subject: My Really Fast List Of Cheap Wedding Reception Ideas [print this page] There are a ton of cheap wedding ideas out there on the internet and in wedding planning books for you. I'm about to add ten more!
Take them all in, don't get overwhelmed, the ones you can use, use them! The ones you can't, tuck them away somewhere else because who knows it may help you think of another way to save money on your wedding.
I hope you can use one of the below ideas. If you can use all of them, that should potentially save you thousands of dollars right there.
So here's my brainstorm of ten money saving inexpensive wedding ideas (I can't wait to see how it turns out!)
First and foremost and most important: avoid buying things labeled as "wedding". As an example "wedding private dance lessons" could be $200 per hour. But go to a ballroom studio for "ballroom private lessons" and you may only pay $80 to $100. That's a 50% discount. If you are able to apply that to EVERYTHING then your wedding budget just got cut in half.
shop for flowers in season. Avoid costly flowers not in season
keep it simple. cakes, wedding dresses, wedding favors.
simplify your menu. Eliminating a course or a choice can trim a bit. People will remember more how good the food tastes then what was actually served. Quality over quantity. So you may not want the steak or shrimp over chicken. (GO TO FOOD TASTINGS!)
borrow or barter. can you borrow a fancy sports car for transportation? if you own your own business (like website design) can you barter with a wedding vendor?
google "wholesale". wholesale flowers, wholesale wedding favors, wholesale florists to go for cheap wedding flowers.
book a year or more in advance. You can nail down this year's prices for next year's wedding
buy online, especially at ebay
buy last season's dress (April-May or October-November) which should be a cheap wedding dress compared to this year's models
booking off-season
booking off-day (not Saturday)
booking off-time (not evening). Some of my friends hold Saturday brunch weddings. With the right elegant setting it can be quite fabulous!
for your photographer, get the negatives or cd of original images, no need to purchase prints or photo books. If you're going to cut costs on your photographer, better to pay for high quality originals with no photos then lower quality originals and lots of prints.
buy a non-wedding cake that is three layers instead of a "wedding" cake
donate and write off (flowers, dresses, musicians who are non-profit, churches that are non-profit, venues that are non-profit)
Whew! Brainstorming is awesome. I hope you don't mind I went out to fifteen ideas instead of the aforementioned ten!
The final idea, because I think it is just darn awesome, is from Erica Yoon's Book Amazing Wedding Planning. And it has to do with the honeymoon:
"If you want a fun, exciting and cheap honeymoon, go to Las Vegas, Nevada. If you've heard about all the cheap gourmet food and services, I can tell you that it's true. I happen to live just outside of Las Vegas, and it has so many gourmet foods and services that I love to jump in the car and hit the buffets for dinner."
Think about it:) Because saving money on your honeymoon means freeing up some budget for the rest of your cheap (or not so cheap) wedding reception ideas.
Congratulations and good luck with your wedding reception planning!
My Really Fast List Of Cheap Wedding Reception Ideas
By: Kennly
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