard type. If you have extended family members to invite then enlist the help of your parents by having them deliver or you can just hand deliver them yourself if you have the time - only mail invitations for guests residing in far away places.
Do it on a Weekday
This may sound like a joke but the truth of the matter is that weekend weddings are expensive given the number of people wedding at the same time. You can significantly save money by wedding on a weekday. Majority of venues give discounts for weekday weddings.
Entertainment
If you don't have money to hire a DJ or band then why not load your IPod with your fav songs and out it on shuffle? Guests will hardly notice the difference and the best part of this "it's free".
Booze
Alcohol is a big expense at a wedding reception. The best approach is to offer guests beer and wine then provide a cash bar for people interested in the hard stuff. You could also offer guests first 2 drinks free then a cash bar follows. You're not obligated to supply all the alcohol. Most people will be happy to pay as long as they're told in the invitation.
Honeymoon
Do your honeymoon booking at the beginning or the end of the low season, avoid booking during school holidays or during specials events because accommodation rates are usually high during such seasons.
And finally, ask for a discount from your suppliers!
by: Johnny Touperin
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